#ifndef __BASICS_H
#define __BASICS_H

#ifndef MAKE_ID
#ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN__
#define MAKE_ID(a,b,c,d)	((uint32_t)((a)|((b)<<8)|((c)<<16)|((d)<<24)))
#else
#define MAKE_ID(a,b,c,d)	((uint32_t)((d)|((c)<<8)|((b)<<16)|((a)<<24)))
#endif
#endif  

#ifdef __GNUC__
#define GCCPRINTF(stri,firstargi)		__attribute__((format(printf,stri,firstargi)))
#define GCCFORMAT(stri)					__attribute__((format(printf,stri,0)))
#define GCCNOWARN						__attribute__((unused))
#else
#define GCCPRINTF(a,b)
#define GCCFORMAT(a)
#define GCCNOWARN
#endif

template <typename T, size_t N>
char(&_ArraySizeHelper(T(&array)[N]))[N];

#define countof( array ) (sizeof( _ArraySizeHelper( array ) )) 

#endif