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dmd.tocsym

Convert a D symbol to a symbol the linker understands (with mangled name).

Authors:

Walter Bright

License:

Boost License 1.0

Source tocsym.d

Documentation https://dlang.org/phobos/dmd_tocsym.html

Coverage https://codecov.io/gh/dlang/dmd/src/master/src/dmd/tocsym.d

Symbol* toSymbolX(Dsymbol ds, const(char)* prefix, SC sclass, type* t, const(char)* suffix);

Helper

Symbol* toSymbol(Dsymbol s);

Symbol* toImport(Dsymbol ds);

Generate import symbol from symbol.

Symbol* toThunkSymbol(FuncDeclaration fd, int offset);

Thunks adjust the incoming 'this' pointer by 'offset'.

Classsym* fake_classsym(Identifier id);

Fake a struct symbol.

Symbol* toVtblSymbol(ClassDeclaration cd, bool genCsymbol = true);

This is accessible via the ClassData, but since it is frequently needed directly (like for rtti comparisons), make it directly accessible.

Symbol* toInitializer(AggregateDeclaration ad);

Create the static initializer for the struct/class.

Symbol* toSymbol(StructLiteralExp sle);

Symbol* toSymbolCpp(ClassDeclaration cd);

For C++ class cd, generate an instance of _cpp_type_info_ptr and populate it with a pointer to the C++ type info.

Parameters:

ClassDeclaration cd C++ class

Returns:

symbol of instance of _cpp_type_info_ptr

Symbol* toSymbolCppTypeInfo(ClassDeclaration cd);

Generate Symbol of C++ type info for C++ class cd.

Parameters:

ClassDeclaration cd C++ class

Returns:

Symbol of cd's rtti type info

Symbol* toSymbol(Type t);

Turn a class type into a C Symbol.

Parameters:

Type t class type

Returns:

corresponding Symbol

Srcpos toSrcpos(Loc loc);

Converts a Loc to backend Srcpos

Parameters:

Loc loc Source code location

Returns:

Srcpos backend struct corresponding to the given location

Library Reference

dmd.tocsym