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+
+/* An FFI object has methods like ffi.new(). It is also a container
+ for the type declarations (typedefs and structs) that you can use,
+ say in ffi.new().
+
+ CTypeDescrObjects are internally stored in the dict 'types_dict'.
+ The types_dict is lazily filled with CTypeDescrObjects made from
+ reading a _cffi_type_context_s structure.
+
+ In "modern" mode, the FFI instance is made by the C extension
+ module originally created by recompile(). The _cffi_type_context_s
+ structure comes from global data in the C extension module.
+
+ In "compatibility" mode, an FFI instance is created explicitly by
+ the user, and its _cffi_type_context_s is initially empty. You
+ need to call ffi.cdef() to add more information to it.
+*/
+
+#define FFI_COMPLEXITY_OUTPUT 1200 /* xxx should grow as needed */
+
+#define FFIObject_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &FFI_Type)
+#define LibObject_Check(ob) ((Py_TYPE(ob) == &Lib_Type))
+
+struct FFIObject_s {
+ PyObject_HEAD
+ PyObject *gc_wrefs, *gc_wrefs_freelist;
+ PyObject *init_once_cache;
+ struct _cffi_parse_info_s info;
+ char ctx_is_static, ctx_is_nonempty;
+ builder_c_t types_builder;
+};
+
+static FFIObject *ffi_internal_new(PyTypeObject *ffitype,
+ const struct _cffi_type_context_s *static_ctx)
+{
+ static _cffi_opcode_t internal_output[FFI_COMPLEXITY_OUTPUT];
+
+ FFIObject *ffi;
+ if (static_ctx != NULL) {
+ ffi = (FFIObject *)PyObject_GC_New(FFIObject, ffitype);
+ /* we don't call PyObject_GC_Track() here: from _cffi_init_module()
+ it is not needed, because in this case the ffi object is immortal */
+ }
+ else {
+ ffi = (FFIObject *)ffitype->tp_alloc(ffitype, 0);
+ }
+ if (ffi == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (init_builder_c(&ffi->types_builder, static_ctx) < 0) {
+ Py_DECREF(ffi);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ ffi->gc_wrefs = NULL;
+ ffi->gc_wrefs_freelist = NULL;
+ ffi->init_once_cache = NULL;
+ ffi->info.ctx = &ffi->types_builder.ctx;
+ ffi->info.output = internal_output;
+ ffi->info.output_size = FFI_COMPLEXITY_OUTPUT;
+ ffi->ctx_is_static = (static_ctx != NULL);
+ ffi->ctx_is_nonempty = (static_ctx != NULL);
+ return ffi;
+}
+
+static void ffi_dealloc(FFIObject *ffi)
+{
+ PyObject_GC_UnTrack(ffi);
+ Py_XDECREF(ffi->gc_wrefs);
+ Py_XDECREF(ffi->gc_wrefs_freelist);
+ Py_XDECREF(ffi->init_once_cache);
+
+ free_builder_c(&ffi->types_builder, ffi->ctx_is_static);
+
+ Py_TYPE(ffi)->tp_free((PyObject *)ffi);
+}
+
+static int ffi_traverse(FFIObject *ffi, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+ Py_VISIT(ffi->types_builder.types_dict);
+ Py_VISIT(ffi->types_builder.included_ffis);
+ Py_VISIT(ffi->types_builder.included_libs);
+ Py_VISIT(ffi->gc_wrefs);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *ffiobj_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ /* user-facing initialization code, for explicit FFI() calls */
+ return (PyObject *)ffi_internal_new(type, NULL);
+}
+
+/* forward, declared in cdlopen.c because it's mostly useful for this case */
+static int ffiobj_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
+
+static PyObject *ffi_fetch_int_constant(FFIObject *ffi, const char *name,
+ int recursion)
+{
+ int index;
+
+ index = search_in_globals(&ffi->types_builder.ctx, name, strlen(name));
+ if (index >= 0) {
+ const struct _cffi_global_s *g;
+ g = &ffi->types_builder.ctx.globals[index];
+
+ switch (_CFFI_GETOP(g->type_op)) {
+ case _CFFI_OP_CONSTANT_INT:
+ case _CFFI_OP_ENUM:
+ return realize_global_int(&ffi->types_builder, index);
+
+ default:
+ PyErr_Format(FFIError,
+ "function, global variable or non-integer constant "
+ "'%.200s' must be fetched from its original 'lib' "
+ "object", name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ffi->types_builder.included_ffis != NULL) {
+ Py_ssize_t i;
+ PyObject *included_ffis = ffi->types_builder.included_ffis;
+
+ if (recursion > 100) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+ "recursion overflow in ffi.include() delegations");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(included_ffis); i++) {
+ FFIObject *ffi1;
+ PyObject *x;
+
+ ffi1 = (FFIObject *)PyTuple_GET_ITEM(included_ffis, i);
+ x = ffi_fetch_int_constant(ffi1, name, recursion + 1);
+ if (x != NULL || PyErr_Occurred())
+ return x;
+ }
+ }
+ return NULL; /* no exception set, means "not found" */
+}
+
+#define ACCEPT_STRING 1
+#define ACCEPT_CTYPE 2
+#define ACCEPT_CDATA 4
+#define ACCEPT_ALL (ACCEPT_STRING | ACCEPT_CTYPE | ACCEPT_CDATA)
+#define CONSIDER_FN_AS_FNPTR 8
+
+static CTypeDescrObject *_ffi_bad_type(FFIObject *ffi, const char *input_text)
+{
+ size_t length = strlen(input_text);
+ char *extra;
+
+ if (length > 500) {
+ extra = "";
+ }
+ else {
+ char *p;
+ size_t i, num_spaces = ffi->info.error_location;
+ extra = alloca(length + num_spaces + 4);
+ p = extra;
+ *p++ = '\n';
+ for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+ if (' ' <= input_text[i] && input_text[i] < 0x7f)
+ *p++ = input_text[i];
+ else if (input_text[i] == '\t' || input_text[i] == '\n')
+ *p++ = ' ';
+ else
+ *p++ = '?';
+ }
+ *p++ = '\n';
+ memset(p, ' ', num_spaces);
+ p += num_spaces;
+ *p++ = '^';
+ *p++ = 0;
+ }
+ PyErr_Format(FFIError, "%s%s", ffi->info.error_message, extra);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static CTypeDescrObject *_ffi_type(FFIObject *ffi, PyObject *arg,
+ int accept)
+{
+ /* Returns the CTypeDescrObject from the user-supplied 'arg'.
