# Aspell Devel Docs

Copyright (c) 2002
Kevin Atkinson
kevina@gnu.org

## Contents

- Notes
- Copyright
- 1 Style Guidelines
- 2 C++ Standard Library
- 3 Templates
- 4 Error Handling
- 5 Source Code Layout
- 6 Strings
- 7 Smart Pointers
- 8 I/O
- 9 Config Class
- 10 Filter Interface
- 11 Data Structures
- 12 Mk-Src Script
- 13 GNU Free Documentation License
- About this document ...

# Notes

This manual is designed for those who which to developer Aspell. It is currently very sketchy. However, it should improve over time. The latest version of this document can be found at `http://savannah.gnu.org/download/aspell/manual/devel/devel.html`.

The eventual goal is to convert this manual into Texinfo. However, since I do not have the time to learn Texinfo right now, I decided to use something I am already conferable with. Once someone goes through the trouble of converting it into Texinfo I will maintain the Texinfo version.

# Copyright

Copyright (c) 2002 Kevin Atkinson. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

# 1 Style Guidelines

As far as coding styles go I am really not that picky. The important thing is to stay consistent. However, please what ever you do, do not indent with more than 4 characters as I find indenting with more than that extremely difficult to read as most of the code ends up on the right side of the window.

# 2 C++ Standard Library

The C++ Standard library is not used directly except under very specific circumstances. The string class and the STL is used indirectly though wrapper classes and all I/O is done using the standard C library with light right helper classes to make using C I/O a bit more C++ like.

However the new, new[], delete and delete[] operates are used to allocated memory when appropriate.

# 3 Templates

Templates are used in Aspell when there is a clear advantage to doing so. When ever you use templates please use them carefully and try very hard not to create code bloat by generating a lot of unnecessary, and duplicate code.

# 4 Error Handling

Exceptions are not used in Aspell as I find them more trouble than they are worth. Instead an alternate method of error handling is used which is based around the PosibErr class. PosibErr is a special Error handling device that will make sure that an error is properly handled. It is defined in ``posib_err.hpp''. PosibErr is expected to be used as the return type of the function It will automatically convert to the "normal" return type however if the normal returned type is accessed and there is an "unhandled" error condition it will abort It will also abort if the object is destroyed with an "unhandled" error condition. This includes ignoring the return type of a function returning an error condition. An error condition is handled by simply checking for the presence of an error, calling ignore, or taking ownership of the error.

The PosibErr class is used extensively though out Aspell. Please refer to the Aspell source for examples of using PosibErr until better documentation is written.

# 5 Source Code Layout

common/
  Common code used by all parts of Aspell
lib/
  Library code used only by the actual Aspell library
data/
  Data files used by Aspell
modules/
  Aspell modules which are eventually meant to be pluggable

  speller/

    default/
      Main speller Module.
  filter/
  tokenizer/
auto/
  Scripts and data files to automatically generate code used by Aspell
interface/
  Header files and such that external programs should use when in order to use the Aspell library.

  cc/
    The external ``C'' interface that programs should be using when they wish to use Aspell.
prog/
  Actual programs based on the Aspell library. The main ``aspell'' utility is included here.
scripts/
  Misc. scripts used by Aspell
manual/
examples/
  Example programs demonstrating the use of the Aspell library

# 6 Strings

## 6.1 String

The String class provided the same functionally of the C++ string except for fewer constructors. It also inherits OStream so that you can write to it with the ``<<'' operator. It is defined in ``string.hpp''.

## 6.2 ParmString

ParmString is a special string class that is designed to be used as a parameter for a function that is expecting a string. It is defined in ``parm_sting.hpp''. It will allow either a "const char *" or "String" class to be passed in. It will automatically convert to a "const char *". The string can also be accesses via the "str" method. Usage example:

  `void foo(ParmString s1, ParmString s2) {
  const char * str0 = s1;
  unsigned int size0 = s2.size()
  if (s1 == s2 || s2 == "bar") {
  ...
  }
  }
  ...
  String s1 = "...";
  foo(s1);
  const char * s2 = "...";
  foo(s2);`

This class should be used when a string is being passed in as a parameter. It is faster than using ``const String SPMamp;'' (as that will create an unnecessary temporary when a const char * is passed in), and is less annoying than using ``const char *'' (as it doesn't require the c_str() method to be used when a String is passed in).

