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Public APIs related to rb_cArray. More...

#include "ruby/internal/attr/noalias.h"
#include "ruby/internal/attr/noexcept.h"
#include "ruby/internal/attr/nonnull.h"
#include "ruby/internal/attr/pure.h"
#include "ruby/internal/dllexport.h"
#include "ruby/internal/value.h"
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Macros

#define rb_ary_tmp_new   rb_ary_hidden_new
 
#define rb_ary_new2   rb_ary_new_capa
 Old name of rb_ary_new_capa. More...
 
#define rb_ary_new3   rb_ary_new_from_args
 Old name of rb_ary_new_from_args. More...
 
#define rb_ary_new4   rb_ary_new_from_values
 Old name of rb_ary_new_from_values. More...
 

Functions

void rb_mem_clear (VALUE *buf, long len)
 Fills the memory region with a series of RUBY_Qnil. More...
 
VALUE rb_assoc_new (VALUE car, VALUE cdr)
 Identical to rb_ary_new_from_values(), except it expects exactly two parameters. More...
 
VALUE rb_check_array_type (VALUE obj)
 Try converting an object to its array representation using its to_ary method, if any. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_new (void)
 Allocates a new, empty array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_new_capa (long capa)
 Identical to rb_ary_new(), except it additionally specifies how many rooms of objects it should allocate. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_new_from_args (long n,...)
 Constructs an array from the passed objects. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_new_from_values (long n, const VALUE *elts)
 Identical to rb_ary_new_from_args(), except how objects are passed. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_hidden_new (long capa)
 Allocates a hidden (no class) empty array. More...
 
void rb_ary_free (VALUE ary)
 Destroys the given array for no reason. More...
 
void rb_ary_modify (VALUE ary)
 Declares that the array is about to be modified. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_freeze (VALUE obj)
 Freeze an array, preventing further modifications. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_shared_with_p (VALUE lhs, VALUE rhs)
 Queries if the passed two arrays share the same backend storage. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_aref (int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
 Queries element(s) of an array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_subseq (VALUE ary, long beg, long len)
 Obtains a part of the passed array. More...
 
void rb_ary_store (VALUE ary, long key, VALUE val)
 Destructively stores the passed value to the passed array's passed index. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_dup (VALUE ary)
 Duplicates an array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_resurrect (VALUE ary)
 I guess there is no use case of this function in extension libraries, but this is a routine identical to rb_ary_dup(). More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_to_ary (VALUE obj)
 Force converts an object to an array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_to_s (VALUE ary)
 Converts an array into a human-readable string. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_cat (VALUE ary, const VALUE *train, long len)
 Destructively appends multiple elements at the end of the array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_push (VALUE ary, VALUE elem)
 Special case of rb_ary_cat() that it adds only one element. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_pop (VALUE ary)
 Destructively deletes an element from the end of the passed array and returns what was deleted. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_shift (VALUE ary)
 Destructively deletes an element from the beginning of the passed array and returns what was deleted. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_unshift (VALUE ary, VALUE elem)
 Destructively prepends the passed item at the beginning of the passed array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_entry (VALUE ary, long off)
 Queries an element of an array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_each (VALUE ary)
 Iteratively yields each element of the passed array to the implicitly passed block if any. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_join (VALUE ary, VALUE sep)
 Recursively stringises the elements of the passed array, flattens that result, then joins the sequence using the passed separator. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_reverse (VALUE ary)
 Destructively reverses the passed array in-place. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_rotate (VALUE ary, long rot)
 Destructively rotates the passed array in-place to towards its end. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_sort (VALUE ary)
 Creates a copy of the passed array, whose elements are sorted according to their <=> result. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_sort_bang (VALUE ary)
 Destructively sorts the passed array in-place, according to each elements' <=> result. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_delete (VALUE ary, VALUE elem)
 Destructively removes elements from the passed array, so that there would be no elements inside that satisfy == relationship with the passed object. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_delete_at (VALUE ary, long pos)
 Destructively removes an element which resides at the specific index of the passed array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_clear (VALUE ary)
 Destructively removes everything form an array. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_plus (VALUE lhs, VALUE rhs)
 Creates a new array, concatenating the former to the latter. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_concat (VALUE lhs, VALUE rhs)
 Destructively appends the contents of latter into the end of former. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_assoc (VALUE alist, VALUE key)
 Looks up the passed key, assuming the passed array is an alist. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_rassoc (VALUE alist, VALUE key)
 Identical to rb_ary_assoc(), except it scans the passed array from the opposite direction. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_includes (VALUE ary, VALUE elem)
 Queries if the passed array has the passed entry. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_cmp (VALUE lhs, VALUE rhs)
 Recursively compares each elements of the two arrays one-by-one using <=>. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_replace (VALUE copy, VALUE orig)
 Replaces the contents of the former object with the contents of the latter. More...
 
