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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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19 * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
20 * file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
21 * files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
22 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
25 #ifndef __G_UTILS_H__
26 #define __G_UTILS_H__
28 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
29 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
30 #endif
32 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
33 #include <stdarg.h>
35 G_BEGIN_DECLS
37 /* Define G_VA_COPY() to do the right thing for copying va_list variables.
38 * glibconfig.h may have already defined G_VA_COPY as va_copy or __va_copy.
40 #if !defined (G_VA_COPY)
41 # if defined (__GNUC__) && defined (__PPC__) && (defined (_CALL_SYSV) || defined (_WIN32))
42 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) (*(ap1) = *(ap2))
43 # elif defined (G_VA_COPY_AS_ARRAY)
44 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) memmove ((ap1), (ap2), sizeof (va_list))
45 # else /* va_list is a pointer */
46 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) ((ap1) = (ap2))
47 # endif /* va_list is a pointer */
48 #endif /* !G_VA_COPY */
50 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
51 const gchar * g_get_user_name (void);
52 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
53 const gchar * g_get_real_name (void);
54 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
55 const gchar * g_get_home_dir (void);
56 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
57 const gchar * g_get_tmp_dir (void);
58 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
59 const gchar * g_get_host_name (void);
60 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
61 const gchar * g_get_prgname (void);
62 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
63 void g_set_prgname (const gchar *prgname);
64 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
65 const gchar * g_get_application_name (void);
66 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
67 void g_set_application_name (const gchar *application_name);
69 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
70 void g_reload_user_special_dirs_cache (void);
71 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
72 const gchar * g_get_user_data_dir (void);
73 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
74 const gchar * g_get_user_config_dir (void);
75 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
76 const gchar * g_get_user_cache_dir (void);
77 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
78 const gchar * const * g_get_system_data_dirs (void);
80 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
81 /* This functions is not part of the public GLib API */
82 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
83 const gchar * const * g_win32_get_system_data_dirs_for_module (void (*address_of_function)(void));
84 #endif
86 #if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && defined (G_CAN_INLINE) && !defined (__cplusplus)
87 /* This function is not part of the public GLib API either. Just call
88 * g_get_system_data_dirs() in your code, never mind that that is
89 * actually a macro and you will in fact call this inline function.
91 static inline const gchar * const *
92 _g_win32_get_system_data_dirs (void)
94 return g_win32_get_system_data_dirs_for_module ((void (*)(void)) &_g_win32_get_system_data_dirs);
96 #define g_get_system_data_dirs _g_win32_get_system_data_dirs
97 #endif
99 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
100 const gchar * const * g_get_system_config_dirs (void);
102 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
103 const gchar * g_get_user_runtime_dir (void);
106 * GUserDirectory:
107 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP: the user's Desktop directory
108 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS: the user's Documents directory
109 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD: the user's Downloads directory
110 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC: the user's Music directory
111 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES: the user's Pictures directory
112 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE: the user's shared directory
113 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES: the user's Templates directory
114 * @G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS: the user's Movies directory
115 * @G_USER_N_DIRECTORIES: the number of enum values
117 * These are logical ids for special directories which are defined
118 * depending on the platform used. You should use g_get_user_special_dir()
119 * to retrieve the full path associated to the logical id.
121 * The #GUserDirectory enumeration can be extended at later date. Not
122 * every platform has a directory for every logical id in this
123 * enumeration.
125 * Since: 2.14
127 typedef enum {
128 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP,
129 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS,
130 G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD,
131 G_USER_DIRECTORY_MUSIC,
132 G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES,
133 G_USER_DIRECTORY_PUBLIC_SHARE,
134 G_USER_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATES,
135 G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS,
137 G_USER_N_DIRECTORIES
138 } GUserDirectory;
140 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
141 const gchar * g_get_user_special_dir (GUserDirectory directory);
144 * GDebugKey:
145 * @key: the string
146 * @value: the flag
148 * Associates a string with a bit flag.
149 * Used in g_parse_debug_string().
151 typedef struct _GDebugKey GDebugKey;
152 struct _GDebugKey
154 const gchar *key;
155 guint value;
158 /* Miscellaneous utility functions
160 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
161 guint g_parse_debug_string (const gchar *string,
162 const GDebugKey *keys,
163 guint nkeys);
165 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
166 gint g_snprintf (gchar *string,
167 gulong n,
168 gchar const *format,
169 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
170 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
171 gint g_vsnprintf (gchar *string,
172 gulong n,
173 gchar const *format,
174 va_list args)
175 G_GNUC_PRINTF(3, 0);
177 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
178 void g_nullify_pointer (gpointer *nullify_location);
180 typedef enum
182 G_FORMAT_SIZE_DEFAULT = 0,
183 G_FORMAT_SIZE_LONG_FORMAT = 1 << 0,
184 G_FORMAT_SIZE_IEC_UNITS = 1 << 1
185 } GFormatSizeFlags;
187 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_30
188 gchar *g_format_size_full (guint64 size,
189 GFormatSizeFlags flags);
190 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_30
191 gchar *g_format_size (guint64 size);
193 GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR(g_format_size)
194 gchar *g_format_size_for_display (goffset size);
196 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
198 * GVoidFunc:
200 * Declares a type of function which takes no arguments
201 * and has no return value. It is used to specify the type
202 * function passed to g_atexit().
