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zt_value(3) Library Functions Manual (prm) zt_value(3)

zt_value, zt_value_kind, — variant type for passing data into claim verifiers

#include <zt.h>

typedef struct zt_value { ... } zt_value;

zt_value_kind kind Discriminator for the union
const char * source Source code used to compute the value
union { ... } as Union containing the actual value
bool as.boolean Value when used as ZT_BOOLEAN
int as.integer Value when used as ZT_INTEGER
unsigned as.unsigned_integer Value when used as ZT_UNSIGNED
int as.rune Value when used as ZT_RUNE
const char * as.string Value when used as ZT_STRING
const void * as.pointer Value when used as ZT_POINTER
intmax_t as.intmax Value when used as ZT_INTMAX
uintmax_t as.uintmax Value when used as ZT_UINTMAX


typedef enum zt_value_kind { ... } zt_value_kind;

ZT_NOTHING Placeholder for unused values
ZT_BOOLEAN zt_value.as.boolean is valid
ZT_INTEGER zt_value.as.integer is valid (deprecated)
ZT_UNSIGNED zt_value.as.unsigned_integer is valid (deprecated)
ZT_RUNE zt_value.as.rune is valid
ZT_STRING zt_value.as.string is valid
ZT_POINTER zt_value.as.pointer is valid
ZT_INTMAX zt_value.as.intmax is valid
ZT_UINTMAX zt_value.as.uintmax is valid

zt_value is a variant-like type that is used to pass values around libzt internals. It is comprised of the enumeration, the union as well as the string.

zt_value_kind describes type of verification function arguments.

zt_value exists to pass packed values of several types from the test source code, through the zt_claim type and into private verification functions that determine test outcome.

Tests using binary relations encode the operator as an argument of kind .

On some architectures ZT_INTEGER and ZT_UNSIGNED are too short to handle size_t and ssize_t values correctly. They are now deprecated and automatically promoted to ZT_INTMAX and ZT_UINTMAX respectively.

zt_visit_test_case(3), zt_visit_test_suite(3)

zt_value and zt_value_kind first appeared in libzt 0.1

ZT_INTMAX, ZT_UINTMAX and the corresponding union members first appeared in libzt 0.3.

Zygmunt Krynicki <me@zygoon.pl>

January 12, 2020 libzt 0.3.1