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1/* perlvars.h
2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
4 * by Larry Wall and others
5 *
6 * You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
7 * License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
8 *
9 */
10
11/*
12=head1 Global Variables
13These variables are global to an entire process. They are shared between
14all interpreters and all threads in a process. Any variables not documented
15here may be changed or removed without notice, so don't use them!
16If you feel you really do need to use an unlisted variable, first send email to
17L<perl5-porters@perl.org|mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org>. It may be that
18someone there will point out a way to accomplish what you need without using an
19internal variable. But if not, you should get a go-ahead to document and then
20use the variable.
21
22=cut
23*/
24
25/* Don't forget to re-run regen/embed.pl to propagate changes! */
26
27/* This file describes the "global" variables used by perl
28 * This used to be in perl.h directly but we want to abstract out into
29 * distinct files which are per-thread, per-interpreter or really global,
30 * and how they're initialized.
31 *
32 * The 'G' prefix is only needed for vars that need appropriate #defines
33 * generated in embed*.h. Such symbols are also used to generate
34 * the appropriate export list for win32. */
35
36/* global state */
37#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
38PERLVAR(G, op_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for op refcounting */
39#endif
40PERLVARI(G, curinterp, PerlInterpreter *, NULL)
41 /* currently running interpreter
42 * (initial parent interpreter under
43 * useithreads) */
44#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
45PERLVAR(G, thr_key, perl_key) /* key to retrieve per-thread struct */
46#endif
47
48/* XXX does anyone even use this? */
49PERLVARI(G, do_undump, bool, FALSE) /* -u or dump seen? */
50
51#ifndef PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
52PERLVARI(G, use_safe_putenv, bool, TRUE)
53#endif
54
55#if defined(FAKE_PERSISTENT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS)||defined(FAKE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS)
56PERLVARI(G, sig_handlers_initted, int, 0)
57#endif
58#ifdef FAKE_PERSISTENT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS
59PERLVARA(G, sig_ignoring, SIG_SIZE, int)
60 /* which signals we are ignoring */
61#endif
62#ifdef FAKE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL_HANDLERS
63PERLVARA(G, sig_defaulting, SIG_SIZE, int)
64#endif
65
66/* XXX signals are process-wide anyway, so we
67 * ignore the implications of this for threading */
68#ifndef HAS_SIGACTION
69PERLVARI(G, sig_trapped, int, 0)
70#endif
71
72#ifndef PERL_MICRO
73/* If Perl has to ignore SIGPFE, this is its saved state.
74 * See perl.h macros PERL_FPU_INIT and PERL_FPU_{PRE,POST}_EXEC. */
75PERLVAR(G, sigfpe_saved, Sighandler_t)
76PERLVARI(G, csighandlerp, Sighandler_t, Perl_csighandler)
77 /* Pointer to C-level sighandler */
78#endif
79
80/* This is constant on most architectures, a global on OS/2 */
81#ifdef OS2
82PERLVARI(G, sh_path, char *, SH_PATH) /* full path of shell */
83#endif
84
85#ifdef USE_PERLIO
86
87# if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
88PERLVAR(G, perlio_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for perlio fd refcounts */
89# endif
90
91PERLVARI(G, perlio_fd_refcnt, int *, 0) /* Pointer to array of fd refcounts. */
92PERLVARI(G, perlio_fd_refcnt_size, int, 0) /* Size of the array */
93PERLVARI(G, perlio_debug_fd, int, 0) /* the fd to write perlio debug into, 0 means not set yet */
94#endif
95
96#ifdef HAS_MMAP
97PERLVARI(G, mmap_page_size, IV, 0)
98#endif
99
100#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
101PERLVAR(G, hints_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for refcounted he refcounting */
102#endif
103
104#ifdef DEBUGGING
105PERLVARI(G, watch_pvx, char *, NULL)
106#endif
107
108/*
109=for apidoc AmU|Perl_check_t *|PL_check
110
111Array, indexed by opcode, of functions that will be called for the "check"
112phase of optree building during compilation of Perl code. For most (but
113not all) types of op, once the op has been initially built and populated
114with child ops it will be filtered through the check function referenced
115by the appropriate element of this array. The new op is passed in as the
116sole argument to the check function, and the check function returns the
117completed op. The check function may (as the name suggests) check the op
118for validity and signal errors. It may also initialise or modify parts of
119the ops, or perform more radical surgery such as adding or removing child
120ops, or even throw the op away and return a different op in its place.
121
122This array of function pointers is a convenient place to hook into the
123compilation process. An XS module can put its own custom check function
124in place of any of the standard ones, to influence the compilation of a
125particular type of op. However, a custom check function must never fully
126replace a standard check function (or even a custom check function from
127another module). A module modifying checking must instead B<wrap> the
128preexisting check function. A custom check function must be selective
129about when to apply its custom behaviour. In the usual case where
130it decides not to do anything special with an op, it must chain the
131preexisting op function. Check functions are thus linked in a chain,
132with the core's base checker at the end.
