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diff --git a/include/ruby/internal/intern/variable.h b/include/ruby/internal/intern/variable.h
index faa0cc004f..479c3950c1 100644
--- a/include/ruby/internal/intern/variable.h
+++ b/include/ruby/internal/intern/variable.h
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
* 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.
+ * extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
* @brief Public APIs related to names inside of a Ruby program.
*/
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/nonnull.h"
#include "ruby/internal/attr/noreturn.h"
#include "ruby/internal/dllexport.h"
#include "ruby/internal/value.h"
@@ -28,56 +29,599 @@
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
/* variable.c */
-VALUE rb_mod_name(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_class_path(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_class_path_cached(VALUE);
-void rb_set_class_path(VALUE, VALUE, const char*);
-void rb_set_class_path_string(VALUE, VALUE, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_path_to_class(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_path2class(const char*);
-VALUE rb_class_name(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_autoload_load(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_autoload_p(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_f_trace_var(int, const VALUE*);
-VALUE rb_f_untrace_var(int, const VALUE*);
+
+/**
+ * Queries the name of a module.
+ *
+ * @param[in] mod An instance of ::rb_cModule.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qnil `mod` is anonymous.
+ * @retval otherwise `mod` is onymous.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_name(VALUE mod);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_mod_name(), except it returns `#<Class: ...>` style
+ * inspection for anonymous modules.
+ *
+ * @param[in] mod An instance of ::rb_cModule.
+ * @return An instance of ::rb_cString representing `mod`'s path.
+ */
+VALUE rb_class_path(VALUE mod);
+
+/**
+ * @alias{rb_mod_name}
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Am I missing something? Why we have the same thing in different names?
+ */
+VALUE rb_class_path_cached(VALUE mod);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * Names a class.
+ *
+ * @param[out] klass Target module to name.
+ * @param[out] space Namespace that `klass` shall reside.
+ * @param[in] name Name of `klass`.
+ * @post `klass` has `space::klass` name.
+ */
+void rb_set_class_path(VALUE klass, VALUE space, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_set_class_path(), except it accepts the name as Ruby's
+ * string instead of C's.
+ *
+ * @param[out] klass Target module to name.
+ * @param[out] space Namespace that `klass` shall reside.
+ * @param[in] name Name of `klass`.
+ * @post `klass` has `space::klass` name.
+ */
+void rb_set_class_path_string(VALUE klass, VALUE space, VALUE name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_path2class(), except it accepts the path as Ruby's string
+ * instead of C's.
+ *
+ * @param[in] path Path to query.
+ * @exception rb_eArgError No such constant.
+ * @exception rb_eTypeError The path resolved to a non-module.
+ * @return Resolved class.
+ */
+VALUE rb_path_to_class(VALUE path);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * Resolves a `Q::W::E::R`-style path string to the actual class it points.
+ *
+ * @param[in] path Path to query.
+ * @exception rb_eArgError No such constant.
+ * @exception rb_eTypeError The path resolved to a non-module.
+ * @return Resolved class.
+ */
+VALUE rb_path2class(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Queries the name of the given object's class.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Arbitrary object.
+ * @return An instance of ::rb_cString representing `obj`'s class' path.
+ */
+VALUE rb_class_name(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Kicks the autoload procedure as if it was "touched".
+ *
+ * @param[out] space Namespace where autoload is defined.
+ * @param[in] name Name of the autoloaded constant.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qfalse No such autoload.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qtrue Autoload successfully initiated.
+ * @note As an autoloaded library is expected to define `space::name`,
+ * it is a nature of this function to have process-global side
+ * effects.
+ * @note Multiple threads can simultaneously call this API. It blocks
+ * then. That must not last indefinitely but can take longer than
+ * you expect.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @shyouhei has no idea why extension libraries should use this API.
+ */
+VALUE rb_autoload_load(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Queries if an autoload is defined at a point.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Namespace where autoload is defined.
+ * @param[in] name Name of the autoloaded constant.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qnil No such autoload.
+ * @retval otherwise The feature (path) registered at `space::name`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_autoload_p(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Traces a global variable.
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Either 1 or 2.
+ * @param[in] argv Variable name, optionally a Proc.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qnil No previous tracers.
+ * @retval otherwise Previous tracers.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @shyouhei has no idea why extension libraries should use this API.
