[project @ 2004-12-23 00:02:41 by ralf]

[ghc-base.git] / Foreign / ForeignPtr.hs

diff --git a/Foreign/ForeignPtr.hs b/Foreign/ForeignPtr.hs
index 94c1591..63e0b25 100644 (file)
--- a/Foreign/ForeignPtr.hs
+++ b/Foreign/ForeignPtr.hs
@@ -20,14 +20,29 @@ module Foreign.ForeignPtr
        -- * Finalised data pointers
          ForeignPtr
        , FinalizerPtr
+#ifdef __HUGS__
+       , FinalizerEnvPtr
+#endif
+       -- ** Basic operations
         , newForeignPtr
         , newForeignPtr_
         , addForeignPtrFinalizer
+#ifdef __HUGS__
+       , newForeignPtrEnv
+       , addForeignPtrFinalizerEnv
+#endif
        , withForeignPtr
+
+#ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
+       , finalizeForeignPtr
+#endif
+
+       -- ** Low-level operations
        , unsafeForeignPtrToPtr
        , touchForeignPtr
        , castForeignPtr
 
+       -- ** Allocating managed memory
        , mallocForeignPtr
        , mallocForeignPtrBytes
        , mallocForeignPtrArray
@@ -42,6 +57,7 @@ import NHC.FFI
   ( ForeignPtr
   , FinalizerPtr
   , newForeignPtr
+  , newForeignPtr_
   , addForeignPtrFinalizer
   , withForeignPtr
   , unsafeForeignPtrToPtr
@@ -70,9 +86,9 @@ import GHC.ForeignPtr
 
 #if !defined(__NHC__) && !defined(__GLASGOW_HASKELL__)
 import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc   ( malloc, mallocBytes, finalizerFree )
-import Data.Dynamic
+import Data.Typeable
 
-#include "Dynamic.h"
+#include "Typeable.h"
 INSTANCE_TYPEABLE1(ForeignPtr,foreignPtrTc,"ForeignPtr")
 
 instance Eq (ForeignPtr a) where 
@@ -87,6 +103,19 @@ instance Show (ForeignPtr a) where
 
 
 #ifndef __NHC__
+newForeignPtr :: FinalizerPtr a -> Ptr a -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
+-- ^Turns a plain memory reference into a foreign pointer, and
+-- associates a finaliser with the reference.  The finaliser will be executed
+-- after the last reference to the foreign object is dropped.  Note that there
+-- is no guarantee on how soon the finaliser is executed after the last
+-- reference was dropped; this depends on the details of the Haskell storage
+-- manager. The only guarantee is that the finaliser runs before the program
+-- terminates.
+newForeignPtr finalizer p
+  = do fObj <- newForeignPtr_ p
+       addForeignPtrFinalizer finalizer fObj
+       return fObj
+
 withForeignPtr :: ForeignPtr a -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
 -- ^This is a way to look at the pointer living inside a
 -- foreign object.  This function takes a function which is
@@ -97,7 +126,7 @@ withForeignPtr :: ForeignPtr a -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
 -- the action and use it after the action completes. All uses
 -- of the pointer should be inside the
 -- 'withForeignPtr' bracket.  The reason for
--- this unsafety is the same as for
+-- this unsafeness is the same as for
 -- 'unsafeForeignPtrToPtr' below: the finalizer
 -- may run earlier than expected, because the compiler can only
 -- track usage of the 'ForeignPtr' object, not
@@ -114,27 +143,43 @@ withForeignPtr fo io
 #endif /* ! __NHC__ */
 
 #ifdef __HUGS__
--- temporary aliasing until hugs catches up
-unsafeForeignPtrToPtr = foreignPtrToPtr
-#endif
+-- | This variant of 'newForeignPtr' adds a finalizer that expects an
+-- environment in addition to the finalized pointer.  The environment
+-- that will be passed to the finalizer is fixed by the second argument to
+-- 'newForeignPtrEnv'.
+newForeignPtrEnv ::
+    FinalizerEnvPtr env a -> Ptr env -> Ptr a -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
+newForeignPtrEnv finalizer env p
+  = do fObj <- newForeignPtr_ p
+       addForeignPtrFinalizerEnv finalizer env fObj
+       return fObj
+#endif /* __HUGS__ */
 
 #ifndef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
 mallocForeignPtr :: Storable a => IO (ForeignPtr a)
 mallocForeignPtr = do
   r <- malloc
-  newForeignPtr r finalizerFree
+  newForeignPtr finalizerFree r
 
 mallocForeignPtrBytes :: Int -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
 mallocForeignPtrBytes n = do
   r <- mallocBytes n
-  newForeignPtr r finalizerFree
-#endif /* __HUGS__ || __NHC__ */
+  newForeignPtr finalizerFree r
+#endif /* !__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ */
 
+-- | This function is similar to 'Foreign.Marshal.Array.mallocArray',
+-- but yields a memory area that has a finalizer attached that releases
+-- the memory area.  As with 'mallocForeignPtr', it is not guaranteed that
+-- the block of memory was allocated by 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.malloc'.
 mallocForeignPtrArray :: Storable a => Int -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
 mallocForeignPtrArray  = doMalloc undefined
   where
-    doMalloc            :: Storable a => a -> Int -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
+    doMalloc            :: Storable b => b -> Int -> IO (ForeignPtr b)
     doMalloc dummy size  = mallocForeignPtrBytes (size * sizeOf dummy)
 
+-- | This function is similar to 'Foreign.Marshal.Array.mallocArray0',
+-- but yields a memory area that has a finalizer attached that releases
+-- the memory area.  As with 'mallocForeignPtr', it is not guaranteed that
+-- the block of memory was allocated by 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.malloc'.
 mallocForeignPtrArray0      :: Storable a => Int -> IO (ForeignPtr a)
 mallocForeignPtrArray0 size  = mallocForeignPtrArray (size + 1)