Cppyy.cxx

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// Bindings
#include "PyROOT.h"
#include "Cppyy.h"
#include "TCallContext.h"
 
// ROOT
#include "TBaseClass.h"
#include "TClass.h"
#include "TClassRef.h"
#include "TClassTable.h"
#include "TClassEdit.h"
#include "TCollection.h"
#include "TDataMember.h"
#include "TDataType.h"
#include "TEnumConstant.h"
#include "TError.h"
#include "TFunction.h"
#include "TGlobal.h"
#include "TInterpreter.h"
#include "TList.h"
#include "TMethod.h"
#include "TMethodArg.h"
#include "TROOT.h"
 
// Standard
#include <assert.h>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
 
// temp
#include <iostream>
// FIXME: Should refer to PyROOT::TParameter in the code.
#ifdef R__CXXMODULES
  #define TParameter PyROOT::TParameter
#else
  typedef PyROOT::TParameter TParameter;
#endif
// --temp
 
 
// small number that allows use of stack for argument passing
const int SMALL_ARGS_N = 8;
 
 
// data for life time management ---------------------------------------------
typedef std::vector< TClassRef > ClassRefs_t;
static ClassRefs_t g_classrefs( 1 );
static const ClassRefs_t::size_type GLOBAL_HANDLE = 1;
 
typedef std::map< std::string, ClassRefs_t::size_type > Name2ClassRefIndex_t;
static Name2ClassRefIndex_t g_name2classrefidx;
 
typedef std::map< Cppyy::TCppMethod_t, CallFunc_t* > Method2CallFunc_t;
static Method2CallFunc_t g_method2callfunc;
 
typedef std::vector< TFunction > GlobalFuncs_t;
static GlobalFuncs_t g_globalfuncs;
 
typedef std::vector< TGlobal* > GlobalVars_t;
static GlobalVars_t g_globalvars;
 
// data ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppScope_t Cppyy::gGlobalScope = GLOBAL_HANDLE;
 
// smart pointer types
static std::set< std::string > gSmartPtrTypes =
   { "auto_ptr", "shared_ptr", "weak_ptr", "unique_ptr" };
 
 
// global initialization -----------------------------------------------------
namespace {
 
class ApplicationStarter {
public:
   ApplicationStarter() {
      // setup dummy holders for global and std namespaces
      assert( g_classrefs.size() == GLOBAL_HANDLE );
      g_name2classrefidx[ "" ]      = GLOBAL_HANDLE;
      g_classrefs.push_back(TClassRef(""));
      // ROOT ignores std/::std, so point them to the global namespace
      g_name2classrefidx[ "std" ]   = GLOBAL_HANDLE;
      g_name2classrefidx[ "::std" ] = GLOBAL_HANDLE;
      // add a dummy global to refer to as null at index 0
      g_globalvars.push_back( nullptr );
   }
 
   ~ApplicationStarter() {
      for ( auto ifunc : g_method2callfunc )
         gInterpreter->CallFunc_Delete( ifunc.second );
   }
} _applicationStarter;
 
} // unnamed namespace
 
 
// local helpers -------------------------------------------------------------
static inline
TClassRef& type_from_handle( Cppyy::TCppScope_t scope )
{
   assert( (ClassRefs_t::size_type) scope < g_classrefs.size() );
   return g_classrefs[ (ClassRefs_t::size_type)scope ];
}
 
// type_from_handle to go here
static inline
TFunction* type_get_method( Cppyy::TCppType_t klass, Cppyy::TCppIndex_t idx )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   if ( cr.GetClass() )
      return (TFunction*)cr->GetListOfMethods()->At( idx );
   assert( klass == (Cppyy::TCppType_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE );
   return (TFunction*)idx;
}
 
static inline
Cppyy::TCppScope_t declaring_scope( Cppyy::TCppMethod_t method )
{
   TMethod* m = dynamic_cast<TMethod*>( (TFunction*)method );
   if ( m ) return Cppyy::GetScope( m->GetClass()->GetName() );
   return (Cppyy::TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE;
}
 
