post-scarcity/src/c/payloads/stack.c
2026-05-07 06:47:58 +01:00

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/**
* payloads/stack.c
*
* a Lisp stack frame.
*
* Sits in a pso4.
*
* (c) 2026 Simon Brooke <simon@journeyman.cc>
* Licensed under GPL version 2.0, or, at your option, any later version.
*/
#include <stdarg.h>
#include "debug.h"
#include "memory/node.h"
#include "memory/pointer.h"
#include "memory/pso.h"
#include "memory/pso2.h"
#include "memory/pso4.h"
#include "memory/tags.h"
#include "payloads/cons.h"
#include "payloads/stack.h"
#include "ops/reverse.h"
#include "ops/list_ops.h"
/**
* @brief The maximum depth of stack before we throw an exception.
*
* `0` is interpeted as `unlimited`.
*/
uint32_t stack_limit = 0;
/**
* Fetch a pointer to the value of the local variable at this index.
*
* TODO: I think the first argument would be better as a pso_pointer.
*/
struct pso_pointer fetch_arg( struct pso4 *frame, unsigned int index ) {
struct pso_pointer result = nil;
// TODO check that the frame is indeed a frame!
if ( index < frame->payload.stack_frame.args ) {
result = frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[index];
} else {
struct pso_pointer p = frame->payload.stack_frame.more;
for ( int i = args_in_frame; i < index; i++ ) {
p = pointer_to_object( p )->payload.cons.cdr;
}
result = pointer_to_object( p )->payload.cons.car;
}
return result;
}
/**
* @brief Return the environment from the stack frame identified by this
* `frame_pointer`
*
* @param frame_pointer a pointer to a stack frame.
*/
struct pso_pointer fetch_env( struct pso_pointer frame_pointer ) {
return stackp( frame_pointer ) ?
pointer_to_pso4( frame_pointer )->payload.stack_frame.env : nil;
}
/**
* Push a binding (and therefore a reference) for this `local` onto the
* stack_frame indicated by this `frame_pointer`, thereby protecting the
* `local` from garbage collection until the frame itself is disposed of.
*
* This is a hack. For Lisp functions, where the stack frames are set up
* and torn down by eval/apply, it shouldn't be necessary.
*/
struct pso_pointer push_local( struct pso_pointer frame_pointer,
struct pso_pointer local ) {
if ( stackp( frame_pointer ) ) {
struct pso4 *frame = pointer_to_pso4( frame_pointer );
struct pso_pointer l = make_cons( frame_pointer, local,
frame->payload.stack_frame.locals );
frame->payload.stack_frame.locals = l;
}
return local;
}
/**
* @brief Add an argument to this (already initialised) stack frame, updating
* the args count.
*
* TODO: unit test this to death and back!
*
* @param frame_pointer a pointer to the frame to be modified.
* @param arg_pointer the pointer to the arg to be added.
*
* @return `nil` on success; potentially an exception on failure.
*/
struct pso_pointer add_arg( struct pso_pointer frame_pointer,
struct pso_pointer arg_pointer ) {
struct pso4 *frame = pointer_to_pso4( frame_pointer );
struct pso_pointer result = nil;
if ( frame->payload.stack_frame.args < args_in_frame ) {
frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[frame->payload.stack_frame.args++] =
push_local( frame_pointer, arg_pointer );
} else {
struct pso_pointer new_more = c_reverse( frame_pointer,
make_cons( frame_pointer,
arg_pointer,
c_reverse
( frame_pointer,
frame->payload.
stack_frame.
more ) ) );
if ( exceptionp( new_more ) ) {
result = new_more;
} else {
frame->payload.stack_frame.more =
push_local( frame_pointer, new_more );
}
}
return result;
}
/**
* @brief internal shared guts of make_frame variants. **Does not** set up the
* `env` pointer of the new frame -- callers are responsible for doing so.
*/
struct pso_pointer in_make_frame( int arg_count, struct pso_pointer previous,
va_list args ) {
/* NOTE! It is really important not to `push_local` the new_pointer here,
* since that would stop stack frames and all the temporary objects they
* curate ever being garbage collected! */
struct pso_pointer new_pointer = allocate( previous, STACKTAG, 4 );
struct pso4 *new_frame = pointer_to_pso4( new_pointer );
#ifdef DEBUG
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 0,
L"\nAllocating stack frame with %d arguments at page %d, "
L"offset %d...\n",
arg_count, new_pointer.page, new_pointer.offset );
#endif
if ( stackp( previous ) ) {
struct pso4 *prev_frame = pointer_to_pso4( previous );
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth =
prev_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth + 1;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.previous = inc_ref( previous );
} else {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth = 0;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.previous = nil;
}
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.env = nil;
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 1, L"depth is %d...\n",
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth );
int cursor = 0;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.args = arg_count;
for ( ; cursor < arg_count && cursor < args_in_frame; cursor++ ) {
struct pso_pointer argument = va_arg( args, struct pso_pointer );
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[cursor] = inc_ref( argument );
}
if ( cursor < arg_count ) {
struct pso_pointer more_args = nil;
for ( ; cursor < arg_count; cursor++ ) {
more_args =
make_cons( previous, va_arg( args, struct pso_pointer ),
more_args );
}
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.more = c_reverse( previous, more_args );
} else {
for ( ; cursor < args_in_frame; cursor++ ) {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[cursor] = nil;
}
}
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 1,
L"Allocation of stack frame at page %d, offset %d completed.\n",
new_pointer.page, new_pointer.offset );
return new_pointer;
}
/**
* @brief Construct a stack frame with this `previous` pointer, and arguments
* taken from the remaining arguments to this function, which should all be
* struct pso_pointer.