VALUE rb_get_values_at (VALUE obj, long olen, int argc, const VALUE *argv, VALUE(*func)(VALUE obj, long oidx))
 This was a generalisation of Array#values_at, Struct#values_at, and MatchData#values_at. More...
 
VALUE rb_ary_resize (VALUE ary, long len)
 Expands or shrinks the passed array to the passed length. More...
 

Detailed Description

Public APIs related to rb_cArray.

Author
Ruby developers ruby-.nosp@m.core.nosp@m.@ruby.nosp@m.-lan.nosp@m.g.org
Warning
Symbols prefixed with either RBIMPL or rbimpl are implementation details. Don't take them as canon. They could rapidly appear then vanish. The name (path) of this header file is also an implementation detail. Do not expect it to persist at the place it is now. Developers are free to move it anywhere anytime at will.
Note
To ruby-core: remember that this header can be possibly recursively included from extension libraries written in C++. Do not expect for instance __VA_ARGS__ is always available. We assume C99 for ruby itself but we don't assume languages of extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.

Definition in file array.h.

Function Documentation

◆ rb_ary_aref()

VALUE rb_ary_aref ( int  argc,
const VALUE argv,
VALUE  ary 
)

Queries element(s) of an array.

This is complicated! Refer Array#slice document for the complete description of how it behaves.

Parameters
[in]argcNumber of objects of argv.
[in]argvUp to 2 objects.
[in]aryTarget array.
Exceptions
rb_eTypeErrorargv (or its part) includes non-Integer.
rb_eRangeErrorrb_cArithSeq is passed, and is OOB.
Returns
An element (if requested), or an array of elements (if requested), or RUBY_Qnil (if index OOB).

Definition at line 1895 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_assoc()

VALUE rb_ary_assoc ( VALUE  alist,
VALUE  key 
)

Looks up the passed key, assuming the passed array is an alist.

An "alist" here is a list of "association"s, much like that of Emacs. Emacs has assoc function that behaves exactly the same as this one.

# This is an example of aliist.
auto_mode_alist = [
[ /\.[ch]\z/, :"c-mode" ],
[ /\.[ch]pp\z/, :"c++-mode" ],
[ /\.awk\z/, :"awk-mode" ],
[ /\.cs\z/, :"csharp-mode" ],
[ /\.go\z/, :"go-mode" ],
[ /\.java\z/, :"java-mode" ],
[ /\.pas\z/, :"pascal-mode" ],
[ /\.rs\z/, :"rust-mode" ],
[ /\.txt\z/, :"text-mode" ],
]

This function scans the passed array looking for an element, which itself is an array, whose first element is the passed key. If no such element is found, returns RUBY_Qnil.

Although this function expects the passed array be an array of arrays, it can happily accept non-array elements; it just ignores such things.

Parameters
[in]alistAn array of arrays.
[in]keyNeedle.
Return values
RUBY_QnilNothing was found.
otherwiseAn element in alist whose first element is in == relationship with key.

