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;;;-*-Mode:LISP; Package:(PCL (LISP WALKER)); Base:10; Syntax:Common-lisp -*-
;;;
;;; *************************************************************************
;;; Copyright (c) 1985 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
;;;
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;;;
;;; The meta-braid and defstruct.
;;;
;;; NOTE: This file must be loaded before it can be compiled.
#| *** TO DO ***
|#
(in-package 'pcl)
;;
;;;;;; Medium-level support for the class CLASS.
;;
;;; The low-level macros are defined by the file portable-low (or a special
;;; version) of that file if there is one for this implementation. This is
;;; the lowest-level completely portable code which operates on instances
;;; with meta-class class.
(defmacro get-static-slot--class (iwmc-class slot-index)
`(%static-slot-storage-get-slot--class
(iwmc-class-static-slots ,iwmc-class) ,slot-index))
(defmacro get-dynamic-slot--class (iwmc-class slot-name default)
`(%dynamic-slot-storage-get-slot--class
(iwmc-class-dynamic-slots ,iwmc-class) ,slot-name ,default))
(defmacro remove-dynamic-slot--class (iwmc-class slot-name)
`(%dynamic-slot-storage-remove-slot--class
(iwmc-class-dynamic-slots ,iwmc-class) ,slot-name))
;;
;;;;;; defmeth -- defining methods
;;
;;; We need to be able to define something like methods before we really have
;;; real method functionality available.
;;;
;;; defmeth expands by calling expand-defmeth, this means that we can define
;;; an early version of defmeth just by defining an early version of expand-
;;; defmeth.
;;;
(defmacro defmeth (name&options arglist &body body)
(expand-defmeth name&options arglist body))
(eval-when (compile load eval)
;; Make sure we call bootstrap-expand-defmeth during bootstrapping.
;; - Can't say (setf (symbol-fu ..) #'bootstrap-expand-defmeth because
;; bootstrap-expand-defmeth isn't defined yet and that isn't legal
;; in Common Lisp.
;; - Can't say (setf (symbol-fu ..) 'bootstrap-expand-defmeth because
;; not all Common Lisps like having symbols in the function cell.
(setf (symbol-function 'expand-defmeth)
#'(lambda (name&options arglist body)
(bootstrap-expand-defmeth name&options arglist body)))
)
;;
;;;;;; Early methods
;;
(defvar *real-methods-exist-p*)
(eval-when (compile load eval)
(setq *real-methods-exist-p* nil))
(eval-when (load)
(setq *error-when-defining-method-on-existing-function* 'bootstrapping))
(defvar *protected-early-selectors* '(print-instance))
(defparameter *early-defmeths* ())
(defun bootstrap-expand-defmeth (name&options arglist body)
;; Some SIMPLE local macros for getting the type-specifiers out of the
;; argument list. Unfortunately, it is important that these simple
;; macros and the methods which come along later and do this job better
;; be compatible. This will become less of an issue once methods don't
;; have names anymore.
(macrolet ((simple-type-specs (arglist)
`(let ((type-specs
(iterate ((arg in ,arglist))
(until (memq arg '(&optional &rest &key &aux)))
(collect (if (listp arg) (cadr arg) 't)))))
(setq type-specs (nreverse type-specs))
(iterate ((type-spec in type-specs))
(until (neq type-spec 't))
(pop type-specs))
(nreverse type-specs)))
(simple-without-type-specs (arglist)
`(iterate ((loc on ,arglist))
(cond ((memq (car loc) '(&optional &rest &key &aux))
(join loc) (until t))
(t
(collect (if (listp (car loc))
(caar loc)
(car loc)))))))
(simple-args (arglist)
`(iterate ((arg in ,arglist))
(until (eq arg '&aux))
(unless (memq arg '(&optional &rest &key))
(collect (if (listp arg) (car arg) arg))))))
(multiple-value-bind (documentation declares body)
(extract-declarations body)
(or (listp name&options) (setq name&options (list name&options)))
(keyword-parse ((setf () setfp))
(cdr name&options)
(let* ((name (car name&options))
(discriminator-name (if setfp (make-setf-discriminator-name name) name))
(method-name (if setfp
(make-setf-method-name
name
(simple-type-specs setf)
(simple-type-specs arglist))
(make-method-name
name (simple-type-specs arglist))))
(method-arglist (simple-without-type-specs
(if setfp
(cons (car arglist)
(append setf (cdr arglist)))
arglist))))
`(progn
;; Record this early defmeth so that fixup-early-defmeths will
;; know to fix it up later.
