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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
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24 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
27 #ifndef __G_UTILS_H__
28 #define __G_UTILS_H__
30 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
31 #include <stdarg.h>
33 G_BEGIN_DECLS
35 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
37 /* On native Win32, directory separator is the backslash, and search path
38 * separator is the semicolon.
40 #define G_DIR_SEPARATOR '\\'
41 #define G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "\\"
42 #define G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR ';'
43 #define G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S ";"
45 #else /* !G_OS_WIN32 */
47 /* Unix */
49 #define G_DIR_SEPARATOR '/'
50 #define G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "/"
51 #define G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR ':'
52 #define G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S ":"
54 #endif /* !G_OS_WIN32 */
56 /* Define G_VA_COPY() to do the right thing for copying va_list variables.
57 * glibconfig.h may have already defined G_VA_COPY as va_copy or __va_copy.
59 #if !defined (G_VA_COPY)
60 # if defined (__GNUC__) && defined (__PPC__) && (defined (_CALL_SYSV) || defined (_WIN32))
61 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) (*(ap1) = *(ap2))
62 # elif defined (G_VA_COPY_AS_ARRAY)
63 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) g_memmove ((ap1), (ap2), sizeof (va_list))
64 # else /* va_list is a pointer */
65 # define G_VA_COPY(ap1, ap2) ((ap1) = (ap2))
66 # endif /* va_list is a pointer */
67 #endif /* !G_VA_COPY */
69 /* inlining hassle. for compilers that don't allow the `inline' keyword,
70 * mostly because of strict ANSI C compliance or dumbness, we try to fall
71 * back to either `__inline__' or `__inline'.
72 * we define G_CAN_INLINE, if the compiler seems to be actually
73 * *capable* to do function inlining, in which case inline function bodys
74 * do make sense. we also define G_INLINE_FUNC to properly export the
75 * function prototypes if no inlining can be performed.
76 * inline function bodies have to be special cased with G_CAN_INLINE and a
77 * .c file specific macro to allow one compiled instance with extern linkage
78 * of the functions by defining G_IMPLEMENT_INLINES and the .c file macro.
80 #ifdef G_IMPLEMENT_INLINES
81 # define G_INLINE_FUNC extern
82 # undef G_CAN_INLINE
83 #endif
84 #ifndef G_INLINE_FUNC
85 # define G_CAN_INLINE 1
86 #endif
87 #if defined (G_HAVE_INLINE) && defined (__GNUC__) && defined (__STRICT_ANSI__)
88 # undef inline
89 # define inline __inline__
90 #elif !defined (G_HAVE_INLINE)
91 # undef inline
92 # if defined (G_HAVE___INLINE__)
93 # define inline __inline__
94 # elif defined (G_HAVE___INLINE)
95 # define inline __inline
96 # else /* !inline && !__inline__ && !__inline */
97 # define inline /* don't inline, then */
98 # ifndef G_INLINE_FUNC
99 # undef G_CAN_INLINE
100 # endif
101 # endif
102 #endif
103 #ifndef G_INLINE_FUNC
104 # if defined (__GNUC__) && (__OPTIMIZE__)
105 # define G_INLINE_FUNC extern inline
106 # elif defined (G_CAN_INLINE) && !defined (__GNUC__)
107 # define G_INLINE_FUNC static inline
108 # else /* can't inline */
109 # define G_INLINE_FUNC extern
110 # undef G_CAN_INLINE
111 # endif
112 #endif /* !G_INLINE_FUNC */
114 /* Retrive static string info
116 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_get_user_name (void);
117 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_get_real_name (void);
118 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_get_home_dir (void);
119 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_get_tmp_dir (void);
120 gchar* g_get_prgname (void);
121 void g_set_prgname (const gchar *prgname);
122 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_get_application_name (void);
123 void g_set_application_name (const gchar *application_name);
126 typedef struct _GDebugKey GDebugKey;
127 struct _GDebugKey
129 gchar *key;
130 guint value;
133 /* Miscellaneous utility functions
135 guint g_parse_debug_string (const gchar *string,
136 const GDebugKey *keys,
137 guint nkeys);
139 gint g_snprintf (gchar *string,
140 gulong n,
141 gchar const *format,
142 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
143 gint g_vsnprintf (gchar *string,
144 gulong n,
145 gchar const *format,
146 va_list args);
148 /* Check if a file name is an absolute path */
149 gboolean g_path_is_absolute (const gchar *file_name);
151 /* In case of absolute paths, skip the root part */
152 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_path_skip_root (const gchar *file_name);
154 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
156 /* These two functions are deprecated and will be removed in the next
157 * major release of GLib. Use g_path_get_dirname/g_path_get_basename
158 * instead. Whatch out! The string returned by g_path_get_basename
159 * must be g_freed, while the string returned by g_basename must not.*/
160 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_basename (const gchar *file_name);
161 #define g_dirname g_path_get_dirname
163 #endif /* G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
165 /* The returned strings are newly allocated with g_malloc() */
166 gchar* g_get_current_dir (void);
167 gchar* g_path_get_basename (const gchar *file_name);
168 gchar* g_path_get_dirname (const gchar *file_name);
171 /* Set the pointer at the specified location to NULL */
172 void g_nullify_pointer (gpointer *nullify_location);
174 /* Get the codeset for the current locale */
175 /* gchar * g_get_codeset (void); */
177 /* return the environment string for the variable. The returned memory
178 * must not be freed. */
179 G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_getenv (const gchar *variable);
182 /* we try to provide a usefull equivalent for ATEXIT if it is
183 * not defined, but use is actually abandoned. people should
184 * use g_atexit() instead.
