dep: Use weak pointers for maintaining dependents.
[lisp] / weak.lisp
1 ;;; -*-lisp-*-
2 ;;;
3 ;;; Weak pointers and data structures
4 ;;;
5 ;;; (c) 2008 Straylight/Edgeware
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7
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23
24 (cl:defpackage #:weak
25 (:use #:common-lisp)
26 #+sbcl
27 (:import-from #:sb-ext #:make-weak-pointer #:weak-pointer-value)
28 #+(or cmu clisp)
29 (:import-from #:ext #:make-weak-pointer #:weak-pointer-value)
30 (:export #:make-weak-pointer #:weak-pointer-value))
31 (cl:in-package #:weak)
32
33 #+(or allegro common-lispworks)
34 (progn
35 (defun make-weak-pointer (object)
36 (make-array 1 :initial-contents (list object) :weak t))
37 (defun weak-pointer-value (weak)
38 (aref weak 0)))
39
40 #+ecl
41 (progn
42 (defun make-weak-pointer (object)
43 (ffi:c-inline (object) (:object) :pointer-void
44 "{ cl_object *weak = GC_malloc_atomic(sizeof(cl_object));
45 *weak = #0;
46 GC_general_register_disappearing_link(weak, GC_base(#0));
47 @(return) = weak; }"
48 :one-liner nil))
49 (defun weak-pointer-value (weak)
50 (ffi:c-inline (weak) (:pointer-void) (values :object :object)
51 "{ cl_object *weak = #0;
52 if (*weak) { @(return 0) = *weak; @(return 1) = @t; }
53 else { @(return 0) = @nil; @(return 1) = @nil; } }"
54 :one-liner nil)))
55
56 #-(or sbcl cmu clisp allegro common-lispworks ecl)
57 (progn
58 (defun make-weak-pointer (object) object)
59 (defun weak-pointer-value (weak) (values weak t)))
60
61 ;;;----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------