* ext/fiddle/closure.c: Documentation for Fiddle

* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/import.rb: ditto
* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/value.rb: ditto
* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/pack.rb: ditto
* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/cparser.rb: ditto
* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/struct.rb: ditto
* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/function.rb: ditto



git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@37917 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Wed Nov 28 11:07:00 2012  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
+
+	* ext/fiddle/closure.c: Documentation for Fiddle
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/import.rb: ditto
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/value.rb: ditto
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/pack.rb: ditto
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/cparser.rb: ditto
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/struct.rb: ditto
+	* ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/function.rb: ditto
+
 Wed Nov 28 09:15:51 2012  Ryan Davis  <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com>
 
 	* ext/strscan/strscan.c: Added #charpos for multibyte string position.

ext/fiddle/closure.c

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Init_fiddle_closure()
      * Construct a new Closure object.
      *
      * * +ret+ is the C type to be returned
-     * * +args+ are passed the callback
+     * * +args+is an Array of arguments, passed to the callback function
      * * +abi+ is the abi of the closure
      *
      * If there is an error in preparing the ffi_cif or ffi_prep_closure,

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/cparser.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 module Fiddle
-  # Methods for parsing C struct and C prototype signatures.
+  # A mixin that provides methods for parsing C struct and prototype signatures.
+  #
+  # == Example
+  #   require 'fiddle/import'
+  #
+  #   include Fiddle::CParser
+  #     #=> Object
+  #
+  #   parse_ctype('int increment(int)')
+  #     #=> ["increment", Fiddle::TYPE_INT, [Fiddle::TYPE_INT]]
+  #
   module CParser
     # Parses a C struct's members
     #
     # Example:
     #
+    #   include Fiddle::CParser
+    #     #=> Object
+    #
     #   parse_struct_signature(['int i', 'char c'])
-    #   => [[Fiddle::TYPE_INT, Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR], ["i", "c"]]
+    #     #=> [[Fiddle::TYPE_INT, Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR], ["i", "c"]]
     #
     def parse_struct_signature(signature, tymap=nil)
       if( signature.is_a?(String) )
@@ -45,13 +58,17 @@ module Fiddle
 
     # Parses a C prototype signature
     #
+    # If Hash +tymap+ is provided, the return value and the arguments from the
+    # +signature+ are expected to be keys, and the value will be the C type to
+    # be looked up.
+    #
     # Example:
     #
     #   include Fiddle::CParser
-    #   => Object
+    #     #=> Object
     #
     #   parse_signature('double sum(double, double)')
-    #   => ["sum", Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, [Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE]]
+    #     #=> ["sum", Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, [Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE]]
     #
     def parse_signature(signature, tymap=nil)
       tymap ||= {}
@@ -74,24 +91,27 @@ module Fiddle
       end
     end
 
-    # Given a String of C type +ty+, return the corresponding DL constant.
+    # Given a String of C type +ty+, returns the corresponding Fiddle constant.
     #
-    # +ty+ can also accept an Array of C type Strings, and will returned in a
-    # corresponding Array.
+    # +ty+ can also accept an Array of C type Strings, and will be returned in
+    # a corresponding Array.
     #
     # If Hash +tymap+ is provided, +ty+ is expected to be the key, and the
     # value will be the C type to be looked up.
     #
     # Example:
     #
+    #   include Fiddle::CParser
+    #     #=> Object
+    #
     #   parse_ctype('int')
-    #   => Fiddle::TYPE_INT
+    #     #=> Fiddle::TYPE_INT
     #
     #   parse_ctype('double')
-    #   => Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE
+    #     #=> Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE
     #
     #   parse_ctype('unsigned char')
-    #   => -Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR
+    #     #=> -Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR
     #
     def parse_ctype(ty, tymap=nil)
       tymap ||= {}

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/function.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module Fiddle
     # The address of this function
     attr_reader :ptr
 
+    # The integer memory location of this function
     def to_i
       ptr.to_i
     end

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/import.rb

@@ -3,15 +3,25 @@ require 'fiddle/struct'
 require 'fiddle/cparser'
 
 module Fiddle
+
+  # Used internally by Fiddle::Importer
   class CompositeHandler
+    # Create a new handler with the open +handlers+
+    #
+    # Used internally by Fiddle::Importer.dlload
     def initialize(handlers)
       @handlers = handlers
     end
 
+    # Array of the currently loaded libraries.
     def handlers()
       @handlers
     end
 
+    # Returns the address as an Integer from any handlers with the function
+    # named +symbol+.
+    #
+    # Raises a DLError if the handle is closed.
     def sym(symbol)
       @handlers.each{|handle|
         if( handle )
@@ -25,32 +35,40 @@ module Fiddle
       return nil
     end
 