 
// name to opaque C++ scope representation -----------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetNumScopes( TCppScope_t scope )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) return 0;   // not supported if not at global scope
   assert( scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE );
   return gClassTable->Classes();
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetScopeName( TCppScope_t parent, TCppIndex_t iscope )
{
// Retrieve the scope name of the scope indexed with iscope in parent.
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( parent );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) return 0;   // not supported if not at global scope
   assert( parent == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE );
   std::string name = gClassTable->At( iscope );
   if ( name.find("::") == std::string::npos )
       return name;
   return "";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetName( const std::string& name )
{
   if( name.size() == 0) return name; 
   // need to deal with template paremeters that can have scopes themselves
   Int_t tpl_open = 0;
   for ( std::string::size_type pos = name.size() - 1; pos > 0; pos-- ) {
      std::string::value_type c = name[pos];
      // count '<' and '>' to be able to skip template contents
      if ( c == '>' )
         ++tpl_open;
      else if ( c == '<' )
         --tpl_open;
      // by only checking for "::" the last part (class name) is dropped
      else if ( tpl_open == 0 && c == ':'&& name[ pos - 1 ] == ':' ) {
      // found a new scope part
         return name.substr( pos+1 );
      }
   }
   return name;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::ResolveName( const std::string& cppitem_name )
{
// Fully resolve the given name to the final type name.
   std::string tclean = TClassEdit::CleanType( cppitem_name.c_str() );
 
   TDataType* dt = gROOT->GetType( tclean.c_str() );
   if ( dt ) return dt->GetFullTypeName();
   return TClassEdit::ResolveTypedef( tclean.c_str(), true );
}
 
std::string Cppyy::ResolveEnum(const TEnum* en)
{
   if (en) {
      auto ut = en->GetUnderlyingType();
      if (ut != EDataType::kNumDataTypes)
         return TDataType::GetTypeName(ut);
   }
   // Can't get type of enum, use int as default
   return "int";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::ResolveEnum(const std::string& enum_type)
{
   return ResolveEnum(TEnum::GetEnum(enum_type.c_str()));
}
 
Cppyy::TCppScope_t Cppyy::GetScope( const std::string& sname )
{
   std::string scope_name;
   if ( sname.find( "std::", 0, 5 ) == 0 )
      scope_name = sname.substr( 5, std::string::npos );
   else
      scope_name = sname;
 
   scope_name = ResolveName( scope_name );
   auto icr = g_name2classrefidx.find( scope_name );
   if ( icr != g_name2classrefidx.end() )
      return (TCppType_t)icr->second;
 
   // use TClass directly, to enable auto-loading
   TClassRef cr( TClass::GetClass( scope_name.c_str(), kTRUE, kTRUE ) );
   if ( !cr.GetClass() )
      return (TCppScope_t)NULL;
 
   // no check for ClassInfo as forward declared classes are okay (fragile)
 
   ClassRefs_t::size_type sz = g_classrefs.size();
   g_name2classrefidx[ scope_name ] = sz;
   g_classrefs.push_back( TClassRef( scope_name.c_str() ) );
   return (TCppScope_t)sz;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppType_t Cppyy::GetTemplate( const std::string& /* template_name */ )
{
   return (TCppType_t)0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppType_t Cppyy::GetActualClass( TCppType_t klass, TCppObject_t obj )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   TClass* clActual = cr->GetActualClass( (void*)obj );
   if ( clActual && clActual != cr.GetClass() ) {
      // TODO: lookup through name should not be needed
      return (TCppType_t)GetScope( clActual->GetName() );
   }
   return klass;
}
 
size_t Cppyy::SizeOf( TCppType_t klass )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) return (size_t)cr->Size();
   return (size_t)0;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsBuiltin( const std::string& type_name )
{
    TDataType* dt = gROOT->GetType( TClassEdit::CleanType( type_name.c_str(), 1 ).c_str() );
    if ( dt ) return dt->GetType() != kOther_t;
    return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsComplete( const std::string& type_name )
{
// verify whether the dictionary of this class is fully available
   Bool_t b = kFALSE;
 
