http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39462
--- Comment #9 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-01-08 21:51:17 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4) > Also - I admit not having studied in detail all your requirements, sorry about > that - I suppose you would be interested in static_assert, available with > -std=c++0x, in gcc4.3.x (and 4.4.x, of course): > > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1720.html And static assert is now part of C11 standard. And can be used in 4.7 and above with _Static_assert keyword.