* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* and portability
*
* GLib defines a number of commonly used types, which can be divided
- * into 4 groups:
+ * into several groups:
* - New types which are not part of standard C (but are defined in
- * various C standard library header files) - #gboolean, #gsize,
- * #gssize, #goffset, #gintptr, #guintptr.
+ * various C standard library header files) — #gboolean, #gssize.
* - Integer types which are guaranteed to be the same size across
- * all platforms - #gint8, #guint8, #gint16, #guint16, #gint32,
+ * all platforms — #gint8, #guint8, #gint16, #guint16, #gint32,
* #guint32, #gint64, #guint64.
* - Types which are easier to use than their standard C counterparts -
* #gpointer, #gconstpointer, #guchar, #guint, #gushort, #gulong.
* - Types which correspond exactly to standard C types, but are
- * included for completeness - #gchar, #gint, #gshort, #glong,
+ * included for completeness — #gchar, #gint, #gshort, #glong,
* #gfloat, #gdouble.
+ * - Types which correspond exactly to standard C99 types, but are available
+ * to use even if your compiler does not support C99 — #gsize, #goffset,
+ * #gintptr, #guintptr.
*
* GLib also defines macros for the limits of some of the standard
* integer and floating point types, as well as macros for suitable
* G_GSIZE_MODIFIER:
*
* The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers
- * for scanning and printing values of type #gsize or #gssize. It
+ * for scanning and printing values of type #gsize. It
* is a string literal.
*
* Since: 2.6
* to #G_MAXSSIZE.
*
* To print or scan values of this type, use
- * %G_GSIZE_MODIFIER and/or %G_GSSIZE_FORMAT.
+ * %G_GSSIZE_MODIFIER and/or %G_GSSIZE_FORMAT.
*/
/**
*/
/**
+ * G_GSSIZE_MODIFIER:
+ *
+ * The platform dependent length modifier for conversion specifiers
+ * for scanning and printing values of type #gssize. It
+ * is a string literal.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.6
+ */
+
+/**
* goffset:
*
* A signed integer type that is used for file offsets,
* Returns: @val converted to the opposite byte order
*/
+/* Bounds-checked integer arithmetic {{{1 */
+/**
+ * SECTION:checkedmath
+ * @title: Bounds-checking integer arithmetic
+ * @short_description: a set of helpers for performing checked integer arithmetic
+ *
+ * GLib offers a set of macros for doing additions and multiplications
+ * of unsigned integers, with checks for overflows.
+ *
+ * The helpers all have three arguments. A pointer to the destination
+ * is always the first argument and the operands to the operation are
+ * the other two.
+ *
+ * Following standard GLib convention, the helpers return %TRUE in case
+ * of success (ie: no overflow).
+ *
+ * The helpers may be macros, normal functions or inlines. They may be
+ * implemented with inline assembly or compiler intrinsics where
+ * available.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_uint_checked_add
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #guint destination
+ * @a: the #guint left operand
+ * @b: the #guint right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked addition of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_uint_checked_mul
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #guint destination
+ * @a: the #guint left operand
+ * @b: the #guint right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked multiplication of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_uint64_checked_add
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #guint64 destination
+ * @a: the #guint64 left operand
+ * @b: the #guint64 right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked addition of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_uint64_checked_mul
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #guint64 destination
+ * @a: the #guint64 left operand
+ * @b: the #guint64 right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked multiplication of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_size_checked_add
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #gsize destination
+ * @a: the #gsize left operand
+ * @b: the #gsize right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked addition of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_size_checked_mul
+ * @dest: a pointer to the #gsize destination
+ * @a: the #gsize left operand
+ * @b: the #gsize right operand
+ *
+ * Performs a checked multiplication of @a and @b, storing the result in
+ * @dest.
+ *
+ * If the operation is successful, %TRUE is returned. If the operation
+ * overflows then the state of @dest is undefined and %FALSE is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if there was no overflow
+ * Since: 2.48
+ */
/* Numerical Definitions {{{1 */
/**
* sign, mantissa and exponent of IEEE floats and doubles. These unions are
* defined as appropriate for a given platform. IEEE floats and doubles are
* supported (used for storage) by at least Intel, PPC and Sparc. See
- * <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_float">IEEE 754-2008</ulink>
+ * [IEEE 754-2008](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_float)
* for more information about IEEE number formats.
*/
* G_OS_WIN32:
*
* This macro is defined only on Windows. So you can bracket
- * Windows-specific code in "#ifdef G_OS_WIN32".