   Int_t oldEIL = gErrorIgnoreLevel;
   gErrorIgnoreLevel = 3000;
   TClass* klass = TClass::GetClass( TClassEdit::ShortType( type_name.c_str(), 1 ).c_str() );
   if ( klass && klass->GetClassInfo() )     // works for normal case w/ dict
      b = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_IsLoaded( klass->GetClassInfo() );
   else {      // special case for forward declared classes
      ClassInfo_t* ci = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_Factory( type_name.c_str() );
      if ( ci ) {
         b = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_IsLoaded( ci );
         gInterpreter->ClassInfo_Delete( ci );    // we own the fresh class info
      }
   }
   gErrorIgnoreLevel = oldEIL;
   return b;
}
 
// memory management ---------------------------------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppObject_t Cppyy::Allocate( TCppType_t type )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( type );
   return (TCppObject_t)malloc( cr->Size() );
}
 
void Cppyy::Deallocate( TCppType_t /* type */, TCppObject_t instance )
{
   free( instance );
}
 
Cppyy::TCppObject_t Cppyy::Construct( TCppType_t type )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( type );
   return (TCppObject_t)cr->New();
}
 
void Cppyy::Destruct( TCppType_t type, TCppObject_t instance )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( type );
   cr->Destructor( (void*)instance );
}
 
 
// method/function dispatching -----------------------------------------------
static inline ClassInfo_t* GetGlobalNamespaceInfo()
{
   static ClassInfo_t* gcl = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_Factory();
   return gcl;
}
 
static CallFunc_t* GetCallFunc( Cppyy::TCppMethod_t method )
{
   auto icf = g_method2callfunc.find( method );
   if ( icf != g_method2callfunc.end() )
      return icf->second;
 
   CallFunc_t* callf = nullptr;
   TFunction* func = (TFunction*)method;
   std::string callString = "";
 
// create, if not cached
   Cppyy::TCppScope_t scope = declaring_scope( method );
   const TClassRef& klass = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( klass.GetClass() || (func && scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE) ) {
      ClassInfo_t* gcl = klass.GetClass() ? klass->GetClassInfo() : nullptr;
      if ( ! gcl )
         gcl = GetGlobalNamespaceInfo();
 
      TCollection* method_args = func->GetListOfMethodArgs();
      TIter iarg( method_args );
 
      TMethodArg* method_arg = 0;
      while ((method_arg = (TMethodArg*)iarg.Next())) {
         std::string fullType = method_arg->GetTypeNormalizedName();
         if ( callString.empty() )
            callString = fullType;
         else
            callString += ", " + fullType;
      }
 
      Long_t offset = 0;
      callf = gInterpreter->CallFunc_Factory();
 
      gInterpreter->CallFunc_SetFuncProto(
         callf,
         gcl,
         func ? func->GetName() : klass->GetName(),
         callString.c_str(),
         func ? (func->Property() & kIsConstMethod) : kFALSE,
         &offset,
         ROOT::kExactMatch );
 
// CLING WORKAROUND -- The number of arguments is not always correct (e.g. when there
//                     are default parameters, causing the callString to be wrong and
//                     the exact match to fail); or the method may have been inline or
//                     be compiler generated. In all those cases the exact match fails,
//                     whereas the conversion match sometimes works.
      if ( ! gInterpreter->CallFunc_IsValid( callf ) ) {
         gInterpreter->CallFunc_SetFuncProto(
            callf,
            gcl,
            func ? func->GetName() : klass->GetName(),
            callString.c_str(),
            func ? (func->Property() & kIsConstMethod) : kFALSE,
            &offset );  // <- no kExactMatch as that will fail
      }
// -- CLING WORKAROUND
 
   }
 
   if ( !( callf && gInterpreter->CallFunc_IsValid( callf ) ) ) {
      PyErr_Format( PyExc_RuntimeError, "could not resolve %s::%s(%s)",
         const_cast<TClassRef&>(klass).GetClassName(),
         func ? func->GetName() : const_cast<TClassRef&>(klass).GetClassName(),
         callString.c_str() );
      if ( callf ) gInterpreter->CallFunc_Delete( callf );
      return nullptr;
   }
 