(eval-when (compile load eval)
(record-early-defmeth
',discriminator-name ',name&options ',arglist ',body))
(defun ,method-name ,method-arglist
,@(and documentation (list documentation))
,@declares
; #+Symbolics(declare (sys:function-parent ,name defmeth))
. ,body)
,(unless (memq discriminator-name *protected-early-selectors*)
`(eval-when (load eval)
(setf (symbol-function ',discriminator-name)
(symbol-function ',method-name))))
,@(and setfp
(not (memq discriminator-name *protected-early-selectors*))
(let ((args (simple-without-type-specs arglist))
(setf-args (simple-without-type-specs setf)))
`((defsetf ,name ,args ,setf-args
(list ',discriminator-name
,(car args)
,@(simple-args setf)
,@(simple-args (cdr args)))))))))))))
(defun record-early-defmeth (discriminator-name name&options arglist body)
(pushnew (list* 'defmeth discriminator-name name&options arglist body)
*early-defmeths*
:test #'equal))
(defun record-early-discriminator (discriminator-name)
(pushnew (list 'clear discriminator-name) *early-defmeths* :test #'equal))
(defun record-early-method-fixup (form)
(pushnew (list 'eval form) *early-defmeths* :test #'equal))
(defmacro fix-early-defmeths ()
(let ((resets ())
(evals ()))
(dolist (entry *early-defmeths*)
(ecase (car entry)
(defmeth (push (cons 'defmeth (cddr entry)) evals)
(push (cadr entry) resets))
(clear (push (cadr entry) resets))
(eval (push (cadr entry) evals))))
`(progn
;; The first thing to do is go through and get rid of all the old
;; discriminators. This only needs to happen when we are being
;; loaded into the same VMem we were compiled in. The WHEN is
;; making that optimization.
(defun fix-early-defmeths-1 ()
(when (discriminator-named ',(car resets))
(dolist (x ',resets) (setf (discriminator-named x) nil))))
(fix-early-defmeths-1)
,@evals)))
#| This is useful for debugging.
(defmacro unfix-early-defmeths ()
`(progn
(do-symbols (x)
(remprop x 'discriminator)
(remprop x 'setf-discriminator))
. ,(mapcar '(lambda (x) (cons 'defmeth x)) (reverse *early-defmeths*))))
(unfix-early-defmeths)
|#
(defun make-setf-discriminator-name (name)
(intern (string-append name " :SETF-discriminator")))
(defun make-method-name (selector type-specifiers)
(intern (apply #'string-append
(list* "Method "
selector
" "
(make-method-name-internal type-specifiers)))))
(defun make-setf-method-name (selector setf-type-specifiers type-specifiers)
(intern (apply #'string-append
(list* "Method "
selector
" ("
(apply #'string-append
":SETF "
(make-method-name-internal setf-type-specifiers))
") "
(make-method-name-internal type-specifiers)))))
(defun make-method-name-internal (type-specifiers)
(if type-specifiers
(iterate ((type-spec on type-specifiers))
(collect (string (car type-spec)))
(when (cdr type-spec) (collect " ")))
'("Default")))
;;
;;;;;; SLOTDS and DS-OPTIONS
;;
;;;
;;; A slot-description is the thing which appears in a defstruct. A SLOTD is
;;; an internal description of a slot.
;;;
;;; The SLOTD structure corresponds to the kind of slot the structure-class
;;; meta-class creates (the kind of slot that appears in Steele Edition 1).
;;; Other metaclasses which need to have more elaborate slot options and
;;; slotds, they :include that class in their slotds.
