95 lines
5.0 KiB
Factor
95 lines
5.0 KiB
Factor
USING: alien alien.c-types alien.structs alien.syntax
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alien.syntax.private help.markup help.syntax ;
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HELP: DLL"
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{ $syntax "DLL\" path\"" }
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{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } }
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{ $description "Constructs a DLL handle at parse time." } ;
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HELP: ALIEN:
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{ $syntax "ALIEN: address" }
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{ $values { "address" "a non-negative integer" } }
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{ $description "Creates an alien object at parse time." }
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{ $notes "Alien objects are invalidated between image saves and loads." } ;
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ARTICLE: "syntax-aliens" "Alien object literal syntax"
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{ $subsection POSTPONE: ALIEN: }
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{ $subsection POSTPONE: DLL" } ;
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HELP: LIBRARY:
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{ $syntax "LIBRARY: name" }
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{ $values { "name" "a logical library name" } }
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{ $description "Sets the logical library for consequent " { $link POSTPONE: FUNCTION: } " definitions that follow." } ;
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HELP: FUNCTION:
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{ $syntax "FUNCTION: return name ( parameters )" }
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{ $values { "return" "a C return type" } { "name" "a C function name" } { "parameters" "a comma-separated sequence of type/name pairs; " { $snippet "type1 arg1, type2 arg2, ..." } } }
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{ $description "Defines a new word " { $snippet "name" } " which calls a C library function with the same name, in the logical library given by the most recent " { $link POSTPONE: LIBRARY: } " declaration."
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$nl
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"The new word must be compiled before being executed." }
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{ $examples
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"For example, suppose the " { $snippet "foo" } " library exports the following function:"
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{ $code
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"void the_answer(char* question, int value) {"
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" printf(\"The answer to %s is %d.\n\",question,value);"
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"}"
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}
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"You can define a word for invoking it:"
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{ $unchecked-example
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"LIBRARY: foo\nFUNCTION: void the_answer ( char* question, int value ) ;"
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"USE: compiler"
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"\\ the_answer compile"
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"\"the question\" 42 the_answer"
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"The answer to the question is 42."
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} }
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{ $notes "Note that the parentheses and commas are only syntax sugar and can be omitted; they serve no purpose other than to make the declaration slightly easier to read:"
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{ $code
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"FUNCTION: void glHint ( GLenum target, GLenum mode ) ;"
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"FUNCTION: void glHint GLenum target GLenum mode ;"
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} } ;
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HELP: TYPEDEF:
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{ $syntax "TYPEDEF: old new" }
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{ $values { "old" "a C type" } { "new" "a C type" } }
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{ $description "Alises the C type " { $snippet "old" } " under the name " { $snippet "new" } "." }
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{ $notes "This word differs from " { $link typedef } " in that it runs at parse time, to ensure correct ordering of operations when loading source files. Words defined in source files are compiled before top-level forms are run, so if a source file defines C binding words and uses " { $link typedef } ", the type alias won't be available at compile time." } ;
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HELP: C-STRUCT:
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{ $syntax "C-STRUCT: name pairs... ;" }
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{ $values { "name" "a new C type name" } { "pairs" "C type / field name string pairs" } }
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{ $description "Defines a C struct layout and accessor words." }
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{ $notes "C type names are documented in " { $link "c-types-specs" } "." } ;
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HELP: C-UNION:
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{ $syntax "C-UNION: name members... ;" }
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{ $values { "name" "a new C type name" } { "members" "a sequence of C types" } }
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{ $description "Defines a new C type sized to fit its largest member." }
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{ $notes "C type names are documented in " { $link "c-types-specs" } "." }
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{ $examples { $code "C-UNION: event \"active-event\" \"keyboard-event\" \"mouse-event\" ;" } } ;
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HELP: C-ENUM:
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{ $syntax "C-ENUM: words... ;" }
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{ $values { "words" "a sequence of word names" } }
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{ $description "Creates a sequence of compound definitions in the current vocabulary. Each word pushes an integer according to its index in the enumeration definition. The first word pushes 0." }
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{ $notes "This word emulates a C-style " { $snippet "enum" } " in Factor. While this feature can be used for any purpose, using integer constants is discouraged unless it is for interfacing with C libraries. Factor code should use symbolic constants instead." }
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{ $examples
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"The following two lines are equivalent:"
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{ $code "C-ENUM: red green blue ;" ": red 0 ; : green 1 ; : blue 2 ;" }
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} ;
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HELP: typedef
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{ $values { "old" "a string" } { "new" "a string" } }
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{ $description "Alises the C type " { $snippet "old" } " under the name " { $snippet "new" } "." }
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{ $notes "Using this word in the same source file which defines C bindings can cause problems, because words are compiled before top-level forms are run. Use the " { $link POSTPONE: TYPEDEF: } " word instead." } ;
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{ typedef POSTPONE: TYPEDEF: } related-words
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HELP: c-struct?
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{ $values { "type" "a string" } { "?" "a boolean" } }
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{ $description "Tests if a C type is a structure defined by " { $link POSTPONE: C-STRUCT: } "." } ;
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HELP: define-function
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{ $values { "return" "a C return type" } { "library" "a logical library name" } { "function" "a C function name" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } }
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{ $description "Defines a word named " { $snippet "function" } " in the current vocabulary (see " { $link "vocabularies" } "). The word calls " { $link alien-invoke } " with the specified parameters." }
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{ $notes "This word is used to implement the " { $link POSTPONE: FUNCTION: } " parsing word." } ;
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