Block.h revision 276789
1252190Srpaulo/*
2252190Srpaulo * Block.h
3252190Srpaulo *
4252190Srpaulo * Copyright 2008-2010 Apple, Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
5252190Srpaulo * to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
6252190Srpaulo * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
7252190Srpaulo * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
8252190Srpaulo * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
9252190Srpaulo * persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
10252190Srpaulo * conditions:
11252190Srpaulo *
12252190Srpaulo * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
13289549Srpaulo * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
14252190Srpaulo *
15252190Srpaulo * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
16252190Srpaulo * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
17252190Srpaulo * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
18252190Srpaulo * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
19252190Srpaulo * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
20281806Srpaulo * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
21281806Srpaulo * SOFTWARE.
22252190Srpaulo *
23252190Srpaulo */
24252190Srpaulo
25252190Srpaulo#ifndef _BLOCK_H_
26252190Srpaulo#define _BLOCK_H_
27252190Srpaulo
28252190Srpaulo#if !defined(BLOCK_EXPORT)
29289549Srpaulo#   if defined(__cplusplus)
30252190Srpaulo#       define BLOCK_EXPORT extern "C"
31252190Srpaulo#   else
32252190Srpaulo#       define BLOCK_EXPORT extern
33252190Srpaulo#   endif
34252190Srpaulo#endif
35252190Srpaulo
36252190Srpaulo#if defined(__cplusplus)
37252190Srpauloextern "C" {
38252190Srpaulo#endif
39252190Srpaulo
40252190Srpaulo/* Create a heap based copy of a Block or simply add a reference to an existing one.
41252190Srpaulo * This must be paired with Block_release to recover memory, even when running
42252190Srpaulo * under Objective-C Garbage Collection.
43252190Srpaulo */
44252190SrpauloBLOCK_EXPORT void *_Block_copy(const void *aBlock);
45252190Srpaulo
46252190Srpaulo/* Lose the reference, and if heap based and last reference, recover the memory. */
47252190SrpauloBLOCK_EXPORT void _Block_release(const void *aBlock);
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49252190Srpaulo#if defined(__cplusplus)
50252190Srpaulo}
51252190Srpaulo#endif
52252190Srpaulo
53252190Srpaulo/* Type correct macros. */
54252190Srpaulo
55252190Srpaulo#define Block_copy(...) ((__typeof(__VA_ARGS__))_Block_copy((const void *)(__VA_ARGS__)))
56252190Srpaulo#define Block_release(...) _Block_release((const void *)(__VA_ARGS__))
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58252190Srpaulo
59252190Srpaulo#endif
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