   g_method2callfunc[ method ] = callf;
   return callf;
}
 
static inline void copy_args( void* args_, void** vargs ) {
   std::vector<TParameter>& args = *(std::vector<TParameter>*)args_;
   for ( std::vector<TParameter>::size_type i = 0; i < args.size(); ++i ) {
      switch ( args[i].fTypeCode ) {
      case 'l':          /* long */
         vargs[i] = (void*)&args[i].fValue.fLong;
         break;
      case 'f':          /* double */
         vargs[i] = (void*)&args[i].fValue.fFloat;
         break;
      case 'd':          /* double */
         vargs[i] = (void*)&args[i].fValue.fDouble;
         break;
      case 'D':          /* long double */
         vargs[i] = (void*)&args[i].fValue.fLongDouble;
         break;
      case 'k':          /* long long */
      case 'K':          /* unsigned long long */
      case 'U':          /* unsigned long */
      case 'p':          /* void* */
         vargs[i] = (void*)&args[i].fValue.fVoidp;
         break;
      case 'V':          /* (void*)type& */
         vargs[i] = args[i].fValue.fVoidp;
         break;
      case 'r':          /* const type& */
         vargs[i] = args[i].fRef;
         break;
      default:
         std::cerr << "unknown type code: " << args[i].fTypeCode << std::endl;
         break;
      }
   }
}
 
Bool_t FastCall(
      Cppyy::TCppMethod_t method, void* args_, void* self, void* result )
{
   const std::vector<TParameter>& args = *(std::vector<TParameter>*)args_;
 
   CallFunc_t* callf = GetCallFunc( method );
   if ( ! callf )
      return kFALSE;
 
   TInterpreter::CallFuncIFacePtr_t faceptr = gCling->CallFunc_IFacePtr( callf );
   if ( faceptr.fKind == TInterpreter::CallFuncIFacePtr_t::kGeneric ) {
      if ( args.size() <= SMALL_ARGS_N ) {
         void* smallbuf[SMALL_ARGS_N];
         copy_args( args_, smallbuf );
         faceptr.fGeneric( self, args.size(), smallbuf, result );
      } else {
         std::vector<void*> buf( args.size() );
         copy_args( args_, buf.data() );
         faceptr.fGeneric( self, args.size(), buf.data(), result );
      }
      return kTRUE;
   }
 
   if ( faceptr.fKind == TInterpreter::CallFuncIFacePtr_t::kCtor ) {
      if ( args.size() <= SMALL_ARGS_N ) {
         void* smallbuf[SMALL_ARGS_N];
         copy_args( args_, (void**)smallbuf );
         faceptr.fCtor( (void**)smallbuf, result, args.size() );
      } else {
         std::vector<void*> buf( args.size() );
         copy_args( args_, buf.data() );
         faceptr.fCtor( buf.data(), result, args.size() );
      }
      return kTRUE;
   }
 
   if ( faceptr.fKind == TInterpreter::CallFuncIFacePtr_t::kDtor ) {
      std::cerr << " DESTRUCTOR NOT IMPLEMENTED YET! " << std::endl;
      return kFALSE;
   }
 
   return kFALSE;
}
 
template< typename T >
static inline T CallT( Cppyy::TCppMethod_t method, Cppyy::TCppObject_t self, void* args )
{
   T t{};
   if ( FastCall( method, args, (void*)self, &t ) )
      return t;
   return (T)-1;
}
 
#define CPPYY_IMP_CALL( typecode, rtype )                                     \
rtype Cppyy::Call##typecode( TCppMethod_t method, TCppObject_t self, void* args )\
{                                                                            \
   return CallT< rtype >( method, self, args );                              \
}
 
void Cppyy::CallV( TCppMethod_t method, TCppObject_t self, void* args )
{
   if ( ! FastCall( method, args, (void*)self, nullptr ) )
      return /* TODO ... report error */;
}
 
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( B,  UChar_t      )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( C,  Char_t       )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( H,  Short_t      )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( I,  Int_t        )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( L,  Long_t       )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( LL, Long64_t     )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( F,  Float_t      )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( D,  Double_t     )
CPPYY_IMP_CALL( LD, LongDouble_t )
 
void* Cppyy::CallR( TCppMethod_t method, TCppObject_t self, void* args )
{
   void* r = nullptr;
   if ( FastCall( method, args, (void*)self, &r ) )
      return r;
   return nullptr;
}
 
