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diff --git a/include/ruby/internal/newobj.h b/include/ruby/internal/newobj.h
index 1bb4f0efa3..6eee2fa5fa 100644
--- a/include/ruby/internal/newobj.h
+++ b/include/ruby/internal/newobj.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
* 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 Defines #NEWOBJ.
*/
#include "ruby/internal/attr/deprecated.h"
@@ -29,36 +29,121 @@
#include "ruby/internal/value.h"
#include "ruby/assert.h"
-#define RB_NEWOBJ(obj,type) type *(obj) = RBIMPL_CAST((type *)rb_newobj())
-#define RB_NEWOBJ_OF(obj,type,klass,flags) type *(obj) = RBIMPL_CAST((type *)rb_newobj_of(klass, flags))
-
-#define NEWOBJ RB_NEWOBJ
-#define NEWOBJ_OF RB_NEWOBJ_OF /* core has special NEWOBJ_OF() in internal.h */
-#define OBJSETUP rb_obj_setup /* use NEWOBJ_OF instead of NEWOBJ()+OBJSETUP() */
-#define CLONESETUP rb_clone_setup
-#define DUPSETUP rb_dup_setup
+#define OBJSETUP rb_obj_setup /**< @old{rb_obj_setup} */
+#define CLONESETUP rb_clone_setup /**< @old{rb_clone_setup} */
+#define DUPSETUP rb_dup_setup /**< @old{rb_dup_setup} */
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
-VALUE rb_newobj(void);
-VALUE rb_newobj_of(VALUE, VALUE);
+/**
+ * Fills common fields in the object.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] obj A Ruby object to be set up.
+ * @param[in] klass `obj` will belong to this class.
+ * @param[in] type One of ::ruby_value_type.
+ * @return The passed object.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * Historically, authors of Ruby has described the `type` argument as "one of
+ * ::ruby_value_type". In reality it accepts either ::ruby_value_type,
+ * ::ruby_fl_type, or any combinations of the two. For instance
+ * `RUBY_T_STRING | RUBY_FL_FREEZE` is a valid value that this function takes,
+ * and means this is a frozen string.
+ *
+ * 3rd party extension libraries rarely need to allocate Strings this way.
+ * They normally only concern ::RUBY_T_DATA. This argument is mainly used for
+ * specifying flags, @shyouhei suspects.
+ */
VALUE rb_obj_setup(VALUE obj, VALUE klass, VALUE type);
-VALUE rb_obj_class(VALUE);
-VALUE rb_singleton_class_clone(VALUE);
-void rb_singleton_class_attached(VALUE,VALUE);
-void rb_copy_generic_ivar(VALUE,VALUE);
+
+/**
+ * Queries the class of an object. This is not always identical to
+ * `RBASIC_CLASS(obj)`. It searches for the nearest ancestor skipping
+ * singleton classes or included modules.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj Object in question.
+ * @return The object's class, in a normal sense.
+ */
+VALUE rb_obj_class(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Clones a singleton class. An object can have its own singleton class. OK.
+ * Then what happens when a program clones such object? The singleton class
+ * that is attached to the source object must also be cloned. Otherwise a
+ * singleton object gets shared with two objects, which breaks "singleton"-ness
+ * of such class.
+ *
+ * This is basically an implementation detail of rb_clone_setup(). People
+ * need not be aware of this working behind-the-scene.
+ *
+ * @param[in] obj The object that has its own singleton class.
+ * @return Cloned singleton class.
+ */
+VALUE rb_singleton_class_clone(VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Attaches a singleton class to its corresponding object.
+ *
+ * This is basically an implementation detail of rb_clone_setup(). People
+ * need not be aware of this working behind-the-scene.
+ *
+ * @param[in] klass The singleton class.
+ * @param[out] obj The object to attach a class.
+ * @pre The passed two objects must agree with each other that `klass`
+ * becomes a singleton class of `obj`.
+ * @post `klass` becomes the singleton class of `obj`.
+ */
+void rb_singleton_class_attached(VALUE klass, VALUE obj);
+
+/**
+ * Copies 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 either of the passed
+ * objects are using so-called "generic" backend storage. This distinction is
+ * purely an implementation detail of rb_clone_setup(). People need not be
+ * aware of this working behind-the-scenes.
+ *
+ * @param[out] clone The destination object.
+ * @param[in] obj The source object.
+ */
+void rb_copy_generic_ivar(VALUE clone, VALUE obj);
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()
RBIMPL_ATTR_DEPRECATED(("This is no longer how Object#clone works."))
+/**
+ * @deprecated Not sure exactly when but at some time, the implementation of
+ * `Object#clone` stopped using this function. It remained
+ * untouched for a while, and then @shyouhei realised that they
+ * are no longer doing the same thing. It seems nobody seriously
+ * uses this function any longer. Let's just abandon it.
+ *
+ * @param[out] clone The destination object.
+ * @param[in] obj The source object.
+ */
static inline void
rb_clone_setup(VALUE clone, VALUE obj)
{
+ (void)clone;
+ (void)obj;
return;
}
RBIMPL_ATTR_DEPRECATED(("This is no longer how Object#dup works."))
+/**
+ * @deprecated Not sure exactly when but at some time, the implementation of
+ * `Object#dup` stopped using this function. It remained
+ * untouched for a while, and then @shyouhei realised that they
+ * are no longer the same thing. It seems nobody seriously uses
+ * this function any longer. Let's just abandon it.
+ *
+ * @param[out] dup The destination object.
+ * @param[in] obj The source object.
+ */
static inline void
rb_dup_setup(VALUE dup, VALUE obj)
{
+ (void)dup;
+ (void)obj;
return;
}