+    # See Fiddle::CompositeHandler.sym
     def [](symbol)
       sym(symbol)
     end
   end
 
-  # DL::Importer includes the means to dynamically load libraries and build
+  # A DSL that provides the means to dynamically load libraries and build
   # modules around them including calling extern functions within the C
   # library that has been loaded.
   #
   # == Example
   #
-  #   require 'dl'
-  #   require 'dl/import'
+  #   require 'fiddle'
+  #   require 'fiddle/import'
   #
   #   module LibSum
-  #   	extend DL::Importer
+  #   	extend Fiddle::Importer
   #   	dlload './libsum.so'
   #   	extern 'double sum(double*, int)'
   #   	extern 'double split(double)'
   #   end
-	#
+  #
   module Importer
     include Fiddle
     include CParser
     extend Importer
 
+    # Creates an array of handlers for the given +libs+, can be an instance of
+    # Fiddle::Handle, Fiddle::Importer, or will create a new istance of
+    # Fiddle::Handle using Fiddle.dlopen
+    #
+    # Raises a DLError if the library cannot be loaded.
+    #
+    # See Fiddle.dlopen
     def dlload(*libs)
       handles = libs.collect{|lib|
         case lib
@@ -73,10 +91,13 @@ module Fiddle
       @type_alias = {}
     end
 
+    # Sets the type alias for +alias_type+ as +orig_type+
     def typealias(alias_type, orig_type)
       @type_alias[alias_type] = orig_type
     end
 
+    # Returns the sizeof +ty+, using Fiddle::Importer.parse_ctype to determine
+    # the C type and the appropriate Fiddle constant.
     def sizeof(ty)
       case ty
       when String
@@ -126,6 +147,7 @@ module Fiddle
     end
     private :parse_bind_options
 
+    # Creates a global method from the given C +signature+.
     def extern(signature, *opts)
       symname, ctype, argtype = parse_signature(signature, @type_alias)
       opt = parse_bind_options(opts)
@@ -148,6 +170,8 @@ module Fiddle
       f
     end
 
+    # Creates a global method from the given C +signature+ using the given
+    # +opts+ as bind parameters with the given block.
     def bind(signature, *opts, &blk)
       name, ctype, argtype = parse_signature(signature, @type_alias)
       h = parse_bind_options(opts)
@@ -190,10 +214,15 @@ module Fiddle
       Fiddle::CStructBuilder.create(CUnion, tys, mems)
     end
 
+    # Returns the function mapped to +name+, that was created by either
+    # Fiddle::Importer.extern or Fiddle::Importer.bind
     def [](name)
       @func_map[name]
     end
 
+    # Creates a class to wrap the C struct with the value +ty+
+    #
+    # See also Fiddle::Importer.struct
     def create_value(ty, val=nil)
       s = struct([ty + " value"])
       ptr = s.malloc()
@@ -204,16 +233,28 @@ module Fiddle
     end
     alias value create_value
 
+    # Returns a new instance of the C struct with the value +ty+ at the +addr+
+    # address.
     def import_value(ty, addr)
       s = struct([ty + " value"])
       ptr = s.new(addr)
       return ptr
     end
 
+
+    # The Fiddle::CompositeHandler instance
+    #
+    # Will raise an error if no handlers are open.
     def handler
       @handler or raise "call dlload before importing symbols and functions"
     end
 
+    # Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer instance at the memory address of the given
+    # +name+ symbol.
+    #
+    # Raises a DLError if the +name+ doesn't exist.
+    #
+    # See Fiddle::CompositeHandler.sym and Fiddle::Handle.sym
     def import_symbol(name)
       addr = handler.sym(name)
       if( !addr )
@@ -222,6 +263,18 @@ module Fiddle
       Pointer.new(addr)
     end
 
+    # Returns a new Fiddle::Function instance at the memory address of the given
+    # +name+ function.
+    #
+    # Raises a DLError if the +name+ doesn't exist.
+    #
+    # * +argtype+ is an Array of arguments, passed to the +name+ function.
+    # * +ctype+ is the return type of the function
+    # * +call_type+ is the ABI of the function
+    #
+    # See also Fiddle:Function.new
+    #
+    # See Fiddle::CompositeHandler.sym and Fiddle::Handler.sym
     def import_function(name, ctype, argtype, call_type = nil)
       addr = handler.sym(name)
       if( !addr )
@@ -230,6 +283,14 @@ module Fiddle
       Function.new(addr, argtype, ctype, call_type)
     end
 
