rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-bindgen

Missing constant defines when definition is a cast

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Description

Input C/C++ Header

test.h

#define LOWPRIORITY ((unsigned short) 0xffff)
Bindgen Invocation
$ bindgen test.h
Actual Results
/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen 0.69.2 */

Expected Results
/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen 0.69.2 */

pub const LOWPRIORITY: u32 = 65535;

or even better:

/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen 0.69.2 */

pub const LOWPRIORITY: u16 = 65535;

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the shown test.h input and the bindgen test.h invocation. Trace how the C casted macro is handled during binding generation, then verify that the generated output includes LOWPRIORITY with a suitable integer type and value of 65535.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, cpp, rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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