Definition at line 5065 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_cat()

VALUE rb_ary_cat ( VALUE  ary,
const VALUE train,
long  len 
)

Destructively appends multiple elements at the end of the array.

Parameters
[out]aryWhere to push train.
[in]trainArbitrary ruby objects to push to ary.
[in]lenNumber of objects of train.
Exceptions
rb_eIndexErrorlen too large.
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
The passed ary.
Postcondition
ary has contents from train appended at its end.

Definition at line 1397 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_clear()

VALUE rb_ary_clear ( VALUE  ary)

Destructively removes everything form an array.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
The passed ary.
Postcondition
ary is an empty array.

Definition at line 4642 of file array.c.

Referenced by ruby_set_argv().

◆ rb_ary_cmp()

VALUE rb_ary_cmp ( VALUE  lhs,
VALUE  rhs 
)

Recursively compares each elements of the two arrays one-by-one using <=>.

Parameters
[in]lhsComparison LHS.
[in]rhsComparison RHS.
Return values
RUBY_Qnillhs and rhs are not comparable.
-1lhs is less than rhs.
0They are equal.
1rhs is less then lhs.

Definition at line 5368 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_concat()

VALUE rb_ary_concat ( VALUE  lhs,
VALUE  rhs 
)

Destructively appends the contents of latter into the end of former.

Parameters
[out]lhsDestination array.
[in]rhsSource array.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorlhs is frozen.
rb_eIndexErrorResult array too big.
rb_eTypeErrorrhs doesn't respond to #to_ary.
Returns
The passed lhs.
Postcondition
lhs has contents of rhs appended to its end.

Definition at line 4981 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_delete()

VALUE rb_ary_delete ( VALUE  ary,
VALUE  elem 
)

Destructively removes elements from the passed array, so that there would be no elements inside that satisfy == relationship with the passed object.

Returns the last deleted element if any. But in case there was nothing to delete it gets complicated. It checks for the implicitly passed block. If there is a block the return value would be what the block evaluates to. Otherwise it resorts to RUBY_Qnil.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
[in]elemTemplate object to match against each element.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
What was deleted, or what was the block returned, or RUBY_Qnil (see above).
Postcondition
All elements that have == relationship with elem are purged from ary. Elements shift their positions so that ary gets compact.

Definition at line 3991 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_delete_at()

VALUE rb_ary_delete_at ( VALUE  ary,
long  pos 
)

Destructively removes an element which resides at the specific index of the passed array.

Unlike rb_ary_stre() the index can be negative, which means the index counts backwards from the array's tail.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
[in]posPosition (can be negative).
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
What was deleted, or RUBY_Qnil in case of OOB.
Postcondition
ary's pos-th element is deleted if any.
Note
There is no way to distinguish whether pos is out of bound, or pos did exist but stored RUBY_Qnil as an ordinal value.

Definition at line 4045 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_dup()

VALUE rb_ary_dup ( VALUE  ary)

Duplicates an array.

Parameters
[in]aryTarget to duplicate.
Returns
An allocated new array whose contents are identical to ary.

Definition at line 2777 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_ary_sort().

◆ rb_ary_each()

VALUE rb_ary_each ( VALUE  ary)

Iteratively yields each element of the passed array to the implicitly passed block if any.

In case there is no block given, an enumerator that does the thing is generated instead.

Parameters
[in]aryArray to iterate over.
Return values
aryPassed block was evaluated.
otherwiseAn instance of rb_cEnumerator for Array#each.

Definition at line 2641 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_entry()

VALUE rb_ary_entry ( VALUE  ary,
long  off 
)

Queries an element of an array.

When passed offset is negative it counts backwards.

Parameters
[in]aryAn array to look into.
[in]offOffset (can be negative).
Returns
RUBY_Qnil when off is out of bounds of ary. Otherwise what is stored at off-th position of ary.
Note
ary's off-th element can happen to be RUBY_Qnil.

