+ that creates const objects that need to be initialized. In some
+ cases we have non-const functions that return the argument
+ (e.g. next_nonnote_insn). Rather than create const shadow
+ functions, we can cast away const-ness in calling these interfaces
+ if we're careful to verify that the called function does indeed not
+ modify its argument and the return value is only used in a const
+ context. (This can be somewhat dangerous as these assumptions can
+ change after the fact). Beyond these uses, most other cases of
+ using this macro should be viewed with extreme caution. */
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && GCC_VERSION > 4000
+/* GCC 4.0.x has a bug where it may ICE on this expression,
+ so does GCC 3.4.x (PR17436). */
+#define CONST_CAST2(TOTYPE,FROMTYPE,X) ((__extension__(union {FROMTYPE _q; TOTYPE _nq;})(X))._nq)
+#else
+#define CONST_CAST2(TOTYPE,FROMTYPE,X) ((TOTYPE)(FROMTYPE)(X))
+#endif
+#define CONST_CAST(TYPE,X) CONST_CAST2(TYPE, const TYPE, (X))
+#define CONST_CAST_TREE(X) CONST_CAST(union tree_node *, (X))
+#define CONST_CAST_RTX(X) CONST_CAST(struct rtx_def *, (X))
+#define CONST_CAST_BB(X) CONST_CAST(struct basic_block_def *, (X))
+#define CONST_CAST_GIMPLE(X) CONST_CAST(union gimple_statement_d *, (X))
+
+/* Activate certain diagnostics as warnings (not errors via the
+ -Werror flag). */
+#if GCC_VERSION >= 4003
+/* If asserts are disabled, activate -Wuninitialized as a warning (not
+ an error/-Werror). */
+#ifndef ENABLE_ASSERT_CHECKING
+#pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wuninitialized"
+#endif
+#endif