in src/BlocksRuntime/runtime.c [418:466]
static void _Block_byref_assign_copy(void *dest, const void *arg, const int flags) {
struct Block_byref **destp = (struct Block_byref **)dest;
struct Block_byref *src = (struct Block_byref *)arg;
if (src->forwarding->flags & BLOCK_BYREF_IS_GC) {
; // don't need to do any more work
}
else if ((src->forwarding->flags & BLOCK_REFCOUNT_MASK) == 0) {
// src points to stack
bool isWeak = ((flags & (BLOCK_FIELD_IS_BYREF|BLOCK_FIELD_IS_WEAK)) == (BLOCK_FIELD_IS_BYREF|BLOCK_FIELD_IS_WEAK));
// if its weak ask for an object (only matters under GC)
struct Block_byref *copy = (struct Block_byref *)_Block_allocator(src->size, false, isWeak);
copy->flags = src->flags | _Byref_flag_initial_value; // non-GC one for caller, one for stack
copy->forwarding = copy; // patch heap copy to point to itself (skip write-barrier)
src->forwarding = copy; // patch stack to point to heap copy
copy->size = src->size;
if (isWeak) {
copy->isa = &_NSConcreteWeakBlockVariable; // mark isa field so it gets weak scanning
}
if (src->flags & BLOCK_BYREF_HAS_COPY_DISPOSE) {
// Trust copy helper to copy everything of interest
// If more than one field shows up in a byref block this is wrong XXX
struct Block_byref_2 *src2 = (struct Block_byref_2 *)(src+1);
struct Block_byref_2 *copy2 = (struct Block_byref_2 *)(copy+1);
copy2->byref_keep = src2->byref_keep;
copy2->byref_destroy = src2->byref_destroy;
if (src->flags & BLOCK_BYREF_LAYOUT_EXTENDED) {
struct Block_byref_3 *src3 = (struct Block_byref_3 *)(src2+1);
struct Block_byref_3 *copy3 = (struct Block_byref_3*)(copy2+1);
copy3->layout = src3->layout;
}
(*src2->byref_keep)(copy, src);
}
else {
// just bits. Blast 'em using _Block_memmove in case they're __strong
// This copy includes Block_byref_3, if any.
_Block_memmove(copy+1, src+1,
src->size - sizeof(struct Block_byref));
}
}
// already copied to heap
else if ((src->forwarding->flags & BLOCK_BYREF_NEEDS_FREE) == BLOCK_BYREF_NEEDS_FREE) {
latching_incr_int(&src->forwarding->flags);
}
// assign byref data block pointer into new Block
_Block_assign(src->forwarding, (void **)destp);
}