Re: Semi Automated Object wrapping
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rory McGuirerjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:03:17 -0700, Bill Baxter wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Rory McGuirerjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here is some code I wrote which enables wrapping a proxy around an object. I am using it for my serialization library. It works in D1(1.046) and D2 (2.031) Posting it here for reference by all before I add to much of the stuff specific to my use, should make it easier to follow. usage: new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); would implement the methods getInt setInt and getString from A in the new class. the code below will fail to compile but not before printing the generated code to stdout. Shin Fujishiro has made some new templates for D2 which will make it so I can get rid of the setInt getInt getString part which would make the usage for D2: new ProxyClass!A; which would be great! -Rory // author: Rory McGuire, rjmcgu...@gmail.com import std.stdio; import std.typetuple; import std.traits; import std.metastrings; //import serializer; // this CTF from somewhere on news.digitalmars.com string[] splitFuncs(string str) { string[] res; while (str.length 0) { while (str.length 0 (' ' == str[0] || ',' == str[0])) { str = str[1..$]; } int to = 0; for (; to str.length str[to] != ' ' str[to] != ','; ++to) {} if (to 0) { res ~= str[0..to]; str = str[to..$]; } } return res; } string MethodTypeTuple_mixin(alias a)(string[] methods) { string ret = TypeTuple!(~ typeof(C.init.~methods[0]~); foreach (method; methods[1..$]) { ret ~= ,typeof(C.init.~method~); } ret ~= ); return ret; } // test case class A { int a; this(int a) { this.a = a; } int getInt(string intname) { return a; } void setInt(int i) { a = i; } string getString(string s) { return s ~1234; } } string ProxyMethods_mixin(alias C, string methodstr)() { string ret; foreach(i, t; mixin(MethodTypeTuple_mixin!(C)(splitFuncs (methodstr { // output function header ret ~= \t~ReturnType!(t).stringof ~ ~ splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~(; // output first arg ret ~= ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[0].stringof~ arg; // output remainder of args foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1..$]) { ret ~= ,~t1.stringof~ arg~std.metastrings.ToString!(j); } // output body ret ~= ) {\n; // output serialization code // send method name ret ~= \t\twritefln(\serialize docall id\); // the method call byte id\n; ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(string)(\~splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~\, s_state); /+ the method name +/\n; // send args ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ ParameterTypeTuple!(t) [0].stringof~)(arg, s_state); /+ the first argument +/\n; foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1..$]) { ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ t1.stringof ~)(arg~ToString!(j)~, s_state); /+ argument ~ToString!(j)~ +/\n; } // receive return type static if (!is(ReturnType!(t) == void)) { ret ~= \t\treturn deserialize!(~ ReturnType! (t).stringof ~)(buffer, des_state);\n; } ret ~= \t}\n; } return ret; } class ProxyClass(alias C, string methodstr) { ubyte[] buffer; mixin(ProxyMethods_mixin!(C,methodstr)()); pragma(msg, class ProxyClass!(~C.stringof~, \~ methodstr ~\) {\n\tubyte[] buffer;\n SerializerState s_state;\n DeserializerState des_state;\n this() {s_state = new SerializerState(); des_state = new DeserializerState(); }\n\n~ ProxyMethods_mixin! (C,methodstr)() ~\n}\n); } void main() { auto pc = new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); writefln(ProxyClass: ~ pc.getString(asdf)); } That code is screaming for some macros. Or variable interpolation at least. --bb Where would you propose that one would use 'macro'? It doesn't exist yet, so there's not much you can do about it. Unfortunately code that generates code in D pretty much has to look like what you wrote there. I'm just saying it's not a lot of fun to read such code. Compare with Lisp macros that are almost as readable as regular Lisp functions. Or maybe instead of macros,
Re: Semi Automated Object wrapping
Bill Baxter wrote: On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rory McGuirerjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:03:17 -0700, Bill Baxter wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Rory McGuirerjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here is some code I wrote which enables wrapping a proxy around an object. I am using it for my serialization library. It works in D1(1.046) and D2 (2.031) Posting it here for reference by all before I add to much of the stuff specific to my use, should make it easier to follow. usage: new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); would implement the methods getInt setInt and getString from A in the new class. the code below will fail to compile but not before printing the generated code to stdout. Shin Fujishiro has made some new templates for D2 which will make it so I can get rid of the setInt getInt getString part which would make the usage for D2: new ProxyClass!A; which would be great! -Rory // author: Rory McGuire, rjmcgu...@gmail.com import std.stdio; import std.typetuple; import std.traits; import std.metastrings; //import serializer; // this CTF from somewhere on news.digitalmars.com string[] splitFuncs(string str) { string[] res; while (str.length 0) { while (str.length 0 (' ' == str[0] || ',' == str[0])) { str = str[1..$]; } int to = 0; for (; to str.length str[to] != ' ' str[to] != ','; ++to) {} if (to 0) { res ~= str[0..to]; str = str[to..$]; } } return res; } string MethodTypeTuple_mixin(alias a)(string[] methods) { string ret = TypeTuple!(~ typeof(C.init.~methods[0]~); foreach (method; methods[1..$]) { ret ~= ,typeof(C.init.