Char_t* Cppyy::CallS( TCppMethod_t method, TCppObject_t self, void* args )
{
   Char_t* s = nullptr;
   if ( FastCall( method, args, (void*)self, &s ) )
      return s;
   return nullptr;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppObject_t Cppyy::CallConstructor(
      TCppMethod_t method, TCppType_t /* klass */, void* args ) {
   void* obj = nullptr;
   if ( FastCall( method, args, nullptr, &obj ) )
      return (TCppObject_t)obj;
   return (TCppObject_t)0;
}
 
void Cppyy::CallDestructor( TCppType_t type, TCppObject_t self )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( type );
   cr->Destructor( (void*)self, kTRUE );
}
 
Cppyy::TCppObject_t Cppyy::CallO( TCppMethod_t method,
      TCppObject_t self, void* args, TCppType_t result_type )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( result_type );
   size_t s = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_Size(cr->GetClassInfo());
   void* obj = malloc( s );
   if ( FastCall( method, args, self, obj ) )
      return (TCppObject_t)obj;
   return (TCppObject_t)0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppMethPtrGetter_t Cppyy::GetMethPtrGetter(
      TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppIndex_t /* imeth */ )
{
   return (TCppMethPtrGetter_t)0;
}
 
 
// handling of function argument buffer --------------------------------------
void* Cppyy::AllocateFunctionArgs( size_t nargs )
{
   return new TParameter[nargs];
}
 
void Cppyy::DeallocateFunctionArgs( void* args )
{
   delete [] (TParameter*)args;
}
 
size_t Cppyy::GetFunctionArgSizeof()
{
   return sizeof( TParameter );
}
 
size_t Cppyy::GetFunctionArgTypeoffset()\
{
   return offsetof( TParameter, fTypeCode );
}
 
 
// scope reflection information ----------------------------------------------
Bool_t Cppyy::IsNamespace( TCppScope_t scope ) {
// Test if this scope represents a namespace.
   if (scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE)
      return kTRUE;
 
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() )
      return cr->Property() & kIsNamespace;
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsAbstract( TCppType_t klass ) {
// Test if this type may not be instantiated.
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   if ( cr.GetClass() )
      return cr->Property() & kIsAbstract;
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsEnum( const std::string& type_name ) {
   return gInterpreter->ClassInfo_IsEnum( type_name.c_str() );
}
 
 
// class reflection information ----------------------------------------------
std::string Cppyy::GetFinalName( TCppType_t klass )
{
   if ( klass == GLOBAL_HANDLE )    // due to CLING WORKAROUND in InitConverters_
      return "";
   // TODO: either this or GetScopedFinalName is wrong
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   return cr->GetName();
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetScopedFinalName( TCppType_t klass )
{
   // TODO: either this or GetFinalName is wrong
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   return cr->GetName();
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::HasComplexHierarchy( TCppType_t /* handle */ )
{
// Always TRUE for now (pre-empts certain optimizations).
  return kTRUE;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetNumBases( TCppType_t klass )
{
// Get the total number of base classes that this class has.
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   if ( cr.GetClass() && cr->GetListOfBases() != 0 )
      return cr->GetListOfBases()->GetSize();
   return 0;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetBaseName( TCppType_t klass, TCppIndex_t ibase )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( klass );
   return ((TBaseClass*)cr->GetListOfBases()->At( ibase ))->GetName();
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsSubtype( TCppType_t derived, TCppType_t base )
{
   if ( derived == base )
      return kTRUE;
   TClassRef& derived_type = type_from_handle( derived );
   TClassRef& base_type = type_from_handle( base );
   return derived_type->GetBaseClass( base_type ) != 0;
}
 
void Cppyy::AddSmartPtrType( const std::string& type_name ) {
   gSmartPtrTypes.insert( ResolveName( type_name ) );
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsSmartPtr( const std::string& type_name ) {
// checks if typename denotes a smart pointer
// TODO: perhaps make this stricter?
   const std::string& real_name = ResolveName( type_name );
   return gSmartPtrTypes.find(
      real_name.substr( 0,real_name.find( "<" ) ) ) != gSmartPtrTypes.end();
}
 
// type offsets --------------------------------------------------------------
ptrdiff_t Cppyy::GetBaseOffset( TCppType_t derived, TCppType_t base,
      TCppObject_t address, int direction, bool rerror )
{
// calculate offsets between declared and actual type, up-cast: direction > 0; down-cast: direction < 0
   if ( derived == base || !(base && derived) )
      return (ptrdiff_t)0;
 
