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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/records.texi3
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/cl.texi51
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-extra.el6
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el24
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el62
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el6
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el2
-rw-r--r--test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el7
8 files changed, 87 insertions, 74 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/records.texi b/doc/lispref/records.texi
index aeba77a70e7..618f30a72ce 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/records.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/records.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
@cindex record
The purpose of records is to allow programmers to create objects
-with new types that are not built into Emacs.
+with new types that are not built into Emacs. They are used as the
+underlying representation of @code{cl-defstruct} instances.
Internally, a record object is much like a vector; its slots can be
accessed using @code{aref}. However, the first slot is used to hold
diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi
index 079f534168c..2339d576319 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi
@@ -4012,10 +4012,7 @@ Given a @code{person}, @code{(copy-person @var{p})} makes a new
object of the same type whose slots are @code{eq} to those of @var{p}.
Given any Lisp object @var{x}, @code{(person-p @var{x})} returns
-true if @var{x} looks like a @code{person}, and false otherwise. (Again,
-in Common Lisp this predicate would be exact; in Emacs Lisp the
-best it can do is verify that @var{x} is a vector of the correct
-length that starts with the correct tag symbol.)
+true if @var{x} is a @code{person}, and false otherwise.
Accessors like @code{person-name} normally check their arguments
(effectively using @code{person-p}) and signal an error if the
@@ -4221,16 +4218,16 @@ allow for such a feature, so this package simply ignores
@code{:print-function}.
@item :type
-The argument should be one of the symbols @code{vector} or @code{list}.
-This tells which underlying Lisp data type should be used to implement
-the new structure type. Vectors are used by default, but
-@code{(:type list)} will cause structure objects to be stored as
-lists instead.
+The argument should be one of the symbols @code{vector} or
+@code{list}. This tells which underlying Lisp data type should be
+used to implement the new structure type. Records are used by
+default, but @code{(:type vector)} will cause structure objects to be
+stored as vectors and @code{(:type list)} lists instead.
-The vector representation for structure objects has the advantage
-that all structure slots can be accessed quickly, although creating
-vectors is a bit slower in Emacs Lisp. Lists are easier to create,
-but take a relatively long time accessing the later slots.
+The record and vector representations for structure objects have the
+advantage that all structure slots can be accessed quickly, although
+creating them are a bit slower in Emacs Lisp. Lists are easier to
+create, but take a relatively long time accessing the later slots.
@item :named
This option, which takes no arguments, causes a characteristic ``tag''
@@ -4239,21 +4236,24 @@ symbol to be stored at the front of the structure object. Using
structure type stored as plain vectors or lists with no identifying
features.
-The default, if you don't specify @code{:type} explicitly, is to
-use named vectors. Therefore, @code{:named} is only useful in
-conjunction with @code{:type}.
+The default, if you don't specify @code{:type} explicitly, is to use
+records, which are always tagged. Therefore, @code{:named} is only
+useful in conjunction with @code{:type}.
@example
(cl-defstruct (person1) name age sex)
(cl-defstruct (person2 (:type list) :named) name age sex)
(cl-defstruct (person3 (:type list)) name age sex)
+(cl-defstruct (person4 (:type vector)) name age sex)
(setq p1 (make-person1))
- @result{} [cl-struct-person1 nil nil nil]
+ @result{} #s(person1 nil nil nil)
(setq p2 (make-person2))
@result{} (person2 nil nil nil)
(setq p3 (make-person3))
@result{} (nil nil nil)
+(setq p4 (make-person4))
+ @result{} [nil nil nil]
(person1-p p1)
@result{} t
@@ -4293,9 +4293,9 @@ introspection functions.
@defun cl-struct-sequence-type struct-type
This function returns the underlying data structure for
-@code{struct-type}, which is a symbol. It returns @code{vector} or
-@code{list}, or @code{nil} if @code{struct-type} is not actually a
-structure.
+@code{struct-type}, which is a symbol. It returns @code{record},
+@code{vector} or @code{list}, or @code{nil} if @code{struct-type} is
+not actually a structure.
