Closure

Detailed Description

A closure is a function instance that has captured variables from its enclosing scope.

Data Structures
struct	reduct_closure_t
	Closure structure. More...

Macros
#define	REDUCT_CLOSURE_SMALL_MAX   5
	The maximum number of small constants.

Functions
REDUCT_API reduct_closure_t *	reduct_closure_new (struct reduct *reduct, reduct_function_t *function)
	Allocate a new closure.
REDUCT_API void	reduct_closure_retain (struct reduct *reduct, reduct_closure_t *closure)
	Retain a closure, preventing it from being collected by the garbage collector.
REDUCT_API void	reduct_closure_release (struct reduct *reduct, reduct_closure_t *closure)
	Release a closure, potentially allowing the garbage collector to collect it.

Macro Definition Documentation

REDUCT_CLOSURE_SMALL_MAX

#define REDUCT_CLOSURE_SMALL_MAX   5

The maximum number of small constants.

Definition at line 19 of file closure.h.

Function Documentation

reduct_closure_new()

REDUCT_API reduct_closure_t * reduct_closure_new	(	struct reduct *	reduct,
		reduct_function_t *	function
	)

Allocate a new closure.

Parameters

reduct	Pointer to the Reduct structure.
function	The prototype function item.

Returns

A pointer to the newly allocated closure.

reduct_closure_retain()

REDUCT_API void reduct_closure_retain	(	struct reduct *	reduct,
		reduct_closure_t *	closure
	)

Retain a closure, preventing it from being collected by the garbage collector.

Parameters

reduct	Pointer to the Reduct structure.
closure	Pointer to the closure.

reduct_closure_release()

REDUCT_API void reduct_closure_release	(	struct reduct *	reduct,
		reduct_closure_t *	closure
	)

Release a closure, potentially allowing the garbage collector to collect it.

Parameters

reduct	Pointer to the Reduct structure.
closure	Pointer to the closure.