2.2 Objects ¶

C Type: gcc_jit_object ¶

Almost every entity in the API (with the exception of gcc_jit_context * and gcc_jit_result *) is a “contextual” object, a gcc_jit_object *

A JIT object:

• is associated with a gcc_jit_context *.
• is automatically cleaned up for you when its context is released so you don’t need to manually track and cleanup all objects, just the contexts.

Although the API is C-based, there is a form of class hierarchy, which looks like this:

+- gcc_jit_object
    +- gcc_jit_location
    +- gcc_jit_type
       +- gcc_jit_struct
    +- gcc_jit_field
    +- gcc_jit_function
    +- gcc_jit_block
    +- gcc_jit_rvalue
        +- gcc_jit_lvalue
           +- gcc_jit_param
    +- gcc_jit_case
    +- gcc_jit_extended_asm

There are casting methods for upcasting from subclasses to parent classes. For example, gcc_jit_type_as_object():

gcc_jit_object *obj = gcc_jit_type_as_object (int_type);

The object “base class” has the following operations:

C Function: gcc_jit_context *gcc_jit_object_get_context (gcc_jit_object *obj) ¶

Which context is “obj” within?

C Function: const char *gcc_jit_object_get_debug_string (gcc_jit_object *obj) ¶

Generate a human-readable description for the given object.

For example,

printf ("obj: %s\n", gcc_jit_object_get_debug_string (obj));

might give this text on stdout:

obj: 4.0 * (float)i

Note: If you call this on an object, the const char * buffer is allocated and generated on the first call for that object, and the buffer will have the same lifetime as the object i.e. it will exist until the object’s context is released.