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/*
 * Binding.java
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Peter Graves
 * $Id$
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */

package org.armedbear.lisp;

import java.io.Serializable;

/** Used by the environment to capture different kinds of bindings:
 * tags, blocks, functions and variables.
 *
 */
// Package accessibility.
final class Binding implements Serializable
{
    /** 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;
    }
}