A_Set
A_Set is an interface that specifies the set-specific operations that an AvailObject must implement. It's a sub-interface of A_BasicObject, the interface that defines the behavior that all AvailObjects are required to support.
The purpose for A_BasicObject and its sub-interfaces is to allow sincere type annotations about the basic kinds of objects that support or may be passed as arguments to various operations. The VM is free to always declare objects as AvailObject, but in cases where it's clear that a particular object must always be a set, a declaration of A_Set ensures that only the basic object capabilities plus set-like capabilities are to be allowed.
An Avail set is an immutable, finite collection of values without duplicates. Two sets are equal if they contain the same members, regardless of the order that they were specified, or which series of operations produced them.
Author
Mark van Gulik
Types
Functions
Turn the receiver into an indirection to the specified object.
Utility method for decomposing this object in the debugger.
Retrieve the object's {@linkplain AbstractDescriptor descriptor}.
Answer whether the receiver and the argument, both A_BasicObjects, are equal in value.
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Answer whether the receiver, an object, and the argument, a byte string, are equal in value.
Answer whether the receiver, an object, and the argument, a byte tuple, are equal in value.
Answer whether the arguments, an object and a compiled code, are equal.
Answer whether the receiver equals the argument.
Answer whether the receiver equals the argument.
Determine whether the receiver is an enumeration with the given set of instances.
Answer whether the receiver, an object, and the argument, a fiber type, are equal in value.
Answer whether the receiver, an object, and the argument, a function type, are equal.
Answer whether the receiver equals the argument.
Answer whether this value equals the given list phrase type.
Answer whether the receiver equals the argument.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Answer whether the receiver equals the argument.
Extract a field from an object.
Extract a field from an object, using a one-based index into the field slots. This requires knowledge of the ObjectLayoutVariant, since the same field is at different indices in different variants.
Extract a field from an object, or answer null if it's not present.
Add or replace a field of an object.
Extract a field type from an object type.
Extract a field type from an object type, using the given field index, which is specific to an ObjectLayoutVariant.
Extract a field type from an object type, or null if it's not present.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Answer the number of integer slots. All variable integer slots occur following the last fixed integer slot.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
The receiver is marked with an IMMUTABLE descriptor, but its subobjects have not yet been made immutable. Scan them now, and do any additional fix-ups necessary for the kind of object.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
The receiver is marked with a SHARED descriptor, but its subobjects have not yet been made shared. Scan them now, and do any additional fix-ups necessary for the kind of object.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Answer a name suitable for labeling a field containing this object.
Answer the number of object slots in this AvailObject. All variable object slots occur following the last fixed object slot.
Recursively print the receiver to the builder unless it is already present in the recursionMap. Printing will begin at the specified indent level, measured in horizontal tab characters.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Answer whether the objects occupy the same memory addresses.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Replace the object's {@linkplain AbstractDescriptor descriptor}.
Dispatch to the descriptor.
Replace my descriptor field with a FillerDescriptor. This blows up for most messages, catching incorrect (all, by definition) further accidental uses of this object.
Answer whether to show value-specific content in the file name for the debugger.
Follow indirections until a non-indirection is reached. Replace each indirection's target with the ultimate target.
Follow indirections until a non-indirection is reached. Replace each indirection's target with the ultimate target, even if it would cause the otherwise-forbidden immutable->mutable references. Only used during makeImmutable.
Follow indirections until a non-indirection is reached. Replace each indirection's target with the ultimate target, even if it would cause the otherwise-forbidden shared->unshared references. Only used during makeShared.
Answer the number of variable integer slots in this object. This does not include the fixed integer slots.
Answer the number of variable object slots in this AvailObject. This does not include the fixed object slots.
Properties
Is the receiver an Avail extended integer?
Is the receiver an Avail IntTupleDescriptor? This is conservative, in that some object tuples may only contain ints but not be reported as being int tuples.
Is the receiver an Avail LongTupleDescriptor? This is conservative, in that some object tuples may only contain longs but not be reported as being long tuples.
Is the receiver an Avail two-byte string?
Is the receiver an Avail unsigned byte?
Inheritors
Extensions
Answer whether this set contains the specified element.
Answer true if and only if every element of the receiver is also present in the provided set.
Check if all elements of the set are instances of the specified kind (any type that isn't an instance type).
Answer a set containing all values that are present simultaneously in both the receiver and the otherSet.
Answer whether the receiver and otherSet have any elements in common.
Answer a set containing all the elements of this set and all the elements of the otherSet.
Answer a set like this one but with newElementObject present. If it was already present in the original set then answer that. The set might be modified in place (and then returned) if canDestroy is true and the set is mutable.
Answer a set like this one but with elementObjectToExclude absent. If it was already absent in the original set then answer that. The set might be modified in place (and then returned) if canDestroy is true and the set is mutable.