+    # Returns a new closure wrapper for the +name+ function.
+    #
+    # * +ctype+ is the return type of the function
+    # * +argtype+ is an Array of arguments, passed to the callback function
+    # * +call_type+ is the abi of the closure
+    # * +block+ is passed to the callback
+    #
+    # See Fiddle::Closure
     def bind_function(name, ctype, argtype, call_type = nil, &block)
       closure = Class.new(Fiddle::Closure) {
         define_method(:call, block)

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/pack.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'fiddle'
 
 module Fiddle
-  module PackInfo
+  module PackInfo # :nodoc: all
     ALIGN_MAP = {
       TYPE_VOIDP => ALIGN_VOIDP,
       TYPE_CHAR  => ALIGN_CHAR,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module Fiddle
     module_function :align
   end
 
-  class Packer
+  class Packer # :nodoc: all
     include PackInfo
 
     def self.[](*types)

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/struct.rb

@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ module Fiddle
     #
     # Example:
     #
-    #   require 'dl/struct'
-    #   require 'dl/cparser'
+    #   require 'fiddle/struct'
+    #   require 'fiddle/cparser'
     #
     #   include Fiddle::CParser
     #
     #   types, members = parse_struct_signature(['int i','char c'])
     #
-    #   MyStruct = Fiddle::CStructBuilder.create(CUnion, types, members)
+    #   MyStruct = Fiddle::CStructBuilder.create(Fiddle::CUnion, types, members)
     #
     #   obj = MyStruct.allocate
     #
@@ -80,18 +80,21 @@ module Fiddle
     include PackInfo
     include ValueUtil
 
-    # Allocates a C struct the +types+ provided.  The C function +func+ is
-    # called when the instance is garbage collected.
+    # Allocates a C struct with the +types+ provided.
+    #
+    # When the instance is garbage collected, the C function +func+ is called.
     def CStructEntity.malloc(types, func = nil)
       addr = Fiddle.malloc(CStructEntity.size(types))
       CStructEntity.new(addr, types, func)
     end
 
-    # Given +types+, returns the offset for the packed sizes of those types
+    # Returns the offset for the packed sizes for the given +types+.
     #
-    #   Fiddle::CStructEntity.size([Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, Fiddle::TYPE_INT, Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR,
-    #                           Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP])
-    #   => 24
+    #   Fiddle::CStructEntity.size(
+    #     [ Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_INT,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP ]) #=> 24
     def CStructEntity.size(types)
       offset = 0
 
@@ -108,10 +111,11 @@ module Fiddle
       PackInfo.align(offset, max_align)
     end
 
-    # Wraps the C pointer +addr+ as a C struct with the given +types+.  The C
-    # function +func+ is called when the instance is garbage collected.
+    # Wraps the C pointer +addr+ as a C struct with the given +types+.
     #
-    # See also Fiddle::CPtr.new
+    # When the instance is garbage collected, the C function +func+ is called.
+    #
+    # See also Fiddle::Pointer.new
     def initialize(addr, types, func = nil)
       set_ctypes(types)
       super(addr, @size, func)
@@ -122,8 +126,7 @@ module Fiddle
       @members = members
     end
 
-    # Given +types+, calculate the offsets and sizes for the types in the
-    # struct.
+    # Calculates the offsets and sizes for the given +types+ in the struct.
     def set_ctypes(types)
       @ctypes = types
       @offset = []
@@ -207,25 +210,29 @@ module Fiddle
   class CUnionEntity < CStructEntity
     include PackInfo
 
-    # Allocates a C union the +types+ provided.  The C function +func+ is
-    # called when the instance is garbage collected.
+    # Allocates a C union the +types+ provided.
+    #
+    # When the instance is garbage collected, the C function +func+ is called.
     def CUnionEntity.malloc(types, func=nil)
       addr = Fiddle.malloc(CUnionEntity.size(types))
       CUnionEntity.new(addr, types, func)
     end
 
-    # Given +types+, returns the size needed for the union.
+    # Returns the size needed for the union with the given +types+.
     #
-    #   Fiddle::CUnionEntity.size([Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE, Fiddle::TYPE_INT, Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR,
-    #                          Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP])
-    #   => 8
+    #   Fiddle::CUnionEntity.size(
+    #     [ Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_INT,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_CHAR,
+    #       Fiddle::TYPE_VOIDP ]) #=> 8
     def CUnionEntity.size(types)
       types.map { |type, count = 1|
         PackInfo::SIZE_MAP[type] * count
       }.max
     end
 
-    # Given +types+, calculate the necessary offset and for each union member
+    # Calculate the necessary offset and for each union member with the given
+    # +types+
     def set_ctypes(types)
       @ctypes = types
       @offset = Array.new(types.length, 0)

ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle/value.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'fiddle'
 
 module Fiddle
-  module ValueUtil
+  module ValueUtil #:nodoc: all
     def unsigned_value(val, ty)
       case ty.abs
       when TYPE_CHAR