* __scm.h (SCM_DEFER_INTS, SCM_ALLOW_INTS): New definitions.
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2
3 #ifndef SCM___SCM_H
4 #define SCM___SCM_H
5
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46
47 \f
48
49 /* "What's the difference between _scm.h and __scm.h?"
50
51 _scm.h is not installed; it's only visible to the libguile sources
52 themselves.
53
54 __scm.h is installed, and is #included by <libguile.h>. If both
55 the client and libguile need some piece of information, and it
56 doesn't fit well into the header file for any particular module, it
57 should go in __scm.h. */
58
59
60 /* {Compiler hints}
61 *
62 * The following macros are used to provide additional information for the
63 * compiler, which may help to do better error checking and code
64 * optimization. A second benefit of these macros is, that they also provide
65 * additional information to the developers.
66 */
67
68 /* The macro SCM_NORETURN indicates that a function will never return.
69 * Examples:
70 * 1) int foo (char arg) SCM_NORETURN;
71 */
72 #ifdef __GNUC__
73 #define SCM_NORETURN __attribute__ ((noreturn))
74 #else
75 #define SCM_NORETURN
76 #endif
77
78 /* The macro SCM_UNUSED indicates that a function, function argument or
79 * variable may potentially be unused.
80 * Examples:
81 * 1) static int unused_function (char arg) SCM_UNUSED;
82 * 2) int foo (char unused_argument SCM_UNUSED);
83 * 3) int unused_variable SCM_UNUSED;
84 */
85 #ifdef __GNUC__
86 #define SCM_UNUSED __attribute__ ((unused))
87 #else
88 #define SCM_UNUSED
89 #endif
90
91
92 /* {Supported Options}
93 *
94 * These may be defined or undefined.
95 */
96
97 /* #define GUILE_DEBUG_FREELIST */
98
99 /* All the number support there is.
100 */
101 #define BIGNUMS
102
103 /* GC should relinquish empty cons-pair arenas. */
104 /* cmm:FIXME look at this after done mangling the GC */
105 /* #define GC_FREE_SEGMENTS */
106
107 /* Provide a scheme-accessible count-down timer that
108 * generates a pseudo-interrupt.
109 */
110 #define TICKS
111
112
113 /* Use engineering notation when converting numbers strings?
114 */
115 #undef ENGNOT
116
117 \f
118 /* {Unsupported Options}
119 *
120 * These must be defined as given here.
121 */
122
123
124 #define CCLO
125
126 /* Guile Scheme supports the #f/() distinction; Guile Lisp won't. We
127 have horrible plans for their unification. */
128 #undef SICP
129
130 \f
131
132 /* Random options (not yet supported or in final form). */
133
134 #define STACK_CHECKING
135 #undef NO_CEVAL_STACK_CHECKING
136
137 \f
138
139 /* SCM_API is a macro prepended to all function and data definitions
140 which should be exported or imported in the resulting dynamic link
141 library (DLL) in the Win32 port. */
142
143 #if defined (SCM_IMPORT)
144 # define SCM_API __declspec (dllimport) extern
145 #elif defined (SCM_EXPORT) || defined (DLL_EXPORT)
146 # define SCM_API __declspec (dllexport) extern
147 #else
148 # define SCM_API extern
149 #endif
150
151 \f
152
153 /* What did the configure script discover about the outside world? */
154 #include "libguile/scmconfig.h"
155
156 \f
157
158 /* {Debugging Options}
159 *
160 * These compile time options determine whether to include code that is only
161 * useful for debugging guile itself or C level extensions to guile. The
162 * common prefix for all option macros of this kind is "SCM_DEBUG_". It is
163 * guaranteed that a macro named SCM_DEBUG_XXX is defined to be either 0 or 1,
164 * i. e. there is no need to test for the undefined case. This allows to use
165 * these definitions comfortably within code, as in the following example:
166 * #define FOO do { if (SCM_DEBUG_XXX) bar(); else baz(); } while (0)
167 * Any sane compiler will remove the unused branch without any performance
168 * penalty for the resulting code.
169 *
170 * Note: Some SCM_DEBUG_XXX options are not settable at configure time.