+ Does not return a new reference!
+ */
+ if ((accept & ACCEPT_STRING) && PyText_Check(arg)) {
+ PyObject *types_dict = ffi->types_builder.types_dict;
+ PyObject *x = PyDict_GetItem(types_dict, arg);
+
+ if (x == NULL) {
+ const char *input_text = PyText_AS_UTF8(arg);
+ int err, index = parse_c_type(&ffi->info, input_text);
+ if (index < 0)
+ return _ffi_bad_type(ffi, input_text);
+
+ x = realize_c_type_or_func(&ffi->types_builder,
+ ffi->info.output, index);
+ if (x == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* Cache under the name given by 'arg', in addition to the
+ fact that the same ct is probably already cached under
+ its standardized name. In a few cases, it is not, e.g.
+ if it is a primitive; for the purpose of this function,
+ the important point is the following line, which makes
+ sure that in any case the next _ffi_type() with the same
+ 'arg' will succeed early, in PyDict_GetItem() above.
+ */
+ err = PyDict_SetItem(types_dict, arg, x);
+ Py_DECREF(x); /* we know it was written in types_dict (unless out
+ of mem), so there is at least that ref left */
+ if (err < 0)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (CTypeDescr_Check(x))
+ return (CTypeDescrObject *)x;
+ else if (accept & CONSIDER_FN_AS_FNPTR)
+ return unwrap_fn_as_fnptr(x);
+ else
+ return unexpected_fn_type(x);
+ }
+ else if ((accept & ACCEPT_CTYPE) && CTypeDescr_Check(arg)) {
+ return (CTypeDescrObject *)arg;
+ }
+ else if ((accept & ACCEPT_CDATA) && CData_Check(arg)) {
+ return ((CDataObject *)arg)->c_type;
+ }
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ else if (PyUnicode_Check(arg)) {
+ CTypeDescrObject *result;
+ arg = PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(arg);
+ if (arg == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ result = _ffi_type(ffi, arg, accept);
+ Py_DECREF(arg);
+ return result;
+ }
+#endif
+ else {
+ const char *m1 = (accept & ACCEPT_STRING) ? "string" : "";
+ const char *m2 = (accept & ACCEPT_CTYPE) ? "ctype object" : "";
+ const char *m3 = (accept & ACCEPT_CDATA) ? "cdata object" : "";
+ const char *s12 = (*m1 && (*m2 || *m3)) ? " or " : "";
+ const char *s23 = (*m2 && *m3) ? " or " : "";
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a %s%s%s%s%s, got '%.200s'",
+ m1, s12, m2, s23, m3,
+ Py_TYPE(arg)->tp_name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_sizeof_doc,
+"Return the size in bytes of the argument.\n"
+"It can be a string naming a C type, or a 'cdata' instance.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_sizeof(FFIObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t size;
+
+ if (CData_Check(arg)) {
+ size = direct_sizeof_cdata((CDataObject *)arg);
+ }
+ else {
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_ALL);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ size = ct->ct_size;
+ if (size < 0) {
+ PyErr_Format(FFIError, "don't know the size of ctype '%s'",
+ ct->ct_name);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ return PyInt_FromSsize_t(size);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_alignof_doc,
+"Return the natural alignment size in bytes of the argument.\n"
+"It can be a string naming a C type, or a 'cdata' instance.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_alignof(FFIObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+ int align;
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_ALL);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ align = get_alignment(ct);
+ if (align < 0)
+ return NULL;
+ return PyInt_FromLong(align);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_typeof_doc,
+"Parse the C type given as a string and return the\n"
+"corresponding <ctype> object.\n"
+"It can also be used on 'cdata' instance to get its C type.");
+
+static PyObject *_cpyextfunc_type_index(PyObject *x); /* forward */
+
+static PyObject *ffi_typeof(FFIObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+ PyObject *x = (PyObject *)_ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CDATA);
+ if (x != NULL) {
+ Py_INCREF(x);
+ }
+ else {
+ x = _cpyextfunc_type_index(arg);
+ }
+ return x;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_new_doc,
+"Allocate an instance according to the specified C type and return a\n"
+"pointer to it. The specified C type must be either a pointer or an\n"
+"array: ``new('X *')`` allocates an X and returns a pointer to it,\n"
+"whereas ``new('X[n]')`` allocates an array of n X'es and returns an\n"
+"array referencing it (which works mostly like a pointer, like in C).\n"
+"You can also use ``new('X[]', n)`` to allocate an array of a\n"
+"non-constant length n.\n"
+"\n"
+"The memory is initialized following the rules of declaring a global\n"
+"variable in C: by default it is zero-initialized, but an explicit\n"
+"initializer can be given which can be used to fill all or part of the\n"
+"memory.\n"
+"\n"
+"When the returned <cdata> object goes out of scope, the memory is\n"
+"freed. In other words the returned <cdata> object has ownership of\n"
+"the value of type 'cdecl' that it points to. This means that the raw\n"
+"data can be used as long as this object is kept alive, but must not be\n"
+"used for a longer time. Be careful about that when copying the\n"
+"pointer to the memory somewhere else, e.g. into another structure.");
