gnu-smalltalk-common 3.2.4-2.1 / usr / share / gnu-smalltalk / kernel / SysDict.st

"======================================================================
|
|   SystemDictionary Method Definitions
|
|
 ======================================================================"

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RootNamespace subclass: SystemDictionary [
    
    <shape: #pointer>
    <category: 'Language-Implementation'>
    <comment: 'I am a special namespace. I only have one instance, called "Smalltalk",
which is known to the Smalltalk interpreter.  I define
several methods that are "system" related, such as #quitPrimitive.
My instance also helps keep track of dependencies between objects.'>

    SystemDictionary class >> initialize [
	"Create the kernel's private namespace."
	<category: 'initialization'>
	Smalltalk addSubspace: #Kernel.
	Smalltalk addFeature: #Kernel.
	KernelInitialized := true
    ]

    basicBacktrace [
	"Prints the method invocation stack backtrace, as an aid to debugging"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_backtrace>
	self primitiveFailed
    ]

    backtrace [
	"Print a backtrace on the Transcript."

	"This replaces the primitive in builtins.st"

	<category: 'miscellaneous'>
	thisContext parentContext backtrace
    ]

    getTraceFlag: anIndex [
	"Private - Returns a boolean value which is one of the interpreter's
	 tracing flags"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_getTraceFlag>
	self primitiveFailed
    ]

    setTraceFlag: anIndex to: aBoolean [
	"Private - Sets the value of one of the interpreter's tracing flags
	 (indicated by 'anIndex') to the value aBoolean."

	<category: 'builtins'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_setTraceFlag>
	self primitiveFailed
    ]

    byteCodeCounter [
	"Answer the number of bytecodes executed by the VM"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_byteCodeCounter>
	
    ]

    debug [
	"This methods provides a way to break in the VM code.  Set a breakpoint
	 in _gst_debug and call this method near the point where you think
	 the bug happens."

	<category: 'builtins'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_debug>
	
    ]

    executionTrace [
	"Answer whether executed bytecodes are printed on stdout"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self getTraceFlag: 1
    ]

    executionTrace: aBoolean [
	"Set whether executed bytecodes are printed on stdout"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self setTraceFlag: 1 to: aBoolean
    ]

    declarationTrace [
	"Answer whether compiled bytecodes are printed on stdout"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self getTraceFlag: 0
    ]

    declarationTrace: aBoolean [
	"Set whether compiled bytecodes are printed on stdout"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self setTraceFlag: 0 to: aBoolean
    ]

    verboseTrace [
	"Answer whether execution tracing prints the object on the stack top"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self getTraceFlag: 2
    ]

    verboseTrace: aBoolean [
	"Set whether execution tracing prints the object on the stack top"

	<category: 'builtins'>
	^self setTraceFlag: 2 to: aBoolean
    ]

    hash [
	"Smalltalk usually contains a reference to itself, avoid infinite
	 loops"

	<category: 'basic'>
	^self identityHash
    ]

    halt [
	"Interrupt interpreter"

	<category: 'basic'>
	thisContext environment continue: nil
    ]

    printOn: aStream in: aNamespace [
	"Store Smalltalk code compiling to the receiver"

	<category: 'printing'>
	aStream nextPutAll: 'Smalltalk'
    ]

    nameIn: aNamespace [
	<category: 'printing'>
	^'Smalltalk'
    ]

    storeOn: aStream [
	"Store Smalltalk code compiling to the receiver"

	<category: 'printing'>
	aStream nextPutAll: 'Smalltalk'
    ]

    arguments [
	"Return the command line arguments after the -a switch"

	<category: 'miscellaneous'>
	self getArgc > 0 ifFalse: [^#()].
	^(1 to: self getArgc) collect: [:i | self getArgv: i]
    ]

    hostSystem [
	"Answer the triplet corresponding to the system for which GNU
	 Smalltalk was built."

	<category: 'miscellaneous'>
	^CSymbols.HostSystem
    ]

    hasFeatures: features [
	"Returns true if the feature or features in 'features' is one of the
	 implementation dependent features present"

	<category: 'special accessing'>
	(features isKindOf: String) 
	    ifTrue: [^Features includes: features asSymbol]
	    ifFalse: 
		[features 
		    do: [:feature | (Features includes: feature asSymbol) ifTrue: [^true]].
		^false]
    ]

    addFeature: aFeature [
	"Add the aFeature feature to the Features set"

	<category: 'special accessing'>
	Features class == Set ifFalse: [Features := Features asSet].
	Features add: aFeature asSymbol
    ]

    removeFeature: aFeature [
	"Remove the aFeature feature to the Features set"

	<category: 'special accessing'>
	Features class == Set ifFalse: [Features := Features asSet].
	Features remove: aFeature ifAbsent: []
    ]

    version [
	"Answer the current version of the GNU Smalltalk environment"

	<category: 'special accessing'>
	^Version
    ]

    imageLocal [
	"Answer whether the kernel directory is a subdirectory of the image
	 directory (non-local image) or not."

	<category: 'testing'>
	^Directory kernel parent ~= Directory image
    ]

    isSmalltalk [
	<category: 'testing'>
	^true
    ]

    rawProfile: anIdentityDictionary [
	"Set the raw profile to be anIdentityDictionary and return the
         old one."

	<category: 'profiling'>
	<primitive: VMpr_SystemDictionary_rawProfile>
    ]
]