{-# LANGUAGE Unsafe #-} {-# LANGUAGE CPP, NoImplicitPrelude, MagicHash, RoleAnnotations #-} {-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK hide #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : GHC.Ptr -- Copyright : (c) The FFI Task Force, 2000-2002 -- License : see libraries/base/LICENSE -- -- Maintainer : [email protected] -- Stability : internal -- Portability : non-portable (GHC Extensions) -- -- The 'Ptr' and 'FunPtr' types and operations. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module GHC.Ptr ( Ptr(..), FunPtr(..), nullPtr, castPtr, plusPtr, alignPtr, minusPtr, nullFunPtr, castFunPtr, -- * Unsafe functions castFunPtrToPtr, castPtrToFunPtr ) where import GHC.Base import GHC.Show import GHC.Num import GHC.List ( length, replicate ) import Numeric ( showHex ) #include "MachDeps.h" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Data pointers. -- The role of Ptr's parameter is phantom, as there is no relation between -- the Haskell representation and whathever the user puts at the end of the -- pointer. And phantom is useful to implement castPtr (see #9163) -- redundant role annotation checks that this doesn't change type role Ptr phantom data Ptr a = Ptr Addr# deriving (Eq, Ord) -- ^ A value of type @'Ptr' a@ represents a pointer to an object, or an -- array of objects, which may be marshalled to or from Haskell values -- of type @a@. -- -- The type @a@ will often be an instance of class -- 'Foreign.Storable.Storable' which provides the marshalling operations. -- However this is not essential, and you can provide your own operations -- to access the pointer. For example you might write small foreign -- functions to get or set the fields of a C @struct@. -- |The constant 'nullPtr' contains a distinguished value of 'Ptr' -- that is not associated with a valid memory location. nullPtr :: Ptr a nullPtr = Ptr nullAddr# -- |The 'castPtr' function casts a pointer from one type to another. castPtr :: Ptr a -> Ptr b castPtr = coerce -- |Advances the given address by the given offset in bytes. plusPtr :: Ptr a -> Int -> Ptr b plusPtr (Ptr addr) (I# d) = Ptr (plusAddr# addr d) -- |Given an arbitrary address and an alignment constraint, -- 'alignPtr' yields the next higher address that fulfills the -- alignment constraint. An alignment constraint @x@ is fulfilled by -- any address divisible by @x@. This operation is idempotent. alignPtr :: Ptr a -> Int -> Ptr a alignPtr addr@(Ptr a) (I# i) = case remAddr# a i of { 0# -> addr; n -> Ptr (plusAddr# a (i -# n)) } -- |Computes the offset required to get from the second to the first -- argument. We have -- -- > p2 == p1 `plusPtr` (p2 `minusPtr` p1) minusPtr :: Ptr a -> Ptr b -> Int minusPtr (Ptr a1) (Ptr a2) = I# (minusAddr# a1 a2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Function pointers for the default calling convention. -- 'FunPtr' has a phantom role for similar reasons to 'Ptr'. Note -- that 'FunPtr's role cannot become nominal without changes elsewhere -- in GHC. See Note [FFI type roles] in TcForeign. type role FunPtr phantom data FunPtr a = FunPtr Addr# deriving (Eq, Ord) -- ^ A value of type @'FunPtr' a@ is a pointer to a function callable -- from foreign code. The type @a@ will normally be a /foreign type/, -- a function type with zero or more arguments where -- -- * the argument types are /marshallable foreign types/, -- i.e. 'Char', 'Int', 'Double', 'Float', -- 'Bool', 'Data.Int.Int8', 'Data.Int.Int16', 'Data.Int.Int32', -- 'Data.Int.Int64', 'Data.Word.Word8', 'Data.Word.Word16', -- 'Data.Word.Word32', 'Data.Word.Word64', @'Ptr' a@, @'FunPtr' a@, -- @'Foreign.StablePtr.StablePtr' a@ or a renaming of any of these -- using @newtype@. -- -- * the return type is either a marshallable foreign type or has the form -- @'IO' t@ where @t@ is a marshallable foreign type or @()@. -- -- A value of type @'FunPtr' a@ may be a pointer to a foreign function, -- either returned by another foreign function or imported with a -- a static address import like -- -- > foreign import ccall "stdlib.h &free" -- > p_free :: FunPtr (Ptr a -> IO ()) -- -- or a pointer to a Haskell function created using a /wrapper/ stub -- declared to produce a 'FunPtr' of the correct type. For example: -- -- > type Compare = Int -> Int -> Bool -- > foreign import ccall "wrapper" -- > mkCompare :: Compare -> IO (FunPtr Compare) -- -- Calls to wrapper stubs like @mkCompare@ allocate storage, which -- should be released with 'Foreign.Ptr.freeHaskellFunPtr' when no -- longer required. -- -- To convert 'FunPtr' values to corresponding Haskell functions, one -- can define a /dynamic/ stub for the specific foreign type, e.g. -- -- > type IntFunction = CInt -> IO () -- > foreign import ccall "dynamic" -- > mkFun :: FunPtr IntFunction -> IntFunction -- |The constant 'nullFunPtr' contains a -- distinguished value of 'FunPtr' that is not -- associated with a valid memory location. nullFunPtr :: FunPtr a nullFunPtr = FunPtr nullAddr# -- |Casts a 'FunPtr' to a 'FunPtr' of a different type. castFunPtr :: FunPtr a -> FunPtr b castFunPtr = coerce -- |Casts a 'FunPtr' to a 'Ptr'. -- -- /Note:/ this is valid only on architectures where data and function -- pointers range over the same set of addresses, and should only be used -- for bindings to external libraries whose interface already relies on -- this assumption. castFunPtrToPtr :: FunPtr a -> Ptr b castFunPtrToPtr (FunPtr addr) = Ptr addr -- |Casts a 'Ptr' to a 'FunPtr'. -- -- /Note:/ this is valid only on architectures where data and function -- pointers range over the same set of addresses, and should only be used -- for bindings to external libraries whose interface already relies on -- this assumption. castPtrToFunPtr :: Ptr a -> FunPtr b castPtrToFunPtr (Ptr addr) = FunPtr addr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Show instances for Ptr and FunPtr -- | @since 2.01 instance Show (Ptr a) where showsPrec _ (Ptr a) rs = pad_out (showHex (wordToInteger(int2Word#(addr2Int# a))) "") where -- want 0s prefixed to pad it out to a fixed length. pad_out ls = '0':'x':(replicate (2*SIZEOF_HSPTR - length ls) '0') ++ ls ++ rs -- | @since 2.01 instance Show (FunPtr a) where showsPrec p = showsPrec p . castFunPtrToPtr