+
+static PyObject *_ffi_new(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds,
+ const cffi_allocator_t *allocator)
+{
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ PyObject *arg, *init = Py_None;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"cdecl", "init", NULL};
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:new", keywords,
+ &arg, &init))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CTYPE);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return direct_newp(ct, init, allocator);
+}
+
+static PyObject *ffi_new(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ return _ffi_new(self, args, kwds, &default_allocator);
+}
+
+static PyObject *_ffi_new_with_allocator(PyObject *allocator, PyObject *args,
+ PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ cffi_allocator_t alloc1;
+ PyObject *my_alloc, *my_free;
+ my_alloc = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(allocator, 1);
+ my_free = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(allocator, 2);
+ alloc1.ca_alloc = (my_alloc == Py_None ? NULL : my_alloc);
+ alloc1.ca_free = (my_free == Py_None ? NULL : my_free);
+ alloc1.ca_dont_clear = (PyTuple_GET_ITEM(allocator, 3) == Py_False);
+
+ return _ffi_new((FFIObject *)PyTuple_GET_ITEM(allocator, 0),
+ args, kwds, &alloc1);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_new_allocator_doc,
+"Return a new allocator, i.e. a function that behaves like ffi.new()\n"
+"but uses the provided low-level 'alloc' and 'free' functions.\n"
+"\n"
+"'alloc' is called with the size as argument. If it returns NULL, a\n"
+"MemoryError is raised. 'free' is called with the result of 'alloc'\n"
+"as argument. Both can be either Python functions or directly C\n"
+"functions. If 'free' is None, then no free function is called.\n"
+"If both 'alloc' and 'free' are None, the default is used.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'should_clear_after_alloc' is set to False, then the memory\n"
+"returned by 'alloc' is assumed to be already cleared (or you are\n"
+"fine with garbage); otherwise CFFI will clear it.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_new_allocator(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args,
+ PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ PyObject *allocator, *result;
+ PyObject *my_alloc = Py_None, *my_free = Py_None;
+ int should_clear_after_alloc = 1;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"alloc", "free", "should_clear_after_alloc",
+ NULL};
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OOi:new_allocator", keywords,
+ &my_alloc, &my_free,
+ &should_clear_after_alloc))
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (my_alloc == Py_None && my_free != Py_None) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "cannot pass 'free' without 'alloc'");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ allocator = PyTuple_Pack(4,
+ (PyObject *)self,
+ my_alloc,
+ my_free,
+ PyBool_FromLong(should_clear_after_alloc));
+ if (allocator == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ {
+ static PyMethodDef md = {"allocator",
+ (PyCFunction)_ffi_new_with_allocator,
+ METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS};
+ result = PyCFunction_New(&md, allocator);
+ }
+ Py_DECREF(allocator);
+ return result;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_cast_doc,
+"Similar to a C cast: returns an instance of the named C\n"
+"type initialized with the given 'source'. The source is\n"
+"casted between integers or pointers of any type.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_cast(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ PyObject *ob, *arg;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO:cast", &arg, &ob))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CTYPE);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return do_cast(ct, ob);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_string_doc,
+"Return a Python string (or unicode string) from the 'cdata'. If\n"
+"'cdata' is a pointer or array of characters or bytes, returns the\n"
+"null-terminated string. The returned string extends until the first\n"
+"null character, or at most 'maxlen' characters. If 'cdata' is an\n"
+"array then 'maxlen' defaults to its length.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is a pointer or array of wchar_t, returns a unicode string\n"
+"following the same rules.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is a single character or byte or a wchar_t, returns it as a\n"
+"string or unicode string.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is an enum, returns the value of the enumerator as a\n"
+"string, or 'NUMBER' if the value is out of range.");
+
+#define ffi_string b_string /* ffi_string() => b_string()
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_unpack_doc,
+"Unpack an array of C data of the given length,\n"
+"returning a Python string/unicode/list.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is a pointer to 'char', returns a byte string.\n"
+"It does not stop at the first null. This is equivalent to:\n"
+"ffi.buffer(cdata, length)[:]\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is a pointer to 'wchar_t', returns a unicode string.\n"
