`class Pointer`

Represents a pointer type. This includes regular pointers, block pointers, Objective-C object pointers, and member pointers.

Definitions

`def pointee`

Get the type that this pointer points to.

Signature

returns　Type: The pointee type.

Implementation

def pointee
	Type.create Lib.get_pointee_type(@type), @translation_unit
end

`def function?`

Check if this is a function pointer.

Signature

returns　Boolean: True if this pointer points to a function.

Implementation

def function?
	self.pointee.is_a?(Types::Function)
end

`def class_type`

Get the class type for member pointers.

Signature

returns　Type, nil: The class type if this is a member pointer, nil otherwise.

Implementation

def class_type
	if self.kind == :type_member_pointer
		Type.create Lib.type_get_class_type(@type), @translation_unit
	else
		nil
	end
end

`def forward_declaration?`

Check if this pointer references a forward declaration.

Signature

returns　Boolean: True if this pointer points to a forward-declared type.

Implementation

def forward_declaration?
	pointee = self.pointee
	return nil if self.function?
	
	# Resolve to a Record type, handling both elaborated and direct record types.
	# Newer clang versions (22+) may return :type_record directly instead of
	# wrapping in :type_elaborated.
	record_type = if pointee.is_a?(Types::Elaborated) && pointee.canonical.is_a?(Types::Record)
		pointee.canonical
	elsif pointee.is_a?(Types::Record)
		pointee
	end
	
	return nil unless record_type
	
	# Get the universal symbol reference
	usr = record_type.declaration.usr
	
	# Now does that same usr occur earlier in the file?
	first_declaration, _ = self.translation_unit.cursor.find do |child, parent|
		child.usr == usr
	end
	# NOTE - Maybe should also check that the line number of
	# is less than the line number of the declaration this type references
	first_declaration.forward_declaration?
end