133
134For thread safety, modules should not write directly to this array.
135Instead, use the function L</wrap_op_checker>.
136
137=cut
138*/
139
140#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
141PERLVAR(G, check_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for PL_check */
142#endif
143#ifdef PERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT
144PERLVAR(G, ppaddr, Perl_ppaddr_t *) /* or opcode.h */
145PERLVAR(G, check, Perl_check_t *) /* or opcode.h */
146PERLVARA(G, fold_locale, 256, unsigned char) /* or perl.h */
147#endif
148
149#ifdef PERL_NEED_APPCTX
150PERLVAR(G, appctx, void*) /* the application context */
151#endif
152
153#if defined(HAS_TIMES) && defined(PERL_NEED_TIMESBASE)
154PERLVAR(G, timesbase, struct tms)
155#endif
156
157/* allocate a unique index to every module that calls MY_CXT_INIT */
158
159#ifdef PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
160# ifdef USE_ITHREADS
161PERLVAR(G, my_ctx_mutex, perl_mutex)
162# endif
163PERLVARI(G, my_cxt_index, int, 0)
164#endif
165
166/* this is currently set without MUTEX protection, so keep it a type which
167 * can be set atomically (ie not a bit field) */
168PERLVARI(G, veto_cleanup, int, FALSE) /* exit without cleanup */
169
170/*
171=for apidoc AmUx|Perl_keyword_plugin_t|PL_keyword_plugin
172
173Function pointer, pointing at a function used to handle extended keywords.
174The function should be declared as
175
176 int keyword_plugin_function(pTHX_
177 char *keyword_ptr, STRLEN keyword_len,
178 OP **op_ptr)
179
180The function is called from the tokeniser, whenever a possible keyword
181is seen. C<keyword_ptr> points at the word in the parser's input
182buffer, and C<keyword_len> gives its length; it is not null-terminated.
183The function is expected to examine the word, and possibly other state
184such as L<%^H|perlvar/%^H>, to decide whether it wants to handle it
185as an extended keyword. If it does not, the function should return
186C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_DECLINE>, and the normal parser process will continue.
187
188If the function wants to handle the keyword, it first must
189parse anything following the keyword that is part of the syntax
190introduced by the keyword. See L</Lexer interface> for details.
191
192When a keyword is being handled, the plugin function must build
193a tree of C<OP> structures, representing the code that was parsed.
194The root of the tree must be stored in C<*op_ptr>. The function then
195returns a constant indicating the syntactic role of the construct that
196it has parsed: C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_STMT> if it is a complete statement, or
197C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_EXPR> if it is an expression. Note that a statement
198construct cannot be used inside an expression (except via C<do BLOCK>
199and similar), and an expression is not a complete statement (it requires
200at least a terminating semicolon).
201
202When a keyword is handled, the plugin function may also have
203(compile-time) side effects. It may modify C<%^H>, define functions, and
204so on. Typically, if side effects are the main purpose of a handler,
205it does not wish to generate any ops to be included in the normal
206compilation. In this case it is still required to supply an op tree,
207but it suffices to generate a single null op.
208
209That's how the C<*PL_keyword_plugin> function needs to behave overall.
210Conventionally, however, one does not completely replace the existing
211handler function. Instead, take a copy of C<PL_keyword_plugin> before
212assigning your own function pointer to it. Your handler function should
213look for keywords that it is interested in and handle those. Where it
214is not interested, it should call the saved plugin function, passing on
215the arguments it received. Thus C<PL_keyword_plugin> actually points
216at a chain of handler functions, all of which have an opportunity to
217handle keywords, and only the last function in the chain (built into
218the Perl core) will normally return C<KEYWORD_PLUGIN_DECLINE>.
219
220=cut
221*/
222
223PERLVARI(G, keyword_plugin, Perl_keyword_plugin_t, Perl_keyword_plugin_standard)
224
225PERLVARI(G, op_sequence, HV *, NULL) /* dump.c */
226PERLVARI(G, op_seq, UV, 0) /* dump.c */
227
228#ifdef USE_ITHREADS
229PERLVAR(G, dollarzero_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Modifying $0 */
230#endif
231
232/* Restricted hashes placeholder value.
233 In theory, the contents are never used, only the address.
234 In practice, &PL_sv_placeholder is returned by some APIs, and the calling
235 code is checking SvOK(). */
236
237PERLVAR(G, sv_placeholder, SV)
238
239#if defined(MYMALLOC) && defined(USE_ITHREADS)
240PERLVAR(G, malloc_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for malloc */
241#endif
242
243PERLVARI(G, hash_seed_set, bool, FALSE) /* perl.c */
244PERLVARA(G, hash_seed, PERL_HASH_SEED_BYTES, unsigned char) /* perl.c and hv.h */