PNObject Struct Reference

standard objects act like C structs the fields are defined by the type and it's a fixed size, not volatile. More...

#include <potion.h>

Public Member Functions
PN	potion_object_string (Potion *P, PN cl, vPN(Object) self)
PN	potion_object_forward (Potion *P, PN cl, PN self, PN method)
PN	potion_object_send (Potion *P, PN cl, PN self, PN method)
PN	potion_object_size (Potion *P, PN cl, PN self)
PN	potion_object_subclass (Potion *P, PN cl, PN self, vPN(Vtable) vtable)

Data Fields
	PN_OBJECT_HEADER
	PNType vt; PNUniq uniq. More...
PN	ivars []

Detailed Description

standard objects act like C structs the fields are defined by the type and it's a fixed size, not volatile.

Definition at line 304 of file potion.h.

Member Function Documentation

PN potion_object_string	(	Potion *	P,
		PN	cl,
		vPN(Object)	self
	)

"string" method

Returns

PNString representation of self: <name ptr> if named or <object>

Definition at line 490 of file objmodel.c.

PN potion_object_forward	(	Potion *	P,
		PN	cl,
		PN	self,
		PN	method
	)

"forward" method. Does nothing for the base object

Returns

PN_NIL and prints "\<#object>"

Definition at line 504 of file objmodel.c.

PN potion_object_send	(	Potion *	P,
		PN	cl,
		PN	self,
		PN	method
	)

"send" method, call a method on self by name

Parameters

self
method

Returns

the result of the method call

Definition at line 514 of file objmodel.c.

PN potion_object_size	(	Potion *	P,
		PN	cl,
		PN	self
	)

Returns

potion object size in bytes for the gc

Definition at line 533 of file objmodel.c.

PN potion_object_subclass	(	Potion *	P,
		PN	cl,
		PN	self,
		vPN(Vtable)	vtable
	)

"subclass?" method (only single inheritence yet) TODO: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jrb/pve/ (fast subclass test via Packed Vector Encoding)

Returns

returns TRUE or FALSE if the object derives from the class

Definition at line 552 of file objmodel.c.

Field Documentation

PNObject::PN_OBJECT_HEADER

PNType vt; PNUniq uniq.

Definition at line 305 of file potion.h.

PN PNObject::ivars[]

Definition at line 306 of file potion.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following files:

• potion.h
• objmodel.c