[bindings] Use references in a few places instead of pointers
authorMatt Corallo <git@bluematt.me>
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 04:27:36 +0000 (23:27 -0500)
committerMatt Corallo <git@bluematt.me>
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:14:26 +0000 (16:14 -0500)
Previously, references and pointers ended up identical in C, so
there was little reason to differentiate. With the addition of
nullability annotations, there is a (very slight) reason to prefer
references, so use them in a few places where its a trivial change.

c-bindings-gen/src/main.rs

index c74344321f4bf4a17424edcc1695f594f1580fb2..8d158e2f4816ae2997ad4aa6be404d45ef7f76c2 100644 (file)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn convert_macro<W: std::io::Write>(w: &mut W, macro_path: &syn::Path, stream: &
                        if let Some(s) = types.maybe_resolve_ident(&struct_for) {
                                if !types.crate_types.opaques.get(&s).is_some() { return; }
                                writeln!(w, "#[no_mangle]").unwrap();
-                               writeln!(w, "pub extern \"C\" fn {}_write(obj: *const {}) -> crate::c_types::derived::CVec_u8Z {{", struct_for, struct_for).unwrap();
+                               writeln!(w, "pub extern \"C\" fn {}_write(obj: &{}) -> crate::c_types::derived::CVec_u8Z {{", struct_for, struct_for).unwrap();
                                writeln!(w, "\tcrate::c_types::serialize_obj(unsafe {{ &(*(*obj).inner) }})").unwrap();
                                writeln!(w, "}}").unwrap();
                                writeln!(w, "#[no_mangle]").unwrap();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ fn maybe_convert_trait_impl<W: std::io::Write>(w: &mut W, trait_path: &syn::Path
                match &t as &str {
                        "util::ser::Writeable" => {
                                writeln!(w, "#[no_mangle]").unwrap();
-                               writeln!(w, "pub extern \"C\" fn {}_write(obj: *const {}) -> crate::c_types::derived::CVec_u8Z {{", for_obj, full_obj_path).unwrap();
+                               writeln!(w, "pub extern \"C\" fn {}_write(obj: &{}) -> crate::c_types::derived::CVec_u8Z {{", for_obj, full_obj_path).unwrap();
 
                                let ref_type = syn::Type::Reference(syn::TypeReference {
                                        and_token: syn::Token!(&)(Span::call_site()), lifetime: None, mutability: None,
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ fn writeln_impl<W: std::io::Write>(w: &mut W, i: &syn::ItemImpl, types: &mut Typ
                                                writeln!(w, "\t\tret.free = Some({}_free_void);", ident).unwrap();
                                                writeln!(w, "\t\tret\n\t}}\n}}").unwrap();
 
-                                               write!(w, "#[no_mangle]\npub extern \"C\" fn {}_as_{}(this_arg: *const {}) -> crate::{} {{\n", ident, trait_obj.ident, ident, full_trait_path).unwrap();
+                                               write!(w, "#[no_mangle]\npub extern \"C\" fn {}_as_{}(this_arg: &{}) -> crate::{} {{\n", ident, trait_obj.ident, ident, full_trait_path).unwrap();
                                                writeln!(w, "\tcrate::{} {{", full_trait_path).unwrap();
                                                writeln!(w, "\t\tthis_arg: unsafe {{ (*this_arg).inner as *mut c_void }},").unwrap();
                                                writeln!(w, "\t\tfree: None,").unwrap();