Types

type gcc_jit_type

gcc_jit_type represents a type within the library.

gcc_jit_object *gcc_jit_type_as_object(gcc_jit_type *type)

Upcast a type to an object.

Types can be created in several ways:

  • fundamental types can be accessed using gcc_jit_context_get_type():

    gcc_jit_type *int_type = gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT);

    See gcc_jit_context_get_type() for the available types.

  • derived types can be accessed by using functions such as gcc_jit_type_get_pointer() and gcc_jit_type_get_const():

    gcc_jit_type *const_int_star = gcc_jit_type_get_pointer (gcc_jit_type_get_const (int_type));
gcc_jit_type *int_const_star = gcc_jit_type_get_const (gcc_jit_type_get_pointer (int_type));

  • by creating structures (see below).

Standard types

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_context_get_type(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, enum gcc_jit_types type_)

Access a specific type. The available types are:

enum gcc_jit_types value

Meaning

GCC_JIT_TYPE_VOID

C’s void type.

GCC_JIT_TYPE_VOID_PTR

C’s void *.

GCC_JIT_TYPE_BOOL

C++’s bool type; also C99’s _Bool type, aka bool if using stdbool.h.

GCC_JIT_TYPE_CHAR

C’s char (of some signedness)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_SIGNED_CHAR

C’s signed char

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_CHAR

C’s unsigned char

GCC_JIT_TYPE_SHORT

C’s short (signed)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_SHORT

C’s unsigned short

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT

C’s int (signed)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_INT

C’s unsigned int

GCC_JIT_TYPE_LONG

C’s long (signed)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG

C’s unsigned long

GCC_JIT_TYPE_LONG_LONG

C99’s long long (signed)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG

C99’s unsigned long long

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT8_T

C99’s uint8_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT16_T

C99’s uint16_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT32_T

C99’s uint32_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT64_T

C99’s uint64_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT128_T

C99’s __uint128_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT8_T

C99’s int8_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT16_T

C99’s int16_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT32_T

C99’s int32_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT64_T

C99’s int64_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT128_T

C99’s __int128_t

GCC_JIT_TYPE_FLOAT

GCC_JIT_TYPE_BFLOAT16

C’s __bfloat16

GCC_JIT_TYPE_DOUBLE

GCC_JIT_TYPE_LONG_DOUBLE

GCC_JIT_TYPE_CONST_CHAR_PTR

C type: (const char *)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_SIZE_T

C’s size_t type

GCC_JIT_TYPE_FILE_PTR

C type: (FILE *)

GCC_JIT_TYPE_COMPLEX_FLOAT

C99’s _Complex float

GCC_JIT_TYPE_COMPLEX_DOUBLE

C99’s _Complex double

GCC_JIT_TYPE_COMPLEX_LONG_DOUBLE

C99’s _Complex long double
gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_context_get_int_type(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, int num_bytes, int is_signed)

Access the integer type of the given size.

Pointers, const, and volatile

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_pointer(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given type “T”, get type “T*”.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_const(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given type “T”, get type “const T”.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_volatile(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given type “T”, get type “volatile T”.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_context_new_array_type(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, gcc_jit_type *element_type, int num_elements)

Given non-void type “T”, get type “T[N]” (for a constant N).

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_aligned(gcc_jit_type *type, size_t alignment_in_bytes)

Given non-void type “T”, get type:

T __attribute__ ((aligned (ALIGNMENT_IN_BYTES)))

The alignment must be a power of two.

This entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_7; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_gcc_jit_type_get_aligned

Vector types

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_vector(gcc_jit_type *type, size_t num_units)

Given type “T”, get type:

T  __attribute__ ((vector_size (sizeof(T) * num_units))

T must be integral or floating point; num_units must be a power of two.

This can be used to construct a vector type in which operations are applied element-wise. The compiler will automatically use SIMD instructions where possible. See: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Vector-Extensions.html

For example, assuming 4-byte ints, then:

typedef int v4si __attribute__ ((vector_size (16)));

can be obtained using:

gcc_jit_type *int_type = gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt,
                                                   GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT);
gcc_jit_type *v4si_type = gcc_jit_type_get_vector (int_type, 4);

This API entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_8; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_gcc_jit_type_get_vector

Vector rvalues can be generated using gcc_jit_context_new_rvalue_from_vector().

Structures and unions

type gcc_jit_struct

A compound type analagous to a C struct.

type gcc_jit_field

A field within a gcc_jit_struct.

You can model C struct types by creating gcc_jit_struct and gcc_jit_field instances, in either order:

  • by creating the fields, then the structure. For example, to model:

    struct coord {double x; double y; };

    you could call:

    gcc_jit_field *field_x =
  gcc_jit_context_new_field (ctxt, NULL, double_type, "x");
gcc_jit_field *field_y =
  gcc_jit_context_new_field (ctxt, NULL, double_type, "y");
gcc_jit_field *fields[2] = {field_x, field_y};
gcc_jit_struct *coord =
  gcc_jit_context_new_struct_type (ctxt, NULL, "coord", 2, fields);

  • by creating the structure, then populating it with fields, typically to allow modelling self-referential structs such as:

    struct node { int m_hash; struct node *m_next; };

    like this:

    gcc_jit_type *node =
  gcc_jit_context_new_opaque_struct (ctxt, NULL, "node");
gcc_jit_type *node_ptr =
  gcc_jit_type_get_pointer (node);
gcc_jit_field *field_hash =
  gcc_jit_context_new_field (ctxt, NULL, int_type, "m_hash");
gcc_jit_field *field_next =
  gcc_jit_context_new_field (ctxt, NULL, node_ptr, "m_next");
gcc_jit_field *fields[2] = {field_hash, field_next};
gcc_jit_struct_set_fields (node, NULL, 2, fields);
gcc_jit_field *gcc_jit_context_new_field(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, gcc_jit_type *type, const char *name)

Construct a new field, with the given type and name.