@end defun
@defun cl-struct-slot-info struct-type
@@ -4562,9 +4562,8 @@ set down in Steele's book.
The variable @code{cl--gensym-counter} starts out with zero.
-The @code{cl-defstruct} facility is compatible, except that structures
-are of type @code{:type vector :named} by default rather than some
-special, distinct type. Also, the @code{:type} slot option is ignored.
+The @code{cl-defstruct} facility is compatible, except that the
+@code{:type} slot option is ignored.
The second argument of @code{cl-check-type} is treated differently.
@@ -4713,9 +4712,9 @@ Lisp. Rational numbers and complex numbers are not present,
nor are large integers (all integers are ``fixnums''). All
arrays are one-dimensional. There are no readtables or pathnames;
streams are a set of existing data types rather than a new data
-type of their own. Hash tables, random-states, structures, and
-packages (obarrays) are built from Lisp vectors or lists rather
-than being distinct types.
+type of their own. Hash tables, random-states, and packages
+(obarrays) are built from Lisp vectors or lists rather than being
+distinct types.
@item
The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) is not implemented,
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-extra.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-extra.el
index 021ef232749..3852ceb6c31 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-extra.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-extra.el
@@ -775,8 +775,7 @@ including `cl-block' and `cl-eval-when'."
(defun cl--describe-class (type &optional class)
(unless class (setq class (cl--find-class type)))
(let ((location (find-lisp-object-file-name type 'define-type))
- ;; FIXME: Add a `cl-class-of' or `cl-typeof' or somesuch.
- (metatype (cl--class-name (symbol-value (aref class 0)))))
+ (metatype (type-of class)))
(insert (symbol-name type)
(substitute-command-keys " is a type (of kind `"))
(help-insert-xref-button (symbol-name metatype)
@@ -901,8 +900,7 @@ including `cl-block' and `cl-eval-when'."
"Print help description for the slots in CLASS.
Outputs to the current buffer."
(let* ((slots (cl--class-slots class))
- ;; FIXME: Add a `cl-class-of' or `cl-typeof' or somesuch.
- (metatype (cl--class-name (symbol-value (aref class 0))))
+ (metatype (type-of class))
;; ¡For EIEIO!
(cslots (condition-case nil
(cl-struct-slot-value metatype 'class-slots class)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
index 8c6d3d5d51f..e15c94242fb 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
@@ -1082,24 +1082,8 @@ These match if the argument is `eql' to VAL."
;;; Support for cl-defstructs specializers.
(defun cl--generic-struct-tag (name &rest _)
- ;; It's tempting to use (and (vectorp ,name) (aref ,name 0))
- ;; but that would suffer from some problems:
- ;; - the vector may have size 0.
- ;; - when called on an actual vector (rather than an object), we'd
- ;; end up returning an arbitrary value, possibly colliding with
- ;; other tagcode's values.
- ;; - it can also result in returning all kinds of irrelevant
- ;; values which would end up filling up the method-cache with
- ;; lots of irrelevant/redundant entries.
- ;; FIXME: We could speed this up by introducing a dedicated
- ;; vector type at the C level, so we could do something like
- ;; (and (vector-objectp ,name) (aref ,name 0))
- `(and (vectorp ,name)
- (> (length ,name) 0)
- (let ((tag (aref ,name 0)))
- (and (symbolp tag)
- (eq (symbol-function tag) :quick-object-witness-check)
- tag))))
+ ;; Use exactly the same code as for `typeof'.
+ `(if ,name (type-of ,name) 'null))
(defun cl--generic-class-parents (class)
(let ((parents ())
@@ -1113,8 +1097,8 @@ These match if the argument is `eql' to VAL."