*
* @param arg_count the count of arguments to the Lisp function.
* @param previous the parent stack frame.
* @param ... the arguments to the Lisp function, all of which must be of type
* `struct pso_pointer`.
* @return struct pso_pointer a pointer to a populated stack frame which may be
* passed to the Lisp function.
*/
struct pso_pointer make_frame( int arg_count, struct pso_pointer previous,
... ) {
va_list args;
va_start( args, previous );
struct pso_pointer new_pointer =
in_make_frame( arg_count, previous, args );
struct pso4 *new_frame = pointer_to_pso4( new_pointer );
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.env = stackp( previous ) ?
inc_ref( pointer_to_pso4( previous )->payload.stack_frame.env ) : nil;
va_end( args );
return new_pointer;
}
/**
* @brief variant of make_frame with an explicit replacement environment, to
* be called by functions like `binding` which add bindings to their upstack
* environment.
*
* TODO: someone who really understood how C varargs functions work could save
* a lot of potentially error prone code by having this call `make_frame`, q.v.
*
* @param arg_count the count of arguments to the Lisp function.
* @param previous the parent stack frame.
* @param env the modified environment
* @param ... the arguments to the Lisp function, all of which must be of type
* `struct pso_pointer`.
* @return struct pso_pointer a pointer to a populated stack frame which may be
* passed to the Lisp function.
*/
struct pso_pointer make_frame_with_env( int arg_count,
struct pso_pointer previous,
struct pso_pointer env, ... ) {
va_list args;
va_start( args, env );
struct pso_pointer new_pointer =
in_make_frame( arg_count, previous, args );
pointer_to_pso4( new_pointer )->payload.stack_frame.env = inc_ref( env );
va_end( args );
return new_pointer;
}
/**
* @brief variant make_frame where arg values are available as a Lisp list,
* and an explicit (because modified) environment is to be passed..
*
* @param previous pointer to the previous stack frame.
* @param argvalues values for the arguments to be placed in the frame.
* @param end the environment to be linked in the new frame.
*
* @return pointer to the new frame.
*/
struct pso_pointer make_frame_with_arglist_and_env( struct pso_pointer
previous,
struct pso_pointer
argvalues,
struct pso_pointer env ) {
struct pso4 *prev_frame = pointer_to_pso4( previous );
/* NOTE! It is really important not to `push_local` the new_pointer here,
* since that would stop stack frames and all the temporary objects they
* curate ever being garbage collected! */
struct pso_pointer new_pointer = allocate( previous, STACKTAG, 4 );
struct pso4 *new_frame = pointer_to_pso4( new_pointer );
struct pso_pointer arg_length =
count( push_local( previous, make_frame( 1, previous, argvalues ) ) );
int arg_count =
integerp( arg_length ) ? pointer_to_object( arg_length )->payload.
integer.value : 0;
#ifdef DEBUG
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 0,
L"\nAllocating stack frame with %d arguments at page %d, "
L"offset %d...\n",
arg_count, new_pointer.page, new_pointer.offset );
#endif
prev_frame->payload.stack_frame.previous = inc_ref( previous );
if ( stackp( previous ) ) {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth =
prev_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth + 1;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.env =
inc_ref( prev_frame->payload.stack_frame.env );
} else {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth = 0;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.env = nil;
}
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 1, L"depth is %d...\n",
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.depth );
int cursor = 0;
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.args = arg_count;
for ( ; cursor < arg_count && cursor < args_in_frame; cursor++ ) {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[cursor] =
inc_ref( make_frame( 1, previous, car( argvalues ) ) );
argvalues = cdr( make_frame( 1, previous, argvalues ) );
}
if ( cursor < arg_count ) {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.more = inc_ref( argvalues );
} else {
for ( ; cursor < args_in_frame; cursor++ ) {
new_frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[cursor] = nil;
}
}
debug_printf( DEBUG_ALLOC, 1,
L"Allocation of stack frame at page %d, offset %d completed.\n",
new_pointer.page, new_pointer.offset );
return new_pointer;
}
/**
* @brief variant make_frame where arg values are available as a Lisp list.
*
* @param previous pointer to the previous stack frame.
* @param argvalues values for the arguments to be placed in the frame.
*
* @return pointer to the new frame.
*/
struct pso_pointer make_frame_with_arglist( struct pso_pointer previous,
struct pso_pointer argvalues ) {
return make_frame_with_arglist_and_env( previous, argvalues,
pointer_to_pso4
( previous )->payload.
stack_frame.env );
}
/**
* @brief When a stack frame is freed, all its pointers must be decremented.
*
* Lisp calling conventions; one expected arg, the pointer to the object to
* be destroyed.
*/
struct pso_pointer destroy_stack_frame( struct pso_pointer fp,
struct pso_pointer env ) {
if ( stackp( fp ) ) {
struct pso4 *frame = pointer_to_pso4( fp );
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.previous );
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.function );
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.more );
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.locals );
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.env );
for ( int i = 0; i < args_in_frame; i++ ) {
dec_ref( frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[i] );
frame->payload.stack_frame.arg[i] = nil;
}
frame->payload.stack_frame.previous = nil;
frame->payload.stack_frame.function = nil;
frame->payload.stack_frame.more = nil;
frame->payload.stack_frame.locals = nil;
frame->payload.stack_frame.env = nil;
frame->payload.stack_frame.args = 0;
frame->payload.stack_frame.depth = 0;
}
return nil;
}