ref: 38585ffa91d7b6e7b9e4f688e3f9fa84a48f1925
dir: /libstd/varargs.myr/
use "types.use"
use "introspect.use"
use "sleq.use"
use "die.use"
pkg std =
	type valist
	const vastart	: (args : ...# -> valist)
	const vatype	: (ap : valist# -> byte[:])
	const vabytes	: (ap : valist# -> byte[:])
	generic vanext	: (ap : valist# -> @a)
;;
type valist = struct
	args	: byte#
	tc	: typecursor
;;
/* 
 * a valist is really just a pointer to the varargs.
 * we assume that these sit on the stack nicely,
 * and don't need special handling to get to.
 * 
 * This will be a problem when we switch to a
 * register based convention. We might want to
 * force varargs onto the stack regardless.
 */
const vastart = {args
	var tc, a, ip
	/*
	pull out the args. These are on the stacks like so:
		[ required ]
		[   args   ]
	       ---variadic--- 
		[ typeinfo ] --> type description
	        ------------
		[ variadic ]
		[   args   ]
		[   here   ]
	&args points to the typeinfo, &args + sizeof(void#)
	points to the rest argument.
	*/
		
	tc = typeenc(args)
	ip = (args castto(intptr)) + sizeof(byte#)
	a = ip castto(byte#)
	-> [.args = a, .tc = tc]
}
const vatype = {ap
	-> tcpeek(&ap.tc)
}
const vabytes = {ap
	var sl
	var ti, align, sz
	var p
	ti = typeinfo(tcpeek(&ap.tc))
	/* apply the alignment to the arg pointer */
	align = ti.align castto(intptr)
	p = ap.args castto(intptr)
	p = (p + align - 1) & ~(align - 1)
	ap.args = p castto(byte#)
	sl = ap.args[:ti.size]
	tcnext(&ap.tc)
	sz = ti.size castto(intptr)
	ap.args = ((p castto(intptr)) + sz) castto(byte#)
	-> sl
}
const inspectarg = {x
}
generic vanext = {ap -> @a
	var v : @a
	var ti
	var align
	var p
	ti = typeinfo(tcpeek(&ap.tc))
	/* apply the alignment to the arg pointer */
	align = ti.align castto(intptr)
	inspectarg(align)
	p = ap.args castto(intptr)
	p = (p + align - 1) & ~(align - 1)
	ap.args = p castto(byte#)
	v = (ap.args castto(@a#))#
	/* TODO: check for type mismatch */
	tcnext(&ap.tc)
	/* only move on after we read through the value */
	ap.args = ((p castto(intptr)) + sizeof(@a)) castto(byte#)
	-> v
}