#ifndef ALHELPERS_H
#define ALHELPERS_H

#include "AL/al.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Some helper functions to get the name from the format enums. */
const char *FormatName(ALenum type);

/* Easy device init/deinit functions. InitAL returns 0 on success. */
int InitAL(char ***argv, int *argc);
void CloseAL(void);

/* Cross-platform timeget and sleep functions. */
int altime_get(void);
void al_nssleep(unsigned long nsec);

/* C doesn't allow casting between function and non-function pointer types, so
 * with C99 we need to use a union to reinterpret the pointer type. Pre-C99
 * still needs to use a normal cast and live with the warning (C++ is fine with
 * a regular reinterpret_cast).
 */
#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
#define FUNCTION_CAST(T, ptr) (union{void *p; T f;}){ptr}.f
#elif defined(__cplusplus)
#define FUNCTION_CAST(T, ptr) reinterpret_cast<T>(ptr)
#else
#define FUNCTION_CAST(T, ptr) (T)(ptr)
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
} // extern "C"
#endif

#endif /* ALHELPERS_H */