gvalue: Add explicitly signed g_value_get_schar() and g_value_set_schar()

The documentation for G_TYPE_CHAR says:

"The type designated by G_TYPE_CHAR is unconditionally an 8-bit signed
 integer."

However the return value for g_value_get_char() was just "char" which
in C has an unspecified signedness; on e.g. x86 it's signed (which
matches the GType), but on e.g. PowerPC or ARM, it's not.

We can't break the old API, so we need to suck it up and add new API.
Port most internal users, but keep some tests of the old API too.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659870

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gobject/gvaluetypes.c b/gobject/gvaluetypes.c
index a05ccd90b..c2850d13a 100644
--- a/gobject/gvaluetypes.c
+++ b/gobject/gvaluetypes.c
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ _g_value_types_init (void)
  * @v_char: character value to be set
  *
  * Set the contents of a %G_TYPE_CHAR #GValue to @v_char.
+ * Deprecated: 2.32: This function's input type is broken, see g_value_set_schar()
  */
 void
 g_value_set_char (GValue *value,
@@ -650,9 +651,13 @@ g_value_set_char (GValue *value,
  * g_value_get_char:
  * @value: a valid #GValue of type %G_TYPE_CHAR
  *
- * Get the contents of a %G_TYPE_CHAR #GValue.
+ * Do not use this function; it is broken on platforms where the %char
+ * type is unsigned, such as ARM and PowerPC.  See g_value_get_schar().
+ *
+ * Get the contents of a %G_TYPE_CHAR #GValue.  
  * 
  * Returns: character contents of @value
+ * Deprecated: 2.32: This function's return type is broken, see g_value_get_schar()
  */
 gchar
 g_value_get_char (const GValue *value)
@@ -663,6 +668,41 @@ g_value_get_char (const GValue *value)
 }
 
 /**
+ * g_value_set_schar:
+ * @value: a valid #GValue of type %G_TYPE_CHAR
+ * @v_char: signed 8 bit integer to be set
+ *
+ * Set the contents of a %G_TYPE_CHAR #GValue to @v_char.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.32
+ */
+void
+g_value_set_schar (GValue *value,
+		   gint8   v_char)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (G_VALUE_HOLDS_CHAR (value));
+  
+  value->data[0].v_int = v_char;
+}
+
+/**
+ * g_value_get_schar:
+ * @value: a valid #GValue of type %G_TYPE_CHAR
+ *
+ * Get the contents of a %G_TYPE_CHAR #GValue.
+ * 
+ * Returns: signed 8 bit integer contents of @value
+ * Since: 2.32
+ */
+gint8
+g_value_get_schar (const GValue *value)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (G_VALUE_HOLDS_CHAR (value), 0);
+  
+  return value->data[0].v_int;
+}
+
+/**
  * g_value_set_uchar:
  * @value: a valid #GValue of type %G_TYPE_UCHAR
  * @v_uchar: unsigned character value to be set