+ */
+VALUE rb_f_trace_var(int argc, const VALUE *argv);
+
+/**
+ * Deletes the passed tracer from the passed global variable, or if omitted,
+ * deletes everything.
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Either 1 or 2.
+ * @param[in] argv Variable name, optionally a Proc.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qnil No previous tracers.
+ * @retval otherwise Deleted tracers.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @shyouhei has no idea why extension libraries should use this API.
+ */
+VALUE rb_f_untrace_var(int argc, const VALUE *argv);
+
+/**
+ * Queries the list of global variables.
+ *
+ * @return The list of the name of the global variables.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
VALUE rb_f_global_variables(void);
-void rb_alias_variable(ID, ID);
-void rb_copy_generic_ivar(VALUE,VALUE);
-void rb_free_generic_ivar(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_ivar_get(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_ivar_set(VALUE, ID, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_ivar_defined(VALUE, ID);
-void rb_ivar_foreach(VALUE, int (*)(ID, VALUE, st_data_t), st_data_t);
-st_index_t rb_ivar_count(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_attr_get(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_obj_instance_variables(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_obj_remove_instance_variable(VALUE, VALUE);
+
+/**
+ * Aliases a global variable. Did you know that you can alias a global
+ * variable? It is like aliasing methods:
+ *
+ * ```ruby
+ * alias $dst $src
+ * ```
+ *
+ * This C function does the same thing.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dst Destination name.
+ * @param[in] src Source name.
+ * @post A global variable named `dst` is defined to be an alias of a
+ * global variable named `src`.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+void rb_alias_variable(ID dst, ID src);
+
+/**
+ * Frees the list of instance variables. 3rd parties need not know, but there
+ * are several ways to store an object's instance variables, depending on its
+ * internal structure. This function makes sense when the passed objects is
+ * using so-called "generic" backend storage. People need not be aware of this
+ * working behind-the-scenes.
+ *
+ * @param[out] obj The object in question.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * This just destroys the given object. @shyouhei has no idea why extension
+ * libraries should use this API.
+ */
+void rb_free_generic_ivar(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_iv_get(), except it accepts the name as an ::ID instead of a
+ * C string.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] name Target instance variable to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_nil No such instance variable.
+ * @retval otherwise The value assigned to the instance variable.
+ */
+VALUE rb_ivar_get(VALUE obj, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_iv_set(), except it accepts the name as an ::ID instead of a
+ * C string.
+ *
+ * @param[out] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] name Target instance variable.
+ * @param[in] val Value to assign.
+ * @exception rb_eFrozenError Can't modify `obj`.
+ * @exception rb_eArgError `obj` has too many instance variables.
+ * @return Passed value.
+ * @post An instance variable named `name` is defined if absent on
+ * `obj`, whose value is set to `val`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_ivar_set(VALUE obj, ID name, VALUE val);
+
+/**
+ * Queries if the instance variable is defined at the object. This roughly
+ * resembles `defined?(@name)` in `obj`'s context.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] name Target instance variable to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qtrue There is an instance variable.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qfalse No such instance variable.
+ */
+VALUE rb_ivar_defined(VALUE obj, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Iterates over an object's instance variables.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] func Callback function.
+ * @param[in] arg Passed as-is to the last argument of `func`.
+ */
+void rb_ivar_foreach(VALUE obj, int (*func)(ID name, VALUE val, st_data_t arg), st_data_t arg);
+
+/**
+ * Number of instance variables defined on an object.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object.
+ * @return Number of instance variables defined on `obj`.
+ */
+st_index_t rb_ivar_count(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_ivar_get()
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] name Target instance variable to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_nil No such instance variable.
+ * @retval otherwise The value assigned to the instance variable.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Am I missing something? Why we have the same thing in different names?
+ */
+VALUE rb_attr_get(VALUE obj, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Object#instance_variables`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Target object to query.
+ * @return An array of instance variable names for the receiver.
+ * @note Simply defining an accessor does not create the corresponding
+ * instance variable.
+ */
+VALUE rb_obj_instance_variables(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Object#remove_instance_variable`.
+ *
+ * @param[out] obj Target object.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name to remove, either in Symbol or String.
+ * @return What was removed.
+ * @pre Instance variable named `name` is deleted from `obj`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_obj_remove_instance_variable(VALUE obj, VALUE name);
+
+/**
+ * This API is mysterious. It has been there since the initial revision. No
+ * single bits of documents has ever been written. The function name doesn't
+ * describe anything. What should be passed to the argument, or what should be
+ * the return value, are not obvious. Yet it has evolved over time. The
+ * source code is written in counter-intuitive way (as of 3.0).