;;;
;;; slotds are :type list for 2 important reasons:
;;; - so that looking up a slotd in a list of lists will compile
;;; into a call to assq
;;; - PCL assumes only the existence of the simplest of defstructs
;;; this allows PCL to be used to implement a real defstruct.
;;;
(defstruct (essential-slotd (:type list))
name)
;;;
;;; Slotd-position is used to find the position of a slot with a particular
;;; name in a list of slotds. Specifically it is used in the case of a
;;; get-slot cache miss to find this slot index. That means it is used in
;;; about 2% of the total slot accesses so it should be fast.
;;;
(defmacro slotd-position (slotd-name slotds)
`(let ((slotd-name ,slotd-name))
(do ((pos 0 (+ pos 1))
(slotds ,slotds (cdr slotds)))
((null slotds) nil)
(declare (type integer pos) (type list slotds))
(and (eq slotd-name (slotd-name (car slotds)))
(return pos)))))
(defmacro slotd-member (slotd-name slotds) ;I wonder how
`(member ,slotd-name ,slotds :test #'eq :key #'slotd-name)) ;many compilers
;are really
;smart enough.
(defmacro slotd-assoc (slotd-name slotds)
`(assq ,slotd-name ,slotds))
;;;
;;; Once defstruct-options are defaulted and parsed, they are stored in a
;;; ds-options (defstruct-options) structure. This modularity makes it
;;; easier to build the meta-braid which has to do some slot and option
;;; parsing long before the real new defstruct exists. More importantly,
;;; this allows new meta-classes to inherit the option parsing code
;;; from other metaclasses.
;;;
(defstruct (ds-options (:constructor make-ds-options--class))
name
constructors ;The constructor argument, a list whose car is the
;name of the constructor and whose cadr if present
;is the argument-list for the constructor.
copier ;(defaulted) value of the :copier option.
predicate ;ditto for :predicate
print-function ;ditto for :print-function
generate-accessors ;ditto for :generate-accessors
conc-name ;ditto for :conc-name
includes ;The included structures (car of :include)
slot-includes ;The included slot modifications (cdr of :include)
initial-offset ;(defaulted) value of the :initial-offset option.
)
;;
;;;;;; The beginnings of the meta-class CLASS (parsing the defstruct)
;;
(defmeth make-ds-options ((class basic-class) name)
(ignore class)
(make-ds-options--class :name name))
(defmeth parse-defstruct-options ((class basic-class) name options)
(parse-defstruct-options-internal
class name options
(default-ds-options class name (make-ds-options class name))))
(defmeth default-ds-options ((class basic-class) name ds-options)
(ignore class)
(setf
(ds-options-constructors ds-options) `((,(symbol-append "MAKE-"
name)))
(ds-options-copier ds-options) (symbol-append "COPY-" name)
(ds-options-predicate ds-options) (symbol-append name "-P")
(ds-options-print-function ds-options) nil
(ds-options-generate-accessors ds-options) 'method
(ds-options-conc-name ds-options) (symbol-append name "-")
(ds-options-includes ds-options) ()
(ds-options-slot-includes ds-options) ()
(ds-options-initial-offset ds-options) 0)
ds-options)
(defmeth parse-defstruct-options-internal ((class basic-class)
name options ds-options)
(ignore class name)
(keyword-parse ((conc-name (ds-options-conc-name ds-options))
(constructor () constructor-p :allowed :multiple
:return-cdr t)
(copier (ds-options-copier ds-options))
(predicate (ds-options-predicate ds-options))
(include () include-p :return-cdr t)
(print-function () print-function-p)
(initial-offset (ds-options-initial-offset ds-options))
(generate-accessors (ds-options-generate-accessors
ds-options)))
options
(setf (ds-options-conc-name ds-options) conc-name)
(when constructor-p
(setf (ds-options-constructors ds-options) constructor))
(setf (ds-options-copier ds-options) copier)
(setf (ds-options-predicate ds-options) predicate)
(when include-p
(destructuring-bind (includes . slot-includes) include
(setf (ds-options-includes ds-options) (if (listp includes)
includes
(list includes))
(ds-options-slot-includes ds-options) slot-includes)))
(when print-function-p
(setf (ds-options-print-function ds-options)
(cond ((null print-function) nil)
((symbolp print-function) print-function)
((and (listp print-function)
(eq (car print-function) 'lambda)
(listp (cadr print-function)))
print-function)
(t
(error "The :PRINT-FUNCTION option, ~S~%~
is not either nil or a function suitable for the~
function special form."
