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[svn:parrot] r26110 - trunk/config/gen/platform/win32

Subject: [svn:parrot] r26110 - trunk/config/gen/platform/win32
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:03:10 -0800 PST
Newsgroups: perl.cvs.parrot

Author: bernhard
Date: Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
New Revision: 26110

Modified:
   trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/dl.c
   trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/env.c
   trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/exec.c
   trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/misc.c
   trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/stat.c

Log:
#50768: [PATCH] Update Win32 platform documentation.
Courtesy of Andrew Whitworth


Modified: trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/dl.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/dl.c        (original)
+++ trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/dl.c        Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2006, The Perl Foundation.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2008, The Perl Foundation.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-RT#48264
+Functions for working with dynamic libraries under windows.
 
 =head2 Functions
 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 
 =item C<void * Parrot_dlopen(const char *filename)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Opens a dynamic library, and returns a system handle to that library.
+Returns Parrot_dlerror() on failure.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 
 =item C<const char * Parrot_dlerror(void)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+System-dependant error code that indicates failure in opening a DL. 
 
 =cut
 
@@ -57,7 +58,16 @@
 
 =item C<void * Parrot_dlsym(void *handle, const char *symbol)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Returns a pointer to the specified function in the given library. The library 
must have been opened already with
+Parrot_dlopen(). To call the function "int Foo(int)" from the library "Bar" , 
you would write something similar to:
+
+       void *lib;
+       int (*Foo_ptr)(int);
+       lib = Parrot_dlopen("Bar");
+       if(lib != Parrot_dlerror())
+       {
+               Foo_ptr = Parrot_dlsym(lib, "Foo");
+       }
 
 =cut
 
@@ -73,8 +83,16 @@
 
 =item C<int Parrot_dlclose(void *handle)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
-
+Closes a dynamic library handle. 
+       
+       void *lib;
+       lib = Parrot_dlopen("Foo");
+       if(lib != Parrot_dlerror())
+       {
+               ...
+               Parrot_dlclose(lib);
+       }
+       
 =cut
 
 */

Modified: trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/env.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/env.c       (original)
+++ trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/env.c       Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
 =item C<void Parrot_setenv(const char *name, const char *value)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Sets the environment variable C<name> to the value C<value>. Creates the 
environment variable if it 
+does not exist, and silently overwrite a variable if it does exist. 
 
 =cut
 
@@ -85,7 +86,10 @@
 =item C<char *
 Parrot_getenv(ARGIN(const char *name), NOTNULL(int *free_it))>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Gets the environment variable C<name>, if it exists. Returns status in 
C<free_it>. C<free_it> must
+be a non-null pointer to an integer to receive the status. Status code is 1 on 
success, 0 on 
+failure. Returns the contents of the environment variable in a C<malloc>'d 
memory location that 
+needs to be freed later.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@
 
 =item C<void Parrot_unsetenv(const char *name)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Deletes an environment variable by assigning an empty string to the specified 
variable.
 
 =cut
 

Modified: trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/exec.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/exec.c      (original)
+++ trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/exec.c      Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * $Id$
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2006, The Perl Foundation.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2008, The Perl Foundation.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-RT#48264
+Functions for dealing with child processes and Execs. 
 
 =head2 Functions
 
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 =item C<INTVAL
 Parrot_Run_OS_Command(Parrot_Interp interp, STRING *command)>
 
-Spawn a subprocess
+Spawn the subprocess specified in C<command>. Waits for the process to 
complete, and then returns the exit code
+in POSIX-compatibility mode.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -79,7 +80,9 @@
 =item C<INTVAL
 Parrot_Run_OS_Command_Argv(Parrot_Interp interp, PMC *cmdargs)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Spawns a subprocess with the arguments provided in the C<cmdargs> PMC array. 
The first array element should
+be the name of the process to spawn, and the remainder of the array elements 
should be arguments. Waits until
+the child process completes, and returns the exit code in POSIX-compatibility 
mode.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -148,7 +151,8 @@
 =item C<void
 Parrot_Exec_OS_Command(Parrot_Interp interp, STRING *command)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Exits parrot and passes control to the specified process. Does not return. 
Raises an exception
+if the exec fails.
 
 =cut
 

Modified: trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/misc.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/misc.c      (original)
+++ trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/misc.c      Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 void
 Parrot_platform_init_code(void)
 {
- SetErrorMode(SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
+       SetErrorMode(SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
 }
 
 /*

Modified: trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/stat.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/stat.c      (original)
+++ trunk/config/gen/platform/win32/stat.c      Wed Feb 27 12:03:10 2008
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@
 =item C<INTVAL
 Parrot_stat_info_intval(Parrot_Interp interp, STRING *file, INTVAL thing)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Stats the file, and returns the information specified by C<thing>. C<thing> 
can be one of:
+C<STAT_EXISTS>, C<STAT_FILESIZE>, C<STAT_ISDIR>, C<STAT_ISDEV>, 
C<STAT_ACCESSTIME>,
+C<STAT_MODIFYTIME>, C<STAT_CHANGETIME>, C<STAT_UID>, C<STAT_GID>, 
C<STAT_PLATFORM_DEV>,
+C<STAT_PLATFORM_INODE>, C<STAT_PLATFORM_NLINKS>, C<STAT_PLATFORM_DEVTYPE>. 
+
+C<STAT_BACKUPTIME> and C<STAT_CREATETIME> are not supported on Win32, so will 
return -1.
+
+C<STAT_PLATFORM_BLOCKS> and C<STAT_PLATFORM_BLOCKSIZE> are not supported by 
Win32 and will throw an 
+exception.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -147,7 +155,15 @@
 =item C<INTVAL
 Parrot_fstat_info_intval(Parrot_Interp interp, INTVAL file, INTVAL thing)>
 
-RT#48260: Not yet documented!!!
+Fstats the file, and returns the information specified by C<thing>. C<thing> 
can be one of:
+C<STAT_EXISTS>, C<STAT_FILESIZE>, C<STAT_ISDIR>, C<STAT_ISDEV>, 
C<STAT_ACCESSTIME>,
+C<STAT_MODIFYTIME>, C<STAT_CHANGETIME>, C<STAT_UID>, C<STAT_GID>, 
C<STAT_PLATFORM_DEV>,
+C<STAT_PLATFORM_INODE>, C<STAT_PLATFORM_NLINKS>, C<STAT_PLATFORM_DEVTYPE>. 
+
+C<STAT_BACKUPTIME> and C<STAT_CREATETIME> are not supported on Win32, so will 
return -1.
+
+C<STAT_PLATFORM_BLOCKS> and C<STAT_PLATFORM_BLOCKSIZE> are not supported by 
Win32 and will throw an 
+exception.
 
 =cut
 

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