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xcb/proto
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Description
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===========
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xcb/proto is a set of XML files describing the X Window System protocol
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It is designed for use with libxcb, the X C binding
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<http://xcb.freedesktop.org/>. xcb/proto consists of:
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xcb.xsd An XML Schema defining the data format for describing the X
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protocol.
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*.py Code generator helpers that read the protocol descriptions
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into python structures. See libxcb for example usage.
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*.xml XML descriptions of the core X protocol and many extensions.
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Generating C bindings
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=====================
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See libxcb <http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xcb/libxcb/>.
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Protocol Description Format
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===========================
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Root element
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------------
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<xcb header="string" extension-name="string" extension-xname="string">
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top-level elements
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</xcb>
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This is the root element of a protocol description. The attributes are all
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various forms of the extension name. header is the basename of the XML
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protocol description file, which will be used as the basename for generated
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bindings as well. extension-name is the name of the extension in InterCaps,
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which will be used in the names of functions. extension-xname is the name
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of the extension as passed to QueryExtension.
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As an example, the XML-XCB description for the GO-FASTER extension would use
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the root element <xcb header="gofaster" extension-name="GoFaster"
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extension-xname="GO-FASTER">; as a result, C bindings will be put in
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gofaster.h and gofaster.c, extension functions will be named
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XCBGoFasterFunctionName, and the extension initialization will call
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QueryExtension with the name "GO-FASTER".
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This element can contain any number of the elements listed in the section
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"Top-Level Elements" below.
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Top-Level Elements
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------------------
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<import>header_name</import>
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The import element allows the protocol description to reference types
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declared in another extension. The content is be the basename of the
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extension XML file, which is also the header attribute of the extension's
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root node. Note that types from xproto are automatically available, without
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explicitly importing them.
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<struct name="identifier">structure contents</struct>
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This element represents a data structure. The name attribute gives the name
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of the structure. The content represents the fields of the structure, and
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consists of one or more of the field, pad, and list elements described in
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the section "Structure Contents" below.
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<union name="identifier">structure contents</union>
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This element represents a union of data types, which can hold one value of
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any of those types. The name attribute gives the name of the union. The
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content represents the fields of the union, and consists of one or more of
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the field and pad elements described in the section "Structure Contents
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below".
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<xidtype name="identifier" />
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This element represents an identifier for a particular type of resource.
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The name attribute gives the name of the new type.
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<enum name="identifier">
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<item name="identifier">[optional expression]</item>
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...
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</enum>
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The enum element represents an enumeration type, which can take on any of
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the values given by the contained item elements. The name attribute on the
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enum gives the name of the enumerated type.
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The item element represents one possible value of an enumerated type. The
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name attribute on the item gives the name of that value, and the optional
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content is an expression giving the numeric value. If the expression is
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omitted, the value will be one more than that of the previous item, or 0 for
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the first item.
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<typedef oldname="identifier" newname="identifier" />
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The typedef element declares the type given by the newname attribute to be
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an alias for the type given by the oldname attribute.
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<request name="identifier" opcode="integer" [combine-adjacent="true"]>
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structure contents
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[<reply>structure contents</reply>]
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</request>
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The request element represents an X protocol request. The name attribute
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gives the name of the request, and the opcode attribute gives the numeric
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request code. The content of the request element represents the fields in
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the request, and consists of one or more of any of the elements listed in
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the "Structure Contents" section below. Note that for requests in the core
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protocol, the first field in the request goes into the one-byte gap between
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the major opcode and the length; if the request does not have any data in
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that gap, put a one byte pad as the first element. Extension requests
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always have this gap filled with the minor opcode.
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The optional reply element is present if the request has a reply. The
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content of the reply element represents the fields in the reply, and
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consists of zero or more of the field, pad, and list elements listed in the
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"Structure Contents" section below. Note that the first field in the reply
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always goes into the one-byte gap between the response type and the sequence
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number; if the reply does not have any data in that gap, put a one byte pad
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as the first element.
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If the optional combine-adjacent attribute is true, multiple adjacent
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requests of the same type may be combined into a single request without
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affecting the semantics of the requests.
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<event name="identifier" number="integer" [no-sequence-number="true"]>
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structure contents
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</event>
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This element represents an X protocol event. The name attribute gives the
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name of the event, and the number attribute gives the event number. The
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content of the event element represents the fields in the event, and
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consists of zero or more of the field, pad, and list elements listed in the
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"Structure Contents" section below.
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If the optional no-sequence-number attribute is true, the event does not
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include a sequence number. This is a special-case for the KeymapNotify
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event in the core protocol, and should not be used in any other event.
