+ protected fun compile_nitni_structs
+ do
+ self.header.add_decl """
+/* Native reference to Nit objects */
+/* This structure is used to represent every Nit type in extern methods and custom C code. */
+struct nitni_ref {
+ struct nitni_ref *next,
+ *prev; /* adjacent global references in global list */
+ int count; /* number of time this global reference has been marked */
+};
+
+/* List of global references from C code to Nit objects */
+/* Instanciated empty at init of Nit system and filled explicitly by user in C code */
+struct nitni_global_ref_list_t {
+ struct nitni_ref *head, *tail;
+};
+extern struct nitni_global_ref_list_t *nitni_global_ref_list;
+
+/* Initializer of global reference list */
+extern void nitni_global_ref_list_init();
+
+/* Intern function to add a global reference to the list */
+extern void nitni_global_ref_add( struct nitni_ref *ref );
+
+/* Intern function to remove a global reference from the list */
+extern void nitni_global_ref_remove( struct nitni_ref *ref );
+
+/* Increase count on an existing global reference */
+extern void nitni_global_ref_incr( struct nitni_ref *ref );
+
+/* Decrease count on an existing global reference */
+extern void nitni_global_ref_decr( struct nitni_ref *ref );
+"""
+ end
+
+ fun compile_finalizer_function
+ do
+ var finalizable_type = mainmodule.finalizable_type
+ if finalizable_type == null then return
+
+ var finalize_meth = mainmodule.try_get_primitive_method("finalize", finalizable_type.mclass)
+
+ if finalize_meth == null then
+ modelbuilder.toolcontext.error(null, "The `Finalizable` class doesn't declare the `finalize` method.")
+ return
+ end
+
+ var v = self.new_visitor
+ v.add_decl "void gc_finalize (void *obj, void *client_data) \{"
+ var recv = v.new_expr("obj", finalizable_type)
+ v.send(finalize_meth, [recv])
+ v.add "\}"
+ end