## 6.3 CharVector

A character vector is basically a Vector<char> but it has a few additional methods for dealing with strings which Vector does not provide. It, like String, is also inherits OStream so that you can write to it with the ``<<'' operator. It is defined in ``char_vector.hpp''. Use it when ever you need a string which is guaranteed to be in a continuous block of memory which you can write to.

# 7 Smart Pointers

Smart pointers are used extensively in Aspell to avoid simplify memory management tasks and to avoid memory leaks.

## 7.1 CopyPtr

The CopyPtr class makes a deep copy of an object when ever it is copied. The CopyPtr class is defined in ``copy_ptr.hpp''. This header should be included where ever CopyPtr is used. The complete definition of the object CopyPtr is pointing to does not need to be defined at this point. The implementation is defined in ``copy_ptr-t.hpp''. The implementation header file should be included at a point in your code where the class CopyPtr is pointing to is completely defined.

## 7.2 ClonePtr

ClonePtr is like copy pointer except the clone() method is used instead of the copy constructor to make copies of an object. If is defined in ``clone_ptr.hpp'' and implemented in ``clone_ptr-t.hpp''.

## 7.3 StackPtr

A StackPtr is designed to be used when ever the only pointer to a new object allocated with new is on the stack. It is similar to the standard C++ auto_ptr but the semantics are a bit different. It is defined in ``stack_ptr.hpp'' unlike CopyPtr of ClonePtr it is defined and implemented in this header file.

## 7.4 GenericCopyPtr

A generalized version of CopyPtr and ClonePtr which the two are based on. It is defined in ``generic_copy_ptr.hpp'' and implemented in ``generic_copy_ptr-t.hpp''.

# 8 I/O

Aspell does not use C++ I/O classes and function in any way since they do not provide a way to get at the underlying file number and can often be slower than the highly tuned C I/O functions found in the standard C library. However, some light weight wrapper classes are provided so that standard C I/O can be used in a more C++ like way.

## 8.1 IStream/OStream

These two base classes mimic some of the functionally of the C++ functionally of the corresponding classes. They are defined in ``istream.hpp'' and ``ostream.hpp'' respectfully. They are however based on standard C I/O and are not proper C++ streams.

## 8.2 FStream

Defined in ``fstream.hpp''

## 8.3 Standard Streams

CIN/COUT/CERR. Defined in ``iostream.hpp''.

# 9 Config Class

The Config class is used to hold configuration information. It has a set of keys which it will except. Inserting or even trying to look at a key that it does not know will produce an error. It is defined in ``common/config.hpp''

# 10 Filter Interface

## 10.1 Overview

In Aspell there are 5 types of filters:

1. Decoders which take input in some standard format such as iso8859-1 or UTF-8 and convert it into a string of FilterChars.
2. Decoding filters which manipulates a string of FilterChars by decoding the text is some way such as converting SGML character into its Unicode value.
3. True filters which manipulates a string of FilterChars to make it more suitable for spell checking. These filers generally blank out text which should not be spell checked
4. Encoding filters which manipulates a string of FilterChars by encoding the text is some way such as converting certain Unicode characters to SGML characters.
5. Encoders which take a string of FilterChars and convert into a standard format such as iso8859-1 or UTF-8

Which types of filters are used depends on the situation

1. When decoding words for spell checking:

   - The decoder to convert from a standard format
   - The decoding filter to perform high level decoding if necessary
   - The encoder to convert into an internal format used by the speller module

- When checking a document

  - The decoder to convert from a standard format
  - The decoding filter to perform high level decoding if necessary
  - A true filter to filter out parts of the document which should not be spell checked
  - The encoder to convert into an internal format used by the speller module

1. When encoding words such as those returned for suggestions:

   - The decoder to convert from the internal format used by the speller module
   - The encoding filter to perform high level encodings if necessary
   - The encoder to convert into a standard format

A FilterChar is a struct defined in ``common/filter_char.hpp'' which contains two members, a character, and a width. Its purpose is to keep track of the width of the character in the original format. This is important because when a misspelled word is found the exact location of the word needs to be returned to the application so that it can highlight it for the user. For example if the filters translated this:

