CSymbol Class Reference

Holder for character strings. More...

#include <csymbol.h>

Inheritance diagram for CSymbol:

Public Member Functions
	CSymbol (const char *aName)
	Create a symbol. More...
	~CSymbol (void)
	Destroy symbol. More...
const char *	GetName (void) const
	Get symbol's text. More...
int	Escaped (void) const
	Determine if string is an escaped symbol. More...
int	External () const
	Determine if symbol is external reference return non-zero if symbol is external. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from CObject
void *	operator new (size_t size, CObstack *stack)
	Allocate object on CObstack heap. More...
void	operator delete (void *object)
	Destroy object. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static CSymbol *	Lookup (const char *name)
	Find symbol for given string. More...
static CSymbol *	GenSymbol (const char *prefix)
	Generated a new symbol with a unique name using the given prefix. More...
static void	DumpTable (void)
	Dump symbol table. More...
static void	SetObstack (CObstack *aObstack)
	Set heap to use for storage. More...
static void	DumpStats ()
	Dump hash table stats. More...

Detailed Description

Holder for character strings.

All tokens are registered as symbols to allow pointers to be compared for string equality instead of the contents of the strings.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CSymbol()

CSymbol::CSymbol

(

const char *

aName

)

Create a symbol.

Parameters

aName

text for symbold.

~CSymbol()

CSymbol::~CSymbol

(

void

)

Destroy symbol.

Member Function Documentation

DumpStats()

static void CSymbol::DumpStats ( )

static

Dump hash table stats.

DumpTable()

static void CSymbol::DumpTable ( void  )

static

Dump symbol table.

Escaped()

int CSymbol::Escaped

(

void

)

const

Determine if string is an escaped symbol.

Returns

non-zero if string is escaped

External()

int CSymbol::External

(

)

const

Determine if symbol is external reference return non-zero if symbol is external.

GenSymbol()

static CSymbol* CSymbol::GenSymbol ( const char *  prefix )

static

Generated a new symbol with a unique name using the given prefix.

Parameters

prefix

to use when generating symbol.

Returns

new symbol.

GetName()

const char* CSymbol::GetName

(

void

)

const

Get symbol's text.

Returns

text string for symbol.

Lookup()

static CSymbol* CSymbol::Lookup ( const char *  name )

static

Find symbol for given string.

If not found create a symbol for it.

Parameters

name	text string to search for.

Returns

symbol for name

SetObstack()

static void CSymbol::SetObstack ( CObstack *  aObstack )

static

Set heap to use for storage.

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