171 * To change the value of such options you will have to edit this header
172 * file or give suitable options to make, like:
173 * make all CFLAGS="-DSCM_DEBUG_XXX=1 ..."
174 */
175
176
177 /* The value of SCM_DEBUG determines the default for most of the not yet
178 * defined debugging options. This allows, for example, to enable most of the
179 * debugging options by simply defining SCM_DEBUG as 1.
180 */
181 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG
182 #define SCM_DEBUG 0
183 #endif
184
185 /* If SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES is set to 1, cell accesses will perform
186 * exhaustive parameter checking: It will be verified that cell parameters
187 * actually point to a valid heap cell. Note: If this option is enabled,
188 * guile will run about ten times slower than normally.
189 */
190 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES
191 #define SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES SCM_DEBUG
192 #endif
193
194 /* If SCM_DEBUG_INTERRUPTS is set to 1, with every deferring and allowing of
195 * interrupts a consistency check will be performed.
196 */
197 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG_INTERRUPTS
198 #define SCM_DEBUG_INTERRUPTS SCM_DEBUG
199 #endif
200
201 /* If SCM_DEBUG_PAIR_ACCESSES is set to 1, accesses to cons cells will be
202 * exhaustively checked. Note: If this option is enabled, guile will run
203 * slower than normally.
204 */
205 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG_PAIR_ACCESSES
206 #define SCM_DEBUG_PAIR_ACCESSES SCM_DEBUG
207 #endif
208
209 /* If SCM_DEBUG_REST_ARGUMENT is set to 1, functions that take rest arguments
210 * will check whether the rest arguments are actually passed as a proper list.
211 * Otherwise, if SCM_DEBUG_REST_ARGUMENT is 0, functions that take rest
212 * arguments will take it for granted that these are passed as a proper list.
213 */
214 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG_REST_ARGUMENT
215 #define SCM_DEBUG_REST_ARGUMENT SCM_DEBUG
216 #endif
217
218 /* Use this for _compile time_ type checking only, since the compiled result
219 * will be quite inefficient. The right way to make use of this option is to
220 * do a 'make clean; make CFLAGS=-DSCM_DEBUG_TYPING_STRICTNESS=1', fix your
221 * errors, and then do 'make clean; make'.
222 */
223 #ifndef SCM_DEBUG_TYPING_STRICTNESS
224 #define SCM_DEBUG_TYPING_STRICTNESS 1
225 #endif
226
227 \f
228
229 /* {Feature Options}
230 *
231 * These compile time options determine whether code for certain features
232 * should be compiled into guile. The common prefix for all option macros
233 * of this kind is "SCM_ENABLE_". It is guaranteed that a macro named
234 * SCM_ENABLE_XXX is defined to be either 0 or 1, i. e. there is no need to
235 * test for the undefined case. This allows to use these definitions
236 * comfortably within code, as in the following example:
237 * #define FOO do { if (SCM_ENABLE_XXX) bar(); else baz(); } while (0)
238 * Any sane compiler will remove the unused branch without any performance
239 * penalty for the resulting code.
240 *
241 * Note: Some SCM_ENABLE_XXX options are not settable at configure time.
242 * To change the value of such options you will have to edit this header
243 * file or give suitable options to make, like:
244 * make all CFLAGS="-DSCM_ENABLE_XXX=1 ..."
245 */
246
247 /* If SCM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is set to 1, deprecated code will be included in
248 * guile, as well as some functions to issue run-time warnings about uses of
249 * deprecated functions.
250 */
251 #ifndef SCM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
252 #define SCM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED 0
253 #endif
254
255 \f
256
257 /* {Architecture and compiler properties}
258 *
259 * Guile as of today can only work on systems which fulfill at least the
260 * following requirements:
261 * - long ints have at least 32 bits.
262 * Guile's type system is based on this assumption.
263 * - long ints consist of at least four characters.
264 * It is assumed that cells, i. e. pairs of long ints, are eight character
265 * aligned, because three bits of a cell pointer are used for type data.
