Re: [PATCH 05/11] make red_pipe_item_init_full more typesafe

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> > I don't find this very readable, and imo there is not a huge gain in
> > doing this over a cast... I'd just go with a cast + a static
> > compile-time assert that RedCursorPipeItem has a 'base' RedPipeItem
> > field at offset 0.
> > 
> 
> static void cursor_pipe_item_free(RedPipeItem *base)
> {
>    spice_return_if_fail(base);
> 
>    verify(SPICE_OFFSETOF(RedCursorPipeItem, base) == 0);
>    RedCursorPipeItem *pipe_item = (RedCursorPipeItem *) base;
>    ...
> 
> (obviously for every cast)

I'd put it next to the structure definition and forget about it

typedef struct RedCursorPipeItem {
    RedPipeItem base;
    CursorItem *cursor_item;
} RedCursorPipeItem;

verify(SPICE_OFFSETOF(RedCursorPipeItem, base) == 0);

Christophe

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