1 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
4 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
5 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
6 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
7 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
8 ;;;; files for more information.
10 (in-package "SB!IMPL")
12 (def!macro sb!xc:defconstant (name value &optional documentation)
14 "Define a global constant, saying that the value is constant and may be
15 compiled into code. If the variable already has a value, and this is not
16 EQL to the new value, the code is not portable (undefined behavior). The
17 third argument is an optional documentation string for the variable."
18 `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
19 (sb!c::%defconstant ',name ,value ',documentation)))
21 ;;; the guts of DEFCONSTANT
22 (defun sb!c::%defconstant (name value doc)
23 (unless (symbolp name)
24 (error "The constant name is not a symbol: ~S" name))
25 (about-to-modify-symbol-value name)
26 (when (looks-like-name-of-special-var-p name)
27 (style-warn "defining ~S as a constant, even though the name follows~@
28 the usual naming convention (names like *FOO*) for special variables"
30 (let ((kind (info :variable :kind name)))
33 ;; Note: This behavior (discouraging any non-EQL modification)
34 ;; is unpopular, but it is specified by ANSI (i.e. ANSI says a
35 ;; non-EQL change has undefined consequences). If people really
36 ;; want bindings which are constant in some sense other than
37 ;; EQL, I suggest either just using DEFVAR (which is usually
38 ;; appropriate, despite the un-mnemonic name), or defining
39 ;; something like the DEFCONSTANT-EQX macro used in SBCL (which
40 ;; is occasionally more appropriate). -- WHN 2001-12-21
42 (info :variable :constant-value name))
43 (cerror "Go ahead and change the value."
44 "The constant ~S is being redefined."
47 ;; (This is OK -- undefined variables are of this kind. So we
48 ;; don't warn or error or anything, just fall through.)
50 (t (warn "redefining ~(~A~) ~S to be a constant" kind name))))
52 (setf (fdocumentation name 'variable) doc))
54 (setf (symbol-value name) value)
57 ;; Redefining our cross-compilation host's CL symbols
58 ;; would be poor form.
60 ;; FIXME: Having to check this and then not treat it
61 ;; as a fatal error seems like a symptom of things
62 ;; being pretty broken. It's also a problem in and of
63 ;; itself, since it makes it too easy for cases of
64 ;; using the cross-compilation host Lisp's CL
65 ;; constant values in the target Lisp to slip by. I
66 ;; got backed into this because the cross-compiler
67 ;; translates DEFCONSTANT SB!XC:FOO into DEFCONSTANT
68 ;; CL:FOO. It would be good to unscrew the
69 ;; cross-compilation package hacks so that that
70 ;; translation doesn't happen. Perhaps:
71 ;; * Replace SB-XC with SB-CL. SB-CL exports all the
72 ;; symbols which ANSI requires to be exported from CL.
73 ;; * Make a nickname SB!CL which behaves like SB!XC.
74 ;; * Go through the loaded-on-the-host code making
75 ;; every target definition be in SB-CL. E.g.
76 ;; DEFMACRO-MUNDANELY DEFCONSTANT becomes
77 ;; DEFMACRO-MUNDANELY SB!CL:DEFCONSTANT.
78 ;; * Make IN-TARGET-COMPILATION-MODE do
79 ;; UNUSE-PACKAGE CL and USE-PACKAGE SB-CL in each
80 ;; of the target packages (then undo it on exit).
81 ;; * Make the cross-compiler's implementation of
82 ;; EVAL-WHEN (:COMPILE-TOPLEVEL) do UNCROSS.
83 ;; (This may not require any change.)
84 ;; * Hack GENESIS as necessary so that it outputs
85 ;; SB-CL stuff as COMMON-LISP stuff.
86 ;; * Now the code here can assert that the symbol
87 ;; being defined isn't in the cross-compilation
89 (unless (eql (find-symbol (symbol-name name) :cl) name)
90 ;; KLUDGE: In the cross-compiler, we use the
91 ;; cross-compilation host's DEFCONSTANT macro
92 ;; instead of just (SETF SYMBOL-VALUE), in order to
93 ;; get whatever blessing the cross-compilation host
94 ;; may expect for a global (SETF SYMBOL-VALUE).
95 ;; (CMU CL, at least around 2.4.19, generated full
96 ;; WARNINGs for code -- e.g. DEFTYPE expanders --
97 ;; which referred to symbols which had been set by
98 ;; (SETF SYMBOL-VALUE). I doubt such warnings are
99 ;; ANSI-compliant, but I'm not sure, so I've
100 ;; written this in a way that CMU CL will tolerate
101 ;; and which ought to work elsewhere too.) -- WHN
103 (eval `(defconstant ,name ',value))))
105 (setf (info :variable :kind name) :constant
106 (info :variable :constant-value name) value)