+ *
+ * Simply put, don't try to understand this API.
+ */
void *rb_mod_const_at(VALUE, void*);
+
+/**
+ * This is a variant of rb_mod_const_at(). As a result, it is also mysterious.
+ * It _seems_ it iterates over the ancestry tree of the module. But what that
+ * means is beyond a human brain.
+ */
void *rb_mod_const_of(VALUE, void*);
+
+/**
+ * This is another mysterious API that comes with no documents at all. It
+ * seems it expects some specific data structure for the passed pointer. But
+ * the details has never been made explicit. It seems nobody should use this
+ * API.
+ */
VALUE rb_const_list(void*);
-VALUE rb_mod_constants(int, const VALUE *, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_mod_remove_const(VALUE, VALUE);
-int rb_const_defined(VALUE, ID);
-int rb_const_defined_at(VALUE, ID);
-int rb_const_defined_from(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_const_get(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_const_get_at(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_const_get_from(VALUE, ID);
-void rb_const_set(VALUE, ID, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_const_remove(VALUE, ID);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Module#constants`. List up the constants defined at the
+ * receiver. This includes the names of constants in any included modules,
+ * unless `argv[0]` is ::RUBY_Qfalse.
+ *
+ * The implementation makes no guarantees about the order in which the
+ * constants are yielded.
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Either 0 or 1.
+ * @param[in] argv Pointer to ::RUBY_Qfalse, if `argc == 1`.
+ * @param[in] recv Target namespace.
+ * @return An array of symbols, which are constant names under `recv`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_constants(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE recv);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Module#remove_const`.
+ *
+ * @param[out] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name to remove, either in Symbol or String.
+ * @return What was removed.
+ * @pre Constant named `space::name` is deleted.
+ * @note In case what was removed was in fact a module or a class, this
+ * operation does not affect its name. Which means when people
+ * for instance look at it using `p` etc., it still introduces
+ * itself using the deleted name. Can confuse people.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_remove_const(VALUE space, VALUE name);
+
+/**
+ * Queries if the constant is defined at the namespace.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qtrue There is a constant.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qfalse No such constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * The return values are not typo! This function returns ruby values casted to
+ * `int`. Completely brain-damaged design.
+ */
+int rb_const_defined(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_const_defined(), except it doesn't look for parent classes.
+ * For instance `Array` is a toplevel constant, which is visible from
+ * everywhere. But this function does not take such things into account. It
+ * concerns only what is directly defined inside of the given namespace.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qtrue There is a constant.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qfalse No such constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * The return values are not typo! This function returns ruby values casted to
+ * `int`. Completely brain-damaged design.
+ */
+int rb_const_defined_at(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_const_defined(), except it returns false for private
+ * constants.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qtrue There is a constant.
+ * @retval RUBY_Qfalse No such constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * What does "from" mean? The name sounds quite cryptic.
+ *
+ * The return values are not typo! This function returns ruby values casted to
+ * `int`. Completely brain-damaged design.
+ */
+int rb_const_defined_from(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_const_defined(), except it returns the actual defined value.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError No such constant.
+ * @return The defined constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_const_get(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_const_defined_at(), except it returns the actual defined
+ * value. It can also be seen as a routine identical to rb_const_get(), except
+ * it doesn't look for parent classes.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError No such constant.
+ * @return The defined constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_const_get_at(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_const_defined_at(), except it returns the actual defined
+ * value. It can also be seen as a routine identical to rb_const_get(), except
+ * it doesn't return a private constant.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError No such constant.
+ * @return The defined constant.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_const_get_from(VALUE space, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Names a constant.
+ *
+ * @param[out] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name to query.
+ * @param[in] val Value to define.
+ * @exception rb_eTypeError `space` is not a module.
+ * @post `name` is a constant under `space`, whose value is `val`.
+ * @note You can reassign.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+void rb_const_set(VALUE space, ID name, VALUE val);
+
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_mod_remove_const(), except it takes the name as ::ID instead
+ * of ::VALUE.
+ *
+ * @param[out] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name to remove, either in Symbol or String.
+ * @return What was removed.
+ * @pre Constant named `space::name` is deleted.
