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      1 /*
      2  * Block.h
      3  *
      4  * Copyright 2008-2009 Apple, Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
      5  * to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
      6  * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
      7  * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
      8  * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
      9  * persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
     10  * conditions:
     11  *
     12  * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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     14  *
     15  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
     16  * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
     17  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
     18  * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
     19  * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
     20  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
     21  * SOFTWARE.
     22  *
     23  */
     24 
     25 #ifndef _BLOCK_H_
     26 #define _BLOCK_H_
     27 
     28 #if !defined(BLOCK_EXPORT)
     29 #   if defined(__cplusplus)
     30 #       define BLOCK_EXPORT extern "C"
     31 #   else
     32 #       define BLOCK_EXPORT extern
     33 #   endif
     34 #endif
     35 
     36 #if defined(__cplusplus)
     37 extern "C" {
     38 #endif
     39 
     40 /* Create a heap based copy of a Block or simply add a reference to an existing one.
     41  * This must be paired with Block_release to recover memory, even when running
     42  * under Objective-C Garbage Collection.
     43  */
     44 BLOCK_EXPORT void *_Block_copy(const void *aBlock);
     45 
     46 /* Lose the reference, and if heap based and last reference, recover the memory. */
     47 BLOCK_EXPORT void _Block_release(const void *aBlock);
     48 
     49 #if defined(__cplusplus)
     50 }
     51 #endif
     52 
     53 /* Type correct macros. */
     54 
     55 #define Block_copy(...) ((__typeof(__VA_ARGS__))_Block_copy((const void *)(__VA_ARGS__)))
     56 #define Block_release(...) _Block_release((const void *)(__VA_ARGS__))
     57 
     58 
     59 #endif
     60