(nreverse parents)))
(defun cl--generic-struct-specializers (tag &rest _)
- (and (symbolp tag) (boundp tag)
- (let ((class (symbol-value tag)))
+ (and (symbolp tag)
+ (let ((class (get tag 'cl--class)))
(when (cl-typep class 'cl-structure-class)
(cl--generic-class-parents class)))))
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
index 58bcdd52acf..c282938a9bf 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
@@ -2604,11 +2604,24 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
(print-func nil) (print-auto nil)
(safety (if (cl--compiling-file) cl--optimize-safety 3))
(include nil)
- (tag (intern (format "cl-struct-%s" name)))
+ ;; There are 4 types of structs:
+ ;; - `vector' type: means we should use a vector, which can come
+ ;; with or without a tag `name', which is usually in slot 0
+ ;; but obeys :initial-offset.
+ ;; - `list' type: same as `vector' but using lists.
+ ;; - `record' type: means we should use a record, which necessarily
+ ;; comes tagged in slot 0. Currently we'll use the `name' as
+ ;; the tag, but we may want to change it so that the class object
+ ;; is used as the tag.
+ ;; - nil type: this is the "pre-record default", which uses a vector
+ ;; with a tag in slot 0 which is a symbol of the form
+ ;; `cl-struct-NAME'. We need to still support this for backward
+ ;; compatibility with old .elc files.
+ (tag name)
(tag-symbol (intern (format "cl-struct-%s-tags" name)))
(include-descs nil)
(include-name nil)
- (type nil)
+ (type nil) ;nil here means not specified explicitly.
(named nil)
(forms nil)
(docstring (if (stringp (car descs)) (pop descs)))
@@ -2648,7 +2661,9 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
((eq opt :print-function)
(setq print-func (car args)))
((eq opt :type)
- (setq type (car args)))
+ (setq type (car args))
+ (unless (memq type '(vector list))
+ (error "Invalid :type specifier: %s" type)))
((eq opt :named)
(setq named t))
((eq opt :initial-offset)
@@ -2680,13 +2695,11 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
(pop include-descs)))
(setq descs (append old-descs (delq (assq 'cl-tag-slot descs) descs))
type inc-type
- named (if type (assq 'cl-tag-slot descs) 'true))
- (if (cl--struct-class-named include) (setq tag name named t)))
- (if type
- (progn
- (or (memq type '(vector list))
- (error "Invalid :type specifier: %s" type))
- (if named (setq tag name)))
+ named (if (memq type '(vector list))
+ (assq 'cl-tag-slot descs)
+ 'true))
+ (if (cl--struct-class-named include) (setq named t)))
+ (unless type
(setq named 'true)))
(or named (setq descs (delq (assq 'cl-tag-slot descs) descs)))
(when (and (null predicate) named)
@@ -2696,7 +2709,9 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
(length (memq (assq 'cl-tag-slot descs)
descs)))))
(cond
- ((memq type '(nil vector))
+ ((null type) ;Record type.
+ `(memq (type-of cl-x) ,tag-symbol))
+ ((eq type 'vector)
`(and (vectorp cl-x)
(>= (length cl-x) ,(length descs))
(memq (aref cl-x ,pos) ,tag-symbol)))
@@ -2793,7 +2808,9 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
(setq slots (nreverse slots)
defaults (nreverse defaults))
(and copier
- (push `(defalias ',copier #'copy-sequence) forms))
+ (push `(defalias ',copier
+ ,(if (null type) '#'copy-record '#'copy-sequence))
+ forms))
(if constructor
(push (list constructor
(cons '&key (delq nil (copy-sequence slots))))
@@ -2808,7 +2825,7 @@ non-nil value, that slot cannot be set via `setf'.
(format "Constructor for objects of type `%s'." name))
,@(if (cl--safe-expr-p `(progn ,@(mapcar #'cl-second descs)))
'((declare (side-effect-free t))))
- (,(or type #'vector) ,@make))
+ (,(or type #'record) ,@make))
forms)))
(if print-auto (nconc print-func (list '(princ ")" cl-s) t)))
;; Don't bother adding to cl-custom-print-functions since it's not used
@@ -2866,6 +2883,15 @@ is a shorthand for (NAME NAME)."