+"'length' is measured in wchar_t's; it is not the size in bytes.\n"
+"\n"
+"If 'cdata' is a pointer to anything else, returns a list of\n"
+"'length' items. This is a faster equivalent to:\n"
+"[cdata[i] for i in range(length)]");
+
+#define ffi_unpack b_unpack /* ffi_unpack() => b_unpack()
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_offsetof_doc,
+"Return the offset of the named field inside the given structure or\n"
+"array, which must be given as a C type name. You can give several\n"
+"field names in case of nested structures. You can also give numeric\n"
+"values which correspond to array items, in case of an array type.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_offsetof(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ PyObject *arg;
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ Py_ssize_t i, offset;
+
+ if (PyTuple_Size(args) < 2) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "offsetof() expects at least 2 arguments");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ arg = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CTYPE);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ offset = 0;
+ for (i = 1; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args); i++) {
+ Py_ssize_t ofs1;
+ ct = direct_typeoffsetof(ct, PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i), i > 1, &ofs1);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ offset += ofs1;
+ }
+ return PyInt_FromSsize_t(offset);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_addressof_doc,
+"Limited equivalent to the '&' operator in C:\n"
+"\n"
+"1. ffi.addressof(<cdata 'struct-or-union'>) returns a cdata that is a\n"
+"pointer to this struct or union.\n"
+"\n"
+"2. ffi.addressof(<cdata>, field-or-index...) returns the address of a\n"
+"field or array item inside the given structure or array, recursively\n"
+"in case of nested structures or arrays.\n"
+"\n"
+"3. ffi.addressof(<library>, \"name\") returns the address of the named\n"
+"function or global variable.");
+
+static PyObject *address_of_global_var(PyObject *args); /* forward */
+
+static PyObject *ffi_addressof(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ PyObject *arg, *z, *result;
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ Py_ssize_t i, offset = 0;
+ int accepted_flags;
+
+ if (PyTuple_Size(args) < 1) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "addressof() expects at least 1 argument");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ arg = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+ if (LibObject_Check(arg)) {
+ /* case 3 in the docstring */
+ return address_of_global_var(args);
+ }
+
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, arg, ACCEPT_CDATA);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 1) {
+ /* case 1 in the docstring */
+ accepted_flags = CT_STRUCT | CT_UNION | CT_ARRAY;
+ if ((ct->ct_flags & accepted_flags) == 0) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "expected a cdata struct/union/array object");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ else {
+ /* case 2 in the docstring */
+ accepted_flags = CT_STRUCT | CT_UNION | CT_ARRAY | CT_POINTER;
+ if ((ct->ct_flags & accepted_flags) == 0) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "expected a cdata struct/union/array/pointer object");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ for (i = 1; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args); i++) {
+ Py_ssize_t ofs1;
+ ct = direct_typeoffsetof(ct, PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i),
+ i > 1, &ofs1);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ offset += ofs1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ z = new_pointer_type(ct);
+ if (z == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ result = new_simple_cdata(((CDataObject *)arg)->c_data + offset,
+ (CTypeDescrObject *)z);
+ Py_DECREF(z);
+ return result;
+}
+
+static PyObject *_combine_type_name_l(CTypeDescrObject *ct,
+ size_t extra_text_len)
+{
+ size_t base_name_len;
+ PyObject *result;
+ char *p;
+
+ base_name_len = strlen(ct->ct_name);
+ result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, base_name_len + extra_text_len);
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ p = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+ memcpy(p, ct->ct_name, ct->ct_name_position);
+ p += ct->ct_name_position;
+ p += extra_text_len;
+ memcpy(p, ct->ct_name + ct->ct_name_position,
+ base_name_len - ct->ct_name_position);
+ return result;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_getctype_doc,
+"Return a string giving the C type 'cdecl', which may be itself a\n"
+"string or a <ctype> object. If 'replace_with' is given, it gives\n"
+"extra text to append (or insert for more complicated C types), like a\n"
+"variable name, or '*' to get actually the C type 'pointer-to-cdecl'.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_getctype(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ PyObject *c_decl, *res;
+ char *p, *replace_with = "";
+ int add_paren, add_space;
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ size_t replace_with_len;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"cdecl", "replace_with", NULL};
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+ PyObject *u;