print-function)))))
(setf (ds-options-initial-offset ds-options) initial-offset)
(setf (ds-options-generate-accessors ds-options) generate-accessors)
ds-options))
;;;
;;;
(defstruct (class-slotd (:include essential-slotd)
(:type list)
(:conc-name slotd-)
(:constructor make-slotd--class))
keyword
default
type
read-only
accessor
(allocation :instance)
get-function ;NIL if no :get(put)-function argument was supplied.
put-function ;Otherwise, a function of two (three)arguments, the
;object, the name of the slot (and the new-value).
)
(defmeth make-slotd ((class basic-class) &rest keywords-and-options)
(ignore class)
(apply #'make-slotd--class keywords-and-options))
(defmeth parse-slot-descriptions ((class basic-class) ds-options slot-descriptions)
(iterate ((slot-description in slot-descriptions))
(collect (parse-slot-description class ds-options slot-description))))
(defmeth parse-slot-description ((class basic-class) ds-options slot-description)
(parse-slot-description-internal
class ds-options slot-description (make-slotd class)))
(defmeth parse-slot-description-internal ((class basic-class) ds-options slot-description slotd)
(ignore class)
(let ((conc-name (ds-options-conc-name ds-options))
(generate-accessors (ds-options-generate-accessors ds-options)))
#+Lucid (declare (special conc-name generate-accessors))
(destructuring-bind (name default . args)
slot-description
(keyword-bind ((type nil)
(read-only nil)
(generate-accessor generate-accessors)
(allocation :instance)
(get-function nil)
(put-function nil))
args
#+Lucid(declare (special type read-only generate-accessor allocation
get-function put-function))
(check-member allocation '(:class :instance :dynamic)
:test #'eq
:pretty-name "the :allocation option")
(setf (slotd-name slotd) name
(slotd-keyword slotd) (make-keyword name)
(slotd-default slotd) default
(slotd-type slotd) type
(slotd-read-only slotd) read-only
(slotd-accessor slotd) (and generate-accessor
(if conc-name
(symbol-append conc-name name)
name))
(slotd-allocation slotd) allocation
(slotd-get-function slotd) (and get-function
(if (and (consp get-function)
(eq (car get-function) 'function))
get-function
(list 'function get-function)))
(slotd-put-function slotd) (and put-function
(if (and (consp put-function)
(eq (car put-function) 'function))
put-function
(list 'function put-function))))
slotd))))
;;;
;;; Take two lists of slotds and return t if they describe an set of slots of
;;; the same shape. Otherwise return nil. Sets of slots are have the same
;;; same shape if they have they both have the same :allocation :instance
;;; slots and if those slots appear in the same order.
;;;
(defun same-shape-slots-p (old-slotds new-slotds)
(do ()
((and (null old-slotds) (null new-slotds)) t)
(let* ((old (pop old-slotds))
(new (pop new-slotds))
(old-allocation (and old (slotd-allocation old)))
(new-allocation (and new (slotd-allocation new))))
;; For the old and new slotd check all the possible reasons
;; why they might not match.
;; - One or the other is null means that a slot either
;; disappeared or got added.
;; - The names are different means that a slot moved
;; disappared or go added.
;; - If the allocations are different, and one of them
;; is :instance then a slot either became or ceased
;; to be :allocation :instance.
(when (or (null old)
(null new)
(neq (slotd-name old) (slotd-name new))
(and (neq old-allocation new-allocation)
(or (eq old-allocation :instance)
(eq new-allocation :instance))))
(return nil)))))
(defmeth slots-with-allocation ((class basic-class) slotds allocation)
(ignore class)
(iterate ((slotd in slotds))
(when (eq (slotd-allocation slotd) allocation)
(collect slotd))))
(defmeth slots-with-allocation-not ((class basic-class) slotds allocation)
(ignore class)
(iterate ((slotd in slotds))
(unless (eq (slotd-allocation slotd) allocation)
(collect slotd))))
;;
;;;;;; GET-SLOT and PUT-SLOT
;;
;;; Its still too early to fully define get-slot and put-slot since they need
;;; the meta-braid to work.
