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alisp/tag.c
Aryadev Chavali 7ac2a80b11 Pointer tagging!
Copied from oats, just the basics required for tagging integers or
symbols.
2025-08-19 23:08:35 +01:00

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/* Copyright (C) 2025 Aryadev Chavali
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the Unlicense for details.
* You may distribute and modify this code under the terms of the Unlicense,
* which you should have received a copy of along with this program. If not,
* please go to <https://unlicense.org/>.
* Created: 2025-08-19
* Description: Pointer tagging
*/
#include <assert.h>
#include "./base.h"
lisp_t *tag_int(i64 i)
{
return TAG((u64)i, INT);
}
lisp_t *tag_sym(char *str)
{
return TAG((u64)str, SYM);
}
i64 as_int(lisp_t *obj)
{
assert(IS_TAG(obj, INT));
u64 p_obj = (u64)obj;
return UNTAG(p_obj, INT) | // Delete the tag
(NTH_BYTE(p_obj, 7) & 0x80) << 56 // duplicate the MSB (preserve sign)
;
}
char *as_sym(lisp_t *obj)
{
assert(IS_TAG(obj, SYM));
return (char *)UNTAG(obj, SYM);
}