Fix / Improve with-foreign-pointer-as-string in manual
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28 (in-package #:cffi)
30 (defmacro type-descriptor-ptr (type)
31 `(foreign-symbol-pointer ,(format nil "ffi_type_~(~A~)" type)))
33 (defmacro type-descriptor-ptr/integer (type)
34 `(foreign-symbol-pointer
35 ,(format nil "ffi_type_~Aint~D"
36 (if (string-equal type "unsigned"
37 :end1 (min 8 (length (string type))))
38 "u" "s")
39 (* 8 (foreign-type-size type)))))
41 (defun %make-libffi-type-descriptor/struct (type)
42 (labels
43 ((slot-multiplicity (slot)
44 (if (typep slot 'aggregate-struct-slot)
45 (slot-count slot)
46 1))
47 (number-of-items (structure-type)
48 "Total number of items in the foreign structure."
49 (loop for val being the hash-value of (structure-slots structure-type)
50 sum (slot-multiplicity val))))
51 (let* ((ptr (foreign-alloc '(:struct ffi-type)))
52 (nitems (number-of-items type))
53 (type-pointer-array
54 (foreign-alloc :pointer :count (1+ nitems))))
55 (loop for slot in (slots-in-order type)
56 for ltp = (make-libffi-type-descriptor
57 (parse-type (slot-type slot)))
58 with slot-counter = 0
59 do (if ltp
60 (loop
61 repeat (slot-multiplicity slot)
62 do (setf
63 (mem-aref
64 type-pointer-array :pointer slot-counter)
65 ltp)
66 (incf slot-counter))
67 (libffi-error nil
68 "Slot type ~A in foreign structure is unknown to libffi."
69 (unparse-type (slot-type slot)))))
70 (setf (mem-aref type-pointer-array :pointer nitems)
71 (null-pointer))
72 (macrolet ((store (slot value)
73 `(setf (foreign-slot-value ptr '(:struct ffi-type) ',slot) ,value)))
74 (store size 0)
75 (store alignment 0)
76 (store type +type-struct+)
77 (store elements type-pointer-array))
78 ptr)))
80 (defgeneric make-libffi-type-descriptor (object)
81 (:documentation "Build a libffi struct that describes the type for libffi. This will be used as a cached static read-only argument when the actual call happens.")
82 (:method ((object foreign-built-in-type))
83 (let ((type-keyword (type-keyword object)))
84 #.`(case type-keyword
85 ,@(loop
86 :for type :in (append *built-in-float-types*
87 *other-builtin-types*)
88 :collect `(,type (type-descriptor-ptr ,type)))
89 ,@(loop
90 :for type :in *built-in-integer-types*
91 :collect `(,type (type-descriptor-ptr/integer ,type)))
92 ;; there's a generic error report in an :around method
93 )))
94 (:method ((type foreign-pointer-type))
95 ;; simplify all pointer types into a void*
96 (type-descriptor-ptr :pointer))
97 (:method ((type foreign-struct-type))
98 (%make-libffi-type-descriptor/struct type))
99 (:method :around (object)
100 (let ((result (call-next-method)))
101 (assert result () "~S failed on ~S. That's bad."
102 'make-libffi-type-descriptor object)
103 result))
104 (:method ((type foreign-type-alias))
105 ;; Set the type pointer on demand for alias types (e.g. typedef, enum, etc)
106 (make-libffi-type-descriptor (actual-type type))))