metaclass初步研究

/***********************************************************************
* objc_allocateClassPair
* fixme
* Locking: acquires runtimeLock
**********************************************************************/
Class objc_allocateClassPair(Class superclass, const char *name, 
                             size_t extraBytes)
{
    Class cls, meta;

    // Fail if the class name is in use.
    if (look_up_class(name, NO, NO)) return nil;

    mutex_locker_t lock(runtimeLock);

    // Fail if the class name is in use.
    // Fail if the superclass isn't kosher.
    if (getClassExceptSomeSwift(name)  ||
        !verifySuperclass(superclass, true/*rootOK*/))
    {
        return nil;
    }

    // Allocate new classes.
    cls  = alloc_class_for_subclass(superclass, extraBytes);
    meta = alloc_class_for_subclass(superclass, extraBytes);

    // fixme mangle the name if it looks swift-y?
    objc_initializeClassPair_internal(superclass, name, cls, meta);

    return cls;