;;;
;;; But its nice if as part of defining the meta-braid we can define and compile
;;; code which does get-slots and setfs of get-slots and in order to do this we
;;; need to have get-slot around. Actually we could do with just the defsetf of
;;; get-slot but might as well put all 3 here.
;;;
;;; The code bootstrap meta-braid defines with get-slot in it is all done with
;;; defmeth, so these get-slots will all get recompiled once the optimizers
;;; exist don't worry.
(defun get-slot (object slot-name)
(get-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name))
(defun put-slot (object slot-name new-value)
(put-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name new-value))
(defun setf-of-get-slot (new-value object slot-name)
(put-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name new-value))
(defsetf get-slot (object slot-name &rest extra-args) (new-value)
`(setf-of-get-slot ,new-value ,object ,slot-name . ,extra-args))
(defun get-slot-always (object slot-name &optional default)
(get-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name t default))
(defun put-slot-always (object slot-name new-value)
(put-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name new-value t))
(defsetf get-slot-always (object slot-name &optional default) (new-value)
`(put-slot-always ,object ,slot-name ,new-value))
(defun remove-dynamic-slot (object slot-name)
(remove-dynamic-slot-using-class (class-of object) object slot-name))
;;
;;;;;; Actually bootstrapping the meta-braid
;;
;;;
;;; *meta-braid* is the list from which the initial meta-classes are created.
;;; The elements look sort of like defstructs. The car of each element is
;;; the name of the class; the cadr is the defstruct options; the caddr is
;;; the slot-descriptions.
;;;
(defvar *meta-braid*
'((t
((:include ()))
())
(object
((:include (t)))
())
(essential-class
((:include (object))
(:conc-name class-))
((name nil) ;A symbol, the name of the class.
(class-precedence-list ()) ;The class's class-precedence-list
;see compute-class-precedence-list
(local-supers ()) ;This class's direct superclasses.
(local-slots ())
(direct-subclasses ()) ;All the classes which have this
;class on their local-supers.
(direct-methods ())
))
(basic-class
((:include (essential-class))
(:conc-name class-))
((no-of-instance-slots 0) ;The # of slots with :allocation :instance
;in an instance of this class.
(instance-slots ()) ;The slotds of those slots.
(non-instance-slots ()) ;The declared slots with :allocation other
;than :instance. instance-slots + non-
;instance-slots = all-slots.
(wrapper nil) ;The class-wrapper which instances of
;this class point to.
(direct-discriminators ())
(discriminators-which-combine-methods ())
(prototype nil :get-function (lambda (c slot-name)
(ignore slot-name)
(or (get-slot c 'prototype)
(setf (get-slot c 'prototype)
(make c)))))
(ds-options ())))
(class
((:include (basic-class)))
())))
;;;
;;; *bootstrap-slots* is a list of the slotds corresponding to the slots of class
;;; class with :allocation :instance. It is used by bootstrap-get-slot during the
;;; bootstrapping of the meta-braid.
;;;
(defvar *bootstrap-slots*)
(defmacro bootstrap-get-slot (iwmc-class slot-name)
`(get-static-slot--class ,iwmc-class
(%convert-slotd-position-to-slot-index
(slotd-position ,slot-name *bootstrap-slots*))))
(defun bootstrap-initialize (iwmc-class name includes local-slots
prototype wrapper ds-options)
(let ((cpl ())
(all-slots ())
(instance-slots ()))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'name) name)
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'local-supers)
(iterate ((i in includes)) (collect (class-named i))))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'class-precedence-list)
(setq cpl (bootstrap-compute-class-precedence-list iwmc-class)))
(setq all-slots (append (iterate ((super in (reverse (cdr cpl))))
(join (bootstrap-get-slot super 'local-slots)))
local-slots))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'instance-slots)
(setq instance-slots (slots-with-allocation () all-slots :instance)))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'non-instance-slots)
(slots-with-allocation-not () all-slots :instance))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'no-of-instance-slots)
(length instance-slots))
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'local-slots) local-slots)
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'direct-discriminators) ())
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'direct-methods) ())
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'prototype) prototype)
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'wrapper) wrapper)
(setf (bootstrap-get-slot iwmc-class 'ds-options) ds-options)))
(defun bootstrap-compute-class-precedence-list (class)
;; Used by define-meta-braid to compute the class-precedence-list of a class.