+ * Windows-specific code in "\#ifdef G_OS_WIN32".
*/
/**
* G_OS_UNIX:
*
* This macro is defined only on UNIX. So you can bracket
- * UNIX-specific code in "#ifdef G_OS_UNIX".
+ * UNIX-specific code in "\#ifdef G_OS_UNIX".
*/
/**
* arrays or arrays on the stack.
*/
-/ * Miscellaneous Macros {{{1 */
+/* Miscellaneous Macros {{{1 */
/**
* SECTION:macros_misc
/**
* G_INLINE_FUNC:
*
- * This macro is used to export function prototypes so they can be linked
- * with an external version when no inlining is performed. The file which
- * implements the functions should define %G_IMPLEMENTS_INLINES
- * before including the headers which contain %G_INLINE_FUNC declarations.
- * Since inlining is very compiler-dependent using these macros correctly
- * is very difficult. Their use is strongly discouraged.
+ * This macro used to be used to conditionally define inline functions
+ * in a compatible way before this feature was supported in all
+ * compilers. These days, GLib requires inlining support from the
+ * compiler, so your GLib-using programs can safely assume that the
+ * "inline" keywork works properly.
+ *
+ * Never use this macro anymore. Just say "static inline".
*
- * This macro is often mistaken for a replacement for the inline keyword;
- * inline is already declared in a portable manner in the GLib headers
- * and can be used normally.
+ * Deprecated: 2.48: Use "static inline" instead
*/
/**
*
* Expands to __extension__ when gcc is used as the compiler. This simply
* tells gcc not to warn about the following non-standard code when compiling
- * with the <option>-pedantic</option> option.
+ * with the `-pedantic` option.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * G_GNUC_CHECK_VERSION:
+ * @major: major version to check against
+ * @minor: minor version to check against
+ *
+ * Expands to a a check for a compiler with __GNUC__ defined and a version
+ * greater than or equal to the major and minor numbers provided. For example,
+ * the following would only match on compilers such as GCC 4.8 or newer.
+ *
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * #if G_GNUC_CHECK_VERSION(4, 8)
+ * #endif
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * Since: 2.42
*/
/**
*
* Expands to the GNU C deprecated attribute if the compiler is gcc.
* It can be used to mark typedefs, variables and functions as deprecated.
- * When called with the <option>-Wdeprecated-declarations</option> option,
+ * When called with the `-Wdeprecated-declarations` option,
* gcc will generate warnings when deprecated interfaces are used.
*
* Place the attribute after the declaration, just before the semicolon.
* regression tests for deprecated functions.
*
* Use %G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS to begin warning again. (If you
- * are not compiling with <literal>-Wdeprecated-declarations</literal>
- * then neither macro has any effect.)
+ * are not compiling with `-Wdeprecated-declarations` then neither macro
+ * has any effect.)
*
* This macro can be used either inside or outside of a function body,
* but must appear on a line by itself.
/**
* G_GNUC_PRINTF:
* @format_idx: the index of the argument corresponding to the
- * format string (The arguments are numbered from 1)
- * @arg_idx: the index of the first of the format arguments
+ * format string (the arguments are numbered from 1)
+ * @arg_idx: the index of the first of the format arguments, or 0 if
+ * there are no format arguments
*
* Expands to the GNU C format function attribute if the compiler is gcc.
* This is used for declaring functions which take a variable number of
* Place the attribute after the function declaration, just before the
* semicolon.
*
- * See the GNU C documentation for more details.
+ * See the
+ * [GNU C documentation](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-Wformat-3288)
+ * for more details.
*
* |[<!-- language="C" -->
* gint g_snprintf (gchar *string,
/**
* G_GNUC_SCANF:
* @format_idx: the index of the argument corresponding to
- * the format string (The arguments are numbered from 1)
- * @arg_idx: the index of the first of the format arguments
+ * the format string (the arguments are numbered from 1)
+ * @arg_idx: the index of the first of the format arguments, or 0 if
+ * there are no format arguments
*
* Expands to the GNU C format function attribute if the compiler is gcc.
* This is used for declaring functions which take a variable number of
* arguments, with the same syntax as scanf(). It allows the compiler
* to type-check the arguments passed to the function.
*
- * See the GNU C documentation for details.
+ * See the
+ * [GNU C documentation](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-Wformat-3288)
+ * for details.
*/
/**
* Expands to the GNU C no_instrument_function function attribute if the
* compiler is gcc. Functions with this attribute will not be instrumented
* for profiling, when the compiler is called with the
- * <option>-finstrument-functions</option> option.
