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/* classes: h_files */

#ifndef SCM_SYMBOLS_H
#define SCM_SYMBOLS_H

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#include "libguile/__scm.h"
\f

/* SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH(SYM) is the length of SYM's name in characters, and
 * SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS(SYM) is the address of the first character of SYM's name.
 * 
 * SCM_SYMBOL_HASH is a hash value for the symbol.  It is also used to
 * encode whether the symbol is interned or not.  See
 * SCM_SYMBOL_INTERNED_P.
 */

#define SCM_SYMBOLP(x)              (!SCM_IMP (x) && (SCM_TYP7 (x) == scm_tc7_symbol))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH(x)        (((unsigned long) SCM_CELL_WORD_0 (x)) >> 8)
#define SCM_MAKE_SYMBOL_TAG(l)      (((l) << 8) + scm_tc7_symbol)
#define SCM_SET_SYMBOL_LENGTH(s, l) (SCM_SET_CELL_WORD_0 ((s), SCM_MAKE_SYMBOL_TAG(l)))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS(x)         ((char *) (SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x)))
#define SCM_SET_SYMBOL_CHARS(s, c)  (SCM_SET_CELL_WORD_1 ((s), (c)))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_HASH(X)          ((unsigned long) SCM_CELL_WORD_2 (X))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_INTERNED_P(X)    (SCM_SYMBOL_HASH(X) <= (SCM_T_BITS_MAX/2))

#define SCM_PROP_SLOTS(X)           (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (X))
#define SCM_SET_PROP_SLOTS(X, v)    (SCM_SET_CELL_OBJECT_3 ((X), (v)))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_FUNC(X)	    (SCM_CAR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (X)))
#define SCM_SET_SYMBOL_FUNC(X, v)   (SCM_SETCAR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (X), (v)))
#define SCM_SYMBOL_PROPS(X)	    (SCM_CDR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (X)))
#define SCM_SET_SYMBOL_PROPS(X, v)  (SCM_SETCDR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (X), (v)))

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#ifdef GUILE_DEBUG
SCM_API SCM scm_sys_symbols (void);
#endif
SCM_API SCM scm_mem2symbol (const char*, size_t);
SCM_API SCM scm_str2symbol (const char*);

SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_p (SCM x);
SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_to_string (SCM s);
SCM_API SCM scm_string_to_symbol (SCM s);

SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_fref (SCM s);
SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_pref (SCM s);
SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_fset_x (SCM s, SCM val);
SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_pset_x (SCM s, SCM val);

SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_hash (SCM s);
SCM_API SCM scm_gensym (SCM prefix);

SCM_API char *scm_c_symbol2str (SCM obj, char *str, size_t *lenp);
SCM_API void scm_symbols_prehistory (void);
SCM_API void scm_init_symbols (void);

#endif  /* SCM_SYMBOLS_H */

/*
  Local Variables:
  c-file-style: "gnu"
  End:
*/