/* symbols.h: Structures used to store symbols and values. */

/* Author: Brian J. Fox (bfox@ai.mit.edu) Mon Aug 21 11:31:19 1995.

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#if !defined (_SYMBOLS_H_)
#define _SYMBOLS_H_ 1

#define DEFAULT_PACKAGE_NAME "DEFAULT"

/* What a symbol looks like. */
typedef struct
{
  char *name;			/* The characters of the symbol name. */
  int name_len;			/* The length of the symbol name. */
  char **values;		/* The values associated with this symbol. */
  int values_index;		/* Number of values stored within. */
  int values_slots;		/* Number of slots allocated to VALUES. */
  int type;			/* Data typing allows binary data. */
  int *notifier;		/* Address of var to modify when this
				   symbol's value changes. */
  int flags;			/* ReadOnly, etc. */
  void *package;		/* The package that owns this symbol. */
} Symbol;

#define sym_READONLY	  0x01
#define sym_INVISIBLE	  0x02
#define sym_NOEXPAND	  0x04	/* <get-var foo> --> <get-var-once foo> */

/* Here are some data types. */
#define symtype_STRING    0x00	/* Value[x] points directly to data. */
#define symtype_FUNCTION  0x01	/* Value points to a function definition. */
#define symtype_BINARY    0x02	/* Value points to a datablock. */
#define symtype_USERFUN	  0x03	/* Value is a user defined function. */
#define symtype_ALIAS	  0x04	/* This symbol shares it's value. */

/* Random data can be stored within. */
typedef struct
{
  char *data;
  int length;
} Datablock;

/* Create a Datablock object from DATA and LENGTH. */
extern Datablock *datablock_create (char *data, int length);

/* Return a duplicate of BLOCK. */
extern Datablock *datablock_copy (Datablock *block);

/* Free BLOCK and contents. */
extern void datablock_free (Datablock *block);


/* A linked list of symbols. */
typedef struct _symbol_list_
{
  struct _symbol_list_ *next;
  Symbol *symbol;
} SymbolList;

/* What a table of symbols looks like. */
typedef struct
{
  SymbolList **symbol_list;	/* An array of linked symbols. */
  int rows;			/* Number of rows in this array. */
  int entries;			/* Number of entries in this table. */
} SymbolTable;
  
/* A Package holds on to many symbols. */
typedef struct
{
  char *name;			/* The name of this package. */
  int name_len;			/* The length of NAME. */
  SymbolTable *table;		/* The symbols stored within. */
} Package;

#define SYMBOL_PACKAGE_NAME(sym) (((Package *)sym->package)->name)
#define SYMBOL_PACKAGE_NAME_LEN(sym) (((Package *)sym->package)->name_len)

/* The current package. */
extern Package *CurrentPackage;

/* The list of every package. */
extern Package **AllPackages;

/* Set the default package.  This is the package to use when
   the name of the package is "". */
extern void symbol_set_default_package (Package *package);

/* Locate and return the existing package NAME. */
extern Package *symbol_lookup_package (char *name);

/* Create a package named NAME suitable for storing symbols in.
   If the package already exists, return that package.
   You can create an anonymous package by passing NULL as the name. */
extern Package *symbol_get_package (char *name);

/* Default number of slots for a symbol table.  Some callers
   may want to change this if they create a large number of
   symbol tables designed to hold only a few entries.
   The default value for this is 107. */
extern int symbol_small_prime;

/* Destroy the package PACKAGE, freeing all of the space that it
   was using.  If the package was not anonymous, this deletes it
   from the list of AllPackages. */
extern void symbol_destroy_package (Package *package);

/* Copy all of the symbols from FROM into TO. */
extern void symbol_copy_package (Package *from, Package *to);

/* Return the package of IDENTIFIER, a full identifier for a symbol.
   Identifiers have two portions: the package part and the symbol name
   part.  The two parts are separated by a pair of colons, as in
   PACKAGE::SYMBOL. */
extern Package *symbol_package (char *identifier);

/* Look in PACKAGE for NAME, and return the associated symbol. */
extern Symbol *symbol_lookup_in_package (Package *package, char *name);

/* Intern in PACKAGE, the symbol named NAME, and return the interned symbol.
   If the symbol is already present, then return that. */
extern Symbol *symbol_intern_in_package (Package *package, char *name);

/* Remove from PACKAGE the symbol specified by NAME.
   The removed symbol is returned. */
extern Symbol *symbol_remove_in_package (Package *package, char *name);

/* Intern the symbol named NAME, and return that symbol.
   This interns in the package specified in the symbol name given,
   so that `foo::bar' interns BAR in the FOO package, and `bar'
   interns BAR in the current package. */
extern Symbol *symbol_intern (char *name);

/* Find in PACKAGE for NAME, and return the associated symbol. */
extern Symbol *symbol_lookup (char *name);

/* Remove the symbol specified by NAME.  The removed symbol is returned. */
extern Symbol *symbol_remove (char *name);

/* Copy SYMBOL into PACKAGE.  Both SYMBOL and PACKAGE are real data items,
   not names of those items.  Returns the copied symbol. */
extern Symbol *symbol_copy (Symbol *symbol, Package *package);

/* Move SYMBOL from its current package into PACKAGE.
   Both SYMBOL and PACKAGE are real data items, not names of those items.
   Returns the moved symbol. */
extern Symbol *symbol_move (Symbol *symbol, Package *package);

/* Change the name of SYMBOL to NEWNAME. */
extern Symbol *symbol_rename (Symbol *symbol, char *newname);

/* Free all of the data associated with SYMBOL. */
extern void symbol_free (Symbol *symbol);

/* Add to SYMBOL, the value VALUE.  The modified symbol is returned. */
extern Symbol *symbol_add_value (Symbol *symbol, char *value);

/* Get the values of NAME. */
extern char **symbol_get_values (char *name);

/* Return the full print name of SYMBOL. */
extern char *symbol_full_name (Symbol *symbol);

/* Return an array of pointers to every symbol in the package named by NAME.
   The actual symbols are returned, so modifications can be made to them
   directly.  Beware!  Changing the name of a symbol in the returned array
   will probably make the symbol impossible to find by normal lookup
   methods, so don't do it. */
extern Symbol **symbol_package_symbols (char *name);

/* Return an array of pointers to every symbol in the package PACKAGE.
   The actual symbols are returned, so modifications can be made to them
   directly.  Beware!  Changing the name of a symbol in the returned array
   will probably make the symbol impossible to find by normal lookup
   methods, so don't do it. */
extern Symbol **symbols_of_package (Package *package);

/* Associate SYMBOL with NOTIFIER, the address of an integer. */
extern void symbol_notify_value (Symbol *symbol, int *address);

/* Store into the symbol referenced by NAME, the array of character strings
   pointed to by ARRAY. */
extern void symbol_store_array (char *name, char **array);

extern int symbol_get_flags (Symbol *symbol);
extern int symbol_get_flag (Symbol *symbol, int flag);
extern void symbol_set_flag (Symbol *symbol, int flag);
extern void symbol_clear_flag (Symbol *symbol, int flag);
extern void symbol_reset (Symbol *symbol);

#endif /* _SYMBOLS_H_ */
