#
#
#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
#        (c) Copyright 2006 Andreas Rumpf
#
#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
#

#when defined(debugGC):
#  {.define: logAssign.}
proc genericAssign(dest, src: Pointer, mt: PNimType) {.compilerProc.}
proc genericAssignAux(dest, src: Pointer, n: ptr TNimNode) =
  var
    d = cast[TAddress](dest)
    s = cast[TAddress](src)
  case n.kind
  of nkNone: assert(false)
  of nkSlot:
    genericAssign(cast[pointer](d +% n.offset), cast[pointer](s +% n.offset),
                  n.typ)
  of nkList: 
    for i in 0..n.len-1: 
      genericAssignAux(dest, src, n.sons[i])
  of nkCase: 
    copyMem(cast[pointer](d +% n.offset), cast[pointer](s +% n.offset),
            n.typ.size)
    var m = selectBranch(src, n)
    if m != nil: genericAssignAux(dest, src, m)

proc genericAssign(dest, src: Pointer, mt: PNimType) =
  var
    d = cast[TAddress](dest)
    s = cast[TAddress](src)

  assert(mt != nil)
  case mt.Kind
  of tySequence:
    var s2 = cast[ppointer](src)^
    var seq = cast[PGenericSeq](s2)
    if s2 == nil:  # this can happen! nil sequences are allowed
      var x = cast[ppointer](dest)
      x^ = nil
      return
    assert(dest != nil)
    unsureAsgnRef(cast[ppointer](dest), 
                  newObj(mt, seq.len * mt.base.size + GenericSeqSize))
    var dst = cast[taddress](cast[ppointer](dest)^)
    for i in 0..seq.len-1:
      genericAssign(
        cast[pointer](dst +% i*% mt.base.size +% GenericSeqSize),
        cast[pointer](cast[taddress](s2) +% i *% mt.base.size +%
                     GenericSeqSize),
        mt.Base)
    var dstseq = cast[PGenericSeq](dst)
    dstseq.len = seq.len
    dstseq.space = seq.len
  of tyObject, tyTuple, tyPureObject: 
    # we don't need to copy m_type field for tyObject, as they are equal anyway
    genericAssignAux(dest, src, mt.node)
  of tyArray, tyArrayConstr:
    for i in 0..(mt.size div mt.base.size)-1:
      genericAssign(cast[pointer](d +% i*% mt.base.size),
                    cast[pointer](s +% i*% mt.base.size), mt.base)
  of tyString: # a leaf
    var s2 = cast[ppointer](s)^
    if s2 != nil: # nil strings are possible!
      unsureAsgnRef(cast[ppointer](dest), copyString(cast[mstring](s2)))
    else:
      var x = cast[ppointer](dest)
      x^ = nil
      return
  of tyRef:  # BUGFIX: a long time this has been forgotten!
    unsureAsgnRef(cast[ppointer](dest), cast[ppointer](s)^)
  else:
    copyMem(dest, src, mt.size) # copy raw bits

proc genericSeqAssign(dest, src: Pointer, mt: PNimType) {.compilerProc.} =
  var src = src # ugly, but I like to stress the parser sometimes :-)
  genericAssign(dest, addr(src), mt)

proc genericAssignOpenArray(dest, src: pointer, len: int,
                            mt: PNimType) {.compilerproc.} =
  var
    d = cast[TAddress](dest)
    s = cast[TAddress](src)
  for i in 0..len-1:
    genericAssign(cast[pointer](d +% i*% mt.base.size),
                  cast[pointer](s +% i*% mt.base.size), mt.base)

proc objectInit(dest: Pointer, typ: PNimType) {.compilerProc.}
proc objectInitAux(dest: Pointer, n: ptr TNimNode) =
  var d = cast[TAddress](dest)
  case n.kind
  of nkNone: assert(false)
  of nkSLot: objectInit(cast[pointer](d +% n.offset), n.typ)
  of nkList: 
    for i in 0..n.len-1:
      objectInitAux(dest, n.sons[i])
  of nkCase: 
    var m = selectBranch(dest, n)
    if m != nil: objectInitAux(dest, m)   

proc objectInit(dest: Pointer, typ: PNimType) =
  # the generic init proc that takes care of initialization of complex
  # objects on the stack or heap
  var d = cast[TAddress](dest)
  case typ.kind
  of tyObject:
    # iterate over any structural type
    # here we have to init the type field:
    var pint = cast[ptr PNimType](dest)
    pint^ = typ
    objectInitAux(dest, typ.node)
  of tyTuple, tyPureObject:
    objectInitAux(dest, typ.node)
  of tyArray, tyArrayConstr:
    for i in 0..(typ.size div typ.base.size)-1:
      objectInit(cast[pointer](d +% i * typ.base.size), typ.base)
  else: nil # nothing to do