+#endif
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|s:getctype", keywords,
+ &c_decl, &replace_with))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, c_decl, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CTYPE);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ while (replace_with[0] != 0 && isspace(replace_with[0]))
+ replace_with++;
+ replace_with_len = strlen(replace_with);
+ while (replace_with_len > 0 && isspace(replace_with[replace_with_len - 1]))
+ replace_with_len--;
+
+ add_paren = (replace_with[0] == '*' &&
+ ((ct->ct_flags & CT_ARRAY) != 0));
+ add_space = (!add_paren && replace_with_len > 0 &&
+ replace_with[0] != '[' && replace_with[0] != '(');
+
+ res = _combine_type_name_l(ct, replace_with_len + add_space + 2*add_paren);
+ if (res == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ p = PyBytes_AS_STRING(res) + ct->ct_name_position;
+ if (add_paren)
+ *p++ = '(';
+ if (add_space)
+ *p++ = ' ';
+ memcpy(p, replace_with, replace_with_len);
+ if (add_paren)
+ p[replace_with_len] = ')';
+
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+ /* bytes -> unicode string */
+ u = PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1(PyBytes_AS_STRING(res),
+ PyBytes_GET_SIZE(res),
+ NULL);
+ Py_DECREF(res);
+ res = u;
+#endif
+
+ return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_new_handle_doc,
+"Return a non-NULL cdata of type 'void *' that contains an opaque\n"
+"reference to the argument, which can be any Python object. To cast it\n"
+"back to the original object, use from_handle(). You must keep alive\n"
+"the cdata object returned by new_handle()!");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_new_handle(FFIObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+ /* g_ct_voidp is equal to <ctype 'void *'> */
+ return newp_handle(g_ct_voidp, arg);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_from_handle_doc,
+"Cast a 'void *' back to a Python object. Must be used *only* on the\n"
+"pointers returned by new_handle(), and *only* as long as the exact\n"
+"cdata object returned by new_handle() is still alive (somewhere else\n"
+"in the program). Failure to follow these rules will crash.");
+
+#define ffi_from_handle b_from_handle /* ffi_from_handle => b_from_handle
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_from_buffer_doc,
+"Return a <cdata 'char[]'> that points to the data of the given Python\n"
+"object, which must support the buffer interface. Note that this is\n"
+"not meant to be used on the built-in types str or unicode\n"
+"(you can build 'char[]' arrays explicitly) but only on objects\n"
+"containing large quantities of raw data in some other format, like\n"
+"'array.array' or numpy arrays.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_from_buffer(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args,
+ PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ PyObject *cdecl1, *python_buf = NULL;
+ CTypeDescrObject *ct;
+ int require_writable = 0;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"cdecl", "python_buffer",
+ "require_writable", NULL};
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|Oi:from_buffer", keywords,
+ &cdecl1, &python_buf, &require_writable))
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (python_buf == NULL) {
+ python_buf = cdecl1;
+ ct = g_ct_chararray;
+ }
+ else {
+ ct = _ffi_type(self, cdecl1, ACCEPT_STRING|ACCEPT_CTYPE);
+ if (ct == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return direct_from_buffer(ct, python_buf, require_writable);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_gc_doc,
+"Return a new cdata object that points to the same data.\n"
+"Later, when this new cdata object is garbage-collected,\n"
+"'destructor(old_cdata_object)' will be called.\n"
+"\n"
+"The optional 'size' gives an estimate of the size, used to\n"
+"trigger the garbage collection more eagerly. So far only used\n"
+"on PyPy. It tells the GC that the returned object keeps alive\n"
+"roughly 'size' bytes of external memory.");
+
+#define ffi_gc b_gcp /* ffi_gc() => b_gcp()
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_def_extern_doc,
+"A decorator. Attaches the decorated Python function to the C code\n"
+"generated for the 'extern \"Python\"' function of the same name.\n"
+"Calling the C function will then invoke the Python function.\n"
+"\n"
+"Optional arguments: 'name' is the name of the C function, if\n"
+"different from the Python function; and 'error' and 'onerror'\n"
+"handle what occurs if the Python function raises an exception\n"
+"(see the docs for details).");
+
+/* forward; see call_python.c */
+static PyObject *_ffi_def_extern_decorator(PyObject *, PyObject *);
+
+static PyObject *ffi_def_extern(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args,
+ PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ static PyMethodDef md = {"def_extern_decorator",
+ (PyCFunction)_ffi_def_extern_decorator, METH_O};
+ PyObject *name = Py_None, *error = Py_None;
+ PyObject *res, *onerror = Py_None;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"name", "error", "onerror", NULL};
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OOO", keywords,
+ &name, &error, &onerror))
+ return NULL;
+
