revert the ill-considered part of the 2001-05-24 changes
[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / objects.h
1 /* classes: h_files */
2
3 #ifndef OBJECTSH
4 #define OBJECTSH
5
6 /* Copyright (C) 1996, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 *
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45 * If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice. */
46 \f
47
48 /* This file and objects.c contains those minimal pieces of the Guile
49 * Object Oriented Programming System which need to be included in
50 * libguile.
51 *
52 * {Objects and structs}
53 *
54 * Objects are currently based upon structs. Although the struct
55 * implementation will change thoroughly in the future, objects will
56 * still be based upon structs.
57 */
58
59 #include "libguile/__scm.h"
60 #include "libguile/struct.h"
61
62 \f
63
64 /* {Class flags}
65 *
66 * These are used for efficient identification of instances of a
67 * certain class or its subclasses when traversal of the inheritance
68 * graph would be too costly.
69 */
70 #define SCM_CLASS_FLAGS(class) (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (class) [scm_struct_i_flags])
71 #define SCM_OBJ_CLASS_FLAGS(obj) (SCM_STRUCT_VTABLE_DATA (obj) [scm_struct_i_flags])
72 #define SCM_SET_CLASS_FLAGS(c, f) (SCM_CLASS_FLAGS (c) |= (f))
73 #define SCM_CLEAR_CLASS_FLAGS(c, f) (SCM_CLASS_FLAGS (c) &= ~(f))
74 #define SCM_CLASSF_MASK SCM_STRUCTF_MASK
75
76 #define SCM_CLASSF_ENTITY SCM_STRUCTF_ENTITY
77 /* Operator classes need to be identified in the evaluator.
78 (Entities also have SCM_CLASSF_OPERATOR set in their vtable.) */
79 #define SCM_CLASSF_OPERATOR (1L << 29)
80
81 #define SCM_I_OPERATORP(obj)\
82 ((SCM_OBJ_CLASS_FLAGS (obj) & SCM_CLASSF_OPERATOR) != 0)
83 #define SCM_OPERATOR_CLASS(obj)\
84 ((struct scm_metaclass_operator *) SCM_STRUCT_DATA (obj))
85 #define SCM_OBJ_OPERATOR_CLASS(obj)\
86 ((struct scm_metaclass_operator *) SCM_STRUCT_VTABLE_DATA (obj))
87 #define SCM_OPERATOR_PROCEDURE(obj) (SCM_OBJ_OPERATOR_CLASS (obj)->procedure)
88 #define SCM_OPERATOR_SETTER(obj) (SCM_OBJ_OPERATOR_CLASS (obj)->setter)
89
90 #define SCM_I_ENTITYP(obj)\
91 ((SCM_OBJ_CLASS_FLAGS (obj) & SCM_CLASSF_ENTITY) != 0)
92 #define SCM_ENTITY_PROCEDURE(obj) \
93 (SCM_PACK (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (obj) [scm_struct_i_procedure]))
94 #define SCM_SET_ENTITY_PROCEDURE(obj,v) \
95 (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (obj) [scm_struct_i_procedure] = SCM_UNPACK (v))
96 #define SCM_ENTITY_SETTER(obj) (SCM_PACK (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (obj)[scm_struct_i_setter]))
97 #define SCM_SET_ENTITY_SETTER(obj, v) \
98 (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (obj) [scm_struct_i_setter] = SCM_UNPACK (v))
99
100 #define SCM_SET_CLASS_DESTRUCTOR(c, d) SCM_SET_VTABLE_DESTRUCTOR (c, d)
101 #define SCM_SET_CLASS_INSTANCE_SIZE(c, s) \
102 (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (c)[scm_struct_i_size] \
103 = SCM_PACK ((SCM_UNPACK (SCM_STRUCT_DATA (c)[scm_struct_i_size])\
104 & SCM_STRUCTF_MASK)\
105 | s))
106
107 /* {Operator classes}
108 *
109 * Instances of operator classes can work as operators, i. e., they
110 * can be applied to arguments just as if they were ordinary
111 * procedures.
112 *
113 * For instances of operator classes, the procedures to be applied are
114 * stored in four dedicated slots in the associated class object.
115 * Which one is selected depends on the number of arguments in the
116 * application.
117 *
118 * If zero arguments are passed, the first will be selected.
119 * If one argument is passed, the second will be selected.
120 * If two arguments are passed, the third will be selected.
121 * If three or more arguments are passed, the fourth will be selected.
122 *
123 * This is complicated and may seem gratuitous but has to do with the
124 * architecture of the evaluator. Using only one procedure would
125 * result in a great deal less efficient application, loss of
126 * tail-recursion and would be difficult to reconcile with the
127 * debugging evaluator.
128 *
129 * Also, using this "forked" application in low-level code has the
130 * advantage of speeding up some code. An example is method dispatch
131 * for generic operators applied to few arguments. On the user level,
132 * the "forked" application will be hidden by mechanisms in the GOOPS
133 * package.
134 *
135 * Operator classes have the metaclass <operator-metaclass>.
