Primitive methods

Functions
shim_bool_t	shim_value_is (shim_val_t *val, shim_type_t type)
shim_bool_t	shim_value_to (shim_ctx_t *ctx, shim_val_t *val, shim_type_t type, shim_val_t *rval)
void	shim_value_release (shim_val_t *val)
shim_val_t *	shim_undefined ()
shim_val_t *	shim_null ()
const char *	shim_type_str (shim_type_t type)

Detailed Description

Methods for managing primitives

Function Documentation

shim_val_t* shim_null

(

)

Get the null value

const char* shim_type_str

(

shim_type_t

type)

Parameters

type	The given type

Returns

The string representation of the given type

shim_val_t* shim_undefined

(

)

Get the undefined value

shim_bool_t shim_value_is	(	shim_val_t *	val,
		shim_type_t	type
	)

Check the value is of a given type

Parameters

val	The value to check
type	The expected type

Returns

TRUE or FALSE

This doesn't coerce types, merely checks that the value is or isn't of the desired type

void shim_value_release

(

shim_val_t *

val)

Relase memory associated with this value

Parameters

val	The given value

See Also

memory

Presuming the value was not allocated for shim_args_t or being used for shim_args_set_rval() use this method to free the allocated memory

shim_bool_t shim_value_to	(	shim_ctx_t *	ctx,
		shim_val_t *	val,
		shim_type_t	type,
		shim_val_t *	rval
	)

Convert the value to a given type

Parameters

ctx	The currently executed context
val	The given value
type	The desired type
rval	The destination value

Returns

TRUE or FALSE

Attempts to coerce the given value into another type, if it fails to do so returns FALSE.