   TClassRef& cd = type_from_handle( derived );
   TClassRef& cb = type_from_handle( base );
 
   if ( !cd.GetClass() || !cb.GetClass() )
      return (ptrdiff_t)0;
 
   Long_t offset = -1;
   if ( ! (cd->GetClassInfo() && cb->GetClassInfo()) ) {    // gInterpreter requirement
   // would like to warn, but can't quite determine error from intentional
   // hiding by developers, so only cover the case where we really should have
   // had a class info, but apparently don't:
      if ( cd->IsLoaded() ) {
      // warn to allow diagnostics
         std::ostringstream msg;
         msg << "failed offset calculation between " << cb->GetName() << " and " << cd->GetName();
         PyErr_Warn( PyExc_RuntimeWarning, const_cast<char*>( msg.str().c_str() ) );
      }
 
   // return -1 to signal caller NOT to apply offset
      return rerror ? (ptrdiff_t)offset : 0;
   }
 
   offset = gInterpreter->ClassInfo_GetBaseOffset(
      cd->GetClassInfo(), cb->GetClassInfo(), (void*)address, direction > 0 );
   if ( offset == -1 )  // Cling error, treat silently
      return rerror ? (ptrdiff_t)offset : 0;
 
   return (ptrdiff_t)(direction < 0 ? -offset : offset);
}
 
 
// method/function reflection information ------------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetNumMethods( TCppScope_t scope )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() && cr->GetListOfMethods() ) {
      Cppyy::TCppIndex_t nMethods = (TCppIndex_t)cr->GetListOfMethods()->GetSize();
      if ( nMethods == (TCppIndex_t)0 ) {
         std::string clName = GetScopedFinalName( scope );
         if ( clName.find( '<' ) != std::string::npos ) {
         // chicken-and-egg problem: TClass does not know about methods until instantiation: force it
            if ( TClass::GetClass( ("std::" + clName).c_str() ) )
               clName = "std::" + clName;
            std::ostringstream stmt;
            stmt << "template class " << clName << ";";
            gInterpreter->Declare( stmt.str().c_str() );
         // now reload the methods
            return (TCppIndex_t)cr->GetListOfMethods( kTRUE )->GetSize();
         }
      }
      return nMethods;
   } else if ( scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
   // enforce lazines by denying the existence of methods
      return (TCppIndex_t)0;
   }
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetMethodIndexAt( TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppIndex_t /* imeth */ )
{
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
std::vector< Cppyy::TCppMethod_t > Cppyy::GetMethodsFromName(
      TCppScope_t scope, const std::string& name, bool alsoInBases )
{
// TODO: this method assumes that the call for this name is made only
// once, and thus there is no need to store the results of the search
// in g_globalfuncs ... probably true, but needs verification
   std::vector< TCppMethod_t > methods;
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TCollection* funcs = gROOT->GetListOfGlobalFunctions( kTRUE );
      g_globalfuncs.reserve(funcs->GetSize());
 
      TIter ifunc(funcs);
 
      TFunction* func = 0;
      while ( (func = (TFunction*)ifunc.Next()) ) {
      // cover not only direct matches, but also template matches
         std::string fn = func->GetName();
         if ( fn.rfind( name, 0 ) == 0 ) {
         // either match exactly, or match the name as template
            if ( (name.size() == fn.size()) ||
                 (name.size() < fn.size() && fn[name.size()] == '<') ) {
               methods.push_back( (TCppMethod_t)func );
            }
         }
      }
   } else {
      TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
      if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
      // todo: handle overloads
         TMethod* m = alsoInBases ? cr->GetMethodAllAny( name.c_str() ) : cr->GetMethodAny( name.c_str() );
         if ( m ) methods.push_back( (TCppMethod_t)m );
      }
   }
 
