(chain-head :initarg :chain-head :type sod-class
:reader method-entry-chain-head)
(chain-tail :initarg :chain-tail :type sod-class
- :reader method-entry-chain-tail))
+ :reader method-entry-chain-tail)
+ (role :initarg :role :type (or :keyword null) :reader method-entry-role))
(:documentation
"An entry point into an effective method.
- Specifically, this is the entry point to the effective method METHOD
- invoked via the vtable for the chain headed by CHAIN-HEAD. The CHAIN-TAIL
- is the most specific class on this chain; this is useful because we can
- reuse the types of method entries from superclasses on non-primary chains.
+ Specifically, this is the entry point to the effective METHOD invoked via
+ the vtable for the chain headed by CHAIN-HEAD, and serving the given ROLE.
+ The CHAIN-TAIL is the most specific class on this chain; this is useful
+ because we can reuse the types of method entries from superclasses on
+ non-primary chains.
Each effective method may have several different method entries, because
an effective method can be called via vtables attached to different
job of the method entry to adjust the instance pointers correctly for the
rest of the effective method.
+ A vtable can contain more than one entry for the same message. Such
+ entries are distinguished by their roles. A message always has an entry
+ with the `nil role; in addition, a varargs message also has a `:valist'
+ role, which accepts a `va_list' argument in place of the variable argument
+ listNo other roles are currently defined, though they may be introduced by
+ extensions.
+
The boundaries between a method entry and the effective method
is (intentionally) somewhat fuzzy. In extreme cases, the effective method
may not exist at all as a distinct entity in the output because its
content is duplicated in all of the method entry functions. This is left
up to the effective method protocol."))
-(export 'make-method-entry)
-(defgeneric make-method-entry (effective-method chain-head chain-tail)
+(export 'make-method-entries)
+(defgeneric make-method-entries (effective-method chain-head chain-tail)
(:documentation
- "Return a METHOD-ENTRY for an EFFECTIVE-METHOD called via CHAIN-HEAD.
+ "Return a list of `method-entry' objects for an EFFECTIVE-METHOD called
+ via CHAIN-HEAD.
There is no default method for this function. (Maybe when the
effective-method/method-entry output protocol has settled down I'll know
(:documentation
"Return the C function type for a method entry."))
+(export 'method-entry-slot-name)
+(defgeneric method-entry-slot-name (entry)
+ (:documentation
+ "Return the `vtmsgs' slot name for a method entry.
+
+ The default method indirects through `method-entry-slot-name-by-role'."))
+
+(defgeneric method-entry-slot-name-by-role (entry role name)
+ (:documentation "Easier implementation for `method-entry-slot-name'.")
+ (:method ((entry method-entry) (role (eql nil)) name) name)
+ (:method ((entry method-entry) (role (eql :valist)) name)
+ (format nil "~A__v" name)))
+
(export 'effective-method-basic-argument-names)
(defgeneric effective-method-basic-argument-names (method)
(:documentation
;;; Additional instructions.
-(export 'convert-to-ilayout)
-(definst convert-to-ilayout (stream) (class chain-head expr)
+(definst convert-to-ilayout (stream :export t) (class chain-head expr)
(format stream "SOD_ILAYOUT(~@<~A, ~_~A, ~_~A~:>)"
class (sod-class-nickname chain-head) expr))
(return-type (c-type-subtype message-type))
(raw-args (sod-message-argument-tail message))
(arguments (if (varargs-message-p message)
- (cons (make-argument *sod-ap* (c-type va-list))
+ (cons (make-argument *sod-ap*
+ (c-type va-list))
(butlast raw-args))
raw-args)))
(codegen-push codegen)
"Returns the function name of an effective method."))
(export 'method-entry-function-name)
-(defgeneric method-entry-function-name (method chain-head)
+(defgeneric method-entry-function-name (method chain-head role)
(:documentation
"Returns the function name of a method entry.
- The method entry is given as an effective method/chain-head pair, rather
- than as a method entry object because we want the function name before
- we've made the entry object."))
+ The method entry is given as an effective method/chain-head/role triple,
+ rather than as a method entry object because we want the function name
+ before we've made the entry object."))
(export 'compute-method-entry-functions)
(defgeneric compute-method-entry-functions (method)
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