/*
findClass gets a class object,
either by finding it already or making it
in addition, it makes sure it has a size, by setting
the size to zero if it is nil.
*/
static ObjectHandle findClass(const char* name)
{
ObjectHandle newObj;
newObj = globalSymbol(name);
if (newObj == nilobj) {
newObj = createAndRegisterNewClass(name);
}
if (newObj->basicAt(sizeInClass) == nilobj)
{
newObj->basicAtPut(sizeInClass, newInteger(0));
}
return newObj;
}
static ObjectHandle findClassWithMeta(const char* name, ObjectHandle metaObj)
{
ObjectHandle newObj, nameObj, methTable;
int size;
newObj = globalSymbol(name);
if (newObj == nilobj)
{
size = getInteger(metaObj->basicAt(sizeInClass));
newObj = MemoryManager::Instance()->allocObject(size);
newObj->_class = metaObj;
/* now make name */
nameObj = createSymbol(name);
newObj->basicAtPut(nameInClass, nameObj);
methTable = newDictionary(39);
newObj->basicAtPut(methodsInClass, methTable);
newObj->basicAtPut(sizeInClass, newInteger(size));
/* now put in global symbols table */
nameTableInsert(symbols, strHash(name), nameObj, newObj);
}
return newObj;
}