   return methods;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppMethod_t Cppyy::GetMethod( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t imeth )
{
   TFunction* f = type_get_method( scope, imeth );
   return (Cppyy::TCppMethod_t)f;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodName( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      std::string name = ((TFunction*)method)->GetName();
      //if ( IsMethodTemplate( method ) )
      //   return name.substr( 0, name.find('<') );
      return name;
   }
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodResultType( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      if ( f->ExtraProperty() & kIsConstructor )
         return "constructor";
      return f->GetReturnTypeNormalizedName();
   }
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetMethodNumArgs( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method )
      return ((TFunction*)method)->GetNargs();
   return 0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetMethodReqArgs( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      return (TCppIndex_t)(f->GetNargs() - f->GetNargsOpt());
   }
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgName( TCppMethod_t method, int iarg )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      TMethodArg* arg = (TMethodArg*)f->GetListOfMethodArgs()->At( iarg );
      return arg->GetName();
   }
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgType( TCppMethod_t method, int iarg )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      TMethodArg* arg = (TMethodArg*)f->GetListOfMethodArgs()->At( iarg );
      return arg->GetTypeNormalizedName();
   }
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodArgDefault( TCppMethod_t method, int iarg )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      TMethodArg* arg = (TMethodArg*)f->GetListOfMethodArgs()->At( iarg );
      const char* def = arg->GetDefault();
      if ( def )
         return def;
   }
 
   return "";
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodSignature( TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppIndex_t /* imeth */ )
{
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsConstMethod( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      return f->Property() & kIsConstMethod;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
 
bool Cppyy::ExistsMethodTemplate(TCppScope_t scope, const std::string& name)
{
   if (scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE) {
      return (bool)gROOT->GetFunctionTemplate(name.c_str());
   } else {
      TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle(scope);
      if (cr.GetClass())
         return (bool)cr->GetFunctionTemplate(name.c_str());
   }
 
   return false;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppMethod_t Cppyy::GetMethodTemplate(
   TCppScope_t scope, const std::string& name, const std::string& proto)
{
   if (scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE) {
      return (TCppMethod_t)gROOT->GetGlobalFunctionWithPrototype(name.c_str(), proto.c_str());
   } else {
      TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle(scope);
      if (cr.GetClass())
         return (TCppMethod_t)cr->GetMethodWithPrototype(name.c_str(), proto.c_str());
   }
 
   return (TCppMethod_t)nullptr;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsMethodTemplate( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      std::string name = f->GetName();
      return (name[name.size()-1] == '>') && (name.find('<') != std::string::npos);
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetMethodNumTemplateArgs(
      TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppIndex_t /* imeth */ )
{
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetMethodTemplateArgName(
      TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppIndex_t /* imeth */, TCppIndex_t /* iarg */ )
{
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetGlobalOperator(
      TCppScope_t /* scope */, TCppType_t /* lc */, TCppType_t /* rc */, const std::string& /* op */ )
{
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
// method properties ---------------------------------------------------------
Bool_t Cppyy::IsConstructor( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      return f->ExtraProperty() & kIsConstructor;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsPublicMethod( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      return f->Property() & kIsPublic;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsStaticMethod( TCppMethod_t method )
{
   if ( method ) {
      TFunction* f = (TFunction*)method;
      return f->Property() & kIsStatic;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
// data member reflection information ----------------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetNumDatamembers( TCppScope_t scope )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() && cr->GetListOfDataMembers() )
      return cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->GetSize();
   else if ( scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      std::cerr << " global data should be retrieved lazily " << std::endl;
      TCollection* vars = gROOT->GetListOfGlobals( kTRUE );
      if ( g_globalvars.size() != (GlobalVars_t::size_type)vars->GetSize() ) {
         g_globalvars.clear();
         g_globalvars.reserve(vars->GetSize());
 
         TIter ivar(vars);
 
         TGlobal* var = 0;
         while ( (var = (TGlobal*)ivar.Next()) )
            g_globalvars.push_back( var );
      }
      return (TCppIndex_t)g_globalvars.size();
   }
   return (TCppIndex_t)0;
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetDatamemberName( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if (cr.GetClass()) {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      return m->GetName();
   }
   assert( scope == (TCppScope_t)GLOBAL_HANDLE );
   TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
   return gbl->GetName();
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetDatamemberType( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
      std::string fullType = gbl->GetFullTypeName();
      if ( fullType[fullType.size()-1] == '*' && \
           fullType.find( "char", 0, 4 ) == std::string::npos )
         fullType.append( "*" );
      else if ( (int)gbl->GetArrayDim() > 1 )
         fullType.append( "*" );
      else if ( (int)gbl->GetArrayDim() == 1 ) {
         std::ostringstream s;
         s << '[' << gbl->GetMaxIndex( 0 ) << ']' << std::ends;
         fullType.append( s.str() );
      }
      return fullType;
   }
 
