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From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Subject: [RFA 01/14] Introduce py-ref.h
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1478497656-11832-2-git-send-email-tom@tromey.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1478497656-11832-1-git-send-email-tom@tromey.com>

This patch introduces class gdbpy_reference, which is a sort of smart
pointer that owns a single Python reference to a PyObject.  This class
acts a bit like unique_ptr, but also a bit like shared_ptr (in that
copies do what you might expect); I considered going solely with
unique_ptr but it seemed quite strange to have a unique_ptr that
actually manages a shared resource.

Subsequent patches use this new class to simplify logic in the Python
layer.

2016-11-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python/py-ref.h: New file.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog       |   4 ++
 gdb/python/py-ref.h | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 146 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gdb/python/py-ref.h

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8e173a7..b46e26a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-11-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	* python/py-ref.h: New file.
+
 2016-10-29  Manish Goregaokar  <manish@mozilla.com>
 
     * rust-exp.y: Parse `sizeof(exp)` as `UNOP_SIZEOF`
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-ref.h b/gdb/python/py-ref.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b1f1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/python/py-ref.h
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* Python reference-holding class
+
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef GDB_PYTHON_REF_H
+#define GDB_PYTHON_REF_H
+
+/* An instance of this class holds a reference to a PyObject.  When
+   the object is destroyed, the PyObject is decref'd.
+
+   Normally an instance is constructed using a PyObject*.  This sort
+   of initialization lets this class manage the lifetime of that
+   reference.
+
+   Assignment and copy construction will make a new reference as
+   appropriate.  Assignment from a plain PyObject* is disallowed to
+   avoid confusion about whether this acquires a new reference;
+   instead use the "reset" method -- which, like the PyObject*
+   constructor, transfers ownership.
+*/
+class gdbpy_reference
+{
+ public:
+
+  /* Create a new NULL instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference ()
+    : m_obj (NULL)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* Create a new NULL instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference (nullptr_t)
+    : m_obj (NULL)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* Create a new instance.  OBJ is a reference, management of which
+     is now transferred to this class.  */
+  explicit gdbpy_reference (PyObject *obj)
+    : m_obj (obj)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* Copy another instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference (const gdbpy_reference &other)
+    : m_obj (other.m_obj)
+  {
+    if (m_obj != NULL)
+      Py_INCREF (m_obj);
+  }
+
+  /* Transfer ownership from another instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference (gdbpy_reference &&other)
+    : m_obj (other.m_obj)
+  {
+    other.m_obj = NULL;
+  }
+
+  /* Destroy this instance.  */
+  ~gdbpy_reference ()
+  {
+    Py_XDECREF (m_obj);
+  }
+
+  /* Copy another instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference &operator= (const gdbpy_reference &other)
+  {
+    Py_XDECREF (m_obj);
+    m_obj = other.m_obj;
+    if (m_obj != NULL)
+      Py_INCREF (m_obj);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /* Transfer ownership from another instance.  */
+  gdbpy_reference &operator= (gdbpy_reference &&other)
+  {
+    Py_XDECREF (m_obj);
+    m_obj = other.m_obj;
+    other.m_obj = NULL;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /* Change this instance's referent.  OBJ is a reference, management
+     of which is now transferred to this class.  */
+  void reset (PyObject *obj)
+  {
+    Py_XDECREF (m_obj);
+    m_obj = obj;
+  }
+
+  /* Return this instance's referent.  In Python terms this is a
+     borrowed pointer.  */
+  PyObject *get ()
+  {
+    return m_obj;
+  }
+
+  /* Return this instance's referent, and stop managing this
+     reference.  The caller is now responsible for the ownership of
+     the reference.  */
+  PyObject *release ()
+  {
+    PyObject *result = m_obj;
+
+    m_obj = NULL;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /* Equality.  */
+  bool operator== (const PyObject *other) const
+  {
+    return m_obj == other;
+  }
+
+  /* Inequality.  */
+  bool operator!= (const PyObject *other) const
+  {
+    return m_obj != other;
+  }
+
+ private:
+
+  PyObject *m_obj;
+};
+
+#endif /* GDB_PYTHON_REF_H */
-- 
2.7.4


  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-07  5:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-07  6:00 [RFA 00/14] add a smart pointer for PyObject* Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 10/14] Use gdbpy_reference in call_doc_function Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 12/14] Use gdbpy_reference in python.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 07/14] Use gdbpy_reference in gdbpy_breakpoints Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 13/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-value.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 06/14] Use gdbpy_reference in gdbpy_inferiors Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 04/14] Use gdbpy_reference in gdbpy_string_to_argv Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2016-11-07  7:45   ` [RFA 01/14] Introduce py-ref.h Jan Kratochvil
2016-11-07 15:48     ` Tom Tromey
2016-11-10 23:48   ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-12 17:31     ` Tom Tromey
2016-11-15 14:32       ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-16 23:18         ` Tom Tromey
2016-11-16 23:34           ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 03/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-type.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 05/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-function.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 11/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-prettyprint.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 08/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-framefilter.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:48 ` [RFA 14/14] Use gdbpy_reference in gdbpy_lookup_symbol Tom Tromey
2016-11-07  5:56 ` [RFA 02/14] Change event code to use gdbpy_reference Tom Tromey
2016-11-11  0:09   ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-11  0:51     ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-07  5:57 ` [RFA 09/14] Use gdbpy_reference in py-linetable.c Tom Tromey
2016-11-08  4:07 ` [RFA 00/14] add a smart pointer for PyObject* Tom Tromey
2016-11-11  1:18 ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-11  3:34   ` Tom Tromey
2016-11-11  4:03     ` Pedro Alves
2016-11-11  5:49       ` Tom Tromey
2016-11-12 17:11   ` Tom Tromey

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