Fixed symbols so that interned symbols are only weakly referenced.
[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / symbols.c
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17
18
19 \f
20 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
23
24 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
25 #include "libguile/chars.h"
26 #include "libguile/eval.h"
27 #include "libguile/hash.h"
28 #include "libguile/smob.h"
29 #include "libguile/variable.h"
30 #include "libguile/alist.h"
31 #include "libguile/fluids.h"
32 #include "libguile/strings.h"
33 #include "libguile/vectors.h"
34 #include "libguile/hashtab.h"
35 #include "libguile/weaks.h"
36 #include "libguile/modules.h"
37 #include "libguile/read.h"
38 #include "libguile/srfi-13.h"
39
40 #include "libguile/validate.h"
41 #include "libguile/symbols.h"
42
43 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
44 #include <string.h>
45 #endif
46
47 \f
48
49 static SCM symbols;
50
51 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG
52 SCM_DEFINE (scm_sys_symbols, "%symbols", 0, 0, 0,
53 (),
54 "Return the system symbol obarray.")
55 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sys_symbols
56 {
57 return symbols;
58 }
59 #undef FUNC_NAME
60 #endif
61
62 \f
63
64 /* {Symbols}
65 */
66
67 /* In order to optimize reading speed, this function breaks part of
68 * the hashtable abstraction. The optimizations are:
69 *
70 * 1. The argument string can be compared directly to symbol objects
71 * without first creating an SCM string object. (This would have
72 * been necessary if we had used the hashtable API in hashtab.h.)
73 *
74 * 2. We can use the raw hash value stored in scm_i_symbol_hash (sym)
75 * to speed up lookup.
76 *
77 * Both optimizations might be possible without breaking the
78 * abstraction if the API in hashtab.c is improved.
79 */
80
81 unsigned long
82 scm_i_hash_symbol (SCM obj, unsigned long n, void *closure)
83 {
84 return scm_i_symbol_hash (obj) % n;
85 }
86
87 static SCM
88 lookup_interned_symbol (const char *name, size_t len,
89 unsigned long raw_hash)
90 {
91 /* Try to find the symbol in the symbols table */
92 SCM result = SCM_BOOL_F;
93 SCM bucket, elt, previous_elt;
94 unsigned long hash = raw_hash % SCM_HASHTABLE_N_BUCKETS (symbols);
95
96 bucket = SCM_HASHTABLE_BUCKET (symbols, hash);
97 for (elt = bucket, previous_elt = SCM_BOOL_F;
98 !scm_is_null (elt);
99 previous_elt = elt, elt = SCM_CDR (elt))
100 {
101 SCM pair, sym;
102
103 pair = SCM_CAR (elt);
104 if (!scm_is_pair (pair))
105 abort ();
106
107 if (SCM_WEAK_PAIR_CAR_DELETED_P (pair))
108 {
109 /* PAIR is a weak pair whose key got nullified: remove it from
110 BUCKET. */
111 /* FIXME: Since this is done lazily, i.e., only when a new symbol
112 is to be inserted in a bucket containing deleted symbols, the
113 number of items in the hash table may remain erroneous for some
114 time, thus precluding proper rehashing. */
115 if (previous_elt != SCM_BOOL_F)
116 SCM_SETCDR (previous_elt, SCM_CDR (elt));
117 else
118 bucket = SCM_CDR (elt);
119
120 SCM_HASHTABLE_DECREMENT (symbols);
121 continue;
122 }
123
124 sym = SCM_CAR (pair);
125
126 if (scm_i_symbol_hash (sym) == raw_hash
127 && scm_i_symbol_length (sym) == len)
128 {
129 const char *chrs = scm_i_symbol_chars (sym);
130 size_t i = len;
131
132 while (i != 0)
133 {
134 --i;
135 if (name[i] != chrs[i])
136 goto next_symbol;
137 }
138
139 /* We found it. */
140 result = sym;
141 break;
142 }
143 next_symbol:
144 ;
145 }
146
147 if (SCM_HASHTABLE_N_ITEMS (symbols) < SCM_HASHTABLE_LOWER (symbols))
148 /* We removed many symbols in this pass so trigger a rehashing. */
149 scm_i_rehash (symbols, scm_i_hash_symbol, 0, "lookup_interned_symbol");
150
151 return result;
152 }
153
154 static SCM
155 scm_i_c_mem2symbol (const char *name, size_t len)
156 {
157 SCM symbol;
158 size_t raw_hash = scm_string_hash ((const unsigned char *) name, len);
159 size_t hash = raw_hash % SCM_HASHTABLE_N_BUCKETS (symbols);
160
161 symbol = lookup_interned_symbol (name, len, raw_hash);
162 if (symbol != SCM_BOOL_F)
163 return symbol;
164
165 {
166 /* The symbol was not found - create it. */
167 SCM symbol = scm_i_c_make_symbol (name, len, 0, raw_hash,
168 scm_cons (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL));
169
170 SCM slot = SCM_HASHTABLE_BUCKET (symbols, hash);
171 SCM cell = scm_weak_car_pair (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
172 SCM_SET_HASHTABLE_BUCKET (symbols, hash, scm_cons (cell, slot));
173 SCM_HASHTABLE_INCREMENT (symbols);
174 if (SCM_HASHTABLE_N_ITEMS (symbols) > SCM_HASHTABLE_UPPER (symbols))
175 scm_i_rehash (symbols, scm_i_hash_symbol, 0, "scm_mem2symbol");
176
177 return symbol;
178 }
179 }
180
181 static SCM
182 scm_i_mem2symbol (SCM str)
183 {
184 SCM symbol;
185 const char *name = scm_i_string_chars (str);
186 size_t len = scm_i_string_length (str);
187 size_t raw_hash = scm_string_hash ((const unsigned char *) name, len);
188 size_t hash = raw_hash % SCM_HASHTABLE_N_BUCKETS (symbols);
189
190 symbol = lookup_interned_symbol (name, len, raw_hash);
191 if (symbol != SCM_BOOL_F)
192 return symbol;
193
194 {
195 /* The symbol was not found - create it. */
196 SCM symbol = scm_i_make_symbol (str, 0, raw_hash,
197 scm_cons (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL));
198
199 SCM slot = SCM_HASHTABLE_BUCKET (symbols, hash);
200 SCM cell = scm_weak_car_pair (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
201 SCM_SET_HASHTABLE_BUCKET (symbols, hash, scm_cons (cell, slot));
202 SCM_HASHTABLE_INCREMENT (symbols);
203 if (SCM_HASHTABLE_N_ITEMS (symbols) > SCM_HASHTABLE_UPPER (symbols))
204 scm_i_rehash (symbols, scm_i_hash_symbol, 0, "scm_mem2symbol");
205
206 return symbol;
207 }
208 }
209
210
211 static SCM
212 scm_i_mem2uninterned_symbol (SCM str)
213 {
214 const char *name = scm_i_string_chars (str);
215 size_t len = scm_i_string_length (str);
216 size_t raw_hash = scm_string_hash ((const unsigned char *) name, len);
217
218 return scm_i_make_symbol (str, SCM_I_F_SYMBOL_UNINTERNED,
219 raw_hash, scm_cons (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL));
220 }
221
222 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_p, "symbol?", 1, 0, 0,
223 (SCM obj),
224 "Return @code{#t} if @var{obj} is a symbol, otherwise return\n"
225 "@code{#f}.")
226 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_p
227 {
228 return scm_from_bool (scm_is_symbol (obj));
229 }
230 #undef FUNC_NAME
231
232 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_interned_p, "symbol-interned?", 1, 0, 0,
233 (SCM symbol),
234 "Return @code{#t} if @var{symbol} is interned, otherwise return\n"
235 "@code{#f}.")
236 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_interned_p
237 {
238 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, symbol);
239 return scm_from_bool (scm_i_symbol_is_interned (symbol));
240 }
241 #undef FUNC_NAME
242
243 SCM_DEFINE (scm_make_symbol, "make-symbol", 1, 0, 0,
244 (SCM name),
245 "Return a new uninterned symbol with the name @var{name}. "
246 "The returned symbol is guaranteed to be unique and future "
247 "calls to @code{string->symbol} will not return it.")
