+#define GLUE3(x, y, z) GLUE(x, MLIB__GLUE(y, z))
+
+/* --- @STATIC_ASSERT@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @int cond@ = a condition
+ * @msg@ = a string literal message
+ *
+ * Returns: ---
+ *
+ * Use: Fail at compile time unless @cond@ is nonzero. The failure
+ * might report @msg@.
+ */
+
+#ifdef static_assert
+# define STATIC_ASSERT(cond, msg) static_assert(!!(cond), msg)
+#else
+# define STATIC_ASSERT(cond, msg) \
+ IGNORABLE extern char static_assert_failed[1 - 2*!(cond)]
+#endif
+
+/* --- @CHECK_TYPE@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @expty@ = expected type of @x@
+ * @expty x@ = some object
+ *
+ * Returns: Integer zero.
+ *
+ * Use: Cause a compile-time failure unless the type of @x@ is
+ * assignment-compatible with @expty@.
+ */
+
+#define CHECK_TYPE(expty, x) (!sizeof(*(expty *)0 = (x)))
+
+/* --- @CONVERT_CAREFULLY@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @newty@ = new type for the result
+ * @expty@ = expected type of @x@
+ * @expty x@ = some object
+ *
+ * Returns: @x@, but coerced to type @newty@.
+ *
+ * Use: Like @(newty)x@, except that it checks at compile-time that
+ * @x@ is at least assignment-compatible with type @expty@
+ * before trying.
+ */
+
+#define CONVERT_CAREFULLY(newty, expty, x) \
+ (CHECK_TYPE(expty, x) + (/*unconst unvolatile*/ newty)(x))
+
+/* --- @CONTAINER@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @type@ = the parent type, a structure or union
+ * @mem@ = the name of the member we have a pointer to
+ * @memty *p@ = pointer to @member@ within @type@
+ *
+ * Returns: The address of the containing @ty@ object.
+ */
+
+#define CONTAINER(type, member, p) \
+ (!sizeof((p) = &((type *)0)->mem) + \
+ (type *)((unsigned char *)(p) - offsetof(type, mem)))
+
+/* --- @UNCONST@, @UNVOLATILE@, @UNQUALIFY@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @type@ = a type name
+ * @type *p@ = a pointer
+ *
+ * Returns: @p@, but without @const@, @volatile@ or both qualifiers.
+ *
+ * Use: Strips qualifiers from pointer types.
+ *
+ * The @UNCONST@ macro strips @const@. It checks that @p@
+ * has type `pointer to @type@ or @const type@'; if not, a
+ * compile-time error results. Otherwise, it returns the value
+ * of @p@, converted to `pointer to (non-constant) @type@'. It
+ * will not silently strip a @volatile@ qualifier.
+ *
+ * The @UNVOLATILE@ macro is similar, except that it strips
+ * @volatile@ instead of @const@. The @UNQUALIFY@ macro strips
+ * both qualifiers.
+ */
+
+#define UNCONST(type, p) CONVERT_CAREFULLY(type *, const type *, p)
+#define UNVOLATILE(type, p) CONVERT_CAREFULLY(type *, volatile type *, p)
+#define UNQUALIFY(type, p) \
+ CONVERT_CAREFULLY(type *, const volatile type *, p)