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() )  {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      std::string fullType = m->GetTrueTypeName();
      if ( (int)m->GetArrayDim() > 1 || (!m->IsBasic() && m->IsaPointer()) )
         fullType.append( "*" );
      else if ( (int)m->GetArrayDim() == 1 ) {
         std::ostringstream s;
         s << '[' << m->GetMaxIndex( 0 ) << ']' << std::ends;
         fullType.append( s.str() );
      }
      return fullType;
   }
 
   return "<unknown>";
}
 
ptrdiff_t Cppyy::GetDatamemberOffset( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
      return (ptrdiff_t)gbl->GetAddress();
   }
 
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      return (ptrdiff_t)m->GetOffsetCint();      // yes, CINT ...
   }
 
   return (ptrdiff_t)0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetDatamemberIndex( TCppScope_t scope, const std::string& name )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gb = (TGlobal*)gROOT->GetListOfGlobals( kTRUE )->FindObject( name.c_str() );
      if ( gb && gb->GetAddress() && gb->GetAddress() != (void*)-1 ) {
         g_globalvars.push_back( gb );
         return g_globalvars.size() - 1;
      }
 
   } else {
      TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
      if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
         TDataMember* dm =
            (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->FindObject( name.c_str() );
         // TODO: turning this into an index is silly ...
         if ( dm ) return (TCppIndex_t)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->IndexOf( dm );
      }
   }
 
   return (TCppIndex_t)-1;
}
 
 
// data member properties ----------------------------------------------------
Bool_t Cppyy::IsPublicData( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE )
      return kTRUE;
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr->Property() & kIsNamespace )
      return kTRUE;
   TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
   return m->Property() & kIsPublic;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsStaticData( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata  )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE )
      return kTRUE;
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr->Property() & kIsNamespace )
      return kTRUE;
   TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
   return m->Property() & kIsStatic;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsConstData( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
      return gbl->Property() & kIsConstant;
   }
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      return m->Property() & kIsConstant;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Bool_t Cppyy::IsEnumData( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
      return gbl->Property() & kIsEnum;
   }
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      return m->Property() & kIsEnum;
   }
   return kFALSE;
}
 
Int_t Cppyy::GetDimensionSize( TCppScope_t scope, TCppIndex_t idata, int dimension )
{
   if ( scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE ) {
      TGlobal* gbl = g_globalvars[ idata ];
      return gbl->GetMaxIndex( dimension );
   }
   TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle( scope );
   if ( cr.GetClass() ) {
      TDataMember* m = (TDataMember*)cr->GetListOfDataMembers()->At( idata );
      return m->GetMaxIndex( dimension );
   }
   return (Int_t)-1;
}
 
// enum properties -----------------------------------------------------------
Cppyy::TCppEnum_t Cppyy::GetEnum(TCppScope_t scope, const std::string& enum_name)
{
    if (scope == GLOBAL_HANDLE)
        return (TCppEnum_t)gROOT->GetListOfEnums(kTRUE)->FindObject(enum_name.c_str());
 
    TClassRef& cr = type_from_handle(scope);
    if (cr.GetClass())
        return (TCppEnum_t)cr->GetListOfEnums(kTRUE)->FindObject(enum_name.c_str());
 
    return (TCppEnum_t)0;
}
 
Cppyy::TCppIndex_t Cppyy::GetNumEnumData(TCppEnum_t etype)
{
    return (TCppIndex_t)((TEnum*)etype)->GetConstants()->GetSize();
}
 
std::string Cppyy::GetEnumDataName(TCppEnum_t etype, TCppIndex_t idata)
{
    return ((TEnumConstant*)((TEnum*)etype)->GetConstants()->At(idata))->GetName();
}
 
long long Cppyy::GetEnumDataValue(TCppEnum_t etype, TCppIndex_t idata)
{
     TEnumConstant* ecst = (TEnumConstant*)((TEnum*)etype)->GetConstants()->At(idata);
     return (long long)ecst->GetValue();
}