+ args = Py_BuildValue("(OOOO)", (PyObject *)self, name, error, onerror);
+ if (args == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ res = PyCFunction_New(&md, args);
+ Py_DECREF(args);
+ return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_callback_doc,
+"Return a callback object or a decorator making such a callback object.\n"
+"'cdecl' must name a C function pointer type. The callback invokes the\n"
+"specified 'python_callable' (which may be provided either directly or\n"
+"via a decorator). Important: the callback object must be manually\n"
+"kept alive for as long as the callback may be invoked from the C code.");
+
+static PyObject *_ffi_callback_decorator(PyObject *outer_args, PyObject *fn)
+{
+ PyObject *res, *old;
+
+ old = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(outer_args, 1);
+ PyTuple_SET_ITEM(outer_args, 1, fn);
+ res = b_callback(NULL, outer_args);
+ PyTuple_SET_ITEM(outer_args, 1, old);
+ return res;
+}
+
+static PyObject *ffi_callback(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ PyObject *c_decl, *python_callable = Py_None, *error = Py_None;
+ PyObject *res, *onerror = Py_None;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"cdecl", "python_callable", "error",
+ "onerror", NULL};
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|OOO", keywords,
+ &c_decl, &python_callable, &error,
+ &onerror))
+ return NULL;
+
+ c_decl = (PyObject *)_ffi_type(self, c_decl, ACCEPT_STRING | ACCEPT_CTYPE |
+ CONSIDER_FN_AS_FNPTR);
+ if (c_decl == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ args = Py_BuildValue("(OOOO)", c_decl, python_callable, error, onerror);
+ if (args == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (python_callable != Py_None) {
+ res = b_callback(NULL, args);
+ }
+ else {
+ static PyMethodDef md = {"callback_decorator",
+ (PyCFunction)_ffi_callback_decorator, METH_O};
+ res = PyCFunction_New(&md, args);
+ }
+ Py_DECREF(args);
+ return res;
+}
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_getwinerror_doc,
+"Return either the GetLastError() or the error number given by the\n"
+"optional 'code' argument, as a tuple '(code, message)'.");
+
+#define ffi_getwinerror b_getwinerror /* ffi_getwinerror() => b_getwinerror()
+ from misc_win32.h */
+#endif
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_errno_doc, "the value of 'errno' from/to the C calls");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_get_errno(PyObject *self, void *closure)
+{
+ /* xxx maybe think about how to make the saved errno local
+ to an ffi instance */
+ return b_get_errno(NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+static int ffi_set_errno(PyObject *self, PyObject *newval, void *closure)
+{
+ PyObject *x = b_set_errno(NULL, newval);
+ if (x == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ Py_DECREF(x);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_dlopen_doc,
+"Load and return a dynamic library identified by 'name'. The standard\n"
+"C library can be loaded by passing None.\n"
+"\n"
+"Note that functions and types declared with 'ffi.cdef()' are not\n"
+"linked to a particular library, just like C headers. In the library\n"
+"we only look for the actual (untyped) symbols at the time of their\n"
+"first access.");
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_dlclose_doc,
+"Close a library obtained with ffi.dlopen(). After this call, access to\n"
+"functions or variables from the library will fail (possibly with a\n"
+"segmentation fault).");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_dlopen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); /* forward */
+static PyObject *ffi_dlclose(PyObject *self, PyObject *args); /* forward */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_int_const_doc,
+"Get the value of an integer constant.\n"
+"\n"
+"'ffi.integer_const(\"xxx\")' is equivalent to 'lib.xxx' if xxx names an\n"
+"integer constant. The point of this function is limited to use cases\n"
+"where you have an 'ffi' object but not any associated 'lib' object.");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_int_const(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ char *name;
+ PyObject *x;
+ static char *keywords[] = {"name", NULL};
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "s", keywords, &name))
+ return NULL;
+
+ x = ffi_fetch_int_constant(self, name, 0);
+
+ if (x == NULL && !PyErr_Occurred()) {
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
+ "integer constant '%.200s' not found", name);
+ }
+ return x;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_list_types_doc,
+"Returns the user type names known to this FFI instance.\n"
+"This returns a tuple containing three lists of names:\n"
+"(typedef_names, names_of_structs, names_of_unions)");
+
+static PyObject *ffi_list_types(FFIObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t i, n1 = self->types_builder.ctx.num_typenames;
+ Py_ssize_t n23 = self->types_builder.ctx.num_struct_unions;
+ PyObject *o, *lst[3] = {NULL, NULL, NULL}, *result = NULL;
+
+ lst[0] = PyList_New(n1);
+ if (lst[0] == NULL)
+ goto error;
+ lst[1] = PyList_New(0);
+ if (lst[1] == NULL)
+ goto error;
+ lst[2] = PyList_New(0);
+ if (lst[2] == NULL)
+ goto error;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n1; i++) {