266 * - sizeof (void*) == sizeof (long int)
267 * Pointers are stored in SCM objects, and sometimes SCM objects are passed
268 * as void*. Thus, there has to be a one-to-one correspondence.
269 * - numbers are encoded using two's complement.
270 * The implementation of the bitwise scheme level operations is based on
271 * this assumption.
272 * - ... add more
273 */
274
275 #if SIZEOF_UINTPTR_T != 0 && defined(UINTPTR_MAX) \
276 && defined(INTPTR_MAX) \
277 && defined(INTPTR_MIN)
278 /* Used as SCM if available, so we bundle related attributes to avoid possible
279 type incon[st][oi]n[ae]nce later. Word in tags.h. */
280 #define HAVE_UINTPTR_T 1
281 #endif
282
283 #if SIZEOF_PTRDIFF_T != 0
284 #define HAVE_PTRDIFF_T 1
285 #endif
286
287 #if SIZEOF_LONG_LONG != 0
288 #define HAVE_LONG_LONGS 1
289 #define HAVE_LONG_LONG 1
290 #endif
291
292 #ifndef HAVE_PTRDIFF_T
293 typedef long ptrdiff_t;
294 #endif
295
296 #ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
297 # include <limits.h>
298 #endif
299
300 #ifdef CHAR_BIT
301 # define SCM_CHAR_BIT CHAR_BIT
302 #else
303 # define SCM_CHAR_BIT 8
304 #endif
305
306 #ifdef LONG_BIT
307 # define SCM_LONG_BIT LONG_BIT
308 #else
309 # define SCM_LONG_BIT (SCM_CHAR_BIT * sizeof (long) / sizeof (char))
310 #endif
311
312 #ifdef UCHAR_MAX
313 # define SCM_CHAR_CODE_LIMIT (UCHAR_MAX + 1L)
314 #else
315 # define SCM_CHAR_CODE_LIMIT 256L
316 #endif
317
318 \f
319
320 #ifdef STDC_HEADERS
321 # include <stdlib.h>
322 # if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
323 # include <sys/types.h>
324 # endif
325 # if HAVE_SYS_STDTYPES_H
326 # include <sys/stdtypes.h>
327 # endif
328 # include <stddef.h>
329 #endif /* def STDC_HEADERS */
330
331 \f
332
333 /* Define some additional CPP macros on Win32 platforms. */
334 #if USE_DLL_IMPORT
335 # define __REGEX_IMPORT__ 1
336 # define __CRYPT_IMPORT__ 1
337 # define __READLINE_IMPORT__ 1
338 # define QT_IMPORT 1
339 #endif
340
341 \f
342
343 #include "libguile/tags.h"
344
345 \f
346 #ifdef vms
347 # ifndef CHEAP_CONTINUATIONS
348 typedef int jmp_buf[17];
349 extern int setjump(jmp_buf env);
350 extern int longjump(jmp_buf env, int ret);
351 # define setjmp setjump
352 # define longjmp longjump
353 # else
354 # include <setjmp.h>
355 # endif
356 #else /* ndef vms */
357 # ifdef _CRAY1
358 typedef int jmp_buf[112];
359 extern int setjump(jmp_buf env);
360 extern int longjump(jmp_buf env, int ret);
361 # define setjmp setjump
362 # define longjmp longjump
363 # else /* ndef _CRAY1 */
364 # include <setjmp.h>
365 # endif /* ndef _CRAY1 */
366 #endif /* ndef vms */
367
368 /* James Clark came up with this neat one instruction fix for
369 * continuations on the SPARC. It flushes the register windows so
370 * that all the state of the process is contained in the stack.