+ * `-finstrument-functions` option.
*
* Place the attribute after the declaration, just before the semicolon.
*
* Since: 2.4
*/
+/**
+ * G_HAVE_GNUC_VISIBILITY:
+ *
+ * Defined to 1 if gcc-style visibility handling is supported.
+ */
+
+/* g_auto(), g_autoptr() and helpers {{{1 */
+
+/**
+ * g_auto:
+ * @TypeName: a supported variable type
+ *
+ * Helper to declare a variable with automatic cleanup.
+ *
+ * The variable is cleaned up in a way appropriate to its type when the
+ * variable goes out of scope. The type must support this.
+ *
+ * This feature is only supported on GCC and clang. This macro is not
+ * defined on other compilers and should not be used in programs that
+ * are intended to be portable to those compilers.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used with stack-allocated structures and
+ * non-pointer types. For the (more commonly used) pointer version, see
+ * g_autoptr().
+ *
+ * This macro can be used to avoid having to do explicit cleanups of
+ * local variables when exiting functions. It often vastly simplifies
+ * handling of error conditions, removing the need for various tricks
+ * such as 'goto out' or repeating of cleanup code. It is also helpful
+ * for non-error cases.
+ *
+ * Consider the following example:
+ *
+ * |[
+ * GVariant *
+ * my_func(void)
+ * {
+ * g_auto(GQueue) queue = G_QUEUE_INIT;
+ * g_auto(GVariantBuilder) builder;
+ * g_auto(GStrv) strv;
+ *
+ * g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+ * strv = g_strsplit("a:b:c", ":", -1);
+ *
+ * ...
+ *
+ * if (error_condition)
+ * return NULL;
+ *
+ * ...
+ *
+ * return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * You must initialize the variable in some way -- either by use of an
+ * initialiser or by ensuring that an _init function will be called on
+ * it unconditionally before it goes out of scope.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_autoptr:
+ * @TypeName: a supported variable type
+ *
+ * Helper to declare a pointer variable with automatic cleanup.
+ *
+ * The variable is cleaned up in a way appropriate to its type when the
+ * variable goes out of scope. The type must support this.
+ *
+ * This feature is only supported on GCC and clang. This macro is not
+ * defined on other compilers and should not be used in programs that
+ * are intended to be portable to those compilers.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used to declare pointers to types with cleanup
+ * functions. The type of the variable is a pointer to @TypeName. You
+ * must not add your own '*'.
+ *
+ * This macro can be used to avoid having to do explicit cleanups of
+ * local variables when exiting functions. It often vastly simplifies
+ * handling of error conditions, removing the need for various tricks
+ * such as 'goto out' or repeating of cleanup code. It is also helpful
+ * for non-error cases.
+ *
+ * Consider the following example:
+ *
+ * |[
+ * gboolean
+ * check_exists(GVariant *dict)
+ * {
+ * g_autoptr(GVariant) dirname, basename = NULL;
+ * g_autofree gchar *path = NULL;
+ *
+ * dirname = g_variant_lookup_value (dict, "dirname", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING);
+ *
+ * if (dirname == NULL)
+ * return FALSE;
+ *
+ * basename = g_variant_lookup_value (dict, "basename", G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING);
+ *
+ * if (basename == NULL)
+ * return FALSE;
+ *
+ * path = g_build_filename (g_variant_get_string (dirname, NULL),
+ * g_variant_get_string (basename, NULL),
+ * NULL);
+ *
+ * return g_access (path, R_OK) == 0;
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * You must initialise the variable in some way -- either by use of an
+ * initialiser or by ensuring that it is assigned to unconditionally
+ * before it goes out of scope.
+ *
+ * See also g_auto(), g_autofree() and g_steal_pointer().
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_autofree:
+ *
+ * Macro to add an attribute to pointer variable to ensure automatic
+ * cleanup using g_free().
+ *
+ * This macro differs from g_autoptr() in that it is an attribute supplied
+ * before the type name, rather than wrapping the type definition. Instead
+ * of using a type-specific lookup, this macro always calls g_free() directly.
+ *
+ * This means it's useful for any type that is returned from
+ * g_malloc().
+ *
+ * Otherwise, this macro has similar constraints as g_autoptr() - only
+ * supported on GCC and clang, the variable must be initialized, etc.
