Set up a BOOTArray type.

Author: arnsholt

src/6model/sixmodelobject.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "repr_registry.h"
 #include "knowhow_bootstrapper.h"
 #include "serialization_context.h"
+#include "reprs/KnowHOWREPR.h"
 
 /* Cached type IDs. */
 static INTVAL stable_id = 0;
@@ -16,8 +17,32 @@ static STRING *find_method_str = NULL;
 static STRING *type_check_str = NULL;
 static STRING *accepts_type_str = NULL;
 
+static PMC *boot_type(PARROT_INTERP, PMC *knowhow, char *type_name, char *repr_name, INTVAL index) {
+    PMC *knowhow_how = STABLE(knowhow)->HOW;
+    PMC *meta_obj = REPR(knowhow_how)->allocate(interp, STABLE(knowhow_how));
+    PMC *sc = SC_get_sc(interp, Parrot_str_new_constant(interp, "__6MODEL_CORE__"));
+    REPROps *repr;
+    PMC *type_obj;
+
+    REPR(meta_obj)->initialize(interp, STABLE(meta_obj), OBJECT_BODY(meta_obj));
+    ((KnowHOWREPRInstance *)PMC_data(meta_obj))->body.name = Parrot_str_new_constant(interp, type_name);
+    repr = REPR_get_by_name(interp, Parrot_str_new_constant(interp, repr_name));
+    type_obj = repr->type_object_for(interp, meta_obj);
+    STABLE(type_obj)->method_cache = ((KnowHOWREPRInstance *)PMC_data(meta_obj))->body.methods;
+    STABLE(type_obj)->mode_flags = METHOD_CACHE_AUTHORITATIVE;
+
+    VTABLE_set_pmc_keyed_int(interp, sc, index, type_obj);
+    SC_PMC(type_obj) = sc;
+    STABLE(type_obj)->sc = sc;
+    VTABLE_set_pmc_keyed_int(interp, sc, index+1, STABLE(type_obj)->HOW);
+    SC_PMC(STABLE(type_obj)->HOW) = sc;
+    STABLE(STABLE(type_obj)->HOW)->sc = sc;
+
+    return type_obj;
+}
+
 /* Initializes 6model and produces the KnowHOW core meta-object. */
-void SixModelObject_initialize(PARROT_INTERP, PMC **knowhow, PMC **knowhow_attribute) {
+void SixModelObject_initialize(PARROT_INTERP, PMC **knowhow, PMC **knowhow_attribute, PMC **boot_array) {
     PMC    *initial_sc;
     STRING *initial_sc_name;
 
@@ -43,6 +68,8 @@ void SixModelObject_initialize(PARROT_INTERP, PMC **knowhow, PMC **knowhow_attri
 
     /* Set up the simple KnowHOWAttribute. */
     *knowhow_attribute = SixModelObject_setup_knowhow_attribute(interp, initial_sc, *knowhow);
+
+    *boot_array = boot_type(interp, *knowhow, "BOOTArray", "VMArray", 2);
 }
 
 /* Sets the object that we'll wrap the next allocation in. */

src/6model/sixmodelobject.h

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ typedef void (* st_sc_barrier_func) (PARROT_INTERP, STable *st);
     }
 
 /* Object model initialization. */
-void SixModelObject_initialize(PARROT_INTERP, PMC **knowhow, PMC **knowhow_attribute);
+void SixModelObject_initialize(PARROT_INTERP, PMC **knowhow, PMC **knowhow_attribute, PMC **boot_array);
 
 /* Some utility functions. */
 void set_wrapping_object(PMC *wrapper);

src/ops/nqp.ops

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static INTVAL vmarray_repr_id = 0;
 /* Built-in meta-objects. */
 static PMC *KnowHOW = NULL;
 static PMC *KnowHOWAttribute = NULL;
+static PMC *BOOTArray = NULL;
 
 /* FileHandle PMC for nqpevent */
 static PMC *nqpevent_fh = NULL;
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ inline op nqp_dynop_setup() :base_core {
         ohash_id  = Parrot_pmc_get_type_str(interp, Parrot_str_new(interp, "OwnedHash", 0));
 
         /* Initialize the object model. */
-        SixModelObject_initialize(interp, &KnowHOW, &KnowHOWAttribute);
+        SixModelObject_initialize(interp, &KnowHOW, &KnowHOWAttribute, &BOOTArray);
 
         /* Cache the VMArray REPR ID. */
         vmarray_repr_id = REPR_name_to_id(interp, Parrot_str_new(interp, "VMArray", 0));