371 */
372
373 #ifdef sparc
374 # define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS asm("ta 3")
375 #else
376 # define SCM_FLUSH_REGISTER_WINDOWS /* empty */
377 #endif
378
379 /* If stack is not longword aligned then
380 */
381
382 /* #define SHORT_ALIGN */
383 #ifdef THINK_C
384 # define SHORT_ALIGN
385 #endif
386 #ifdef MSDOS
387 # define SHORT_ALIGN
388 #endif
389 #ifdef atarist
390 # define SHORT_ALIGN
391 #endif
392
393 #ifdef SHORT_ALIGN
394 typedef short SCM_STACKITEM;
395 #else
396 typedef long SCM_STACKITEM;
397 #endif
398 \f
399
400 #define SCM_ASYNC_TICK /*fixme* should change names */ \
401 do { \
402 if (scm_root->pending_asyncs) \
403 scm_async_click (); \
404 } while (0)
405
406
407 /* Anthony Green writes:
408 When the compiler sees...
409 DEFER_INTS;
410 [critical code here]
411 ALLOW_INTS;
412 ...it doesn't actually promise to keep the critical code within the
413 boundries of the DEFER/ALLOW_INTS instructions. It may very well
414 schedule it outside of the magic defined in those macros.
415
416 However, GCC's volatile asm feature forms a barrier over which code is
417 never moved. So if you add...
418 asm ("");
419 ...to each of the DEFER_INTS and ALLOW_INTS macros, the critical
420 code will always remain in place. asm's without inputs or outputs
421 are implicitly volatile. */
422 #ifdef __GNUC__
423 #define SCM_FENCE asm /* volatile */ ("")
424 #else
425 #define SCM_FENCE
426 #endif
427
428 #define SCM_DEFER_INTS scm_rec_mutex_lock (&scm_i_defer_mutex);
429
430 #define SCM_ALLOW_INTS scm_rec_mutex_unlock (&scm_i_defer_mutex);
431
432 #define SCM_REDEFER_INTS SCM_DEFER_INTS
433
434 #define SCM_REALLOW_INTS SCM_ALLOW_INTS
435
436 #define SCM_TICK \
437 do { \
438 SCM_ASYNC_TICK; \
439 SCM_THREAD_SWITCHING_CODE; \
440 } while (0)
441
442 \f
443
444 /* Note: The following needs updating. */
445
446 /* Classification of critical sections
447 *
448 * When Guile moves to POSIX threads, it won't be possible to prevent
449 * context switching. In fact, the whole idea of context switching is
450 * bogus if threads are run by different processors. Therefore, we
451 * must ultimately eliminate all critical sections or enforce them by
452 * use of mutecis.
453 *
454 * All instances of SCM_DEFER_INTS and SCM_ALLOW_INTS should therefore
455 * be classified and replaced by one of the delimiters below. If you
456 * understand what this is all about, I'd like to encourage you to
457 * help with this task. The set of classes below must of course be
458 * incrementally augmented.
459 *
460 * MDJ 980419 <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
461 */
462
463 /* A sections
464 *
465 * Allocation of a cell with type tag in the CAR.
466 *
467 * With POSIX threads, each thread will have a private pool of free
468 * cells. Therefore, this type of section can be removed. But! It
469 * is important that the CDR is initialized first (with the CAR still
470 * indicating a free cell) so that we can guarantee a consistent heap
471 * at all times.
472 */
473
474 #define SCM_ENTER_A_SECTION SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START
475 #define SCM_EXIT_A_SECTION SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_END
476
477 \f
478
479 /** SCM_ASSERT
480 **
481 **/
482
483
484 #ifdef SCM_RECKLESS
485 #define SCM_ASSERT(_cond, _arg, _pos, _subr)
486 #define SCM_ASSERT_TYPE(_cond, _arg, _pos, _subr, _msg)
487 #define SCM_ASRTGO(_cond, _label)
488 #else
489 #define SCM_ASSERT(_cond, _arg, _pos, _subr) \
490 if (!(_cond)) \
491 scm_wrong_type_arg (_subr, _pos, _arg)
492 #define SCM_ASSERT_TYPE(_cond, _arg, _pos, _subr, _msg) \
493 if (!(_cond)) \
494 scm_wrong_type_arg_msg(_subr, _pos, _arg, _msg)
495 #define SCM_ASRTGO(_cond, _label) \
496 if (!(_cond)) \
497 goto _label
498 #endif
499
500 /*
501 * SCM_WTA_DISPATCH
502 */
503
504 /* Dirk:FIXME:: In all of the SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_* macros it is assumed that
505 * 'gf' is zero if uninitialized. It would be cleaner if some valid SCM value
506 * like SCM_BOOL_F or SCM_UNDEFINED was chosen.