Definition at line 1737 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_debug_inspector_frame_binding_get(), rb_debug_inspector_frame_class_get(), rb_debug_inspector_frame_depth(), rb_debug_inspector_frame_iseq_get(), rb_debug_inspector_frame_self_get(), and rb_ext_resolve_symbol().

◆ rb_ary_free()

void rb_ary_free ( VALUE  ary)

Destroys the given array for no reason.

Warning
DO NOT USE IT.
Leave this task to our GC.
It was a wrong indea at the first place to let you know about it.
Parameters
[out]aryThe array to be executed.
Postcondition
The given array no longer exists.
Note
Maybe Array#clear could be what you want.

Definition at line 875 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_freeze()

VALUE rb_ary_freeze ( VALUE  obj)

Freeze an array, preventing further modifications.

The underlying buffer may be shrunk before freezing to conserve memory.

Parameters
[out]objObject assumed to be an array to freeze.
See also
RB_OBJ_FREEZE()

Definition at line 648 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_hidden_new()

VALUE rb_ary_hidden_new ( long  capa)

Allocates a hidden (no class) empty array.

Parameters
[in]capaDesigned capacity of the array.
Returns
A hidden, empty array.
See also
rb_obj_hide()

Definition at line 859 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_get_kwargs(), and rb_struct_new().

◆ rb_ary_includes()

VALUE rb_ary_includes ( VALUE  ary,
VALUE  elem 
)

Queries if the passed array has the passed entry.

Parameters
[in]aryTarget array to scan.
[in]elemTarget array to find.
Return values
RUBY_QfalseNo element in ary is in == relationship with elem.
RUBY_QtrueThere is at least one element in ary which is in == relationship with elem.

Definition at line 5280 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_join()

VALUE rb_ary_join ( VALUE  ary,
VALUE  sep 
)

Recursively stringises the elements of the passed array, flattens that result, then joins the sequence using the passed separator.

Parameters
[in]aryTarget array to convert.
[in]sepSeparator. Either a string, or RUBY_Qnil if you want no separator.
Exceptions
rb_eArgErrorInfinite recursion in ary.
rb_eTypeErrorsep is not a string.
rb_eEncCompatErrorStrings do not agree with their encodings.
Returns
An instance of rb_cString which concatenates stringised contents of ary, using sep as separator.

Definition at line 2891 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_modify()

void rb_ary_modify ( VALUE  ary)

Declares that the array is about to be modified.

This for instance let the array have a dedicated backend storage.

Parameters
[out]aryArray about to be modified.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Postcondition
Upon successful return the passed array is eligible to be modified.

Definition at line 576 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_ary_delete_at(), rb_ary_resize(), rb_ary_reverse(), rb_ary_rotate(), rb_ary_sort_bang(), and rb_ary_store().

◆ rb_ary_new()

VALUE rb_ary_new ( void  )

Allocates a new, empty array.

Returns
An allocated new array, whose length is 0.

Definition at line 747 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_f_global_variables(), rb_f_untrace_var(), rb_memory_view_extract_item_members(), rb_mod_ancestors(), rb_mod_included_modules(), and rb_obj_instance_variables().

◆ rb_ary_new_capa()

VALUE rb_ary_new_capa ( long  capa)

Identical to rb_ary_new(), except it additionally specifies how many rooms of objects it should allocate.

This way you can create an array whose capacity is bigger than the length of it. If you can say that an array grows to a specific amount, this could be effective than resizing an array over and over again and again.

Parameters
[in]capaDesigned capacity of the generating array.
Returns
An empty array, whose capacity is capa.

Definition at line 741 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_ary_new().

◆ rb_ary_new_from_args()

VALUE rb_ary_new_from_args ( long  n,
  ... 
)

Constructs an array from the passed objects.

Parameters
[in]nNumber of passed objects.
[in]...Arbitrary ruby objects, filled into the returning array.
Returns
An array of size n, whose contents are the passed objects.

