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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/* mfbt foundational types and macros. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_Types_h_
+#define mozilla_Types_h_
+
+/*
+ * This header must be valid C and C++, includable by code embedding either
+ * SpiderMonkey or Gecko.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Expose all the integer types defined in C99's <stdint.h> (and the integer
+ * limit and constant macros, if compiling C code or if compiling C++ code and
+ * the right __STDC_*_MACRO has been defined for each). These are all usable
+ * throughout mfbt code, and throughout Mozilla code more generally.
+ */
+#include "mozilla/StandardInteger.h"
+
+/* Also expose size_t. */
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Implement compiler and linker macros needed for APIs. */
+
+/*
+ * MOZ_EXPORT_API is used to declare and define a method which is externally
+ * visible to users of the current library. It encapsulates various decorations
+ * needed to properly export the method's symbol. MOZ_EXPORT_DATA serves the
+ * same purpose for data.
+ *
+ * api.h:
+ * extern MOZ_EXPORT_API(int) MeaningOfLife(void);
+ * extern MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(int) LuggageCombination;
+ *
+ * api.c:
+ * MOZ_EXPORT_API(int) MeaningOfLife(void) { return 42; }
+ * MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(int) LuggageCombination = 12345;
+ *
+ * If you are merely sharing a method across files, just use plain |extern|.
+ * These macros are designed for use by library interfaces -- not for normal
+ * methods or data used cross-file.
+ */
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(XP_OS2)
+# define MOZ_EXPORT_API(type) __declspec(dllexport) type
+# define MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(type) __declspec(dllexport) type
+#else /* Unix */
+# ifdef HAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE
+# define MOZ_EXTERNAL_VIS __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+# elif defined(__SUNPRO_C) || defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
+# define MOZ_EXTERNAL_VIS __global
+# else
+# define MOZ_EXTERNAL_VIS
+# endif
+# define MOZ_EXPORT_API(type) MOZ_EXTERNAL_VIS type
+# define MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(type) MOZ_EXTERNAL_VIS type
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Whereas implementers use MOZ_EXPORT_API and MOZ_EXPORT_DATA to declare and
+ * define library symbols, users use MOZ_IMPORT_API and MOZ_IMPORT_DATA to
+ * access them. Most often the implementer of the library will expose an API
+ * macro which expands to either the export or import version of the macro,
+ * depending upon the compilation mode.
+ */
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# if defined(__MWERKS__)
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_API(x) x
+# else
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_API(x) __declspec(dllimport) x
+# endif
+#elif defined(XP_OS2)
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_API(x) __declspec(dllimport) x
+#else
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_API(x) MOZ_EXPORT_API(x)
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MWERKS__)
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_DATA(x) __declspec(dllimport) x
+#elif defined(XP_OS2)
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_DATA(x) __declspec(dllimport) x
+#else
+# define MOZ_IMPORT_DATA(x) MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(x)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Consistent with the above comment, the MFBT_API and MFBT_DATA macros expose
+ * export mfbt declarations when building mfbt, and they expose import mfbt
+ * declarations when using mfbt.
+ */
+#if defined(IMPL_MFBT)
+# define MFBT_API(type) MOZ_EXPORT_API(type)
+# define MFBT_DATA(type) MOZ_EXPORT_DATA(type)
+#else
+ /*
+ * When mozglue is linked in the program, we need the MFBT API symbols
+ * to be weak.
+ */
+# if defined(MOZ_GLUE_IN_PROGRAM)
+# define MFBT_API(type) __attribute__((weak)) MOZ_IMPORT_API(type)
+# define MFBT_DATA(type) __attribute__((weak)) MOZ_IMPORT_DATA(type)
+# else
+# define MFBT_API(type) MOZ_IMPORT_API(type)
+# define MFBT_DATA(type) MOZ_IMPORT_DATA(type)
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * C symbols in C++ code must be declared immediately within |extern "C"|
+ * blocks. However, in C code, they need not be declared specially. This
+ * difference is abstracted behind the MOZ_BEGIN_EXTERN_C and MOZ_END_EXTERN_C
+ * macros, so that the user need not know whether he is being used in C or C++
+ * code.
+ *
+ * MOZ_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
+ *
+ * extern MOZ_EXPORT_API(int) MostRandomNumber(void);
+ * ...other declarations...
+ *
+ * MOZ_END_EXTERN_C
+ *
+ * This said, it is preferable to just use |extern "C"| in C++ header files for
+ * its greater clarity.
+ */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+# define MOZ_BEGIN_EXTERN_C extern "C" {
+# define MOZ_END_EXTERN_C }
+#else
+# define MOZ_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
+# define MOZ_END_EXTERN_C
+#endif
+
+#endif /* mozilla_Types_h_ */