,pat)))
fields)))
+(defun cl--defstruct-predicate (type)
+ (let ((cons (assq (cl-struct-sequence-type type)
+ `((list . consp)
+ (vector . vectorp)
+ (nil . recordp)))))
+ (if cons
+ (cdr cons)
+ 'recordp)))
+
(defun cl--pcase-mutually-exclusive-p (orig pred1 pred2)
"Extra special cases for `cl-typep' predicates."
(let* ((x1 pred1) (x2 pred2)
@@ -2888,14 +2914,12 @@ is a shorthand for (NAME NAME)."
(memq c2 (cl--struct-all-parents c1)))))))
(let ((c1 (and (symbolp t1) (cl--find-class t1))))
(and c1 (cl--struct-class-p c1)
- (funcall orig (if (eq 'list (cl-struct-sequence-type t1))
- 'consp 'vectorp)
+ (funcall orig (cl--defstruct-predicate t1)
pred2)))
(let ((c2 (and (symbolp t2) (cl--find-class t2))))
(and c2 (cl--struct-class-p c2)
(funcall orig pred1
- (if (eq 'list (cl-struct-sequence-type t2))
- 'consp 'vectorp))))
+ (cl--defstruct-predicate t2))))
(funcall orig pred1 pred2))))
(advice-add 'pcase--mutually-exclusive-p
:around #'cl--pcase-mutually-exclusive-p)
@@ -2903,8 +2927,8 @@ is a shorthand for (NAME NAME)."
(defun cl-struct-sequence-type (struct-type)
"Return the sequence used to build STRUCT-TYPE.
-STRUCT-TYPE is a symbol naming a struct type. Return `vector' or
-`list', or nil if STRUCT-TYPE is not a struct type. "
+STRUCT-TYPE is a symbol naming a struct type. Return `record',
+`vector`, or `list' if STRUCT-TYPE is a struct type, nil otherwise."
(declare (side-effect-free t) (pure t))
(cl--struct-class-type (cl--struct-get-class struct-type)))
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
index 482b579f11a..7432dd4978d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-preloaded.el
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
;; cl--slot-descriptor.
;; BEWARE: Obviously, it's important to keep the two in sync!
(lambda (name &optional initform type props)
- (vector 'cl-struct-cl-slot-descriptor
+ (record 'cl-slot-descriptor
name initform type props)))
(defun cl--struct-get-class (name)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
(defun cl--struct-register-child (parent tag)
;; Can't use (cl-typep parent 'cl-structure-class) at this stage
;; because `cl-structure-class' is defined later.
- (while (vectorp parent)
+ (while (recordp parent)
(add-to-list (cl--struct-class-children-sym parent) tag)
;; Only register ourselves as a child of the leftmost parent since structs
;; can only only have one parent.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
parent name))))
(add-to-list 'current-load-list `(define-type . ,name))
(cl--struct-register-child parent-class tag)
- (unless (eq named t)
+ (unless (or (eq named t) (eq tag name))
;; We used to use `defconst' instead of `set' but that
;; has a side-effect of purecopying during the dump, so that the
;; class object stored in the tag ends up being a *copy* of the
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
index 8a8d4a4c1af..65c86d2b65e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-print.el
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ call other entry points instead, such as `cl-prin1'."
(cl-defmethod cl-print-object ((object cl-structure-object) stream)
(princ "#s(" stream)
- (let* ((class (symbol-value (aref object 0)))
+ (let* ((class (cl-find-class (type-of object)))
(slots (cl--struct-class-slots class)))
(princ (cl--struct-class-name class) stream)
(dotimes (i (length slots))
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
index 093cb3476c1..6b930a8d17a 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
@@ -519,4 +519,11 @@
(ert-deftest cl-lib-symbol-macrolet-2 ()
(should (equal (cl-lib-symbol-macrolet-4+5) (+ 4 5))))
+(ert-deftest cl-lib-defstruct-record ()
+ (cl-defstruct foo x)
+ (let ((x (make-foo :x 42)))
+ (should (recordp x))
+ (should (eq (type-of x) 'foo))
+ (should (eql (foo-x x) 42))))
+
;;; cl-lib.el ends here