Definition at line 752 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_new_from_values()

VALUE rb_ary_new_from_values ( long  n,
const VALUE elts 
)

Identical to rb_ary_new_from_args(), except how objects are passed.

Parameters
[in]nNumber of objects of elts.
[in]eltsArbitrary ruby objects, filled into the returning array.
Returns
An array of size n, whose contents are the passed objects.

Definition at line 786 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_plus()

VALUE rb_ary_plus ( VALUE  lhs,
VALUE  rhs 
)

Creates a new array, concatenating the former to the latter.

Parameters
[in]lhsSource array #1.
[in]rhsSource array #2.
Exceptions
rb_eIndexErrorResult array too big.
Returns
A new array containing rhs concatenated to lhs.
Note
This operation doesn't commute. Don't get confused by the "plus" terminology. For historical reasons there are some noncommutative +s in Ruby. This is one of such things. There has been a long discussion around +s in programming languages.

Definition at line 4918 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_pop()

VALUE rb_ary_pop ( VALUE  ary)

Destructively deletes an element from the end of the passed array and returns what was deleted.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
What was at the end of ary, or RUBY_Qnil if there is nothing to remove.
Postcondition
ary's last element, if any, is removed.
Note
There is no way to distinguish whether ary was an 1-element array whose content was RUBY_Qnil, or was empty.

Definition at line 1431 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_push()

VALUE rb_ary_push ( VALUE  ary,
VALUE  elem 
)

Special case of rb_ary_cat() that it adds only one element.

Parameters
[out]aryWhere to push elem.
[in]elemArbitrary ruby object to push.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
The passed ary.
Postcondition
ary has elem appended at its end.

Definition at line 1384 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_f_global_variables(), rb_f_untrace_var(), rb_get_kwargs(), rb_memory_view_extract_item_members(), ruby_init_loadpath(), and ruby_set_argv().

◆ rb_ary_rassoc()

VALUE rb_ary_rassoc ( VALUE  alist,
VALUE  key 
)

Identical to rb_ary_assoc(), except it scans the passed array from the opposite direction.

Parameters
[in]alistAn array of arrays.
[in]keyNeedle.
Return values
RUBY_QnilNothing was found.
otherwiseAn element in alist whose first element is in == relationship with key.

Definition at line 5097 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_replace()

VALUE rb_ary_replace ( VALUE  copy,
VALUE  orig 
)

Replaces the contents of the former object with the contents of the latter.

Parameters
[out]copyDestination object.
[in]origSource object.
Exceptions
rb_eTypeErrororig has no implicit conversion to Array.
rb_eFrozenErrorcopy is frozen.
Returns
The passed copy.
Postcondition
copy's former components are abandoned. It now has the identical length and contents to orig.

Definition at line 4587 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_resize()

VALUE rb_ary_resize ( VALUE  ary,
long  len 
)

Expands or shrinks the passed array to the passed length.

Parameters
[out]aryAn array to modify.
[in]lenDesired length of ary.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
rb_eIndexErrorlen too long.
Returns
The passed ary.
Postcondition
ary's length is len.
Depending on len and previous length of ary this operation can also create a series of "hole" positions inside of the backend storage. They are filled with RUBY_Qnil.

Definition at line 2296 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_resurrect()

VALUE rb_ary_resurrect ( VALUE  ary)

I guess there is no use case of this function in extension libraries, but this is a routine identical to rb_ary_dup().

This makes the most sense when the passed array is formerly hidden by rb_obj_hide().

Parameters
[in]aryAn array, possibly hidden.
Returns
A duplicated new instance of rb_cArray.

Definition at line 2790 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_reverse()

VALUE rb_ary_reverse ( VALUE  ary)

Destructively reverses the passed array in-place.

Warning
This is Array#reverse!, not Array#reverse.
Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
Passed ary.
Postcondition
ary is reversed.

Definition at line 3119 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_rotate()

VALUE rb_ary_rotate ( VALUE  ary,
long  rot 
)

Destructively rotates the passed array in-place to towards its end.