  `Mr. foo said &quot;I hate my namme&quot;.`

to this

  `Mr. foo said "I hate my namme".`

without keeping track of the original width of the characters the application will likely highlight ``e my '' as the misspelling because the spell checker will return 25 as the offset instead of 30. However with keeping track of the width using FilterChar the spell checker will now that the real position it 30 since the quote is really 6 characters wide. In particular the text will be annotated something like the following:

  `1111111111111611111111111111161
  Mr. foo said "I hate my namme".`

The standard encoder and decoder filters are defined in ``common/convert.cpp''. There should generally not be any need to deal with them so they will not be discussed here. The other three filters, the encoding filter, the true filter, and the decoding filter, are all defined the exact same way; they are inherited from the IndividualFilter class.

## 10.2 Adding a New Filter

To add a new filter create a new file in the modules/filter directory, the file should be a C++ file and end in ``.cpp''. The file should contain a new filter class inherited from IndividualFilter, a function to return a new filter, and an optional KeyInfo array for adding options to control the behavior of the filter. The file then needs to be added to Makefile.am so that the build system knows about the filter and lib/new_filter.cpp must be modified so that Aspell knows about the filter.

## 10.3 IndividualFilter class

All filters are required to inherit from the IndividualFilter class found in ``indiv_filter.hpp''. See that file for more details and the other filter modules for examples of how it is used.

## 10.4 Constructor Function

After the class is created a function must to created which will return a new filter allocated with new. The function must have the following prototype:

  `IndividualFilter * new_«filter_name»`

Filters are defined in groups where each group contains an encoding filter, a true filter, and a decoding filter. Only one of them is required to be defined, however they all need a separate constructor function.

## 10.5 Config Options

A filter group may have any number of options associated with it as long as they all start with the filter name. See the TEX and SGML filter for examples of what to do and ``config.hpp'' for the definition of the KeyInfo struct.

## 10.6 Makefile Modifications

After the new file is created simply add the file to the ``libaspell_filter_standard_la_SOURCES'' line in ``modules/filter/Makefile.am'' so that the build system knows about it.

## 10.7 New_filter Modifications

Finally modify ``lib/new_filter.cpp'' so that Aspell knows about the new filter. Follow the example there for the other filter modules. The filter_modules array should only be modified if there your filter has config options.

# 11 Data Structures

When ever possible you should try to use on of the data structures available. If the data structures do not provide enough functionally for your needs you should consider enhancing them rather than written something from scratch.

## 11.1 Vector

The vector class is defined in ``vector.hpp'' and works the same way as the standard STL vector does except that it doesn't have as many constructors.

## 11.2 BasicList

BasicList is a simple list structure which can either be implemented as a singly or doubly linked list. It is defined in ``basic_list.hpp''.

## 11.3 StringMap

StringMap is a associative array for strings. You should try to use this when ever possible to avoid code bloat. It is defined in ``string_map.hpp''

## 11.4 Hash Tables

Several hash tables are provided when StringMap is not appropriate. These hash tables provide a hash_set, hash_multiset, hash_map and hash_multimap which are very similar to SGI STL's implementation with a few exceptions. It is defined in ``hash.hpp''

## 11.5 BlockSList

BlockSList provided a pool of nodes which can be used for singly linked lists. It is defined in ``block_slist.hpp''.

# 12 Mk-Src Script

A good deal of interface code is automatically generated by the ``mk-src.pl'' Perl script. I am doing it this way to avoid having to write a lot of relative code for the C++ interface. This should also make adding interface for other languages a lot less tedious and will allow the interface to automatically take advantage of new Aspell functionality as it is made available. The ``mk-src.pl'' script uses ``mk-src.in'' as its input.

