Simplify creation of new GC BIFs

Add the BIF type "gcbif" in bif.tab for defining GC BIFs. That will
eliminate some of the hand-written administrative code for handling
GC BIFs, saving the developer's time.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/bif.tab b/erts/emulator/beam/bif.tab
index 065018514a..978bcd4bba 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/bif.tab
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/bif.tab
@@ -23,22 +23,24 @@
 #
 # Lines starting with '#' are ignored.
 #
-# <bif-decl> ::= "bif" <bif> <C-name>* | "ubif" <bif> <C-name>*
+# <bif-decl> ::= "bif" <bif> <C-name>* |
+#                "ubif" <bif> <C-name>* |
+#                "gcbif" <bif> <C-name>*
 # <bif> ::= <module> ":" <name> "/" <arity>
 #
-# "ubif" is an unwrapped bif, i.e. a bif without a trace wrapper,
-# or rather; the trace entry point in the export entry is the same
-# as the normal entry point, and no trace wrapper is generated.
+# ubif:   Use for operators and guard BIFs that never build anything
+#         on the heap (such as tuple_size/1) and operators.
 #
-# Important: Use "ubif" for guard BIFs and operators; use "bif" for ordinary BIFs.
+# gcbif:  Use for guard BIFs that may build on the heap (such as abs/1).
+#
+# bif:    Use for all other BIFs.
 #
 # Add new BIFs to the end of the file.
 #
-# Note: Guards BIFs require special support in the compiler (to be able to actually
-# call them from within a guard).
+# Note: Guards BIFs usually require special support in the compiler.
 #
 
-ubif erlang:abs/1
+gcbif erlang:abs/1
 bif erlang:adler32/1
 bif erlang:adler32/2
 bif erlang:adler32_combine/3
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ bif erlang:exit/1
 bif erlang:exit/2
 bif erlang:external_size/1
 bif erlang:external_size/2
-ubif erlang:float/1
+gcbif erlang:float/1
 bif erlang:float_to_list/1
 bif erlang:float_to_list/2
 bif erlang:fun_info/2
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ bif erlang:phash2/2
 ubif erlang:hd/1
 bif erlang:integer_to_list/1
 bif erlang:is_alive/0
-ubif erlang:length/1
+gcbif erlang:length/1
 bif erlang:link/1
 bif erlang:list_to_atom/1
 bif erlang:list_to_binary/1
@@ -126,10 +128,10 @@ bif erlang:processes/0
 bif erlang:put/2
 bif erlang:register/2
 bif erlang:registered/0
-ubif erlang:round/1
+gcbif erlang:round/1
 ubif erlang:self/0
 bif erlang:setelement/3
-ubif erlang:size/1
+gcbif erlang:size/1
 bif erlang:spawn/3
 bif erlang:spawn_link/3
 bif erlang:split_binary/2
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ bif erlang:term_to_binary/2
 bif erlang:throw/1
 bif erlang:time/0
 ubif erlang:tl/1
-ubif erlang:trunc/1
+gcbif erlang:trunc/1
 bif erlang:tuple_to_list/1
 bif erlang:universaltime/0
 bif erlang:universaltime_to_localtime/1
@@ -461,8 +463,8 @@ bif erlang:list_to_existing_atom/1
 #
 ubif erlang:is_bitstring/1
 ubif erlang:tuple_size/1
-ubif erlang:byte_size/1
-ubif erlang:bit_size/1
+gcbif erlang:byte_size/1
+gcbif erlang:bit_size/1
 bif erlang:list_to_bitstring/1
 bif erlang:bitstring_to_list/1
 
@@ -514,8 +516,8 @@ bif erlang:binary_to_term/2
 #
 # The searching/splitting/substituting thingies
 #
-ubif erlang:binary_part/2
-ubif erlang:binary_part/3
+gcbif erlang:binary_part/2
+gcbif erlang:binary_part/3
 
 bif binary:compile_pattern/1
 bif binary:match/2
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@ bif os:unsetenv/1
 bif re:inspect/2
 
 ubif erlang:is_map/1
-ubif erlang:map_size/1
+gcbif erlang:map_size/1
 bif maps:to_list/1
 bif maps:find/2
 bif maps:get/2