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authorHugo Hörnquist <hugo@lysator.liu.se>2019-02-06 12:08:58 +0100
committerHugo Hörnquist <hugo@lysator.liu.se>2019-02-06 12:08:58 +0100
commitaf3cc906185d7273cf82b1339b63843062898120 (patch)
tree01d9cff85d6c4dfee3185a2402745d721f3636e8 /macro.h
parentRemove GC. (diff)
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Code cleanup and add documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'macro.h')
-rw-r--r--macro.h28
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/macro.h b/macro.h
index dbf4e355..b48a004e 100644
--- a/macro.h
+++ b/macro.h
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@
#define VA_ARGS_NUM(...) VA_ARGS_NUM_PRIV(-1, ## __VA_ARGS__, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
/*
- * Templetize
- * TODO actuall documentatino
- * ᐸElementTᐳ
+ * Templatization macros. Forms symbols on the from name<T>, which
+ * looks really good in debuggers and the like. Unicode characters
+ * written in \U notation since C apparently doesn't support unicode
+ * literals.
+ *
+ * Can be nested (useful for container types).
+ *
+ * Doesn't use ASCII <>, but rather some other ᐸᐳ, meaning that it's
+ * not a reserved character.
+ *
+ * nameᐸTᐳ
*/
#define TEMPL(name, T) TP4(name, \U00001438 , T, \U00001433 )
#define TEMPL_N(name, T, argcount) TP6(name, \U00001438 , T, _, argcount, \U00001433 )
@@ -38,7 +46,11 @@
#define INIT_F(T, ...) \
int __INIT_T(T, VA_ARGS_NUM(__VA_ARGS__)) (T* this __VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__)
-/* Call the constructor of an object */
+/*
+ * Call the constructor of an object
+ * `int` part of the macro, to ensure that any attempt to call this
+ * function results in an error.
+ */
#define INIT(T, N, ...) \
__INIT_T(T, VA_ARGS_NUM(__VA_ARGS__)) (N __VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -47,6 +59,9 @@
T* N = malloc(sizeof(*N)); \
INIT(T, N, __VA_ARGS__);
+/*
+ * Reconstructs a object. Use with caution.
+ */
#define RENEW(T, N, ...) do { \
N = malloc(sizeof(*N)); \
INIT(T, N, __VA_ARGS__); \
@@ -67,6 +82,11 @@
/* Declare destructor */
#define FREE_F(T) int FREE(T) (T* this)
+/*
+ * General functions that different container types may implement.
+ * Actuall implementation and type signature is mostly left to
+ * individual implementations.
+ */
#define DEEP_COPY(T) TEMPL(deep_copy , T)
#define RESOLVE(T) TEMPL(resolve , T)
#define APPEND(T) TEMPL(append , T)