Make sure that the int64_t generation we get over rpc
fits in the int32_t generation_type we keep locally.
Restrict this assertion to non-release builds.
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@scylladb.com>
Derived from utils::tagged_integer, using different tags,
the types are incompatible with each other and require explicit
typecasting to- and from- their value type.
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@scylladb.com>
Although get_generation_number implementation is
completely generic, it is used exclusively to seed
the gossip generation number.
Following patches will define a strong gms::generation_id
type and this function should return it.
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@scylladb.com>