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<error name="identifier" number="integer">
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structure contents
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</error>
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This element represents an X protocol error. The name attribute gives the
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name of the error, and the number attribute gives the error number. The
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content of the error element represents the fields in the error, and
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consists of zero or more of the field, pad, and list elements listed in the
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"Structure Contents" section below.
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<eventcopy name="identifier" number="identifier" ref="identifier" />
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This element creates an alias for the event named in the ref attribute, with
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the new name given in the name attribute, and the new event number given in
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the number attribute.
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<errorcopy name="identifier" number="identifier" ref="identifier" />
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This element creates an alias for the error named in the ref attribute, with
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the new name given in the name attribute, and the new error number given in
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the number attribute.
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Structure Contents
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------------------
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Note: "type" attributes below refer to types defined by previous elements,
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either in the current extension, xproto, or one of the imported extensions.
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The type name must refer to only one possible type; if more than one type
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matches, an error occurs. To avoid this, the type may be explicitly prefixed
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with a namespace, which should be the value of the header attribute on the
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protocol description containing the desired type. The namespace and type are
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separated by a single colon. For example, to refer to the PIXMAP type defined
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in glx rather than the one defined in xproto, use type="glx:PIXMAP" rather
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than type="PIXMAP".
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Note: Most of the below may optionally contain an enum, altenum, or mask
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attribute, which follows the above rules for "type". "enum" is an exhaustive
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enum; the value is restricted to one of the constants named in the enum.
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"altenum" may be one of the values contained in the enum, but it need not be.
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"mask" refers to an enum to be used as a bitmask.
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<pad bytes="integer" />
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This element declares some padding in a data structure. The bytes
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attribute declares the number of bytes of padding.
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<field type="identifier" name="identifier" />
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This element represents a field in a data structure. The type attribute
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declares the data type of the field, and the name attribute gives the name
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of the field.
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<list type="identifier" name="identifier">expression</list>
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This element represents an array or list of fields in a data structure. The
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type attribute declares the data type of the field, and the name attribute
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gives the name of the field. The content is an expression giving the length
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of the list in terms of other fields in the structure. See the section
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"Expressions" for details on the expression representation.
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<localfield type="identifier" name="identifier" />
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This element represents a parameter in a request that is not sent over the
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wire. The field can be referenced in the length expressions of lists or in
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an exprfield. The type attribute declares the data type of the field, and
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the name attribute gives the name of the field.
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<exprfield type="identifier" name="identifier">expression</exprfield>
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This element represents a field in a request that is calculated rather than
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supplied by the caller. The type attribute declares the data type of the
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field, and the name attribute gives the name of the field. The content is
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the expression giving the value of the field. See the section "Expressions"
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for details on the expression representation.
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<valueparam value-mask-type="identifier" value-mask-name="identifier"
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value-list-name="identifier" />
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This element represents a BITMASK/LISTofVALUE parameter pair: a bitmask
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defining the set of values included, and a list containing these values.
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value-mask-type gives the type of the bitmask; this must be CARD16 or
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CARD32. value-mask-name gives the field name of the bitmask, and
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value-list-name gives the field name of the list of values. Please use
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<switch> instead for new protocol definitions.
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<switch name="identifier"> switch expression
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<bitcase> bitcase expression, fields </bitcase> </switch>
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This element represents conditional inclusion of fields. It can be viewed
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as sequence of multiple ifs: if ( switch expression & bitcase expression )
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is equal to bitcase expression, bitcase fields are included in structure.
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It can be used only as the last field of structure. New protocol definitions
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should prefer to use this instead of <valueparam>.
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Expressions
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-----------
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Expressions consist of a tree of <op> elements with leaves consisting of
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<fieldref> or <value> elements.
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<op op="operator">expression expression</op>
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The op element represents an operator, with the op attribute specifying
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which operator. The supported operations are +, -, *, /, &, and
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<<, and their semantics are identical to the corresponding operators
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in C. The two operand expressions may be other expression elements.
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<fieldref>identifier</fieldref>
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The fieldref element represents a reference to the value of another field in
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the structure containing this expression. The identifier is the value of
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the "name" attribute on the referenced field.
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<value>integer</value>
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The value element represents a literal integer value in an expression. The
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integer may be expressed in decimal or hexadecimal.
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<bit>integer</bit>
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The bit element represents a literal bitmask value in an expression.
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The integer must be in the range 0..31, expanding to (1<<n) in C.
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<enumref ref="identifier">enum item identifier</enumref>
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This element represents a reference to item of enum.
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<unop op="operator">expression</unop>
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This element represents a unary operator, with the op attribute specifying
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which operator. The only supported operation so far is ~, and its semantic
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is identical to the corresponding operator in C.
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<sumof ref="identifier" />
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This element represents a sumation of the elements of the referenced list.
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<popcount>expression</popcount>
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This element represents the number of bits set in the expression.
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