! Copyright (C) Joe Groff. ! See https://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license. USING: alien classes classes.struct.private help.markup help.syntax kernel libc math sequences ; IN: classes.struct HELP: { $values { "class" class } } { $description "This macro implements " { $link boa } " for " { $link struct } " classes. A struct of the given class is constructed, and its slots are initialized using values off the top of the datastack." } ; HELP: (struct) { $values { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Allocates garbage-collected heap memory for a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } ". The new struct's slots are left uninitialized; in most cases, the " { $link } " word, which initializes the struct's slots with their initial values, should be used instead." } ; { (struct) (malloc-struct) } related-words HELP: { $values { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Allocates garbage-collected heap memory for a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } ". The new struct's slots are initialized with the initial values specified in the struct definition." } ; { malloc-struct memory>struct } related-words HELP: STRUCT: { $syntax "STRUCT: class { slot type } { slot type } ... ;" } { $values { "class" "a new " { $link struct } " class to define" } { "slots" "a list of slot specifiers" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " type. The syntax is nearly identical to " { $link POSTPONE: TUPLE: } "; however, there are some additional restrictions on struct types:" { $list { "Struct classes cannot have a superclass defined." } { "The slots of a struct must all have a type declared. The type must be a C type." } { { $link read-only } " slots on structs are not enforced, though they may be declared." } } "Additionally, structs may use bit fields. A slot specifier may use the syntax " { $snippet "bits: n" } " to specify that the bit width of the slot is " { $snippet "n" } ". Bit width may be specified on signed or unsigned integer slots. The layout of bit fields is not guaranteed to match that of any particular C compiler." } ; HELP: S{ { $syntax "S{ class slots... }" } { $values { "class" "a " { $link struct } " class word" } { "slots" "slot values" } } { $description "Marks the beginning of a literal struct. The syntax is identical to tuple literal syntax with " { $link POSTPONE: T{ } { $snippet " }" } "; either the assoc syntax (that is, " { $snippet "S{ class { slot value } { slot value } ... }" } ") or the simple syntax (" { $snippet "S{ class f value value ... }" } ") can be used." } ; HELP: S@ { $syntax "S@ class alien" } { $values { "class" "a " { $link struct } " class word" } { "alien" "a literal alien" } } { $description "Marks the beginning of a literal struct at a specific C address. The prettyprinter uses this syntax when the memory backing a struct object is invalid. This syntax should not generally be used in source code." } ; { POSTPONE: S{ POSTPONE: S@ } related-words HELP: UNION-STRUCT: { $syntax "UNION-STRUCT: class { slot type } { slot type } ... ;" } { $values { "class" "a new " { $link struct } " class to define" } { "slots" "a list of slot specifiers" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " type where all of the slots share the same storage. See " { $link POSTPONE: STRUCT: } " for details on the syntax." } ; HELP: PACKED-STRUCT: { $syntax "PACKED-STRUCT: class { slot type } { slot type } ... ;" } { $values { "class" "a new " { $link struct } " class to define" } { "slots" "a list of slot specifiers" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " type with no alignment padding between slots or at the end. In all other respects, behaves like " { $link POSTPONE: STRUCT: } "." } ; HELP: define-struct-class { $values { "class" class } { "slots" "a sequence of " { $link struct-slot-spec } "s" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " class. This is the runtime equivalent of the " { $link POSTPONE: STRUCT: } " syntax." } ; HELP: define-packed-struct-class { $values { "class" class } { "slots" "a sequence of " { $link struct-slot-spec } "s" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " class. This is the runtime equivalent of the " { $link POSTPONE: PACKED-STRUCT: } " syntax." } ; HELP: define-union-struct-class { $values { "class" class } { "slots" "a sequence of " { $link struct-slot-spec } "s" } } { $description "Defines a new " { $link struct } " class where all of the slots share the same storage. This is the runtime equivalent of the " { $link POSTPONE: UNION-STRUCT: } " syntax." } ; HELP: malloc-struct { $values { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Allocates unmanaged C heap memory for a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } ". The new struct's slots are initialized to their initial values. The struct should be " { $link free } "d when it is no longer needed." } ; HELP: (malloc-struct) { $values { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Allocates unmanaged C heap memory for a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } ". The new struct's slots are left uninitialized; to initialize the allocated memory with the slots' initial values, use " { $link malloc-struct } ". The struct should be " { $link free } "d when it is no longer needed." } ; HELP: compute-struct-offsets { $values { "slots" sequence } { "size" integer } } { $description "Computes how many bytes of memory the struct takes, minus final padding." } ; HELP: memory>struct { $values { "ptr" c-ptr } { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Constructs a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } " at the memory location referenced by " { $snippet "ptr" } ". The referenced memory is unchanged." } ; HELP: read-struct { $values { "class" class } { "struct" struct } } { $description "Reads a new " { $link struct } " of the specified " { $snippet "class" } "." } ; HELP: struct { $class-description "The parent class of all struct types." } ; { struct POSTPONE: STRUCT: POSTPONE: UNION-STRUCT: } related-words HELP: struct-class { $class-description "The metaclass of all " { $link struct } " classes." } ; HELP: struct-slot-values { $values { "struct" struct } { "sequence" sequence } } { $description "Extracts the values of the structs slots" } { $errors "Throws a memory protection error if the memory the struct references is not accessible." } ; ARTICLE: "classes.struct.examples" "Struct class examples" "A struct with a variety of fields:" { $code "USING: alien.c-types classes.struct ;" "" "STRUCT: test-struct" " { i int }" " { chicken char[16] }" " { data void* } ;" } "Creating a new instance of this struct, and printing out:" { $code "test-struct ." } "Creating a new instance with slots initialized from the stack:" { $code "USING: libc specialized-arrays alien.data ;" "SPECIALIZED-ARRAY: char" "" "42" "\"Hello, chicken.\" char >c-array" "1024 malloc" "test-struct ." } ; ARTICLE: "classes.struct.define" "Defining struct classes" "Struct classes are defined using a syntax similar to the " { $link POSTPONE: TUPLE: } " syntax for defining tuple classes:" { $subsections POSTPONE: STRUCT: POSTPONE: PACKED-STRUCT: } "Union structs are also supported, which behave like structs but share the same memory for all the slots." { $subsections POSTPONE: UNION-STRUCT: } ; ARTICLE: "classes.struct.create" "Creating instances of structs" "Structs can be allocated with " { $link new } "- and " { $link boa } "-like constructor words. Additional words are provided for building structs from C memory and from existing buffers:" { $subsections malloc-struct memory>struct } "When the contents of a struct will be immediately reset, faster primitive words are available that will create a struct without initializing its contents:" { $subsections (struct) (malloc-struct) } "Structs have literal syntax, similar to " { $link POSTPONE: T{ } " for tuples:" { $subsections POSTPONE: S{ } ; ARTICLE: "classes.struct.c" "Passing structs to C functions" "Structs can be passed and returned by value, or by reference." $nl "If a parameter is declared with a struct type, the parameter is passed by value. To pass a struct by reference, declare a parameter with a pointer to struct type." $nl { $heading "C functions returning structs" } "If a C function is declared as returning a struct type, the struct is returned by value, and wrapped in an instance of the correct struct class automatically. If a C function is declared as returning a pointer to a struct, it will return an " { $link alien } " instance. This is because there is no way to distinguish between a pointer to a single struct and a pointer to an array of zero or more structs. It is up to the caller to wrap it in a struct using " { $link memory>struct } ", or a specialized array of structs using " { $snippet "" } ", respectively." $nl "An example of a struct declaration:" { $code "USING: alien.c-types classes.struct ;" "" "STRUCT: Point" " { x int }" " { y int }" " { z int } ;" } "A C function which returns a struct by value:" { $code "USING: alien.syntax ;" "FUNCTION: Point give_me_a_point ( c-string description )" } "A C function which takes a struct parameter by reference:" { $code "FUNCTION: void print_point ( Point* p )" } ; ARTICLE: "classes.struct" "Struct classes" "The " { $vocab-link "classes.struct" } " vocabulary implements " { $link struct } " classes. They are similar to " { $link tuple } " classes, but their slots exhibit value semantics, and they are backed by a contiguous structured block of memory. Structs can be used for space-efficient storage of data in the Factor heap, as well as for passing data to and from C libraries using the " { $link "alien" } "." { $subsections "classes.struct.examples" "classes.struct.define" "classes.struct.create" "classes.struct.c" } ; ABOUT: "classes.struct"