+ o = PyText_FromString(self->types_builder.ctx.typenames[i].name);
+ if (o == NULL)
+ goto error;
+ PyList_SET_ITEM(lst[0], i, o);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n23; i++) {
+ const struct _cffi_struct_union_s *s;
+ int err, index;
+
+ s = &self->types_builder.ctx.struct_unions[i];
+ if (s->name[0] == '$')
+ continue;
+
+ o = PyText_FromString(s->name);
+ if (o == NULL)
+ goto error;
+ index = (s->flags & _CFFI_F_UNION) ? 2 : 1;
+ err = PyList_Append(lst[index], o);
+ Py_DECREF(o);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto error;
+ }
+ result = PyTuple_Pack(3, lst[0], lst[1], lst[2]);
+ /* fall-through */
+ error:
+ Py_XDECREF(lst[2]);
+ Py_XDECREF(lst[1]);
+ Py_XDECREF(lst[0]);
+ return result;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_memmove_doc,
+"ffi.memmove(dest, src, n) copies n bytes of memory from src to dest.\n"
+"\n"
+"Like the C function memmove(), the memory areas may overlap;\n"
+"apart from that it behaves like the C function memcpy().\n"
+"\n"
+"'src' can be any cdata ptr or array, or any Python buffer object.\n"
+"'dest' can be any cdata ptr or array, or a writable Python buffer\n"
+"object. The size to copy, 'n', is always measured in bytes.\n"
+"\n"
+"Unlike other methods, this one supports all Python buffer including\n"
+"byte strings and bytearrays---but it still does not support\n"
+"non-contiguous buffers.");
+
+#define ffi_memmove b_memmove /* ffi_memmove() => b_memmove()
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_init_once_doc,
+"init_once(function, tag): run function() once. More precisely,\n"
+"'function()' is called the first time we see a given 'tag'.\n"
+"\n"
+"The return value of function() is remembered and returned by the current\n"
+"and all future init_once() with the same tag. If init_once() is called\n"
+"from multiple threads in parallel, all calls block until the execution\n"
+"of function() is done. If function() raises an exception, it is\n"
+"propagated and nothing is cached.");
+
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+/* PyCapsule_New is redefined to be PyCObject_FromVoidPtr in _cffi_backend,
+ which gives 2.6 compatibility; but the destructor signature is different */
+static void _free_init_once_lock(void *lock)
+{
+ PyThread_free_lock((PyThread_type_lock)lock);
+}
+#else
+static void _free_init_once_lock(PyObject *capsule)
+{
+ PyThread_type_lock lock;
+ lock = PyCapsule_GetPointer(capsule, "cffi_init_once_lock");
+ if (lock != NULL)
+ PyThread_free_lock(lock);
+}
+#endif
+
+static PyObject *ffi_init_once(FFIObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+ static char *keywords[] = {"func", "tag", NULL};
+ PyObject *cache, *func, *tag, *tup, *res, *x, *lockobj;
+ PyThread_type_lock lock;
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OO", keywords, &func, &tag))
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* a lot of fun with reference counting and error checking
+ in this function */
+
+ /* atomically get or create a new dict (no GIL release) */
+ cache = self->init_once_cache;
+ if (cache == NULL) {
+ cache = PyDict_New();
+ if (cache == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ self->init_once_cache = cache;
+ }
+
+ /* get the tuple from cache[tag], or make a new one: (False, lock) */
+ tup = PyDict_GetItem(cache, tag);
+ if (tup == NULL) {
+ lock = PyThread_allocate_lock();
+ if (lock == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ x = PyCapsule_New(lock, "cffi_init_once_lock", _free_init_once_lock);
+ if (x == NULL) {
+ PyThread_free_lock(lock);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ tup = PyTuple_Pack(2, Py_False, x);
+ Py_DECREF(x);
+ if (tup == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ x = tup;
+
+ /* Possible corner case if 'tag' is an object overriding __eq__
+ in pure Python: the GIL may be released when we are running it.
+ We really need to call dict.setdefault(). */
+ tup = PyObject_CallMethod(cache, "setdefault", "OO", tag, x);
+ Py_DECREF(x);
+ if (tup == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ Py_DECREF(tup); /* there is still a ref inside the dict */
+ }
+
+ res = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(tup, 1);
+ Py_INCREF(res);
+
+ if (PyTuple_GET_ITEM(tup, 0) == Py_True) {
+ /* tup == (True, result): return the result. */
+ return res;
+ }
+
+ /* tup == (False, lock) */
+ lockobj = res;
+ lock = (PyThread_type_lock)PyCapsule_GetPointer(lockobj,
+ "cffi_init_once_lock");
+ if (lock == NULL) {
+ Py_DECREF(lockobj);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+ PyThread_acquire_lock(lock, WAIT_LOCK);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+ x = PyDict_GetItem(cache, tag);
+ if (x != NULL && PyTuple_GET_ITEM(x, 0) == Py_True) {
+ /* the real result was put in the dict while we were waiting
+ for PyThread_acquire_lock() above */
+ res = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(x, 1);
+ Py_INCREF(res);
+ }
+ else {
+ res = PyObject_CallFunction(func, "");
+ if (res != NULL) {
+ tup = PyTuple_Pack(2, Py_True, res);
+ if (tup == NULL || PyDict_SetItem(cache, tag, tup) < 0) {
+ Py_XDECREF(tup);
+ Py_DECREF(res);
+ res = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ PyThread_release_lock(lock);
+ Py_DECREF(lockobj);
