From 82a63e350cb9a67cbd3aa659d909ae9e6599e93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Ledbetter <tim.ledbetter@ladybird.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 14:21:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] AK: Assert that `is<T>()` input and output types are not the
 same

This makes it a compile error to use is<T>() where the input and output
types are known to be the same at compile time.
---
 AK/TypeCasts.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AK/TypeCasts.h b/AK/TypeCasts.h
index eafb23f6668..9857d0bd41d 100644
--- a/AK/TypeCasts.h
+++ b/AK/TypeCasts.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <AK/Assertions.h>
+#include <AK/Concepts.h>
 #include <AK/Forward.h>
 #include <AK/Platform.h>
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ namespace AK {
 template<typename OutputType, typename InputType>
 ALWAYS_INLINE bool is(InputType& input)
 {
+    static_assert(!SameAs<OutputType, InputType>);
     if constexpr (requires { input.template fast_is<OutputType>(); }) {
         return input.template fast_is<OutputType>();
     }