n (size_t size);

SCM_API void *scm_malloc (size_t size) SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void *scm_calloc (size_t size) SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void *scm_realloc (void *mem, size_t size);
SCM_API char *scm_strdup (const char *str) SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API char *scm_strndup (const char *str, size_t n) SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void scm_gc_register_collectable_memory (void *mem, size_t size,
						 const char *what);
SCM_API void scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (void *mem, size_t size,
						   const char *what);
SCM_API void *scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (size_t size, const char *what)
  SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void *scm_gc_calloc (size_t size, const char *what)
  SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void *scm_gc_malloc (size_t size, const char *what)
  SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API void *scm_gc_realloc (void *mem, size_t old_size, 
			      size_t new_size, const char *what);
SCM_API void scm_gc_free (void *mem, size_t size, const char *what);
SCM_API char *scm_gc_strdup (const char *str, const char *what)
  SCM_MALLOC;
SCM_API char *scm_gc_strndup (const char *str, size_t n, const char *what)
  SCM_MALLOC;

#define scm_gc_typed_calloc(t) ((t *) scm_gc_calloc (sizeof (t), #t))

#ifdef BUILDING_LIBGUILE
#include "libguile/bdw-gc.h"
#define SCM_GC_MALLOC(size) GC_MALLOC (size)
#define SCM_GC_MALLOC_POINTERLESS(size) GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC (size)
#else
#define SCM_GC_MALLOC(size) scm_gc_malloc (size, NULL)
#define SCM_GC_MALLOC_POINTERLESS(size) scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (size, NULL)
#endif


SCM_INLINE SCM scm_cell (scm_t_bits car, scm_t_bits cdr);
SCM_INLINE SCM scm_double_cell (scm_t_bits car, scm_t_bits cbr,
                                scm_t_bits ccr, scm_t_bits cdr);
SCM_INLINE SCM scm_words (scm_t_bits car, uint32_t n_words);

#if SCM_CAN_INLINE || defined SCM_INLINE_C_IMPLEMENTING_INLINES

SCM_INLINE_IMPLEMENTATION SCM
scm_cell (scm_t_bits car, scm_t_bits cdr)
{
  SCM cell = SCM_PACK_POINTER (SCM_GC_MALLOC (sizeof (scm_t_cell)));

  /* Initialize the type slot last so that the cell is ignored by the GC
     until it is completely initialized.  This is only relevant when the GC
     can actually run during this code, which it can't since the GC only runs
     when all other threads are stopped.  */
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (cell, 1, cdr);
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (cell, 0, car);

  return cell;
}

SCM_INLINE_IMPLEMENTATION SCM
scm_double_cell (scm_t_bits car, scm_t_bits cbr,
		 scm_t_bits ccr, scm_t_bits cdr)
{
  SCM z;

  z = SCM_PACK_POINTER (SCM_GC_MALLOC (2 * sizeof (scm_t_cell)));
  /* Initialize the type slot last so that the cell is ignored by the
     GC until it is completely initialized.  This is only relevant
     when the GC can actually run during this code, which it can't
     since the GC only runs when all other threads are stopped.
  */
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (z, 1, cbr);
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (z, 2, ccr);
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (z, 3, cdr);
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (z, 0, car);

  /* When this function is inlined, it's possible that the last
     SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD above will be adjacent to a following
     initialization of z.  E.g., it occurred in scm_make_real.  GCC
     from around version 3 (e.g., certainly 3.2) began taking
     advantage of strict C aliasing rules which say that it's OK to
     interchange the initialization above and the one below when the
     pointer types appear to differ sufficiently.  We don't want that,
     of course.  GCC allows this behavior to be disabled with the
     -fno-strict-aliasing option, but would also need to be supplied
     by Guile users.  Instead, the following statements prevent the
     reordering.
   */
#ifdef __GNUC__
  __asm__ volatile ("" : : : "memory");
#else
  /* portable version, just in case any other compiler does the same
     thing.  */
  scm_remember_upto_here_1 (z);
#endif

  return z;
}

SCM_INLINE_IMPLEMENTATION SCM
scm_words (scm_t_bits car, uint32_t n_words)
{
  SCM z;

  z = SCM_PACK_POINTER (SCM_GC_MALLOC (sizeof (scm_t_bits) * n_words));
  SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD (z, 0, car);

  /* FIXME: is the following concern even relevant with BDW-GC? */

  /* When this function is inlined, it's possible that the last
     SCM_GC_SET_CELL_WORD above will be adjacent to a following
     initialization of z.  E.g., it occurred in scm_make_real.  GCC
     from around version 3 (e.g., certainly 3.2) began taking
     advantage of strict C aliasing rules which say that it's OK to
     interchange the initialization above and the one below when the
     pointer types appear to differ sufficiently.  We don't want that,
     of course.  GCC allows this behavior to be disabled with the
     -fno-strict-aliasing option, but would also need to be supplied
     by Guile users.  Instead, the following statements prevent the
     reordering.
   */
#ifdef __GNUC__
  __asm__ volatile ("" : : : "memory");
#else
  /* portable version, just in case any other compiler does the same
     thing.  */
  scm_remember_upto_here_1 (z);
#endif

  return z;
}

#endif /* SCM_CAN_INLINE || defined SCM_INLINE_C_IMPLEMENTING_INLINES */

SCM_API void scm_remember_upto_here_1 (SCM obj);
SCM_API void scm_remember_upto_here_2 (SCM obj1, SCM obj2);
SCM_API void scm_remember_upto_here (SCM obj1, ...);

/* In GCC we can force a reference to an SCM by making it an input to an
   empty asm.  This avoids the code size and slowdown of an actual function
   call.  Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any way to do the varargs
   scm_remember_upto_here like this.

   __volatile__ ensures nothing will be moved across the asm, and it won't
   be optimized away (or only if proved unreachable).  Constraint "g" can be
   used on all processors and allows any memory or general register (or
   immediate) operand.  The actual asm syntax doesn't matter, we don't want
   to use it, just ensure the operand is still alive.  See "Extended Asm" in
   the GCC manual for more.  */

#ifdef __GNUC__
#define scm_remember_upto_here_1(x)             \
  do {                                          \
    __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : "g" (x));      \
  } while (0)
#define scm_remember_upto_here_2(x, y)          \
  do {                                          \
    scm_remember_upto_here_1 (x);               \
    scm_remember_upto_here_1 (y);               \
  } while (0)
#endif

SCM_API SCM scm_return_first (SCM elt, ...);
SCM_API int scm_return_first_int (int x, ...);
SCM_API SCM scm_permanent_object (SCM obj);
SCM_API SCM scm_gc_protect_object (SCM obj);
SCM_API SCM scm_gc_unprotect_object (SCM obj);
SCM_API void scm_gc_register_root (SCM *p);
SCM_API void scm_gc_unregister_root (SCM *p);
SCM_API void scm_gc_register_roots (SCM *b, unsigned long n);
SCM_API void scm_gc_unregister_roots (SCM *b, unsigned long n);
SCM_INTERNAL void scm_gc_after_nonlocal_exit (void);
SCM_INTERNAL void scm_storage_prehistory (void);
SCM_INTERNAL void scm_init_gc_protect_object (void);
SCM_INTERNAL void scm_init_gc (void);

#endif  /* SCM_GC_H */