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1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
2 * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
16 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21 * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
22 * file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
23 * files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
24 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
27 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
28 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
29 #endif
31 #ifndef __G_UTILS_H__
32 #define __G_UTILS_H__
34 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
35 #include <stdarg.h>
37 G_BEGIN_DECLS
39 /* Define G_VA_COPY() to do the right thing for copying va_list variables.
40 * glibconfig.h may have already defined G_VA_COPY as va_copy or __va_copy.
42 #if !defined (G_VA_COPY)
43 # if defined (__GNUC__) && defined (__PPC__) && (defined (_CALL_SYSV) || defined (_WIN32))
44 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) (*(ap1) = *(ap2))
45 # elif defined (G_VA_COPY_AS_ARRAY)
46 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) g_memmove ((ap1), (ap2), sizeof (va_list))
47 # else /* va_list is a pointer */
48 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) ((ap1) = (ap2))
49 # endif /* va_list is a pointer */
50 #endif /* !G_VA_COPY */
52 /* inlining hassle. for compilers that don't allow the `inline' keyword,
53 * mostly because of strict ANSI C compliance or dumbness, we try to fall
54 * back to either `__inline__' or `__inline'.
55 * G_CAN_INLINE is defined in glibconfig.h if the compiler seems to be
56 * actually *capable* to do function inlining, in which case inline
57 * function bodies do make sense. we also define G_INLINE_FUNC to properly
58 * export the function prototypes if no inlining can be performed.
59 * inline function bodies have to be special cased with G_CAN_INLINE and a
60 * .c file specific macro to allow one compiled instance with extern linkage
61 * of the functions by defining G_IMPLEMENT_INLINES and the .c file macro.
63 #if defined (G_HAVE_INLINE) && defined (__GNUC__) && defined (__STRICT_ANSI__)
64 # undef inline
65 # define inline __inline__
66 #elif !defined (G_HAVE_INLINE)
67 # undef inline
68 # if defined (G_HAVE___INLINE__)
69 # define inline __inline__
70 # elif defined (G_HAVE___INLINE)
71 # define inline __inline
72 # else /* !inline && !__inline__ && !__inline */
73 # define inline /* don't inline, then */
74 # endif
75 #endif
76 #ifdef G_IMPLEMENT_INLINES
77 # define G_INLINE_FUNC
78 # undef G_CAN_INLINE
79 #elif defined (__GNUC__)
80 # define G_INLINE_FUNC static __inline __attribute__ ((unused))
81 #elif defined (G_CAN_INLINE)
82 # define G_INLINE_FUNC static inline
83 #else /* can't inline */
84 # define G_INLINE_FUNC
85 #endif /* !G_INLINE_FUNC */
87 #ifndef __GTK_DOC_IGNORE__
88 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
89 #define g_get_user_name g_get_user_name_utf8
90 #define g_get_real_name g_get_real_name_utf8
91 #define g_get_home_dir g_get_home_dir_utf8
92 #define g_get_tmp_dir g_get_tmp_dir_utf8
93 #endif
94 #endif
96 const gchar * g_get_user_name (void);
97 const gchar * g_get_real_name (void);
98 const gchar * g_get_home_dir (void);
99 const gchar * g_get_tmp_dir (void);
100 const gchar * g_get_host_name (void);
101 gchar * g_get_prgname (void);
102 void g_set_prgname (const gchar *prgname);
103 const gchar * g_get_application_name (void);
104 void g_set_application_name (const gchar *application_name);
106 void g_reload_user_special_dirs_cache (void);
107 const gchar * g_get_user_data_dir (void);
108 const gchar * g_get_user_config_dir (void);
109 const gchar * g_get_user_cache_dir (void);
110 const gchar * const * g_get_system_data_dirs (void);
112 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
113 /* This functions is not part of the public GLib API */
114 const gchar * const * g_win32_get_system_data_dirs_for_module (void (*address_of_function)(void));
115 #endif
117 #if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && defined (G_CAN_INLINE) && !defined (__cplusplus)
118 /* This function is not part of the public GLib API either. Just call
119 * g_get_system_data_dirs() in your code, never mind that that is
120 * actually a macro and you will in fact call this inline function.
122 static inline const gchar * const *
123 _g_win32_get_system_data_dirs (void)
125 return g_win32_get_system_data_dirs_for_module ((void (*)(void)) &_g_win32_get_system_data_dirs);
127 #define g_get_system_data_dirs _g_win32_get_system_data_dirs
128 #endif
130 const gchar * const * g_get_system_config_dirs (void);
132 const gchar * g_get_user_runtime_dir (void);
135 * GUserDirectory:
136 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP: the user's Desktop directory
137 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS: the user's Documents directory
138 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD: the user's Downloads directory
139 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC: the user's Music directory
140 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES: the user's Pictures directory
141 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE: the user's shared directory
142 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES: the user's Templates directory
143 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS: the user's Movies directory
144 * @G_USER_N_DIRECTORIES: the number of enum values
146 * These are logical ids for special directories which are defined
147 * depending on the platform used. You should use g_get_user_special_dir()
148 * to retrieve the full path associated to the logical id.
150 * The #GUserDirectory enumeration can be extended at later date. Not
151 * every platform has a directory for every logical id in this
152 * enumeration.
154 * Since: 2.14
156 typedef enum {
157 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP,
158 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS,
159 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD,
160 G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC,
161 G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES,
162 G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE,
163 G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES,
164 G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS,
166 G_USER_N_DIRECTORIES
167 } GUserDirectory;
169 const gchar * g_get_user_special_dir (GUserDirectory directory);
172 * GDebugKey:
173 * @key: the string
174 * @value: the flag
176 * Associates a string with a bit flag.
177 * Used in g_parse_debug_string().
