{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-} {-# LANGUAGE CPP, NoImplicitPrelude, ForeignFunctionInterface #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Foreign.Marshal.Utils -- Copyright : (c) The FFI task force 2001 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : ffi@haskell.org -- Stability : provisional -- Portability : portable -- -- Utilities for primitive marshaling -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Foreign.Marshal.Utils ( -- * General marshalling utilities -- ** Combined allocation and marshalling -- with, new, -- ** Marshalling of Boolean values (non-zero corresponds to 'True') -- fromBool, toBool, -- ** Marshalling of Maybe values -- maybeNew, maybeWith, maybePeek, -- ** Marshalling lists of storable objects -- withMany, -- ** Haskellish interface to memcpy and memmove -- | (argument order: destination, source) -- copyBytes, moveBytes, ) where import Data.Maybe import Foreign.Ptr ( Ptr, nullPtr ) import Foreign.Storable ( Storable(poke) ) import Foreign.C.Types ( CSize(..) ) import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc ( malloc, alloca ) #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ import GHC.Real ( fromIntegral ) import GHC.Num import GHC.Base #endif -- combined allocation and marshalling -- ----------------------------------- -- |Allocate a block of memory and marshal a value into it -- (the combination of 'malloc' and 'poke'). -- The size of the area allocated is determined by the 'Foreign.Storable.sizeOf' -- method from the instance of 'Storable' for the appropriate type. -- -- The memory may be deallocated using 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.free' or -- 'Foreign.Marshal.Alloc.finalizerFree' when no longer required. -- new :: Storable a => a -> IO (Ptr a) new val = do ptr <- malloc poke ptr val return ptr -- |@'with' val f@ executes the computation @f@, passing as argument -- a pointer to a temporarily allocated block of memory into which -- @val@ has been marshalled (the combination of 'alloca' and 'poke'). -- -- The memory is freed when @f@ terminates (either normally or via an -- exception), so the pointer passed to @f@ must /not/ be used after this. -- with :: Storable a => a -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b with val f = alloca $ \ptr -> do poke ptr val res <- f ptr return res -- marshalling of Boolean values (non-zero corresponds to 'True') -- ----------------------------- -- |Convert a Haskell 'Bool' to its numeric representation -- fromBool :: Num a => Bool -> a fromBool False = 0 fromBool True = 1 -- |Convert a Boolean in numeric representation to a Haskell value -- toBool :: (Eq a, Num a) => a -> Bool toBool = (/= 0) -- marshalling of Maybe values -- --------------------------- -- |Allocate storage and marshal a storable value wrapped into a 'Maybe' -- -- * the 'nullPtr' is used to represent 'Nothing' -- maybeNew :: ( a -> IO (Ptr b)) -> (Maybe a -> IO (Ptr b)) maybeNew = maybe (return nullPtr) -- |Converts a @withXXX@ combinator into one marshalling a value wrapped -- into a 'Maybe', using 'nullPtr' to represent 'Nothing'. -- maybeWith :: ( a -> (Ptr b -> IO c) -> IO c) -> (Maybe a -> (Ptr b -> IO c) -> IO c) maybeWith = maybe ($ nullPtr) -- |Convert a peek combinator into a one returning 'Nothing' if applied to a -- 'nullPtr' -- maybePeek :: (Ptr a -> IO b) -> Ptr a -> IO (Maybe b) maybePeek peek ptr | ptr == nullPtr = return Nothing | otherwise = do a <- peek ptr; return (Just a) -- marshalling lists of storable objects -- ------------------------------------- -- |Replicates a @withXXX@ combinator over a list of objects, yielding a list of -- marshalled objects -- withMany :: (a -> (b -> res) -> res) -- withXXX combinator for one object -> [a] -- storable objects -> ([b] -> res) -- action on list of marshalled obj.s -> res withMany _ [] f = f [] withMany withFoo (x:xs) f = withFoo x $ \x' -> withMany withFoo xs (\xs' -> f (x':xs')) -- Haskellish interface to memcpy and memmove -- ------------------------------------------ -- |Copies the given number of bytes from the second area (source) into the -- first (destination); the copied areas may /not/ overlap -- copyBytes :: Ptr a -> Ptr a -> Int -> IO () copyBytes dest src size = do _ <- memcpy dest src (fromIntegral size) return () -- |Copies the given number of bytes from the second area (source) into the -- first (destination); the copied areas /may/ overlap -- moveBytes :: Ptr a -> Ptr a -> Int -> IO () moveBytes dest src size = do _ <- memmove dest src (fromIntegral size) return () -- auxilliary routines -- ------------------- -- |Basic C routines needed for memory copying -- foreign import ccall unsafe "string.h" memcpy :: Ptr a -> Ptr a -> CSize -> IO (Ptr a) foreign import ccall unsafe "string.h" memmove :: Ptr a -> Ptr a -> CSize -> IO (Ptr a)