~method~); } ret ~= ); return ret; } // test case class A { int a; this(int a) { this.a = a; } int getInt(string intname) { return a; } void setInt(int i) { a = i; } string getString(string s) { return s ~1234; } } string ProxyMethods_mixin(alias C, string methodstr)() { string ret; foreach(i, t; mixin(MethodTypeTuple_mixin!(C)(splitFuncs (methodstr { // output function header ret ~= \t~ReturnType!(t).stringof ~ ~ splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~(; // output first arg ret ~= ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[0].stringof~ arg; // output remainder of args foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1...$]) { ret ~= ,~t1.stringof~ arg~std.metastrings.ToString!(j); } // output body ret ~= ) {\n; // output serialization code // send method name ret ~= \t\twritefln(\serialize docall id\); // the method call byte id\n; ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(string)(\~splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~\, s_state); /+ the method name +/\n; // send args ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ ParameterTypeTuple!(t) [0].stringof~)(arg, s_state); /+ the first argument +/\n; foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1...$]) { ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ t1.stringof ~)(arg~ToString!(j)~, s_state); /+ argument ~ToString!(j)~ +/\n; } // receive return type static if (!is(ReturnType!(t) == void)) { ret ~= \t\treturn deserialize!(~ ReturnType! (t).stringof ~)(buffer, des_state);\n; } ret ~= \t}\n; } return ret; } class ProxyClass(alias C, string methodstr) { ubyte[] buffer; mixin(ProxyMethods_mixin!(C,methodstr)()); pragma(msg, class ProxyClass!(~C.stringof~, \~ methodstr ~\) {\n\tubyte[] buffer;\n SerializerState s_state;\n DeserializerState des_state;\n this() {s_state = new SerializerState(); des_state = new DeserializerState(); }\n\n~ ProxyMethods_mixin! (C,methodstr)() ~\n}\n); } void main() { auto pc = new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); writefln(ProxyClass: ~ pc.getString(asdf)); } That code is screaming for some macros. Or variable interpolation at least. --bb Where would you propose that one would use 'macro'? It doesn't exist yet, so there's not much you can do about it. Unfortunately code that generates code in D pretty much has to look like what you wrote there. I'm just saying it's not a lot of fun to read such code. Compare with Lisp macros that are almost as readable as regular Lisp functions.
Re: Semi Automated Object wrapping
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Rory McGuirerjmcgu...@gmail.com wrote: Here is some code I wrote which enables wrapping a proxy around an object. I am using it for my serialization library. It works in D1(1.046) and D2 (2.031) Posting it here for reference by all before I add to much of the stuff specific to my use, should make it easier to follow. usage: new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); would implement the methods getInt setInt and getString from A in the new class. the code below will fail to compile but not before printing the generated code to stdout. Shin Fujishiro has made some new templates for D2 which will make it so I can get rid of the setInt getInt getString part which would make the usage for D2: new ProxyClass!A; which would be great! -Rory // author: Rory McGuire, rjmcgu...@gmail.com import std.stdio; import std.typetuple; import std.traits; import std.metastrings; //import serializer; // this CTF from somewhere on news.digitalmars.com string[] splitFuncs(string str) { string[] res; while (str.length 0) { while (str.length 0 (' ' == str[0] || ',' == str[0])) { str = str[1..$]; } int to = 0; for (; to str.length str[to] != ' ' str[to] != ','; ++to) {} if (to 0) { res ~= str[0..to]; str = str[to..$]; } } return res; } string MethodTypeTuple_mixin(alias a)(string[] methods) { string ret = TypeTuple!(~ typeof(C.init.~methods[0]~); foreach (method; methods[1..$]) { ret ~= ,typeof(C.init.~method~); } ret ~= ); return ret; } // test case class A { int a; this(int a) { this.a = a; } int getInt(string intname) { return a; } void setInt(int i) { a = i; } string getString(string s) { return s ~1234; } } string ProxyMethods_mixin(alias C, string methodstr)() { string ret; foreach(i, t; mixin(MethodTypeTuple_mixin!(C)(splitFuncs (methodstr { // output function header ret ~= \t~ReturnType!(t).stringof ~ ~ splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~(; // output first arg ret ~= ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[0].stringof~ arg; // output remainder of args foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1..$]) { ret ~= ,~t1.stringof~ arg~std.metastrings.ToString!(j); } // output body ret ~= ) {\n; // output serialization code // send method name ret ~= \t\twritefln(\serialize docall id\); // the method call byte id\n; ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(string)(\~splitFuncs (methodstr)[i]~\, s_state); /+ the method name +/\n; // send args ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ ParameterTypeTuple!(t) [0].stringof~)(arg, s_state); /+ the first argument +/\n; foreach (j, t1; ParameterTypeTuple!(t)[1..$]) { ret ~= \t\tbuffer ~= serialize!(~ t1.stringof ~)(arg~ToString!(j)~, s_state); /+ argument ~ToString!(j)~ +/\n; } // receive return type static if (!is(ReturnType!(t) == void)) { ret ~= \t\treturn deserialize!(~ ReturnType! (t).stringof ~)(buffer, des_state);\n; } ret ~= \t}\n; } return ret; } class ProxyClass(alias C, string methodstr) { ubyte[] buffer; mixin(ProxyMethods_mixin!(C,methodstr)()); pragma(msg, class ProxyClass!(~C.stringof~, \~ methodstr ~\) {\n\tubyte[] buffer;\n SerializerState s_state;\n DeserializerState des_state;\n this() {s_state = new SerializerState(); des_state = new DeserializerState(); }\n\n~ ProxyMethods_mixin! (C,methodstr)() ~\n}\n); } void main() { auto pc = new ProxyClass!(A, cast(string)getInt setInt getString); writefln(ProxyClass: ~ pc.getString(asdf)); } That code is screaming for some macros. Or variable interpolation at least. --bb