+ return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ffi_release_doc,
+"Release now the resources held by a 'cdata' object from ffi.new(),\n"
+"ffi.gc() or ffi.from_buffer(). The cdata object must not be used\n"
+"afterwards.\n"
+"\n"
+"'ffi.release(cdata)' is equivalent to 'cdata.__exit__()'.\n"
+"\n"
+"Note that on CPython this method has no effect (so far) on objects\n"
+"returned by ffi.new(), because the memory is allocated inline with the\n"
+"cdata object and cannot be freed independently. It might be fixed in\n"
+"future releases of cffi.");
+
+#define ffi_release b_release /* ffi_release() => b_release()
+ from _cffi_backend.c */
+
+
+#define METH_VKW (METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS)
+static PyMethodDef ffi_methods[] = {
+ {"addressof", (PyCFunction)ffi_addressof, METH_VARARGS, ffi_addressof_doc},
+ {"alignof", (PyCFunction)ffi_alignof, METH_O, ffi_alignof_doc},
+ {"def_extern", (PyCFunction)ffi_def_extern, METH_VKW, ffi_def_extern_doc},
+ {"callback", (PyCFunction)ffi_callback, METH_VKW, ffi_callback_doc},
+ {"cast", (PyCFunction)ffi_cast, METH_VARARGS, ffi_cast_doc},
+ {"dlclose", (PyCFunction)ffi_dlclose, METH_VARARGS, ffi_dlclose_doc},
+ {"dlopen", (PyCFunction)ffi_dlopen, METH_VARARGS, ffi_dlopen_doc},
+ {"from_buffer",(PyCFunction)ffi_from_buffer,METH_VKW, ffi_from_buffer_doc},
+ {"from_handle",(PyCFunction)ffi_from_handle,METH_O, ffi_from_handle_doc},
+ {"gc", (PyCFunction)ffi_gc, METH_VKW, ffi_gc_doc},
+ {"getctype", (PyCFunction)ffi_getctype, METH_VKW, ffi_getctype_doc},
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+ {"getwinerror",(PyCFunction)ffi_getwinerror,METH_VKW, ffi_getwinerror_doc},
+#endif
+ {"init_once", (PyCFunction)ffi_init_once, METH_VKW, ffi_init_once_doc},
+ {"integer_const",(PyCFunction)ffi_int_const,METH_VKW, ffi_int_const_doc},
+ {"list_types", (PyCFunction)ffi_list_types, METH_NOARGS, ffi_list_types_doc},
+ {"memmove", (PyCFunction)ffi_memmove, METH_VKW, ffi_memmove_doc},
+ {"new", (PyCFunction)ffi_new, METH_VKW, ffi_new_doc},
+{"new_allocator",(PyCFunction)ffi_new_allocator,METH_VKW,ffi_new_allocator_doc},
+ {"new_handle", (PyCFunction)ffi_new_handle, METH_O, ffi_new_handle_doc},
+ {"offsetof", (PyCFunction)ffi_offsetof, METH_VARARGS, ffi_offsetof_doc},
+ {"release", (PyCFunction)ffi_release, METH_O, ffi_release_doc},
+ {"sizeof", (PyCFunction)ffi_sizeof, METH_O, ffi_sizeof_doc},
+ {"string", (PyCFunction)ffi_string, METH_VKW, ffi_string_doc},
+ {"typeof", (PyCFunction)ffi_typeof, METH_O, ffi_typeof_doc},
+ {"unpack", (PyCFunction)ffi_unpack, METH_VKW, ffi_unpack_doc},
+ {NULL}
+};
+
+static PyGetSetDef ffi_getsets[] = {
+ {"errno", ffi_get_errno, ffi_set_errno, ffi_errno_doc},
+ {NULL}
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject FFI_Type = {
+ PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
+ "CompiledFFI",
+ sizeof(FFIObject),
+ 0,
+ (destructor)ffi_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
+ 0, /* tp_print */
+ 0, /* tp_getattr */
+ 0, /* tp_setattr */
+ 0, /* tp_compare */
+ 0, /* tp_repr */
+ 0, /* tp_as_number */
+ 0, /* tp_as_sequence */
+ 0, /* tp_as_mapping */
+ 0, /* tp_hash */
+ 0, /* tp_call */
+ 0, /* tp_str */
+ PyObject_GenericGetAttr, /* tp_getattro */
+ 0, /* tp_setattro */
+ 0, /* tp_as_buffer */
+ Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
+ Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /* tp_flags */
+ 0, /* tp_doc */
+ (traverseproc)ffi_traverse, /* tp_traverse */
+ 0, /* tp_clear */
+ 0, /* tp_richcompare */
+ 0, /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+ 0, /* tp_iter */
+ 0, /* tp_iternext */
+ ffi_methods, /* tp_methods */
+ 0, /* tp_members */
+ ffi_getsets, /* tp_getset */
+ 0, /* tp_base */
+ 0, /* tp_dict */
+ 0, /* tp_descr_get */
+ 0, /* tp_descr_set */
+ 0, /* tp_dictoffset */
+ ffiobj_init, /* tp_init */
+ 0, /* tp_alloc */
+ ffiobj_new, /* tp_new */
+ PyObject_GC_Del, /* tp_free */
+};
+
+
+static PyObject *
+_fetch_external_struct_or_union(const struct _cffi_struct_union_s *s,
+ PyObject *included_ffis, int recursion)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t i;
+
+ if (included_ffis == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (recursion > 100) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+ "recursion overflow in ffi.include() delegations");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(included_ffis); i++) {
+ FFIObject *ffi1;
+ const struct _cffi_struct_union_s *s1;
+ int sindex;
+ PyObject *x;
+
+ ffi1 = (FFIObject *)PyTuple_GET_ITEM(included_ffis, i);
+ sindex = search_in_struct_unions(&ffi1->types_builder.ctx, s->name,
+ strlen(s->name));
+ if (sindex < 0) /* not found at all */
+ continue;
+ s1 = &ffi1->types_builder.ctx.struct_unions[sindex];
+ if ((s1->flags & (_CFFI_F_EXTERNAL | _CFFI_F_UNION))
+ == (s->flags & _CFFI_F_UNION)) {
+ /* s1 is not external, and the same kind (struct or union) as s */
+ return _realize_c_struct_or_union(&ffi1->types_builder, sindex);
+ }
+ /* not found, look more recursively */
+ x = _fetch_external_struct_or_union(
+ s, ffi1->types_builder.included_ffis, recursion + 1);
+ if (x != NULL || PyErr_Occurred())
+ return x; /* either found, or got an error */
+ }
+ return NULL; /* not found at all, leave without an error */
+}