source: branches/streams/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/Binding.java

/*
 * Binding.java
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Peter Graves
 * $Id: Binding.java 13695 2011-11-08 23:24:05Z astalla $
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package org.armedbear.lisp;

/** Used by the environment to capture different kinds of bindings:
 * tags, blocks, functions and variables.
 *
 */
// Package accessibility.
final class Binding
{
    /** The symbol in case of a variable, block, symbol-macro or
     * non-SETF function binding, the tag (symbol or
     * integer) in case of a tag binding or the cons
     * in case of a SETF function binding
     */
    final LispObject symbol;

    /** Used only for tags and blocks. Refers to the
     * defining environment.
     *
     */
    Environment env = null;

    /** The value bound.
     *
     * In case of a block binding, it holds the block identifier to be used
     * with the Return to be thrown.
     *
     * In case of a tagbody, it holds the tail subforms of the tagbody, of
     * which the tag is the first subform.
     *
     * In case of a function binding, it holds the function object.
     *
     * In case of a variable binding, it holds the value associated with the
     * variable, unless specialp is true.
     *
     * In case of a symbol macro binding, holds the SymbolMacro instance
     * holding the macro's expansion.
     */
    LispObject value;

    /** Only used for variable bindings. Indicates whether or not the value
     * should be retrieved from the dynamic environment or from this binding.
     */
    boolean specialp;
    final Binding next;

    Binding(LispObject symbol, LispObject value, Binding next)
    {
        this.symbol = symbol;
        this.value = value;
        this.next = next;
    }

    Binding(LispObject symbol, Environment env,
            LispObject value, Binding next)
    {
        this(symbol, value, next);
        this.env = env;
    }
}