import sys, types
from .lock import allocate_lock
from .error import CDefError
from . import model
try:
callable
except NameError:
# Python 3.1
from collections import Callable
callable = lambda x: isinstance(x, Callable)
try:
basestring
except NameError:
# Python 3.x
basestring = str
class FFI(object):
r'''
The main top-level class that you instantiate once, or once per module.
Example usage:
ffi = FFI()
ffi.cdef("""
int printf(const char *, ...);
""")
C = ffi.dlopen(None) # standard library
-or-
C = ffi.verify() # use a C compiler: verify the decl above is right
C.printf("hello, %s!\n", ffi.new("char[]", "world"))
'''
def __init__(self, backend=None):
"""Create an FFI instance. The 'backend' argument is used to
select a non-default backend, mostly for tests.
"""
if backend is None:
# You need PyPy (>= 2.0 beta), or a CPython (>= 2.6) with
# _cffi_backend.so compiled.
import _cffi_backend as backend
from . import __version__
if backend.__version__ != __version__:
# bad version! Try to be as explicit as possible.
if hasattr(backend, '__file__'):
# CPython
raise Exception("Version mismatch: this is the 'cffi' package version %s, located in %r. When we import the top-level '_cffi_backend' extension module, we get version %s, located in %r. The two versions should be equal; check your installation." % (
__version__, __file__,
backend.__version__, backend.__file__))
else:
# PyPy
raise Exception("Version mismatch: this is the 'cffi' package version %s, located in %r. This interpreter comes with a built-in '_cffi_backend' module, which is version %s. The two versions should be equal; check your installation." % (
__version__, __file__, backend.__version__))
# (If you insist you can also try to pass the option
# 'backend=backend_ctypes.CTypesBackend()', but don't
# rely on it! It's probably not going to work well.)
from . import cparser
self._backend = backend
self._lock = allocate_lock()
self._parser = cparser.Parser()
self._cached_btypes = {}
self._parsed_types = types.ModuleType('parsed_types').__dict__
self._new_types = types.ModuleType('new_types').__dict__
self._function_caches = []
self._libraries = []
self._cdefsources = []
self._included_ffis = []
self._windows_unicode = None
self._init_once_cache = {}
self._cdef_version = None
self._embedding = None
self._typecache = model.get_typecache(backend)
if hasattr(backend, 'set_ffi'):
backend.set_ffi(self)
for name in list(backend.__dict__):
if name.startswith('RTLD_'):
setattr(self, name, getattr(backend, name))
#
with self._lock:
self.BVoidP = self._get_cached_btype(model.voidp_type)
self.BCharA = self._get_cached_btype(model.char_array_type)
if isinstance(backend, types.ModuleType):
# _cffi_backend: attach these constants to the class
if not hasattr(FFI, 'NULL'):
FFI.NULL = self.cast(self.BVoidP, 0)
FFI.CData, FFI.CType = backend._get_types()
else:
# ctypes backend: attach these constants to the instance
self.NULL = self.cast(self.BVoidP, 0)
self.CData, self.CType = backend._get_types()
self.buffer = backend.buffer
def cdef(self, csource, override=False, packed=False):
"""Parse the given C source. This registers all declared functions,
types, and global variables. The functions and global variables can
then be accessed via either 'ffi.dlopen()' or 'ffi.verify()'.
The types can be used in 'ffi.new()' and other functions.
If 'packed' is specified as True, all structs declared inside this
cdef are packed, i.e. laid out without any field alignment at all.
"""
self._cdef(csource, override=override, packed=packed)
def embedding_api(self, csource, packed=False):
self._cdef(csource, packed=packed, dllexport=True)
if self._embedding is None:
self._embedding = ''
def _cdef(self, csource, override=False, **options):
if not isinstance(csource, str): # unicode, on Python 2
if not isinstance(csource, basestring):
raise TypeError("cdef() argument must be a string")
csource = csource.encode('ascii')
with self._lock:
self._cdef_version = object()
self._parser.parse(csource, override=override, **options)
self._cdefsources.append(csource)
if override:
for cache in self._function_caches:
cache.clear()
finishlist = self._parser._recomplete
if finishlist:
self._parser._recomplete = []
for tp in finishlist:
tp.finish_backend_type(self, finishlist)
def dlopen(self, name, flags=0):
"""Load and return a dynamic library identified by 'name'.
The standard C library can be loaded by passing None.
Note that functions and types declared by 'ffi.cdef()' are not
linked to a particular library, just like C headers; in the
library we only look for the actual (untyped) symbols.
"""
assert isinstance(name, basestring) or name is None
with self._lock:
lib, function_cache = _make_ffi_library(self, name, flags)
self._function_caches.append(function_cache)
self._libraries.append(lib)
return lib
def dlclose(self, lib):
"""Close a library obtained with ffi.dlopen(). After this call,
access to functions or variables from the library will fail
(possibly with a segmentation fault).
"""
type(lib).__cffi_close__(lib)
def _typeof_locked(self, cdecl):
# call me with the lock!
key = cdecl
if key in self._parsed_types:
return self._parsed_types[key]
#
if not isinstance(cdecl, str): # unicode, on Python 2
cdecl = cdecl.encode('ascii')
#
type = self._parser.parse_type(cdecl)
really_a_function_type = type.is_raw_function
if really_a_function_type:
type = type.as_function_pointer()
btype = self._get_cached_btype(type)
result = btype, really_a_function_type
self._parsed_types[key] = result
return result
def _typeof(self, cdecl, consider_function_as_funcptr=False):
# string -> ctype object
try:
result = self._parsed_types[cdecl]
except KeyError:
with self._lock:
result = self._typeof_locked(cdecl)
#
btype, really_a_function_type = result
if really_a_function_type and not consider_function_as_funcptr:
raise CDefError("the type %r is a function type, not a "
"pointer-to-function type" % (cdecl,))
return btype
def typeof(self, cdecl):
"""Parse the C type given as a string and return the
corresponding <ctype> object.
It can also be used on 'cdata' instance to get its C type.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
return self._typeof(cdecl)
if isinstance(cdecl, self.CData):
return self._backend.typeof(cdecl)
if isinstance(cdecl, types.BuiltinFunctionType):
res = _builtin_function_type(cdecl)
if res is not None:
return res
if (isinstance(cdecl, types.FunctionType)
and hasattr(cdecl, '_cffi_base_type')):
with self._lock:
return self._get_cached_btype(cdecl._cffi_base_type)
raise TypeError(type(cdecl))
def sizeof(self, cdecl):
"""Return the size in bytes of the argument. It can be a
string naming a C type, or a 'cdata' instance.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
BType = self._typeof(cdecl)
return self._backend.sizeof(BType)
else:
return self._backend.sizeof(cdecl)
def alignof(self, cdecl):
"""Return the natural alignment size in bytes of the C type
given as a string.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
cdecl = self._typeof(cdecl)
return self._backend.alignof(cdecl)
def offsetof(self, cdecl, *fields_or_indexes):
"""Return the offset of the named field inside the given
structure or array, which must be given as a C type name.
You can give several field names in case of nested structures.
You can also give numeric values which correspond to array
items, in case of an array type.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
cdecl = self._typeof(cdecl)
return self._typeoffsetof(cdecl, *fields_or_indexes)[1]
def new(self, cdecl, init=None):
"""Allocate an instance according to the specified C type and
return a pointer to it. The specified C type must be either a
pointer or an array: ``new('X *')`` allocates an X and returns
a pointer to it, whereas ``new('X[n]')`` allocates an array of
n X'es and returns an array referencing it (which works
mostly like a pointer, like in C). You can also use
``new('X[]', n)`` to allocate an array of a non-constant
length n.
The memory is initialized following the rules of declaring a
global variable in C: by default it is zero-initialized, but
an explicit initializer can be given which can be used to
fill all or part of the memory.
When the returned <cdata> object goes out of scope, the memory
is freed. In other words the returned <cdata> object has
ownership of the value of type 'cdecl' that it points to. This
means that the raw data can be used as long as this object is
kept alive, but must not be used for a longer time. Be careful
about that when copying the pointer to the memory somewhere
else, e.g. into another structure.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
cdecl = self._typeof(cdecl)
return self._backend.newp(cdecl, init)
def new_allocator(self, alloc=None, free=None,
should_clear_after_alloc=True):
"""Return a new allocator, i.e. a function that behaves like ffi.new()
but uses the provided low-level 'alloc' and 'free' functions.
'alloc' is called with the size as argument. If it returns NULL, a
MemoryError is raised. 'free' is called with the result of 'alloc'
as argument. Both can be either Python function or directly C
functions. If 'free' is None, then no free function is called.
If both 'alloc' and 'free' are None, the default is used.
If 'should_clear_after_alloc' is set to False, then the memory
returned by 'alloc' is assumed to be already cleared (or you are
fine with garbage); otherwise CFFI will clear it.
"""
compiled_ffi = self._backend.FFI()
allocator = compiled_ffi.new_allocator(alloc, free,
should_clear_after_alloc)
def allocate(cdecl, init=None):
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
cdecl = self._typeof(cdecl)
return allocator(cdecl, init)
return allocate
def cast(self, cdecl, source):
"""Similar to a C cast: returns an instance of the named C
type initialized with the given 'source'. The source is
casted between integers or pointers of any type.
"""
if isinstance(cdecl, basestring):
cdecl = self._typeof(cdecl)
return self._backend.cast(cdecl, source)
def string(self, cdata, maxlen=-1):
"""Return a Python string (or unicode string) from the 'cdata'.
If 'cdata' is a pointer or array of characters or bytes, returns
the null-terminated string. The returned string extends until
the first null character, or at most 'maxlen' characters. If
'cdata' is an array then 'maxlen' defaults to its length.
If 'cdata' is a pointer or array of wchar_t, returns a unicode
string following the same rules.
If 'cdata' is a single character or byte or a wchar_t, returns
it as a string or unicode string.
If 'cdata' is an enum, returns the value of the enumerator as a
string, or 'NUMBER' if the value is out of range.
"""
return self._backend.string(cdata, maxlen)
def unpack(self, cdata, length):
"""Unpack an array of C data of the given length,
returning a Python string/unicode/list.
If 'cdata' is a pointer to 'char', returns a byte string.
It does not stop at the first null. This is equivalent to:
ffi.buffer(cdata, length)[:]
If 'cdata' is a pointer to 'wchar_t', returns a unicode string.
'length' is measured in wchar_t's; it is not the size in bytes.
If 'cdata' is a pointer to anything else, returns a list of
'length' items. This is a faster equivalent to:
[cdata[i] for i in range(length)]
"""
return self._backend.unpack(cdata, length)
#def buffer(self, cdata, size=-1):
# """Return a read-write buffer object that references the raw C data
# pointed to by the given 'cdata'. The 'cdata' must be a pointer or
# an array. Can be passed to functions expecting a buffer, or directly
# manipulated with:
#
# buf[:] get a copy of it in a regular string, or
# buf[idx] as a single character
# buf[:] = ...
# buf[idx] = ... change the content
# """
# note that 'buffer' is a type, set on this instance by __init__
def from_buffer(self, python_buffer):
"""Return a <cdata 'char[]'> that points to the data of the
given Python object, which must support the buffer interface.
Note that this is not meant to be used on the built-in types
str or unicode (you can build 'char[]' arrays explicitly)
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