+/**
+ * Assert a build-time dependency, as an expression.
+ *
+ * \param cond The compile-time condition which must be true.
+ *
+ * Compilation will fail if the condition isn't true, or can't be evaluated by
+ * the compiler. This can be used in an expression: its value is "0".
+ *
+ * Taken from ccan.
+ */
+#define EXPR_BUILD_ASSERT(cond) (sizeof(char [1 - 2 * !(cond)]) - 1)
+
+/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
+#define _array_size_chk(arr) EXPR_BUILD_ASSERT(\
+ !__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(arr), typeof(&(arr)[0])))