(let ((local-supers (bootstrap-get-slot class 'local-supers)))
(cons class
(and local-supers
(iterate ((ls in local-supers))
(join (bootstrap-compute-class-precedence-list ls)))))))
;;; bootstrap-meta-braid sets *bootstrap-slots* and builds the meta-braid.
;;; Note that while it is somewhat general-purpose and driven off of *meta-braid*,
;;; it has several important built-in assumptions about the meta-braid.
;;; Namely:
;;; - The class of every class in the meta-braid is class.
;;; - The class class inherits its slots from every other class in the
;;; meta-braid. Put another way, bootstrap-meta-braid figures out the
;;; slots of class by appending the slots of all the other classes
;;; in the meta-braid.
;;;
(defmacro bootstrap-meta-braid ()
;; Parse *meta-braid* and setup *bootstrap-slots* so that we can call
;; bootstrap-get-slot to fill in the slotds of the classes we create.
(let* ((meta-braid
(iterate ((classd in *meta-braid*))
(let* ((name (car classd))
(ds-options (parse-defstruct-options ()
name
(cadr classd)))
(slotds (parse-slot-descriptions ()
ds-options
(caddr classd))))
(collect (list name ds-options slotds)))))
(all-slots-of-class-class
(iterate ((classd in meta-braid))
(join (caddr classd)))))
(setq *bootstrap-slots* (slots-with-allocation ()
all-slots-of-class-class
:instance))
`(progn
(setq *bootstrap-slots* ',*bootstrap-slots*)
;; First make the class class. It is the class of all the classes in
;; the metabraid so we need it and a wrapper of it so that we can set
;; the wrapped class field of the other metaclasses as we make them.
(setf (class-named 'class) (%allocate-class-class))
(let* ((class-class
(%allocate-instance--class ,(length *bootstrap-slots*)
(class-named 'class)))
(wrapper-of-class-class (make-class-wrapper class-class)))
,@(iterate ((classd in meta-braid))
(collect
(destructuring-bind (met-name met-ds-options met-slotds)
classd
(let ((met-includes (ds-options-includes met-ds-options)))
`(let* ((name ',met-name)
(includes ',met-includes)
(ds-options ',met-ds-options)
(slotds ',met-slotds)
(class ,(if (eq met-name 'class)
'class-class
`(%allocate-instance--class
,(length *bootstrap-slots*))))
(class-wrapper ,(if (eq met-name 'class)
'wrapper-of-class-class
'(make-class-wrapper class))))
(setf (iwmc-class-class-wrapper class)
wrapper-of-class-class)
(setf (class-named name) class)
(bootstrap-initialize class
name
includes
slotds
(if (eq class class-class)
class
())
class-wrapper
ds-options))))))
(let ((class-cpl (bootstrap-get-slot class-class
'class-precedence-list)))
(iterate ((sub in class-cpl)
(sup in (cdr class-cpl)))
(push sub (bootstrap-get-slot sup 'direct-subclasses)))))
;; CLASS-INSTANCE-SLOTS has to be defined specially!
;; It cannot be defined in terms of get-slot since it is the method
;; that the get-slot mechanism (actually get-slot-using-class) appeals
;; to to find out what slots are in an instance of a particular class.
;;
;; The fact that class-instance-slots is defined specially this way
;; means that any change to the class class which changes the location
;; of the instance-slots slot must redefine and recompile
;; class-instance-slots.
(defun class-instance-slots (class)
(get-static-slot--class class
,(%convert-slotd-position-to-slot-index
(slotd-position 'instance-slots *b