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+#ifndef RBIMPL_RBASIC_H /*-*-C++-*-vi:se ft=cpp:*/
+#define RBIMPL_RBASIC_H
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @author Ruby developers <ruby-core@ruby-lang.org>
+ * @copyright This file is a part of the programming language Ruby.
+ * Permission is hereby granted, to either redistribute and/or
+ * modify this file, provided that the conditions mentioned in the
+ * file COPYING are met. Consult the file for details.
+ * @warning Symbols prefixed with either `RBIMPL` or `rbimpl` are
+ * implementation details. Don't take them as canon. They could
+ * rapidly appear then vanish. The name (path) of this header file
+ * is also an implementation detail. Do not expect it to persist
+ * at the place it is now. Developers are free to move it anywhere
+ * anytime at will.
+ * @note To ruby-core: remember that this header can be possibly
+ * recursively included from extension libraries written in C++.
+ * Do not expect for instance `__VA_ARGS__` is always available.
+ * We assume C99 for ruby itself but we don't assume languages of
+ * extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
+ * @brief Defines struct ::RBasic.
+ */
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/artificial.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/constexpr.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/forceinline.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/noalias.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/pure.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/cast.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/dllexport.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/special_consts.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/value.h"
+#include "ruby/assert.h"
+
+/**
+ * Convenient casting macro.
+ *
+ * @param obj Arbitrary Ruby object.
+ * @return The passed object casted to ::RBasic.
+ */
+#define RBASIC(obj) RBIMPL_CAST((struct RBasic *)(obj))
+/** @cond INTERNAL_MACRO */
+#define RBASIC_CLASS RBASIC_CLASS
+#define RBIMPL_RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX 3
+#define RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX
+#define RBIMPL_EMBED_LEN_MAX_OF(T) \
+ RBIMPL_CAST((int)(sizeof(VALUE[RBIMPL_RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX]) / (sizeof(T))))
+/** @endcond */
+
+/**
+ * This is an enum because GDB wants it (rather than a macro). People need not
+ * bother.
+ */
+enum ruby_rvalue_flags {
+ /** Max possible number of objects that can be embedded. */
+ RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX = RBIMPL_RVALUE_EMBED_LEN_MAX
+};
+
+#if (SIZEOF_VALUE < SIZEOF_UINT64_T)
+#define RBASIC_SHAPE_ID_FIELD 1
+#else
+#define RBASIC_SHAPE_ID_FIELD 0
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Ruby object's base components. All Ruby objects have them in common.
+ */
+struct
+RUBY_ALIGNAS(SIZEOF_VALUE)
+RBasic {
+
+ /**
+ * Per-object flags. Each Ruby object has its own characteristics apart
+ * from its class. For instance, whether an object is frozen or not is not
+ * controlled by its class. This is where such properties are stored.
+ *
+ * @see enum ::ruby_fl_type
+ *
+ * @note This is ::VALUE rather than an enum for alignment purposes. Back
+ * in the 1990s there were no such thing like `_Alignas` in C.
+ */
+ VALUE flags;
+
+ /**
+ * Class of an object. Every object has its class. Also, everything is an
+ * object in Ruby. This means classes are also objects. Classes have
+ * their own classes, classes of classes have their classes too, and it
+ * recursively continues forever.
+ *
+ * Also note the `const` qualifier. In Ruby, an object cannot "change" its
+ * class.
+ */
+ const VALUE klass;
+
+#if RBASIC_SHAPE_ID_FIELD
+ VALUE shape_id;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+ public:
+ RBIMPL_ATTR_CONSTEXPR(CXX11)
+ RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL()
+ RBIMPL_ATTR_FORCEINLINE()
+ RBIMPL_ATTR_NOALIAS()
+ /**
+ * We need to define this explicit constructor because the field `klass` is
+ * const-qualified above, which effectively defines the implicit default
+ * constructor as "deleted" (as of C++11) -- No way but to define one by
+ * ourselves.
+ */
+ RBasic() :
+ flags(RBIMPL_VALUE_NULL),
+ klass(RBIMPL_VALUE_NULL)
+#if RBASIC_SHAPE_ID_FIELD
+ , shape_id(RBIMPL_VALUE_NULL)
+#endif
+ {
+ }
+# define RBASIC_INIT RBasic()
+#else
+# define RBASIC_INIT {RBIMPL_VALUE_NULL}
+#endif
+};
+
+RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
+/**
+ * Make the object invisible from Ruby code.
+ *
+ * It is useful to let Ruby's GC manage your internal data structure -- The
+ * object keeps being managed by GC, but `ObjectSpace.each_object` never yields
+ * the object.
+ *
+ * Note that the object also lose a way to call a method on it.
+ *
+ * @param[out] obj A Ruby object.
+ * @return The passed object.
+ * @post The object is destructively modified to be invisible.
+ * @see rb_obj_reveal
+ */
+VALUE rb_obj_hide(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Make a hidden object visible again.
+ *
+ * It is the caller's responsibility to pass the right `klass` which `obj`
+ * originally used to belong to.
+ *
+ * @param[out] obj A Ruby object.
+ * @param[in] klass Class of `obj`.
+ * @return Passed `obj`.
+ * @pre `obj` was previously hidden.
+ * @post `obj`'s class is `klass`.
+ * @see rb_obj_hide
+ */
+VALUE rb_obj_reveal(VALUE obj, VALUE klass); /* do not use this API to change klass information */
+RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_PURE_UNLESS_DEBUG()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL()
+/**
+ * Queries the class of an object.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj An object.
+ * @return Its class.
+ */
+static inline VALUE
+RBASIC_CLASS(VALUE obj)
+{
+ RBIMPL_ASSERT_OR_ASSUME(! RB_SPECIAL_CONST_P(obj));
+ return RBASIC(obj)->klass;
+}
+
+#endif /* RBIMPL_RBASIC_H */