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+/* interface.h -- the interface type for Go.
+
+ Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+ Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+ license that can be found in the LICENSE file. */
+
+#ifndef LIBGO_INTERFACE_H
+#define LIBGO_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "go-type.h"
+
+/* A variable of interface type is an instance of this struct, if the
+ interface has any methods. */
+
+struct __go_interface
+{
+ /* A pointer to the interface method table. The first pointer is
+ the type descriptor of the object. Subsequent pointers are
+ pointers to functions. This is effectively the vtable for this
+ interface. The function pointers are in the same order as the
+ list in the internal representation of the interface, which sorts
+ them by name. */
+ const void **__methods;
+
+ /* The object. If the object is a pointer--if the type descriptor
+ code is GO_PTR or GO_UNSAFE_POINTER--then this field is the value
+ of the object itself. Otherwise this is a pointer to memory
+ which holds the value. */
+ void *__object;
+};
+
+/* A variable of an empty interface type is an instance of this
+ struct. */
+
+struct __go_empty_interface
+{
+ /* The type descriptor of the object. */
+ const struct __go_type_descriptor *__type_descriptor;
+
+ /* The object. This is the same as __go_interface above. */
+ void *__object;
+};
+
+extern void *
+__go_convert_interface (const struct __go_type_descriptor *,
+ const struct __go_type_descriptor *);
+
+extern void *
+__go_convert_interface_2 (const struct __go_type_descriptor *,
+ const struct __go_type_descriptor *,
+ _Bool may_fail);
+
+extern _Bool
+__go_can_convert_to_interface(const struct __go_type_descriptor *,
+ const struct __go_type_descriptor *);
+
+#endif /* !defined(LIBGO_INTERFACE_H) */