248 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_make_symbol
249 {
250 SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, name);
251 return scm_i_mem2uninterned_symbol (name);
252 }
253 #undef FUNC_NAME
254
255 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_to_string, "symbol->string", 1, 0, 0,
256 (SCM s),
257 "Return the name of @var{symbol} as a string. If the symbol was\n"
258 "part of an object returned as the value of a literal expression\n"
259 "(section @pxref{Literal expressions,,,r5rs, The Revised^5\n"
260 "Report on Scheme}) or by a call to the @code{read} procedure,\n"
261 "and its name contains alphabetic characters, then the string\n"
262 "returned will contain characters in the implementation's\n"
263 "preferred standard case---some implementations will prefer\n"
264 "upper case, others lower case. If the symbol was returned by\n"
265 "@code{string->symbol}, the case of characters in the string\n"
266 "returned will be the same as the case in the string that was\n"
267 "passed to @code{string->symbol}. It is an error to apply\n"
268 "mutation procedures like @code{string-set!} to strings returned\n"
269 "by this procedure.\n"
270 "\n"
271 "The following examples assume that the implementation's\n"
272 "standard case is lower case:\n"
273 "\n"
274 "@lisp\n"
275 "(symbol->string 'flying-fish) @result{} \"flying-fish\"\n"
276 "(symbol->string 'Martin) @result{} \"martin\"\n"
277 "(symbol->string\n"
278 " (string->symbol \"Malvina\")) @result{} \"Malvina\"\n"
279 "@end lisp")
280 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_to_string
281 {
282 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
283 return scm_i_symbol_substring (s, 0, scm_i_symbol_length (s));
284 }
285 #undef FUNC_NAME
286
287
288 SCM_DEFINE (scm_string_to_symbol, "string->symbol", 1, 0, 0,
289 (SCM string),
290 "Return the symbol whose name is @var{string}. This procedure\n"
291 "can create symbols with names containing special characters or\n"
292 "letters in the non-standard case, but it is usually a bad idea\n"
293 "to create such symbols because in some implementations of\n"
294 "Scheme they cannot be read as themselves. See\n"
295 "@code{symbol->string}.\n"
296 "\n"
297 "The following examples assume that the implementation's\n"
298 "standard case is lower case:\n"
299 "\n"
300 "@lisp\n"
301 "(eq? 'mISSISSIppi 'mississippi) @result{} #t\n"
302 "(string->symbol \"mISSISSIppi\") @result{} @r{the symbol with name \"mISSISSIppi\"}\n"
303 "(eq? 'bitBlt (string->symbol \"bitBlt\")) @result{} #f\n"
304 "(eq? 'JollyWog\n"
305 " (string->symbol (symbol->string 'JollyWog))) @result{} #t\n"
306 "(string=? \"K. Harper, M.D.\"\n"
307 " (symbol->string\n"
308 " (string->symbol \"K. Harper, M.D.\"))) @result{}#t\n"
309 "@end lisp")
310 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_string_to_symbol
311 {
312 SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, string);
313 return scm_i_mem2symbol (string);
314 }
315 #undef FUNC_NAME
316
317 SCM_DEFINE (scm_string_ci_to_symbol, "string-ci->symbol", 1, 0, 0,
318 (SCM str),
319 "Return the symbol whose name is @var{str}. @var{str} is\n"
320 "converted to lowercase before the conversion is done, if Guile\n"
321 "is currently reading symbols case-insensitively.")
322 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_string_ci_to_symbol
323 {
324 return scm_string_to_symbol (SCM_CASE_INSENSITIVE_P
325 ? scm_string_downcase(str)
326 : str);
327 }
328 #undef FUNC_NAME
329
330 #define MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH 30
331
332 SCM_DEFINE (scm_gensym, "gensym", 0, 1, 0,
333 (SCM prefix),
334 "Create a new symbol with a name constructed from a prefix and\n"
335 "a counter value. The string @var{prefix} can be specified as\n"
336 "an optional argument. Default prefix is @code{ g}. The counter\n"
337 "is increased by 1 at each call. There is no provision for\n"
338 "resetting the counter.")