The amount can be negative. Would rotate to the opposite direction then.

Warning
This is Array#rotate!, not Array#rotate.
Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
[in]rotAmount of rotation.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Return values
RUBY_QnilNot rotated.
aryRotated.
Postcondition
ary is rotated.

Definition at line 3208 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_shared_with_p()

VALUE rb_ary_shared_with_p ( VALUE  lhs,
VALUE  rhs 
)

Queries if the passed two arrays share the same backend storage.

A use-case for knowing such property is to take a snapshot of an array (using e.g. rb_ary_replace()), then check later if that snapshot still shares the storage with the original. Taking a snapshot is ultra-cheap. If nothing happens the impact shall be minimal. But if someone modifies the original, that entity shall pay the cost of copy-on-write. You can detect that using this API.

Parameters
[in]lhsComparison LHS.
[in]rhsComparison RHS.
Return values
RUBY_QtrueThey share the same backend storage.
RUBY_QfalseThey are distinct.
Precondition
Both arguments must be of RUBY_T_ARRAY.

Definition at line 669 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_shift()

VALUE rb_ary_shift ( VALUE  ary)

Destructively deletes an element from the beginning of the passed array and returns what was deleted.

It can also be seen as a routine identical to rb_ary_pop(), except which side of the array to scrub.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
What was at the beginning of ary, or RUBY_Qnil if there is nothing to remove.
Postcondition
ary's first element, if any, is removed. As the name implies everything else remaining in ary gets moved towards ary's beginning.
Note
There is no way to distinguish whether ary was an 1-element array whose content was RUBY_Qnil, or was empty.

Definition at line 1496 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_sort()

VALUE rb_ary_sort ( VALUE  ary)

Creates a copy of the passed array, whose elements are sorted according to their <=> result.

Parameters
[in]aryArray to sort.
Exceptions
rb_eArgErrorComparison not defined among elements.
rb_eRuntimeErrorInfinite recursion in <=>.
Returns
A copy of ary, sorted.
Note
As of writing this function uses qsort as backend algorithm, which means the result is unstable (in terms of sort stability).

Definition at line 3487 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_sort_bang()

VALUE rb_ary_sort_bang ( VALUE  ary)

Destructively sorts the passed array in-place, according to each elements' <=> result.

Parameters
[in]aryTarget array to modify.
Exceptions
rb_eArgErrorComparison not defined among elements.
rb_eRuntimeErrorInfinite recursion in <=>.
Returns
Passed ary.
Postcondition
ary is sorted.
Note
As of writing this function uses qsort as backend algorithm, which means the result is unstable (in terms of sort stability).

Definition at line 3394 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_ary_sort().

◆ rb_ary_store()

void rb_ary_store ( VALUE  ary,
long  key,
VALUE  val 
)

Destructively stores the passed value to the passed array's passed index.

It also resizes the array's backend storage so that the requested index is not out of bounds.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
[in]keyWhere to store val.
[in]valWhat to store at key.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
rb_eIndexErrorkey is negative.
Postcondition
ary's keyth position is occupied with val.
Depending on key and previous length of ary this operation can also create a series of "hole" positions inside of the backend storage. They are filled with RUBY_Qnil.

Definition at line 1207 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_ary_delete().

◆ rb_ary_subseq()

VALUE rb_ary_subseq ( VALUE  ary,
long  beg,
long  len 
)

Obtains a part of the passed array.

Parameters
[in]aryTarget array.
[in]begSubpart index.
[in]lenRequested length of returning array.
Return values
RUBY_QnilRequested range out of bounds of ary.
otherwiseAn allocated new array whose contents are ary's beg to len.
Note
Return array can be shorter than len when for instance [0, 1, 2, 3]'s 4th to 1,000,000,000th is requested.

Definition at line 1765 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_apply().

◆ rb_ary_to_ary()

VALUE rb_ary_to_ary ( VALUE  obj)

Force converts an object to an array.

