Add function_cast() to utility.mxx

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/libbutl/utility.ixx b/libbutl/utility.ixx
index 565a694..e17462a 100644
--- a/libbutl/utility.ixx
+++ b/libbutl/utility.ixx
@@ -212,4 +212,13 @@ namespace butl
 
     return nullopt;
   }
+
+  template <typename F>
+  inline F
+  function_cast (void* p)
+  {
+    union { void* p; F f; } r;
+    r.p = p;
+    return r.f;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/libbutl/utility.mxx b/libbutl/utility.mxx
index 54c7b43..f944599 100644
--- a/libbutl/utility.mxx
+++ b/libbutl/utility.mxx
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
     F f_;
   };
 
+  // Cleanly cast dlsym() result (void*) to a function pointer.
+  //
+  template <typename F>
+  F
+  function_cast (void*);
+
   // Call a function if there is an exception.
   //
 
diff --git a/libbutl/uuid-linux.cxx b/libbutl/uuid-linux.cxx
index 7396910..cae8aae 100644
--- a/libbutl/uuid-linux.cxx
+++ b/libbutl/uuid-linux.cxx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <utility>      // move()
 #include <system_error>
 
+#include <libbutl/utility.mxx> // function_cast()
+
 using namespace std;
 
 namespace butl
@@ -48,17 +50,6 @@ namespace butl
 
   static void* libuuid;
 
-  // Use a union to cleanly cast dlsym() result (void*) to a function pointer.
-  //
-  template <typename F>
-  static inline F
-  function_cast (void* p)
-  {
-    union { void* p; F f; } r;
-    r.p = p;
-    return r.f;
-  };
-
   static inline void
   dlfail (string what)
   {