Library

The standard library design is a sketch, no work has been done on this yet.

lang

macro scoped(..., @body)

Scopes a list of variables:

int a = 3;
double b = 1.0;

@scoped(a, b)
{
    a = 4;
    b = 1.2;    
}

// Prints a = 3, b = 1.0
printf("a = %d, b = %f\n", a, b);

This can be useful to push another allocator:

@scoped(mem::defaultAllocator)
{
    mem::defaultAllocator = myArenaAllocator;

    // This will now use myArenaAllocator:
    doSomethingThatAllocates();
}
// The default allocator is restored here.

Other macros:

• max(a, b) maximum of two values using >
• min(a, b) minimum of two values using <
• swap($a, $b) swap two variables using = and a temporary variable.

mem

Mem contains memory allocators

Globals

• Alloc* defaultAlloc
• Alloc* tempAlloc ````

allocators

• RingAlloc ring buffer allocator
• ArenaAlloc arena allocator

Encodings

Ref counting

Any struct can enable ref counting by including the RefCount struct:

import std::refcount;

struct Person
{
    RefCount rc inline;
    char[] name;
}

fn void test()
{
    Person* person = malloc(sizeof(Person));
    person.initRC(&free);
    printf("RC = %d\n", person.refCount); // Prints 1
    person.retain();
    printf("RC = %d\n", person.refCount); // Prints 2
    person.release(); 
    printf("RC = %d\n", person.refCount); // Prints 1
    person.release(); // Will call free(person)        
}