136 *
137 * An example of an operator class is the class <tk-command>.
138 */
139 #define SCM_METACLASS_STANDARD_LAYOUT ""
140 struct scm_metaclass_standard {
141 SCM layout;
142 SCM vcell;
143 SCM vtable;
144 SCM print;
145 };
146
147 #define SCM_METACLASS_OPERATOR_LAYOUT "popo"
148 struct scm_metaclass_operator {
149 SCM layout;
150 SCM vcell;
151 SCM vtable;
152 SCM print;
153 SCM procedure;
154 SCM setter;
155 };
156
157 /* {Entity classes}
158 *
159 * For instances of entity classes (entities), the procedures to be
160 * applied are stored in the instance itself rather than in the class
161 * object as is the case for instances of operator classes (see above).
162 *
163 * An example of an entity class is the class of generic methods.
164 */
165 #define SCM_ENTITY_LAYOUT ""
166
167 /* {Interface to Goops}
168 *
169 * The evaluator contains a multi-method dispatch mechanism.
170 * This interface is used by that mechanism and during creation of
171 * smob and struct classes.
172 */
173
174 /* Internal representation of Goops objects. */
175 #define SCM_CLASSF_PURE_GENERIC (0x010 << 20)
176 #define SCM_CLASSF_GOOPS_VALID (0x080 << 20)
177 #define SCM_CLASSF_GOOPS (0x100 << 20)
178 #define scm_si_redefined 6
179 #define scm_si_hashsets 7
180 #define SCM_CLASS_OF(x) SCM_STRUCT_VTABLE (x)
181 #define SCM_OBJ_CLASS_REDEF(x) (SCM_PACK (SCM_STRUCT_VTABLE_DATA (x) [scm_si_redefined]))
182
183 typedef struct scm_effective_slot_definition {
184 SCM name;
185 long location;
186 SCM init_value;
187 SCM (*get) (SCM obj, SCM slotdef);
188 SCM (*set) (SCM obj, SCM slotdef, SCM value);
189 } scm_effective_slot_definition;
190
191 #define SCM_ESLOTDEF(x) ((scm_effective_slot_definition *) SCM_CDR (x))
192
193 #define SCM_CMETHOD_CODE(cmethod) SCM_CDR (cmethod)
194 #define SCM_CMETHOD_ENV(cmethod) SCM_CAR (cmethod)
195
196 /* Port classes */
197 #define SCM_IN_PCLASS_INDEX 0x000
198 #define SCM_OUT_PCLASS_INDEX 0x100
199 #define SCM_INOUT_PCLASS_INDEX 0x200
200
201 /* Plugin proxy classes for basic types. */
202 extern SCM scm_metaclass_standard;
203 extern SCM scm_metaclass_operator;
204 extern SCM scm_class_boolean, scm_class_char, scm_class_pair;
205 extern SCM scm_class_procedure, scm_class_string, scm_class_symbol;
206 extern SCM scm_class_procedure_with_setter, scm_class_primitive_generic;
207 extern SCM scm_class_vector, scm_class_null;
208 extern SCM scm_class_real, scm_class_complex, scm_class_integer;
209 extern SCM scm_class_unknown;
210 extern SCM *scm_port_class;
211 extern SCM *scm_smob_class;
212
213 extern SCM scm_no_applicable_method;
214
215 /* Goops functions. */
216 extern SCM scm_make_extended_class (char *type_name);
217 extern void scm_make_port_classes (long ptobnum, char *type_name);
218 extern void scm_change_object_class (SCM, SCM, SCM);
219 extern SCM scm_memoize_method (SCM x, SCM args);
220
221 extern SCM scm_class_of (SCM obj);
222 extern SCM scm_mcache_lookup_cmethod (SCM cache, SCM args);
223 extern SCM scm_mcache_compute_cmethod (SCM cache, SCM args);
224 /* The following are declared in __scm.h
225 extern SCM scm_call_generic_0 (SCM gf);
226 extern SCM scm_call_generic_1 (SCM gf, SCM a1);
227 extern SCM scm_call_generic_2 (SCM gf, SCM a1, SCM a2);
228 extern SCM scm_apply_generic (SCM gf, SCM args);
229 */
230 extern SCM scm_call_generic_3 (SCM gf, SCM a1, SCM a2, SCM a3);
231 extern SCM scm_entity_p (SCM obj);
232 extern SCM scm_operator_p (SCM obj);
233 extern SCM scm_valid_object_procedure_p (SCM proc);
234 extern SCM scm_set_object_procedure_x (SCM obj, SCM proc);
235 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG
236 extern SCM scm_object_procedure (SCM obj);
237 #endif
238 extern SCM scm_make_class_object (SCM metaclass, SCM layout);
239 extern SCM scm_make_subclass_object (SCM c, SCM layout);
240
241 extern SCM scm_i_make_class_object (SCM metaclass, SCM layout_string,
242 unsigned long flags);
243 extern void scm_init_objects (void);
244
245 #endif /* OBJECTSH */
246
247 /*
248 Local Variables:
249 c-file-style: "gnu"
250 End:
251 */