186 typedef void (*GVoidFunc) (void);
187 #ifndef ATEXIT
188 # define ATEXIT(proc) g_ATEXIT(proc)
189 #else
190 # define G_NATIVE_ATEXIT
191 #endif /* ATEXIT */
192 /* we use a GLib function as a replacement for ATEXIT, so
193 * the programmer is not required to check the return value
194 * (if there is any in the implementation) and doesn't encounter
195 * missing include files.
197 void g_atexit (GVoidFunc func);
199 /* Look for an executable in PATH, following execvp() rules */
200 gchar* g_find_program_in_path (const gchar *program);
202 /* Bit tests
204 G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_lsf (gulong mask,
205 gint nth_bit);
206 G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_msf (gulong mask,
207 gint nth_bit);
208 G_INLINE_FUNC guint g_bit_storage (gulong number);
210 /* Trash Stacks
211 * elements need to be >= sizeof (gpointer)
213 typedef struct _GTrashStack GTrashStack;
214 struct _GTrashStack
216 GTrashStack *next;
219 G_INLINE_FUNC void g_trash_stack_push (GTrashStack **stack_p,
220 gpointer data_p);
221 G_INLINE_FUNC gpointer g_trash_stack_pop (GTrashStack **stack_p);
222 G_INLINE_FUNC gpointer g_trash_stack_peek (GTrashStack **stack_p);
223 G_INLINE_FUNC guint g_trash_stack_height (GTrashStack **stack_p);
225 /* inline function implementations
227 #if defined (G_CAN_INLINE) || defined (__G_UTILS_C__)
228 G_INLINE_FUNC gint
229 g_bit_nth_lsf (gulong mask,
230 gint nth_bit)
234 nth_bit++;
235 if (mask & (1 << (gulong) nth_bit))
236 return nth_bit;
238 while (nth_bit < 31);
239 return -1;
241 G_INLINE_FUNC gint
242 g_bit_nth_msf (gulong mask,
243 gint nth_bit)
245 if (nth_bit < 0)
246 nth_bit = GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG * 8;
249 nth_bit--;
250 if (mask & (1 << (gulong) nth_bit))
251 return nth_bit;
253 while (nth_bit > 0);
254 return -1;
256 G_INLINE_FUNC guint
257 g_bit_storage (gulong number)
259 register guint n_bits = 0;
263 n_bits++;
264 number >>= 1;
266 while (number);
267 return n_bits;
269 G_INLINE_FUNC void
270 g_trash_stack_push (GTrashStack **stack_p,
271 gpointer data_p)
273 GTrashStack *data = (GTrashStack *) data_p;
275 data->next = *stack_p;
276 *stack_p = data;
278 G_INLINE_FUNC gpointer
279 g_trash_stack_pop (GTrashStack **stack_p)
281 GTrashStack *data;
283 data = *stack_p;
284 if (data)
286 *stack_p = data->next;
287 /* NULLify private pointer here, most platforms store NULL as
288 * subsequent 0 bytes
290 data->next = NULL;
293 return data;
295 G_INLINE_FUNC gpointer
296 g_trash_stack_peek (GTrashStack **stack_p)
298 GTrashStack *data;
300 data = *stack_p;
302 return data;
304 G_INLINE_FUNC guint
305 g_trash_stack_height (GTrashStack **stack_p)
307 GTrashStack *data;
308 guint i = 0;
310 for (data = *stack_p; data; data = data->next)
311 i++;
313 return i;
315 #endif /* G_CAN_INLINE || __G_UTILS_C__ */
317 /* Glib version.
318 * we prefix variable declarations so they can
319 * properly get exported in windows dlls.
321 GLIB_VAR const guint glib_major_version;
322 GLIB_VAR const guint glib_minor_version;
323 GLIB_VAR const guint glib_micro_version;
324 GLIB_VAR const guint glib_interface_age;
325 GLIB_VAR const guint glib_binary_age;
327 #define GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro) \
328 (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION > (major) || \
329 (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION > (minor)) || \
330 (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == (major) && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION == (minor) && \
331 GLIB_MICRO_VERSION >= (micro)))
333 G_END_DECLS
336 * On Windows, this macro defines a DllMain function that stores the
337 * actual DLL name that the code being compiled will be included in.
338 * STATIC should be empty or 'static'. DLL_NAME is the name of the
339 * (pointer to the) char array where the DLL name will be stored. If
340 * this is used, you must also include <windows.h>. If you need a more complex
341 * DLL entry point function, you cannot use this.
343 * On non-Windows platforms, expands to nothing.
346 #ifndef G_PLATFORM_WIN32
347 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name)
348 #else
349 # define G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME(static, dll_name) \
350 static char *dll_name; \
352 BOOL WINAPI \
353 DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL, \
354 DWORD fdwReason, \
355 LPVOID lpvReserved) \
357 char bfr[1000]; \
358 switch (fdwReason) \
360 case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: \
361 GetModuleFileName ((HMODULE) hinstDLL, bfr, sizeof (bfr)); \
362 dll_name = g_path_get_basename (bfr); \
363 break; \
366 return TRUE; \
368 #endif /* G_PLATFORM_WIN32 */
370 #endif /* __G_UTILS_H__ */