added some abstract type instrospection capabilities

registering abstract type in vm_register table

src/core/typedarray.c

@@ -320,6 +320,25 @@ static Janet cfun_typed_array_properties(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     return janet_wrap_struct(janet_struct_end(props));
 }
 
+static Janet cfun_abstract_properties(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
+    janet_fixarity(argc, 1);
+    JanetAbstractTypeInfo * info;
+    if (janet_checktype(argv[0],JANET_KEYWORD)) {
+      const uint8_t *keyw = janet_unwrap_keyword(argv[0]);
+      info=janet_get_abstract_type_info_byname((const char*)keyw);
+    } else {
+      uint32_t tag = (uint32_t)janet_getinteger(argv, 0);
+      info=janet_get_abstract_type_info(tag);
+    }
+    if (info==NULL) {
+      return janet_wrap_nil();
+    }
+    JanetKV *props = janet_struct_begin(2);
+    janet_struct_put(props, janet_ckeywordv("tag"), janet_wrap_number(info->tag));
+    janet_struct_put(props, janet_ckeywordv("name"), janet_ckeywordv(info->type.name));
+    return janet_wrap_struct(janet_struct_end(props));
+}
+
 
 
 static const JanetReg ta_cfuns[] = {
@@ -343,6 +362,11 @@ static const JanetReg ta_cfuns[] = {
         JDOC("(tarray/properties array )\n\n"
              "return typed array properties as a struct")
     },
+    {
+        "abstract/properties", cfun_abstract_properties,
+        JDOC("(abstract/properties tag)\n\n"
+             "return abstract type properties as a struct")
+    },
 
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
@@ -351,4 +375,5 @@ static const JanetReg ta_cfuns[] = {
 /* Module entry point */
 void janet_lib_typed_array(JanetTable *env) {
     janet_core_cfuns(env, NULL, ta_cfuns);
+    janet_register_abstract_type(&ta_buffer_type,1111);
 }

src/core/util.c

@@ -284,6 +284,47 @@ void janet_cfuns(JanetTable *env, const char *regprefix, const JanetReg *cfuns)
     }
 }
 
+static const JanetAbstractType type_info = {"core/type_info", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL};
+
+void janet_register_abstract_type(const JanetAbstractType *atype,uint32_t tag) {
+  JanetAbstractTypeInfo * abstract =(JanetAbstractTypeInfo *)janet_abstract(&type_info,sizeof(JanetAbstractTypeInfo));
+  abstract->type=*atype;
+  abstract->tag=tag;
+  if (!(janet_checktype(janet_table_get(janet_vm_registry,janet_wrap_number(tag)),JANET_NIL)) ||
+      !(janet_checktype(janet_table_get(janet_vm_registry,janet_ckeywordv(atype->name)),JANET_NIL))) {
+    janet_panic("Register abstract type fail, a type with same name or tag exist");
+  }
+  janet_table_put(janet_vm_registry,janet_wrap_number(tag), janet_wrap_abstract(abstract));
+  janet_table_put(janet_vm_registry,janet_ckeywordv(atype->name), janet_wrap_abstract(abstract));
+}
+
+JanetAbstractTypeInfo * janet_get_abstract_type_info(uint32_t tag) {
+  Janet info=janet_table_get(janet_vm_registry,janet_wrap_number(tag));
+  if (janet_checktype(info, JANET_NIL)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (!janet_checktype(info, JANET_ABSTRACT) || (janet_abstract_type(janet_unwrap_abstract(info)) != &type_info)) {
+    janet_panic("expected type_info");
+  }
+  JanetAbstractTypeInfo * type_info = (JanetAbstractTypeInfo *)janet_unwrap_abstract(info);
+  return type_info;
+}
+
+JanetAbstractTypeInfo * janet_get_abstract_type_info_byname(const char * name) {
+  Janet info=janet_table_get(janet_vm_registry,janet_ckeywordv(name));
+  if (janet_checktype(info, JANET_NIL)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (!janet_checktype(info, JANET_ABSTRACT) || (janet_abstract_type(janet_unwrap_abstract(info)) != &type_info)) {
+    janet_panic("expected type_info");
+  }
+  JanetAbstractTypeInfo * type_info = (JanetAbstractTypeInfo *)janet_unwrap_abstract(info);
+  return type_info;
+}
+
+  
+
+
 #ifndef JANET_BOOTSTRAP
 void janet_core_def(JanetTable *env, const char *name, Janet x, const void *p) {
     (void) p;

src/include/janet.h

@@ -1191,6 +1191,17 @@ JANET_API JanetRange janet_getslice(int32_t argc, const Janet *argv);
 JANET_API int32_t janet_gethalfrange(const Janet *argv, int32_t n, int32_t length, const char *which);
 JANET_API int32_t janet_getargindex(const Janet *argv, int32_t n, int32_t length, const char *which);
 
+
+typedef struct {
+  JanetAbstractType type;
+  uint32_t tag; 
+} JanetAbstractTypeInfo;
+
+JANET_API void janet_register_abstract_type(const JanetAbstractType *atype,uint32_t tag);
+JANET_API JanetAbstractTypeInfo * janet_get_abstract_type_info(uint32_t tag);
+  /*JANET_API uint32_t janet_get_abstract_type_tag(const JanetAbstractType *atype);*/
+JANET_API JanetAbstractTypeInfo * janet_get_abstract_type_info_byname(const char * name);
+
 /***** END SECTION MAIN *****/
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus