;;; -*- Package: C-CALL -*-
;;;
;;; **********************************************************************
;;; This code was written as part of the CMU Common Lisp project at
;;; Carnegie Mellon University, and has been placed in the public domain.
;;;
(ext:file-comment
  "$Header: /home/pvaneynd/fakeroot/cvs2.cons.org/src/code/c-call.lisp,v 1.15 1994/10/31 04:11:27 ram Exp $")
;;;
;;; **********************************************************************
;;;
;;; This file contains some extensions to the Alien facility to simplify
;;; importing C interfaces.
;;;
(in-package "C-CALL")
(use-package "ALIEN")
(use-package "ALIEN-INTERNALS")
(use-package "SYSTEM")

(export '(char short int long unsigned-char unsigned-short unsigned-int
	  unsigned-long float double c-string void))
	       

;;;; Extra types.

(def-alien-type char (integer 8))
(def-alien-type short (integer 16))
(def-alien-type int (integer 32))
(def-alien-type long (integer #-alpha 32 #+alpha 64))

(def-alien-type unsigned-char (unsigned 8))
(def-alien-type unsigned-short (unsigned 16))
(def-alien-type unsigned-int (unsigned 32))
(def-alien-type unsigned-long (unsigned #-alpha 32 #+alpha 64))

(def-alien-type float single-float)
(def-alien-type double double-float)

(def-alien-type-translator void ()
  (parse-alien-type '(values)))



;;;; C string support.

(def-alien-type-class (c-string :include pointer :include-args (to)))

(def-alien-type-translator c-string ()
  (make-alien-c-string-type :to (parse-alien-type 'char)))

(def-alien-type-method (c-string :unparse) (type)
  (declare (ignore type))
  'c-string)

(def-alien-type-method (c-string :lisp-rep) (type)
  (declare (ignore type))
  '(or simple-base-string null (alien (* char))))

(def-alien-type-method (c-string :naturalize-gen) (type alien)
  (declare (ignore type))
  `(if (zerop (sap-int ,alien))
       nil
       (%naturalize-c-string ,alien)))

(def-alien-type-method (c-string :deport-gen) (type value)
  (declare (ignore type))
  `(etypecase ,value
     (null (int-sap 0))
     ((alien (* char)) (alien-sap ,value))
     (simple-base-string (vector-sap ,value))))

(defun %naturalize-c-string (sap)
  (declare (type system-area-pointer sap))
  (with-alien ((ptr (* char) sap))
    (locally
     (declare (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0)))
     (let ((length (loop
		     for offset of-type fixnum upfrom 0
		     until (zerop (deref ptr offset))
		     finally (return offset))))
       (let ((result (make-string length)))
	 (kernel:copy-from-system-area (alien-sap ptr) 0
				       result (* vm:vector-data-offset
						 vm:word-bits)
				       (* length vm:byte-bits))
	 result)))))