179 typedef struct _GDebugKey GDebugKey;
180 struct _GDebugKey
182 const gchar *key;
183 guint value;
186 /* Miscellaneous utility functions
188 guint g_parse_debug_string (const gchar *string,
189 const GDebugKey *keys,
190 guint nkeys);
192 gint g_snprintf (gchar *string,
193 gulong n,
194 gchar const *format,
195 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
196 gint g_vsnprintf (gchar *string,
197 gulong n,
198 gchar const *format,
199 va_list args);
201 void g_nullify_pointer (gpointer *nullify_location);
203 typedef enum
205 G_FORMAT_SIZE_DEFAULT = 0,
206 G_FORMAT_SIZE_LONG_FORMAT = 1 << 0,
207 G_FORMAT_SIZE_IEC_UNITS = 1 << 1
208 } GFormatSizeFlags;
210 gchar *g_format_size_full (guint64 size,
211 GFormatSizeFlags flags);
212 gchar *g_format_size (guint64 size);
214 GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR(g_format_size)
215 gchar *g_format_size_for_display (goffset size);
217 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
219 * GVoidFunc:
221 * Declares a type of function which takes no arguments
222 * and has no return value. It is used to specify the type
223 * function passed to g_atexit().
225 typedef void (*GVoidFunc) (void);
226 #ifndef ATEXIT
227 # define ATEXIT(proc) g_ATEXIT(proc)
228 #else
229 # define G_NATIVE_ATEXIT
230 #endif /* ATEXIT */
231 /* we use a GLib function as a replacement for ATEXIT, so
232 * the programmer is not required to check the return value
233 * (if there is any in the implementation) and doesn't encounter
234 * missing include files.
236 GLIB_DEPRECATED
237 void g_atexit (GVoidFunc func);
239 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
240 /* It's a bad idea to wrap atexit() on Windows. If the GLib DLL calls
241 * atexit(), the function will be called when the GLib DLL is detached
242 * from the program, which is not what the caller wants. The caller
243 * wants the function to be called when it *itself* exits (or is
244 * detached, in case the caller, too, is a DLL).
246 #if (defined(__MINGW_H) && !defined(_STDLIB_H_)) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_INC_STDLIB))
247 int atexit (void (*)(void));
248 #endif
249 #define g_atexit(func) atexit(func)
250 #endif
252 #endif /* G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
254 #ifndef __GTK_DOC_IGNORE__
255 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
256 #define g_find_program_in_path g_find_program_in_path_utf8
257 #endif
258 #endif
260 /* Look for an executable in PATH, following execvp() rules */
261 gchar* g_find_program_in_path (const gchar *program);
263 /* Bit tests
265 G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_lsf (gulong mask,
266 gint nth_bit) G_GNUC_CONST;
267 G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_msf (gulong mask,
268 gint nth_bit) G_GNUC_CONST;
269 G_INLINE_FUNC guint g_bit_storage (gulong number) G_GNUC_CONST;
271 /* inline function implementations
273 #if defined (G_CAN_INLINE) || defined (__G_UTILS_C__)
274 G_INLINE_FUNC gint
275 g_bit_nth_lsf (gulong mask,
276 gint nth_bit)
278 if (G_UNLIKELY (nth_bit < -1))
279 nth_bit = -1;
280 while (nth_bit < ((GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8) - 1))
282 nth_bit++;
283 if (mask & (1UL << nth_bit))
284 return nth_bit;
286 return -1;
288 G_INLINE_FUNC gint
289 g_bit_nth_msf (gulong mask,
290 gint nth_bit)
292 if (nth_bit < 0 || G_UNLIKELY (nth_bit > GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8))
293 nth_bit = GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8;
294 while (nth_bit > 0)
296 nth_bit--;
297 if (mask & (1UL << nth_bit))
298 return nth_bit;
300 return -1;
302 G_INLINE_FUNC guint
303 g_bit_storage (gulong number)
305 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
306 return G_LIKELY (number) ?
307 ((GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8U - 1) ^ __builtin_clzl(number)) + 1 : 1;
308 #else
309 register guint n_bits = 0;
313 n_bits++;
314 number >>= 1;
316 while (number);
317 return n_bits;
318 #endif
320 #endif /* G_CAN_INLINE || __G_UTILS_C__ */
322 G_END_DECLS
324 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
327 * This macro is deprecated. This DllMain() is too complex. It is
328 * recommended to write an explicit minimal DLlMain() that just saves
329 * the handle to the DLL and then use that handle instead, for
330 * instance passing it to
331 * g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module().
333 * On Windows, this macro defines a DllMain function that stores the
334 * actual DLL name that the code being compiled will be included in.
335 * STATIC should be empty or 'static'. DLL_NAME is the name of the
336 * (pointer to the) char array where the DLL name will be stored. If
337 * this is used, you must also include <windows.h>. If you need a more complex
338 * DLL entry point function, you cannot use this.
340 * On non-Windows platforms, expands to nothing.
343 #ifndef G_PLATFORM_WIN32
344 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name)
345 #else
346 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name) \
347 static char *dll_name; \
349 BOOL WINAPI \
350 DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL, \
351 DWORD fdwReason, \
352 LPVOID lpvReserved) \
354 wchar_t wcbfr[1000]; \
355 char *tem; \
356 switch (fdwReason) \
358 case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: \
359 GetModuleFileNameW ((HMODULE) hinstDLL, wcbfr, G_N_ELEMENTS (wcbfr)); \
360 tem = g_utf16_to_utf8 (wcbfr, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL); \
361 dll_name = g_path_get_basename (tem); \
362 g_free (tem); \
363 break; \
366 return TRUE; \
369 #endif /* !G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
371 #endif /* G_PLATFORM_WIN32 */
373 #endif /* __G_UTILS_H__ */