+ *
+ * |[
+ * gboolean
+ * operate_on_malloc_buf (void)
+ * {
+ * g_autofree guint8* membuf = NULL;
+ *
+ * membuf = g_malloc (8192);
+ *
+ * /<!-- -->* Some computation on membuf *<!-- -->/
+ *
+ * /<!-- -->* membuf will be automatically freed here *<!-- -->/
+ * return TRUE;
+ * }
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_autolist:
+ * @TypeName: a supported variable type
+ *
+ * Helper to declare a list variable with automatic deep cleanup.
+ *
+ * The list is deeply freed, in a way appropriate to the specified type, when the
+ * variable goes out of scope. The type must support this.
+ *
+ * This feature is only supported on GCC and clang. This macro is not
+ * defined on other compilers and should not be used in programs that
+ * are intended to be portable to those compilers.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used to declare lists of a type with a cleanup
+ * function. The type of the variable is a GList *. You
+ * must not add your own '*'.
+ *
+ * This macro can be used to avoid having to do explicit cleanups of
+ * local variables when exiting functions. It often vastly simplifies
+ * handling of error conditions, removing the need for various tricks
+ * such as 'goto out' or repeating of cleanup code. It is also helpful
+ * for non-error cases.
+ *
+ * See also g_autoslist(), g_autoptr() and g_steal_pointer().
+ *
+ * Since: 2.56
+ */
+
+/**
+ * g_autoslist:
+ * @TypeName: a supported variable type
+ *
+ * Helper to declare a singly linked list variable with automatic deep cleanup.
+ *
+ * The list is deeply freed, in a way appropriate to the specified type, when the
+ * variable goes out of scope. The type must support this.
+ *
+ * This feature is only supported on GCC and clang. This macro is not
+ * defined on other compilers and should not be used in programs that
+ * are intended to be portable to those compilers.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used to declare lists of a type with a cleanup
+ * function. The type of the variable is a GSList *. You
+ * must not add your own '*'.
+ *
+ * This macro can be used to avoid having to do explicit cleanups of
+ * local variables when exiting functions. It often vastly simplifies
+ * handling of error conditions, removing the need for various tricks
+ * such as 'goto out' or repeating of cleanup code. It is also helpful
+ * for non-error cases.
+ *
+ * See also g_autolist(), g_autoptr() and g_steal_pointer().
+ *
+ * Since: 2.56
+ */
+
+/**
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC:
+ * @TypeName: a type name to define a g_autoptr() cleanup function for
+ * @func: the cleanup function
+ *
+ * Defines the appropriate cleanup function for a pointer type.
+ *
+ * The function will not be called if the variable to be cleaned up
+ * contains %NULL.
+ *
+ * This will typically be the _free() or _unref() function for the given
+ * type.
+ *
+ * With this definition, it will be possible to use g_autoptr() with
+ * @TypeName.
+ *
+ * |[
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(GObject, g_object_unref)
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * This macro should be used unconditionally; it is a no-op on compilers
+ * where cleanup is not supported.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
+/**
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTO_CLEANUP_CLEAR_FUNC:
+ * @TypeName: a type name to define a g_auto() cleanup function for
+ * @func: the clear function
+ *
+ * Defines the appropriate cleanup function for a type.
+ *
+ * This will typically be the _clear() function for the given type.
+ *
+ * With this definition, it will be possible to use g_auto() with
+ * @TypeName.
+ *
+ * |[
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTO_CLEANUP_CLEAR_FUNC(GQueue, g_queue_clear)
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * This macro should be used unconditionally; it is a no-op on compilers
+ * where cleanup is not supported.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
+/**
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTO_CLEANUP_FREE_FUNC:
+ * @TypeName: a type name to define a g_auto() cleanup function for
+ * @func: the free function
+ * @none: the "none" value for the type
+ *
+ * Defines the appropriate cleanup function for a type.
+ *
+ * With this definition, it will be possible to use g_auto() with
+ * @TypeName.
+ *
+ * This function will be rarely used. It is used with pointer-based
+ * typedefs and non-pointer types where the value of the variable
+ * represents a resource that must be freed. Two examples are #GStrv
+ * and file descriptors.
+ *
+ * @none specifies the "none" value for the type in question. It is
+ * probably something like %NULL or -1. If the variable is found to
+ * contain this value then the free function will not be called.
+ *
+ * |[
+ * G_DEFINE_AUTO_CLEANUP_FREE_FUNC(GStrv, g_strfreev, NULL)
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * This macro should be used unconditionally; it is a no-op on compilers
+ * where cleanup is not supported.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.44
+ */
+
/* Windows Compatibility Functions {{{1 */
/**