Ruby: include/ruby/internal/attr/artificial.h File Reference

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artificial.h File Reference

Defines RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL. More...

`#include "ruby/internal/has/attribute.h"`
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## Macros
#define | RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL() /* void */
| Wraps (or simulates) `__attribute__((artificial))`

## Detailed Description

Defines RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL.

Author
  Ruby developers ruby-.nosp@m.core.nosp@m.@ruby.nosp@m.-lan.nosp@m.g.org

Copyright
  This file is a part of the programming language Ruby. Permission is hereby granted, to either redistribute and/or modify this file, provided that the conditions mentioned in the file COPYING are met. Consult the file for details.

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.

### Q&A

- Q: What is this attribute? I don't get what GCC manual is talking about.
- A: In short it is an attribute to manipulate GDB backtraces. The attribute makes the best sense when it comes with attribute((always_inline)). When a function annotated with this attribute gets inlined, and when you somehow look at a backtrace which includes such inlined call site, then the backtrace shows the caller and not the callee. This is handy for instance when an identical function is inlined more than once in a single big function. On such case it gets vital to know where the inlining happened in the callee. See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/21936099

Definition in file artificial.h.

## Macro Definition Documentation

## ◆ RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL

#define RBIMPL_ATTR_ARTIFICIAL | ( |  | ) | /* void */

Wraps (or simulates) `__attribute__((artificial))`

Definition at line 43 of file artificial.h.