o blocks are implemented as a variation of procedure variables
o declaration of a block variable: "test: procedure(c: char) is block;"
(C equivalent: (void)(^test)(char c) )
o the compiler automatically converts procedures/functions whose address
is passed to a block parameter or assigned to a block variable into
a "block". This consists of
1) generating a block descriptor (containing the size of the "block
literal" (see below) and the signature of the invocation function
encoded as an Objective-C selector)
2) generating a wrapper function around the original funcion (with C
calling convention), that has an extra first hidden parameter
(marked as vo_is_parentfp in the compiler) whose type is a pointer
to the describing "block literal"
3) generating the "block literal", which contains a pointer to an
external variable indicating whether this block captures context or
not, some flags (see compiler/blockutl.get_block_literal_flags for
info), a pointer to the wrapper function and a pointer to the
descriptor. In the future, it will also contain captured variables.
o right now, only global procedures/functions can be converted to blocks
(because they don't require state capturing). The next steps are (Object
Pascal) methods (not Objective-C methods, because Objective-C method
procvars don't exist) and finally nested functions
o on Mac OS X, the functionality will only work on Mac OS X 10.7 and later,
because we have to use the so-called "ABI.2010.3.16" to ensure that
our blocks aren't called as variadic functions by the runtime (which
came out after the Mac OS X 10.6 release)
o while the currently implemented functionality does not require any
library support at all, there's no use enabling it on other platforms
because unless it has been confirmed to work with a blocks runtime,
there's no point in using blocks (they're just somewhat bulky procvars
right now). Enabling it on other platforms (in combination with the
GNUStep Objective-C run time), should simply be a matter of adding
the right {$linklib xxx} statement to rtl/inc/blockrtl.pp file, adding
that file to Makefile.fpc for that platform and adding that platform
to the compiler/systems.systems_blocks_supported set
git-svn-id: branches/blocks@28232 -
o made all (non-abstract) tdef and tsym constructors virtual
o added c*def/c*sym classref types for every (non-abstract) t*def/t*sym
class
o added cpusym unit for every architecture that derives a tcpu*def/tcpu*sym
class from the base classes, and initialises the c*def/c*sym classes with
them. This is done so that the llvm target will be able to derive from
the tcpu*def/sym classes without umpteen ifdefs, and it also means that
the WPO can devirtualise everything because the c* variables are only
initialised with one class type
o replaced all t*def/t*sym constructor calls with c*def/c*sym constructor
calls
git-svn-id: trunk@27361 -
as the hidden parentfp parameter, passed to nested procs. On i8086 it is
always a near pointer, unlike voidpointer (which changes according to the
memory model). This fixes nested procs in i8086 far data memory models.
git-svn-id: trunk@26934 -
symconst.pas:
+ extend "thelpertype" by "ht_type" which tells the code in "pdecobj.parse_extended_type" that a type helper declaration has been parsed
node.pas:
+ add a constant which identifies all constant node types
ptype.pas:
+ read_named_type: add a parameter "hadtypetoken" to tell the code whether a "type" token had been parsed before
+ read_named_type: if an identifier "helper" is parsed we need to check whether "hadtypetoken" is true and the modeswitch "m_class" is set, but the "m_delphi" one is not; in that case we have a "type helper" declaration
pgenutil.pas, generate_specialization:
* adjust call to read_named_type
pdecl.pas, types_dec:
* adjust call to read_named_type
pdecobj.pas:
* parse_extended_type: extend for correct handling of primitive types (includes Delphi compatible handling as well) and reject types that are explicitly not allowed
* method_dec: require "static" for class methods in type helpers
* method_doc: allow constructors for type helpers as well
paramgr.pas, tparamanager:
* set_common_funcretloc_info: handle type helper constructors like record constructors
* handle_common_ret_in_param: the "self" value of a type helper constructor is also returned in a parameter
pexpr.pas:
+ add a function to postfixoperators which tries to find and apply a type helper for a given type
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for ordinal constants
* postfixoperators: use the correct string type for string constants
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for enum constants
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for arrays
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for Variant
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for pointer types
* postfixoperators: try to apply type helpers for other types
* factor: check postfixoperators after _REALNUMBER, _CCHAR, _CWCHAR, _TRUE and _FALSE
* factor: also check postfixoperators if a _POINT follows a _NIL
symdef.pas, tdefawaresymtablestack.addhelpers:
* use "generate_objectpascal_helper_key" to generate the key
symtable.pas:
+ add function to generate the key value for the map of extended types using the extended def
* adjust "search_last_objectpascal_helper" and "search_objectpascal_helper" to handle primitive types as well
* use the new "generate_objectpascal_helper_key" function to generate the key
pparautl.pas:
* insert_self_and_vmt_para: don't insert the $vmt symbol for record or type helpers (ToDo: check whether class helpers really need the symbol as well)
* insert_self_and_vmt_para: pass "self" as var parameter for type helpers as well
psub.pas, generate_bodyentry_block:
* also allow type helpers for constructor methods
ncal.pas, tcallnode.gen_self_tree:
* also use a temp variable for type helper constructors
ncgcal.pas, tcgcallnode.secondcallparan:
* allow Pointers to be passed as address param if it is the Self value of a type helper extending a pointer type
* correctly handle the location in case of type helper constructors
+ add tests
git-svn-id: trunk@23580 -
* pparautl.pas, insert_funcret_para:
assume that the result in a generic function/method can not be passed in a param
* pparautl.pas, insert_funcret_local:
don't call ret_in_param, but create the symbol as we need a valid funcretsym
* pstatmnt.pas, assembler_block:
don't modify the framepointer for a generic method/function
* rautils.pas, TOperand.SetupResult:
don't assume that we can't use the result for a generic function/method
git-svn-id: trunk@21608 -
o support for the new codepage-aware ansistrings in the jvm branch
o empty ansistrings are now always represented by a nil pointer rather than
by an empty string, because an empty string also has a code page which
can confuse code (although this will make ansistrings harder to use
in Java code)
o more string helpers code shared between the general and jvm rtl
o support for indexbyte/word in the jvm rtl (warning: first parameter
is an open array rather than an untyped parameter there, so
indexchar(pcharvar^,10,0) will be equivalent to
indexchar[pcharvar^],10,0) there, which is different from what is
intended; changing it to an untyped parameter wouldn't help though)
o default() support is not yet complete
o calling fpcres is currently broken due to limitations in
sysutils.executeprocess() regarding handling unix quoting and
the compiler using the same command lines for scripts and directly
calling external programs
o compiling the Java compiler currently requires adding ALLOW_WARNINGS=1
to the make command line
git-svn-id: branches/jvmbackend@20887 -