##
12.1 mk-src.in

The format of mk-src.in is as follows:

      The following charaters are literals: { } / '\ ' \n = >

      <items>
      <items> := (<item>\n)+
      <items> := <category>:\ <name> {\n<details>\n} | <<tab>><details>
      <details> := <options>\n /\n <items>
      <options> := (<option>\n)*
      <option> := <key> [=> <value>]

      <<tab>> means everything should be indented by one tab

See MkSrc::Info for a description of the categorys and options

##
12.2 MkSrc::Info

###
%info

The info array contains information on how to process the info in mk-src.pl. It has the following layout

       <catagory> => options => []
                     groups => [] # if undef than anything is accepted
                     creates_type => "" # the object will create a new type
                                        # as specified
                     proc => <impl type> => sub {}

where <impl type> is one of:

      cc: for "aspell.h" header file
      cxx: for C++ interface implemented on top of cc interface
      native: for creation of header files used internally by aspell
      impl: for defination of functions declared in cc interface.
            the definations use the native hedaer files
      native_impl: for implementations of stuff declared in the native
                    header files

each proc sub should take the following argv

       $data: a subtree of $master_data
       $accum:

<options> is one of:

      desc: description of the object
      prefix:
      posib err: the method may return an error condition
      c func:
      const: the method is a const member
      c only: only include in the external interface
      c impl headers: extra headers that need to be included in the C impl
      c impl: use this as the c impl instead of the default
      cxx impl: use this as the cxx impl instead of the default
      returns alt type: the constructor returns some type other than
        the object from which it is a member of
      no native: do not attemt to create a native implementation
      treat as object: treat as a object rather than a pointer

The %info structure is initialized as follows:

     our %info =
     (
      root => {
        options => [],
        groups => ['methods', 'group']},
      methods => {
        # methods is a collection of methods which will be inserted into
        # a class after some simple substation rules.  A $ will be
        # replaced with name of the class.
        options => ['strip', 'prefix', 'c impl headers'],
        groups => undef},
      group => {
        # a group is a colection of objects which should be grouped together
        # this generally means they will be in the same source file
        options => ['no native'],
        groups => ['enum', 'struct', 'union', 'func', 'class', 'errors']},
      enum => {
        # basic C enum
        options => ['desc', 'prefix'],
        creates_type => 'enum'},
      struct => {
        # basic c struct
        options => ['desc', 'treat as object'],
        groups => undef,
        creates_type => 'struct',},
      union => {
        # basic C union
        options => ['desc', 'treat as object'],
        groups => undef,
        creates_type => 'union'},
      class => {
        # C++ class
        options => ['c impl headers'],
        groups => undef,
        creates_type => 'class'},
      errors => {}, # possible errors
      method => {
        # A class method
        options => ['desc', 'posib err', 'c func', 'const',
                    'c only', 'c impl', 'cxx impl'],
        groups => undef},
      constructor => {
        # A class constructor
        options => ['returns alt type', 'c impl', 'desc'],
        groups => 'types'},
      destructor => {
        # A class destructor
        options => [],
        groups => undef},
      );

In addition to the categories listed above a "methods" catagory by be specified in under the class category. A "methods" catagory is created for each methods group under the name "<methods name> methods" When groups is undefined a type name may be specified in place of a category

###
%types

types contains a master list of all types. This includes basic types and ones created in mk-src.in. The basic types include:

         'void', 'bool', 'pointer', 'double',
         'string', 'encoded string', 'string obj',
         'char', 'unsigned char',
         'short', 'unsigned short',
         'int', 'unsigned int',
         'long', 'unsigned long'

###
%methods

%methods is used for holding the "methods" information

##
12.3 MkSrc::Util

This module contains various useful utility functions:

false

  Returns 0.

true

  Returns 1.

cmap EXPR LIST

  Apply EXPR to each item in LIST and than concatenate the result into a string

one_of STR LIST

  Returns true if LIST contains at least one of STR.

to_upper STR

  Convert STR to all uppercase and substitute spaces with underscores.

to_lower STR

  Convert STR to all lowercase and substitute spaces with underscores.

to_mixed STR

  Convert STR to mixed case where each new word startes with a uppercase letter. For example "feed me" would become "FeedMe".

##
12.4 MkSrc::Read

read

  Read in "mk-src.in" and returns a data structure which has the following format:

          <tree>
          <tree> := <options>
                    data => <tree>
        where each tree represents an entry in mk-src.in.
        The following two options are always provided:
          name: the name of the entry
          type: the catagory or type name
        Additional options are the same as specified in %info

##
12.5 MKSrc::Create

create_cc_file PARMS

  Create a source file.