+ * @note In case what was removed was in fact a module or a class, this
+ * operation does not affect its name. Which means when people
+ * for instance look at it using `p` etc., it still introduces
+ * itself using the deleted name. Can confuse people.
+ */
+VALUE rb_const_remove(VALUE space, ID name);
+
#if 0 /* EXPERIMENTAL: remove if no problem */
RBIMPL_ATTR_NORETURN()
-VALUE rb_mod_const_missing(VALUE,VALUE);
+/**
+ * This is the default implementation of `Module#const_missing`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] space Target namespace.
+ * @param[in] name Target name that is nonexistent.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError Always.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_const_missing(VALUE space, VALUE name);
#endif
-VALUE rb_cvar_defined(VALUE, ID);
-void rb_cvar_set(VALUE, ID, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_cvar_get(VALUE, ID);
-VALUE rb_cvar_find(VALUE, ID, VALUE*);
-void rb_cv_set(VALUE, const char*, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_cv_get(VALUE, const char*);
+
+/**
+ * Queries if the given class has the given class variable.
+ *
+ * @param[in] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Name to query.
+ * @return RUBY_Qtrue Yes there is.
+ * @return RUBY_Qfalse No there isn't.
+ * @pre `klass` must be an instance of rb_cModule.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_cvar_defined(VALUE klass, ID name);
+
+/**
+ * Assigns a value to a class variable.
+ *
+ * @param[out] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name.
+ * @param[in] val Value to be assigned.
+ * @post `klass` has a class variable named `name` whose value is `val`.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+void rb_cvar_set(VALUE klass, ID name, VALUE val);
+
+/**
+ * Obtains a value from a class variable.
+ *
+ * @param[in] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError Uninitialised class variable.
+ * @exception rb_eRuntimeError `[Bug#14541]` situation.
+ * @return Class variable named `name` under `klass`.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_cvar_get(VALUE klass, ID name);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_cvar_get(), except it takes additional "front" pointer.
+ * This extra parameter is a buffer, which will have the class where the
+ * queried class variable actually resides.
+ *
+ * @param[in] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name.
+ * @param[out] front Return buffer.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError Uninitialised class variable.
+ * @exception rb_eRuntimeError `[Bug#14541]` situation.
+ * @return Class variable named `name` under `klass`.
+ * @post `front` has the class object, which is an ancestor of `klass`,
+ * where the queried class variable actually resides.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Above description is in fact inaccurate. This API interfaces with Ractors.
+ */
+VALUE rb_cvar_find(VALUE klass, ID name, VALUE *front);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_cvar_set(), except it accepts C's string instead of ::ID.
+ *
+ * @param[out] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name.
+ * @param[in] val Value to be assigned.
+ * @post `klass` has a class variable named `name` whose value is `val`.
+ */
+void rb_cv_set(VALUE klass, const char *name, VALUE val);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * Identical to rb_cvar_get(), except it accepts C's string instead of ::ID.
+ *
+ * @param[in] klass Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name.
+ * @exception rb_eNameError Uninitialised class variable.
+ * @exception rb_eRuntimeError `[Bug#14541]` situation.
+ * @return Class variable named `name` under `klass`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_cv_get(VALUE klass, const char *name);
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NONNULL(())
+/**
+ * @alias{rb_cv_set}
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Am I missing something? Why we have the same thing in different names?
+ */
void rb_define_class_variable(VALUE, const char*, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_mod_class_variables(int, const VALUE*, VALUE);
-VALUE rb_mod_remove_cvar(VALUE, VALUE);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Module#class_variables`. List up the variables defined at the
+ * receiver. This includes the names of constants in any included modules,
+ * unless `argv[0]` is ::RUBY_Qfalse.
+ *
+ * The implementation makes no guarantees about the order in which the
+ * constants are yielded.
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Either 0 or 1.
+ * @param[in] argv Pointer to ::RUBY_Qfalse, if `argc == 1`.
+ * @param[in] recv Target class.
+ * @return An array of symbols, which are class variable names under
+ * `recv`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_class_variables(int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE recv);
+
+/**
+ * Resembles `Module#remove_class_variable`.
+ *
+ * @param[out] mod Target class.
+ * @param[in] name Variable name to remove, either in Symbol or String.
+ * @return What was removed.
+ * @pre Instance variable named `name` is deleted from `obj`.
+ */
+VALUE rb_mod_remove_cvar(VALUE mod, VALUE name);
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()