Name strings

Types

• Luna::Name

  Represents one name string.

Alias types

• using name_id_t = u32

  The name ID type.

Functions

• const c8 * intern_name(const c8 *name)

  Interns one name string to the runtime and fetches the interned address for it.

• const c8 * intern_name(const c8 *name, usize count)

  Interns one name string to the runtime and fetches the interned address for it.

• void retain_name(const c8 *name)

  Increases the reference count of the name string by 1.

• void release_name(const c8 *name)

  Decreases the reference count of the name string by 1, and eventually frees the name string when the reference count goes to 0.

• name_id_t get_name_id(const c8 *name)

  Gets the ID for the specified name. The ID keeps constant between multiple processes.

• usize get_name_size(const c8 *name)

  Fetches the size of the name string.

• typeinfo_t name_type()

  Gets the type object of Name.