"

 COPYRIGHT (c) 1994 by Claus Gittinger

              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used

 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the

 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not

 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any

 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is

 hereby transferred.

"

Object subclass:#ExecutableFunction

       instanceVariableNames:'code flags'

       classVariableNames:''

       poolDictionaries:''

       category:'Kernel-Methods'

!

ExecutableFunction comment:'

COPYRIGHT (c) 1994 by Claus Gittinger

              All Rights Reserved

'!

!ExecutableFunction class methodsFor:'documentation'!

documentation

"

    Instance variables:

    code        <not_an_object>   the function pointer if its a compiled block/method

    flags       <SmallInteger>    special flag bits coded in a number

    NOTICE: layout known by runtime system and compiler - do not change

"

! !

!ExecutableFunction class methodsFor:'queries'!

isBuiltInClass

    "this class is known by the run-time-system"

    ^ true

! !

!ExecutableFunction methodsFor:'accessing'!

instVarAt:index

    "have to catch instVar access to code - since its no object"

    (index == 1) ifTrue:[^ self code].

    ^ super instVarAt:index

!

instVarAt:index put:value

    "have to catch instVar access to code - since its no object"

    (index == 1) ifTrue:[^ self code:value].

    ^ super instVarAt:index put:value

!

code

    "return the code field. This is not an object but the address of the machine instructions. 

     Therefore an integer representing the code-address is returned"

%{  /* NOCONTEXT */

    if (_INST(code) != nil) {

        RETURN ( _MKSMALLINT((int)(_INST(code))) )

    }

%}

.

    ^ nil

! !

!ExecutableFunction methodsFor:'private accessing'!

code:anAddress

    "set the code field - DANGER ALERT. 

     This is not an object but the address of the machine instructions.

     Therefore the argument must be an integer representing this address.

     You can crash Smalltalk very badly when playing around here ...

     This method is for compiler support and very special cases (debugging) only

     - do not use"

%{  /* NOCONTEXT */

    if (_isSmallInteger(anAddress))

        _INST(code) = (OBJ)(_intVal(anAddress));

    else

        _INST(code) = (OBJ)0;

%}

!

dynamic:aBoolean

    "set the flag bit stating that the machine code was created

     dynamically and should be flushed on image-restart.

     Obsolete - now done in VM"

%{  /* NOCONTEXT */

    int newFlags = _intVal(_INST(flags));

    /* made this a primitive to get define in stc.h */

    if (aBoolean == true)

        newFlags |= F_DYNAMIC;

    else

        newFlags &= ~F_DYNAMIC;

    _INST(flags) = _MKSMALLINT(newFlags);

%}

! !

!ExecutableFunction methodsFor:'error handling'!

invalidCode

    "this error is triggered by the interpreter when something is wrong

     with the code object (any error not handled below).

     In this case, the VM sends this to the bad method/block (the receiver).

     Can only happen when the Compiler/runtime system is broken or

     someone played around."

    self error:'invalid code-object - not executable'

! !

!ExecutableFunction methodsFor:'binary storage'!

readBinaryContentsFrom: stream manager: manager

    "make certain, that no invalid function addresses are created."

    super readBinaryContentsFrom: stream manager: manager.

    code := nil.

! !