The parameter type must be non-void.

The parameter name must be non-NULL. The call takes a copy of the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack buffer.

gcc_jit_field *gcc_jit_context_new_bitfield(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, gcc_jit_type *type, int width, const char *name)

Construct a new bit field, with the given type width and name.

The parameter name must be non-NULL. The call takes a copy of the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack buffer.

The parameter type must be an integer type.

The parameter width must be a positive integer that does not exceed the size of type.

This API entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_12; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_gcc_jit_context_new_bitfield
gcc_jit_object *gcc_jit_field_as_object(gcc_jit_field *field)

Upcast from field to object.

gcc_jit_struct *gcc_jit_context_new_struct_type(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, const char *name, int num_fields, gcc_jit_field **fields)

Construct a new struct type, with the given name and fields.

The parameter name must be non-NULL. The call takes a copy of the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack buffer.

gcc_jit_struct *gcc_jit_context_new_opaque_struct(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, const char *name)

Construct a new struct type, with the given name, but without specifying the fields. The fields can be omitted (in which case the size of the struct is not known), or later specified using gcc_jit_struct_set_fields().

The parameter name must be non-NULL. The call takes a copy of the underlying string, so it is valid to pass in a pointer to an on-stack buffer.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_struct_as_type(gcc_jit_struct *struct_type)

Upcast from struct to type.

void gcc_jit_struct_set_fields(gcc_jit_struct *struct_type, gcc_jit_location *loc, int num_fields, gcc_jit_field **fields)

Populate the fields of a formerly-opaque struct type.

This can only be called once on a given struct type.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_context_new_union_type(gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_location *loc, const char *name, int num_fields, gcc_jit_field **fields)

Construct a new union type, with the given name and fields.

The parameter name must be non-NULL. It is copied, so the input buffer does not need to outlive the call.

Example of use:

Function pointer types

Function pointer types can be created using gcc_jit_context_new_function_ptr_type().

Reflection API

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_dyncast_array(gcc_jit_type *type)

Get the element type of an array type or NULL if it’s not an array.

int gcc_jit_type_is_bool(gcc_jit_type *type)

Return non-zero if the type is a bool.

gcc_jit_function_type *gcc_jit_type_dyncast_function_ptr_type(gcc_jit_type *type)

Return the function type if it is one or NULL.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_function_type_get_return_type(gcc_jit_function_type *function_type)

Given a function type, return its return type.

size_t gcc_jit_function_type_get_param_count(gcc_jit_function_type *function_type)

Given a function type, return its number of parameters.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_function_type_get_param_type(gcc_jit_function_type *function_type, size_t index)

Given a function type, return the type of the specified parameter.

int gcc_jit_type_is_integral(gcc_jit_type *type)

Return non-zero if the type is an integral.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_is_pointer(gcc_jit_type *type)

Return the type pointed by the pointer type or NULL if it’s not a pointer.

gcc_jit_vector_type *gcc_jit_type_dyncast_vector(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given a type, return a dynamic cast to a vector type or NULL.

gcc_jit_struct *gcc_jit_type_is_struct(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given a type, return a dynamic cast to a struct type or NULL.

size_t gcc_jit_vector_type_get_num_units(gcc_jit_vector_type *vector_type)

Given a vector type, return the number of units it contains.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_vector_type_get_element_type(gcc_jit_vector_type *vector_type)

Given a vector type, return the type of its elements.

gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_unqualified(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given a type, return the unqualified type, removing “const”, “volatile” and alignment qualifiers.

gcc_jit_field *gcc_jit_struct_get_field(gcc_jit_struct *struct_type, size_t index)

Get a struct field by index.

size_t gcc_jit_struct_get_field_count(gcc_jit_struct *struct_type)

Get the number of fields in the struct.

The API entrypoints related to the reflection API:

were added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_16; you can test for their presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_REFLECTION
type gcc_jit_case
int gcc_jit_compatible_types(gcc_jit_type *ltype, gcc_jit_type *rtype)

Return non-zero if the two types are compatible. For instance, if GCC_JIT_TYPE_UINT64_T and GCC_JIT_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG are the same size on the target, this will return non-zero. The parameters ltype and rtype must be non-NULL. Return 0 on errors.

This entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_20; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_SIZED_INTEGERS
ssize_t gcc_jit_type_get_size(gcc_jit_type *type)

Return the size of a type, in bytes. It only works on integer types for now. The parameter type must be non-NULL. Return -1 on errors.

This entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_20; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_SIZED_INTEGERS
gcc_jit_type *gcc_jit_type_get_restrict(gcc_jit_type *type)

Given type “T”, get type “restrict T”.

This entrypoint was added in LIBGCCJIT_ABI_25; you can test for its presence using

#ifdef LIBGCCJIT_HAVE_gcc_jit_type_get_restrict