Add DEFINE_validator macro for convenient registration of a flag validator.

git-svn-id: https://gflags.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@82 6586e3c6-dcc4-952a-343f-ff74eb82781d

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/gflags/gflags.h.in b/src/gflags/gflags.h.in
index dd51a2d..eb084f5 100644
--- a/src/gflags/gflags.h.in
+++ b/src/gflags/gflags.h.in
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ extern bool RegisterFlagValidator(const std::string* flag,
                                   bool (*validate_fn)(const char*,
                                                       const std::string&));
 
+// Convenience macro for the registration of a flag validator
+#define DEFINE_validator(name, validator) \
+    static const bool name##_validator_registered = \
+            @ac_google_namespace@::RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_##name, validator)
+
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 // These methods are the best way to get access to info about the
diff --git a/src/gflags_unittest.cc b/src/gflags_unittest.cc
index 08abc1b..cce60d9 100644
--- a/src/gflags_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/gflags_unittest.cc
@@ -143,9 +143,7 @@ DEFINE_bool(long_helpstring, false,
 
 static bool AlwaysFail(const char* flag, bool value) { return value == false; }
 DEFINE_bool(always_fail, false, "will fail to validate when you set it");
-namespace {
-bool dummy = RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_always_fail, AlwaysFail);
-}
+DEFINE_validator(always_fail, AlwaysFail);
 
 // See the comment by GetAllFlags in gflags.h
 static bool DeadlockIfCantLockInValidators(const char* flag, bool value) {
@@ -160,10 +158,7 @@ DEFINE_bool(deadlock_if_cant_lock,
             false,
             "will deadlock if set to true and "
             "if locking of registry in validators fails.");
-namespace {
-bool dummy1 = RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_deadlock_if_cant_lock,
-                                    DeadlockIfCantLockInValidators);
-}
+DEFINE_validator(deadlock_if_cant_lock, DeadlockIfCantLockInValidators);
 
 #define MAKEFLAG(x) DEFINE_int32(test_flag_num##x, x, "Test flag")