/* * Copyright © 2000 Loic Nageleisen * * This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, * as published by Sam Hocevar. See the COPYING file for more details. * * This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want * To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See * http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details. * * --- * * Fooling around with Blocks in C to create pseudo-classes and -instances. * * In this case instance-bound methods are closures which happen to be stored * in the item they're bound to. * * Unfortunately, although the compiler knows the difference, a function and a * type having the same name is not allowed, else we could just have a nice * sugar Post() function doing alloc() and init(). * * Requires (obviously) clang or Apple's GCC block patches. * * --- And now for something completely different --- * * The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to * prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said "Master, I have heard that * objects are a very good thing - is this true?" Qc Na looked pityingly at his * student and replied, "Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man's * closures." * * Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell, * intent on studying closures. He carefully read the entire "Lambda: The * Ultimate..." series of papers and its cousins, and implemented a small * Scheme interpreter with a closure-based object system. He learned much, and * looked forward to informing his master of his progress. * * On his next walk with Qc Na, Anton attempted to impress his master by saying * "Master, I have diligently studied the matter, and now understand that * objects are truly a poor man's closures." Qc Na responded by hitting Anton * with his stick, saying "When will you learn? Closures are a poor man's * object." At that moment, Anton became enlightened. * * from: http://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg03277.html * */ #include #include #include #include struct Post_s { char *author; char *body; void (^init)(); void (^printf)(); void (^dealloc)(); }; typedef struct Post_s Post; void Post_init(Post *self) { *self->author = '\0'; *self->body = '\0'; } void Post_printf(Post *self) { printf("%s\n\n%s\n", self->author, self->body); } void Post_dealloc(Post *self) { Block_release(self->dealloc); Block_release(self->printf); Block_release(self->init); free(self->body); free(self->author); free(self); } Post *Post_alloc() { Post *new = malloc(sizeof(Post)); new->author = malloc(255); new->body = malloc(1024); new->init = Block_copy( ^ { Post_init(new); }); new->printf = Block_copy( ^ { Post_printf(new); }); new->dealloc = Block_copy( ^ { Post_dealloc(new); }); return new; } int main(void) { Post *post = Post_alloc(); post->init(); strcpy(post->author, "Foo Bar"); strcpy(post->body, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"); post->printf(); post->dealloc(); return 0; }