2 Copyright (C) 2001-2009, Parrot Foundation.
7 src/pmc/multisub.pmc - A container for multi-dispatched subs
11 This class inherits from ResizablePMCArray and provides an Array of
12 Sub PMCs with the same short name, but different long names.
22 #include "pmc/pmc_callcontext.h"
24 pmclass MultiSub extends ResizablePMCArray auto_attrs provides array {
26 VTABLE STRING * get_string() {
27 PMC * const sub0 = VTABLE_get_pmc_keyed_int(INTERP, SELF, 0);
28 STRING * const name = VTABLE_get_string(INTERP, sub0);
32 VTABLE void push_pmc(PMC *value) {
33 STRING * const _sub = CONST_STRING(interp, "Sub");
34 STRING * const _nci = CONST_STRING(interp, "NCI");
36 if (!VTABLE_isa(interp, value, _sub)
37 && !VTABLE_isa(interp, value, _nci))
38 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
39 "attempt to push non Sub PMC");
44 VTABLE void set_pmc_keyed_int(INTVAL key, PMC *value) {
45 STRING * const _sub = CONST_STRING(interp, "Sub");
46 if (!VTABLE_isa(interp, value, _sub))
47 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
48 "attempt to set non Sub PMC");
52 VTABLE void set_integer_keyed_int(INTVAL key, INTVAL value) {
53 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
54 "attempt to set non Sub PMC");
57 VTABLE void set_string_keyed_int(INTVAL key, STRING *value) {
58 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
59 "attempt to set non Sub PMC");
62 VTABLE void set_number_keyed_int(INTVAL key, FLOATVAL value) {
63 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
64 "attempt to set non Sub PMC");
67 VTABLE opcode_t *invoke(void *next) {
68 PMC * const sig_obj = CONTEXT(interp)->current_sig;
69 PMC * const func = Parrot_mmd_sort_manhattan_by_sig_pmc(interp,
72 if (PMC_IS_NULL(func))
73 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(INTERP, NULL, 1,
74 "No applicable candidates found to dispatch to for '%Ss'",
75 VTABLE_get_string(interp, SELF));
76 return VTABLE_invoke(INTERP, func, next);
80 /* I don't really know how to implement these if they need something
81 special, so I'll sort the sub list and defer processing to the
82 ResizablePMCArray's VTABLE methods of the same names. Hopefully we
83 don't need anything beyond that. */
84 VTABLE PMC *get_pmc_keyed(PMC *key) {
85 PMC * const sig_obj = CONTEXT(interp)->current_sig;
86 PMC * const sub = Parrot_mmd_sort_manhattan_by_sig_pmc(interp,
90 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(INTERP, NULL, 1,
91 "No applicable candidates found to dispatch to for '%Ss'",
92 VTABLE_get_string(interp, SELF));
96 VTABLE PMC *get_pmc_keyed_str(STRING *s) {
97 PMC * const sig_obj = CONTEXT(interp)->current_sig;
98 PMC * const sub = Parrot_mmd_sort_manhattan_by_sig_pmc(interp,
101 if (PMC_IS_NULL(sub))
102 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(INTERP, NULL, 1,
103 "No applicable candidates found to dispatch to for '%Ss'",
104 VTABLE_get_string(interp, SELF));
108 /* get_iter method should take one of two inputs: either an array of
109 arguments, or a string with a whitespace delimited function signature
110 (N, I, S, P). It should sort the argument list according to closeness
111 to this input argument list and return an iterator over that list. */
113 METHOD get_iter(PMC *args) {
114 STRING * const _array = CONST_STRING(interp, "Array");
115 STRING * const _string = CONST_STRING(interp, "String");
117 if (VTABLE_isa(INTERP, args, _array)){
118 /* TODO: What goes here? */
120 else if (VTABLE_isa(INTERP, args, _string)) {
121 STRING * const s = VTABLE_get_string(INTERP, args);
122 /* TODO: What goes here? */
125 Parrot_ex_throw_from_c_args(interp, NULL, EXCEPTION_INVALID_OPERATION,
126 "attempt to call get_iter method with invalid arg type.\n");
136 F<src/multidispatch.c>,
137 F<$perl6/doc/trunk/design/apo/A12.pod>,
138 F<$perl6/doc/trunk/design/syn/S12.pod>
146 * c-file-style: "parrot"
148 * vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4: