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// Copyright (c) 2001-2004 California Institute of Technology
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// Rob Peters <rjpeters at usc dot edu>
//
// created: Wed Jul 11 08:57:31 2001
// commit: $Id: conversions.h 10065 2007-04-12 05:54:56Z rjpeters $
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#ifndef GROOVX_TCL_CONVERSIONS_H_UTC20050628162420_DEFINED
#define GROOVX_TCL_CONVERSIONS_H_UTC20050628162420_DEFINED

#include "rutz/traits.h"
#include "tcl/obj.h"

typedef struct Tcl_Obj Tcl_Obj;

namespace rutz
{
  class fstring;
  class value;
  template <class T> class fwd_iter;
}

namespace nub
{
  template <class T> class ref;
  template <class T> class soft_ref;
}

namespace tcl
{
  class obj;

  template <class T>
  struct returnable
  {
    // This machinery is simple to set up the rule that we want to
    // convert all rutz::value subclasses via strings. All other types
    // are converted directly.
    typedef typename rutz::select_if<
      rutz::is_sub_super<T, rutz::value>::result,
      rutz::fstring, T>::result_t
    type;
  };

  template <class T>
  struct returnable<const T>
  {
    typedef typename rutz::select_if<
      rutz::is_sub_super<T, rutz::value>::result,
      rutz::fstring, T>::result_t
    type;
  };

  template <class T>
  struct returnable<const T&>
  {
    typedef typename rutz::select_if<
      rutz::is_sub_super<T, rutz::value>::result,
      rutz::fstring, T>::result_t
    type;
  };

  //
  // Functions for converting from Tcl objects to C++ types.
  //


  template <class T>
  inline typename returnable<T>::type convert_to( const tcl::obj& obj )
  {
    return aux_convert_to(obj.get(), static_cast<typename returnable<T>::type*>(0));
  }


  template <class T>
  inline typename returnable<T>::type convert_to( Tcl_Obj* obj )
  {
    return aux_convert_to(obj, static_cast<typename returnable<T>::type*>(0));
  }

  // Note that the trailing pointer params are not actually used, they
  // are simply present to allow overload selection. See e.g. how
  // aux_convert_to() is called below in the implementation of
  // convert_to().

  int           aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, int*);
  unsigned int  aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, unsigned int*);
  long          aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, long*);
  unsigned long aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, unsigned long*);
  long long     aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, long long*);
  bool          aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, bool*);
  double        aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, double*);
  float         aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, float*);
  const char*   aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, const char**);
  rutz::fstring aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, rutz::fstring*);

  inline
  Tcl_Obj*      aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, Tcl_Obj**)
  { return obj; }

  inline
  tcl::obj      aux_convert_to(Tcl_Obj* obj, tcl::obj*)
  { return tcl::obj(obj); }

  //
  // Functions for converting from C++ types to Tcl objects.
  //


  template <class T>
  inline tcl::obj convert_from(const T& val)
  {
    return aux_convert_from(val);
  }

  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(long long val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(long val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(unsigned long val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(int val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(unsigned int val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(unsigned char val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(bool val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(double val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(float val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(const char* val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(const rutz::fstring& val);
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(const rutz::value& v);

  inline
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(Tcl_Obj* val)
  { return tcl::obj(val); }

  inline
  tcl::obj aux_convert_from(tcl::obj val)
  { return val; }
}

static const char __attribute__((used)) vcid_groovx_tcl_conversions_h_utc20050628162420[] = "$Id: conversions.h 10065 2007-04-12 05:54:56Z rjpeters $ $HeadURL: file:
#endif // !GROOVX_TCL_CONVERSIONS_H_UTC20050628162420_DEFINED

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