It first tries its #to_ary method. Takes the result if any. Otherwise creates an array of size 1 whose sole element is the passed object.

Parameters
[in]objArbitrary ruby object.
Returns
An array representation of obj.
Note
Unlike rb_str_to_str() which is a variant of rb_check_string_type(), rb_ary_to_ary() is not a variant of rb_check_array_type().

Definition at line 2197 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_to_s()

VALUE rb_ary_to_s ( VALUE  ary)

Converts an array into a human-readable string.

Historically its behaviour changed over time. Currently it is identical to calling inspect method. This behaviour is from that of python (!!) circa 2006.

Parameters
[in]aryArray to inspect.
Returns
Recursively inspected representation of ary.
See also
[ruby-dev:29520]

Definition at line 3013 of file array.c.

◆ rb_ary_unshift()

VALUE rb_ary_unshift ( VALUE  ary,
VALUE  elem 
)

Destructively prepends the passed item at the beginning of the passed array.

It can also be seen as a routine identical to rb_ary_push(), except which side of the array to modify.

Parameters
[out]aryTarget array to modify.
[in]elemArbitrary ruby object to unshift.
Exceptions
rb_eFrozenErrorary is frozen.
Returns
The passed ary.
Postcondition
ary has elem prepended at this beginning.

Definition at line 1719 of file array.c.

◆ rb_assoc_new()

VALUE rb_assoc_new ( VALUE  car,
VALUE  cdr 
)

Identical to rb_ary_new_from_values(), except it expects exactly two parameters.

Parameters
[in]carArbitrary ruby object.
[in]cdrArbitrary ruby object.
Returns
An allocated new array, of length 2, whose contents are the passed objects.

Definition at line 1001 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_big_divmod().

◆ rb_check_array_type()

VALUE rb_check_array_type ( VALUE  obj)

Try converting an object to its array representation using its to_ary method, if any.

If there is no such thing, returns RUBY_Qnil.

Parameters
[in]objArbitrary ruby object to convert.
Exceptions
rb_eTypeErrorobj.to_ary returned something non-Array.
Return values
RUBY_QnilNo conversion from obj to array defined.
otherwiseConverted array representation of obj.
See also
rb_io_check_io
rb_check_string_type
rb_check_hash_type

Definition at line 1014 of file array.c.

Referenced by rb_Array(), rb_ary_assoc(), rb_ary_cmp(), rb_ary_rassoc(), rb_ary_to_ary(), rb_yield_splat(), and rb_yield_splat_kw().

◆ rb_get_values_at()

VALUE rb_get_values_at ( VALUE  obj,
long  olen,
int  argc,
const VALUE argv,
VALUE(*)(VALUE obj, long oidx)  func 
)

This was a generalisation of Array#values_at, Struct#values_at, and MatchData#values_at.

It begun its life as a refactoring effort. However as Ruby evolves over time, as of writing none of aforementioned methods share their implementations at all. This function is not deprecated; still works as it has been. But it is now kind of like a rudimentum.

This function takes an object, which is a receiver, and a series of "indices", which are either integers, or ranges of integers. Calls the passed callback for each of those indices, along with the receiver. This callback is expected to do something like rb_ary_aref(), rb_struct_aref(), etc. In case of a range index rb_range_beg_len() expands the range. Finally return values of the callback are gathered as an array, then returned.

Parameters
[in]objArbitrary ruby object.
[in]olen"Length" of obj.
[in]argcNumber of objects of argv.
[in]argvList of "indices", described above.
[in]funcCallback function.
Returns
A new instance of rb_cArray gathering funcoutputs.

◆ rb_mem_clear()

void rb_mem_clear ( VALUE buf,
long  len 
)

Fills the memory region with a series of RUBY_Qnil.

Parameters
[out]bufBuffer to squash.
[in]lenNumber of objects of buf.
Postcondition
buf is filled with RUBY_Qnil.

Definition at line 294 of file array.c.