204 typedef void (*GVoidFunc) (void);
205 #define ATEXIT(proc) g_ATEXIT(proc)
206 GLIB_DEPRECATED
207 void g_atexit (GVoidFunc func);
209 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
210 /* It's a bad idea to wrap atexit() on Windows. If the GLib DLL calls
211 * atexit(), the function will be called when the GLib DLL is detached
212 * from the program, which is not what the caller wants. The caller
213 * wants the function to be called when it *itself* exits (or is
214 * detached, in case the caller, too, is a DLL).
216 #if (defined(__MINGW_H) && !defined(_STDLIB_H_)) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_INC_STDLIB))
217 int atexit (void (*)(void));
218 #endif
219 #define g_atexit(func) atexit(func)
220 #endif
222 #endif
225 /* Look for an executable in PATH, following execvp() rules */
226 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
227 gchar* g_find_program_in_path (const gchar *program);
229 /* Bit tests
231 * These are defined in a convoluted way because we want the compiler to
232 * be able to inline the code for performance reasons, but for
233 * historical reasons, we must continue to provide non-inline versions
234 * on our ABI.
236 * We define these as functions in gutils.c which are just implemented
237 * as calls to the _impl() versions in order to preserve the ABI.
240 #define g_bit_nth_lsf(mask, nth_bit) g_bit_nth_lsf_impl(mask, nth_bit)
241 #define g_bit_nth_msf(mask, nth_bit) g_bit_nth_msf_impl(mask, nth_bit)
242 #define g_bit_storage(number) g_bit_storage_impl(number)
244 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
245 gint (g_bit_nth_lsf) (gulong mask,
246 gint nth_bit);
247 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
248 gint (g_bit_nth_msf) (gulong mask,
249 gint nth_bit);
250 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
251 guint (g_bit_storage) (gulong number);
253 static inline gint
254 g_bit_nth_lsf_impl (gulong mask,
255 gint nth_bit)
257 if (G_UNLIKELY (nth_bit < -1))
258 nth_bit = -1;
259 while (nth_bit < ((GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8) - 1))
261 nth_bit++;
262 if (mask & (1UL << nth_bit))
263 return nth_bit;
265 return -1;
268 static inline gint
269 g_bit_nth_msf_impl (gulong mask,
270 gint nth_bit)
272 if (nth_bit < 0 || G_UNLIKELY (nth_bit > GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8))
273 nth_bit = GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8;
274 while (nth_bit > 0)
276 nth_bit--;
277 if (mask & (1UL << nth_bit))
278 return nth_bit;
280 return -1;
283 static inline guint
284 g_bit_storage_impl (gulong number)
286 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
287 return G_LIKELY (number) ?
288 ((GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8U - 1) ^ (guint) __builtin_clzl(number)) + 1 : 1;
289 #else
290 guint n_bits = 0;
294 n_bits++;
295 number >>= 1;
297 while (number);
298 return n_bits;
299 #endif
302 /* Crashes the program. */
303 #if GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= GLIB_VERSION_2_50
304 #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
305 # define g_abort() abort ()
306 #else
307 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_50
308 void g_abort (void) G_GNUC_NORETURN G_ANALYZER_NORETURN;
309 #endif
310 #endif
312 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
315 * This macro is deprecated. This DllMain() is too complex. It is
316 * recommended to write an explicit minimal DLlMain() that just saves
317 * the handle to the DLL and then use that handle instead, for
318 * instance passing it to
319 * g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module().
321 * On Windows, this macro defines a DllMain function that stores the
322 * actual DLL name that the code being compiled will be included in.
323 * STATIC should be empty or 'static'. DLL_NAME is the name of the
324 * (pointer to the) char array where the DLL name will be stored. If
325 * this is used, you must also include <windows.h>. If you need a more complex
326 * DLL entry point function, you cannot use this.
328 * On non-Windows platforms, expands to nothing.
331 #ifndef G_PLATFORM_WIN32
332 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name)
333 #else
334 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name) \
335 static char *dll_name; \
337 BOOL WINAPI \
338 DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL, \
339 DWORD fdwReason, \
340 LPVOID lpvReserved) \
342 wchar_t wcbfr[1000]; \
343 char *tem; \
344 switch (fdwReason) \
346 case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: \
347 GetModuleFileNameW ((HMODULE) hinstDLL, wcbfr, G_N_ELEMENTS (wcbfr)); \
348 tem = g_utf16_to_utf8 (wcbfr, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL); \
349 dll_name = g_path_get_basename (tem); \
350 g_free (tem); \
351 break; \
354 return TRUE; \
357 #endif /* !G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
359 #endif /* G_PLATFORM_WIN32 */
361 G_END_DECLS
363 #endif /* __G_UTILS_H__ */