507 */
508
509 SCM_API SCM scm_call_generic_0 (SCM gf);
510
511 #define SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_0(gf, subr) \
512 return (SCM_UNPACK (gf) \
513 ? scm_call_generic_0 ((gf)) \
514 : (scm_error_num_args_subr ((subr)), SCM_UNSPECIFIED))
515 #define SCM_GASSERT0(cond, gf, subr) \
516 if (!(cond)) SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_0((gf), (subr))
517
518 SCM_API SCM scm_call_generic_1 (SCM gf, SCM a1);
519
520 #define SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_1(gf, a1, pos, subr) \
521 return (SCM_UNPACK (gf) \
522 ? scm_call_generic_1 ((gf), (a1)) \
523 : (scm_wrong_type_arg ((subr), (pos), (a1)), SCM_UNSPECIFIED))
524 #define SCM_GASSERT1(cond, gf, a1, pos, subr) \
525 if (!(cond)) SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_1((gf), (a1), (pos), (subr))
526
527 SCM_API SCM scm_call_generic_2 (SCM gf, SCM a1, SCM a2);
528
529 #define SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_2(gf, a1, a2, pos, subr) \
530 return (SCM_UNPACK (gf) \
531 ? scm_call_generic_2 ((gf), (a1), (a2)) \
532 : (scm_wrong_type_arg ((subr), (pos), \
533 (pos) == SCM_ARG1 ? (a1) : (a2)), \
534 SCM_UNSPECIFIED))
535 #define SCM_GASSERT2(cond, gf, a1, a2, pos, subr) \
536 if (!(cond)) SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_2((gf), (a1), (a2), (pos), (subr))
537
538 SCM_API SCM scm_apply_generic (SCM gf, SCM args);
539
540 #define SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_n(gf, args, pos, subr) \
541 return (SCM_UNPACK (gf) \
542 ? scm_apply_generic ((gf), (args)) \
543 : (scm_wrong_type_arg ((subr), (pos), \
544 scm_list_ref ((args), \
545 SCM_MAKINUM ((pos) - 1))), \
546 SCM_UNSPECIFIED))
547 #define SCM_GASSERTn(cond, gf, args, pos, subr) \
548 if (!(cond)) SCM_WTA_DISPATCH_n((gf), (args), (pos), (subr))
549
550 #ifndef SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER
551 /* Let these macros pass through if
552 we are snarfing; thus we can tell the
553 difference between the use of an actual
554 number vs. the use of one of these macros --
555 actual numbers in SCM_VALIDATE_* and SCM_ASSERT
556 constructs must match the formal argument name,
557 but using SCM_ARG* avoids the test */
558
559 #define SCM_ARGn 0
560 #define SCM_ARG1 1
561 #define SCM_ARG2 2
562 #define SCM_ARG3 3
563 #define SCM_ARG4 4
564 #define SCM_ARG5 5
565 #define SCM_ARG6 6
566 #define SCM_ARG7 7
567
568 #endif /* SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER */
569
570 \f
571
572 /* SCM_EXIT_SUCCESS is the default code to return from SCM if no errors
573 * were encountered. SCM_EXIT_FAILURE is the default code to return from
574 * SCM if errors were encountered. The return code can be explicitly
575 * specified in a SCM program with (scm_quit <n>).
576 */
577
578 #ifndef SCM_EXIT_SUCCESS
579 #ifdef vms
580 #define SCM_EXIT_SUCCESS 1
581 #else
582 #define SCM_EXIT_SUCCESS 0
583 #endif /* def vms */
584 #endif /* ndef SCM_EXIT_SUCCESS */
585 #ifndef SCM_EXIT_FAILURE
586 #ifdef vms
587 #define SCM_EXIT_FAILURE 2
588 #else
589 #define SCM_EXIT_FAILURE 1
590 #endif /* def vms */
591 #endif /* ndef SCM_EXIT_FAILURE */
592
593 #endif /* SCM___SCM_H */
594
595 /*
596 Local Variables:
597 c-file-style: "gnu"
598 End:
599 */