339 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gensym
340 {
341 static int gensym_counter = 0;
342
343 SCM suffix, name;
344 int n, n_digits;
345 char buf[SCM_INTBUFLEN];
346
347 if (SCM_UNBNDP (prefix))
348 prefix = scm_from_locale_string (" g");
349
350 /* mutex in case another thread looks and incs at the exact same moment */
351 scm_i_scm_pthread_mutex_lock (&scm_i_misc_mutex);
352 n = gensym_counter++;
353 scm_i_pthread_mutex_unlock (&scm_i_misc_mutex);
354
355 n_digits = scm_iint2str (n, 10, buf);
356 suffix = scm_from_locale_stringn (buf, n_digits);
357 name = scm_string_append (scm_list_2 (prefix, suffix));
358 return scm_string_to_symbol (name);
359 }
360 #undef FUNC_NAME
361
362 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_hash, "symbol-hash", 1, 0, 0,
363 (SCM symbol),
364 "Return a hash value for @var{symbol}.")
365 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_hash
366 {
367 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, symbol);
368 return scm_from_ulong (scm_i_symbol_hash (symbol));
369 }
370 #undef FUNC_NAME
371
372 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_fref, "symbol-fref", 1, 0, 0,
373 (SCM s),
374 "Return the contents of @var{symbol}'s @dfn{function slot}.")
375 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_fref
376 {
377 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
378 return SCM_CAR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (s));
379 }
380 #undef FUNC_NAME
381
382
383 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_pref, "symbol-pref", 1, 0, 0,
384 (SCM s),
385 "Return the @dfn{property list} currently associated with @var{symbol}.")
386 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_pref
387 {
388 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
389 return SCM_CDR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (s));
390 }
391 #undef FUNC_NAME
392
393
394 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_fset_x, "symbol-fset!", 2, 0, 0,
395 (SCM s, SCM val),
396 "Change the binding of @var{symbol}'s function slot.")
397 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_fset_x
398 {
399 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
400 SCM_SETCAR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (s), val);
401 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
402 }
403 #undef FUNC_NAME
404
405
406 SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_pset_x, "symbol-pset!", 2, 0, 0,
407 (SCM s, SCM val),
408 "Change the binding of @var{symbol}'s property slot.")
409 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_pset_x
410 {
411 SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
412 SCM_SETCDR (SCM_CELL_OBJECT_3 (s), val);
413 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
414 }
415 #undef FUNC_NAME
416
417 SCM
418 scm_from_locale_symbol (const char *sym)
419 {
420 return scm_i_c_mem2symbol (sym, strlen (sym));
421 }
422
423 SCM
424 scm_from_locale_symboln (const char *sym, size_t len)
425 {
426 return scm_i_c_mem2symbol (sym, len);
427 }
428
429 SCM
430 scm_take_locale_symboln (char *sym, size_t len)
431 {
432 SCM res;
433 unsigned long raw_hash;
434
435 if (len == (size_t)-1)
436 len = strlen (sym);
437 else
438 {
439 /* Ensure STR is null terminated. A realloc for 1 extra byte should
440 often be satisfied from the alignment padding after the block, with
441 no actual data movement. */
442 sym = scm_realloc (sym, len+1);
443 sym[len] = '\0';
444 }
445
446 raw_hash = scm_string_hash ((unsigned char *)sym, len);
447 res = lookup_interned_symbol (sym, len, raw_hash);
448 if (res != SCM_BOOL_F)
449 {
450 free (sym);
451 return res;
452 }
453
454 res = scm_i_c_take_symbol (sym, len, 0, raw_hash,
455 scm_cons (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL));
456
457 return res;
458 }
459
460 SCM
461 scm_take_locale_symbol (char *sym)
462 {
463 return scm_take_locale_symboln (sym, (size_t)-1);
464 }
465
466 void
467 scm_symbols_prehistory ()
468 {
469 symbols = scm_make_weak_key_hash_table (scm_from_int (2139));
470 }
471
472
473 void
474 scm_init_symbols ()
475 {
476 #include "libguile/symbols.x"
477 }
478
479 /*
480 Local Variables:
481 c-file-style: "gnu"
482 End:
483 */