        Required Parms: type, dir, name, data
         Boolean Parms: header, cxx
        Optional Parms: namespace (required if cxx), pre_ext, accum

create_file FILENAME DATA

  Writes DATA to FILENAME but only if DATA differs from the content of the file and the string:

          Automatically generated file.

  is present in the existing file if it already exists.

##
12.6 Code Generation Modes

The code generation modes are currently one of the following:

      cc: Mode used to create types suitable for C interface
      cc_cxx: Like cc but typenames don't have a leading Aspell prefix
      cxx: Mode used to create types suitable for CXX interface
      native: Mode in which types are suitable for the internal implementation
      native_no_err: Like Native but with out PosibErr return types

##
12.7 MkSrc::CcHelper

Helper functions used by interface generation code:

to_c_return_type ITEM

  .

c_error_cond ITEM

  .

make_func NAME @TYPES PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Creates a function prototype

  Parms can be any of:

        mode: code generation mode

call_func NAME @TYPES PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Return a string to call a func. Will prefix the function with return if the functions returns a non-void type;

  Parms can be any of:

        mode: code generation mode

to_type_name ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Converts item into a type name.

  Parms can be any of:

        mode: code generation mode
        use_type: include the actual type
        use_name: include the name on the type
        pos: either "return" or "other"

make_desc DESC ; LEVEL

  Make a C comment out of DESC optionally indenting it LEVEL spaces.

  make_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Create the phototype for a C method which is really a function.

  Parms is any of:

        mode: code generation mode
        no_aspell: if true do not include aspell in the name
        this_name: name for the paramater representing the current object

  call_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Like make_c_method but instead returns the appropriate string to call the function. If the function returns a non-void type the string will be prefixed with a return statement.

  form_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Like make_c_method except that it returns the array:

        ($func, $data, $parms, $accum)

  which is suitable for passing into make_func. It will return an empty array if it can not make a method from ITEM.

make_cxx_method ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM

  Create the phototype for a C++ method.

  Parms is one of:

        mode: code generation mode

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## 13.5 Combining Documents

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## 13.6 Collections of Documents

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You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.

## 13.7 Aggregation With Independent Works

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## 13.8 Translation

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## 13.9 Termination

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## 13.10 Future Revisions of This License

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## ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents

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- Contents
- Notes
- Copyright
- 1 Style Guidelines
- 2 C++ Standard Library
- 3 Templates
- 4 Error Handling
- 5 Source Code Layout
- 6 Strings
  - 6.1 String
  - 6.2 ParmString
  - 6.3 CharVector
- 7 Smart Pointers
  - 7.1 CopyPtr
  - 7.2 ClonePtr
  - 7.3 StackPtr
  - 7.4 GenericCopyPtr
- 8 I/O
  - 8.1 IStream/OStream
  - 8.2 FStream
  - 8.3 Standard Streams
- 9 Config Class
- 10 Filter Interface
  - 10.1 Overview
  - 10.2 Adding a New Filter
  - 10.3 IndividualFilter class
  - 10.4 Constructor Function
  - 10.5 Config Options
  - 10.6 Makefile Modifications
  - 10.7 New_filter Modifications
- 11 Data Structures
  - 11.1 Vector
  - 11.2 BasicList
  - 11.3 StringMap
  - 11.4 Hash Tables
  - 11.5 BlockSList
- 12 Mk-Src Script
  - 12.1 mk-src.in
  - 12.2 MkSrc::Info
    - %info
    - %types
    - %methods
  - 12.3 MkSrc::Util
  - 12.4 MkSrc::Read
  - 12.5 MKSrc::Create
  - 12.6 Code Generation Modes
  - 12.7 MkSrc::CcHelper
- 13 GNU Free Documentation License
  - Preamble
  - 13.1 Applicability and Definitions
  - 13.2 Verbatim Copying
  - 13.3 Copying in Quantity
  - 13.4 Modifications
  - 13.5 Combining Documents
  - 13.6 Collections of Documents
  - 13.7 Aggregation With Independent Works
  - 13.8 Translation
  - 13.9 Termination
  - 13.10 Future Revisions of This License
  - ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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