Form-aware textual format for return parameters and arguments (#6588)

The key changes are:
- Function output parameters are now prefixed with `out`, and more
consistently formatted as named parameters.
- Function and inst output arguments are now written as part of the inst
form, rather than as one of the inst arguments.

As a drive-by fix, this also changes `Temporary::storage_id` from
`DestInstId` to `InstId`, because it doesn't represent an output
parameter of the `Temporary` inst itself.

See the review of
[#6532](https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/6532) and
[this Discord
discussion](https://discord.com/channels/655572317891461132/999638000126394370/1458268977020141589)
for additional background.
This commit is contained in:
Geoff Romer
2026-01-14 23:27:21 +00:00
committed by GitHub
parent 9861c31476
commit 4329a83e4c
353 changed files with 1779 additions and 1721 deletions
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc10: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc10: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc10_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc10_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc10_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc10_5.3: init %X to %.loc10_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc10_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc10_5.2, %.loc10_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc10_7: ref %X = converted %.loc10_5.1, %.loc10_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %B.ref: %X.B.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref B, imports.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value]
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc12: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc12: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc12_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc12_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc12_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc12_5.3: init %X to %.loc12_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc12_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc12_5.2, %.loc12_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc12_7.1: ref %X = converted %.loc12_5.1, %.loc12_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %D.ref: %X.D.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref D, imports.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value]
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc11: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc11: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc11_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc11_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc11_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc11_5.3: init %X to %.loc11_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc11_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc11_5.2, %.loc11_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc11_7: ref %X = converted %.loc11_5.1, %.loc11_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %B.ref: %X.B.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref B, imports.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value]
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc13: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc13: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc13_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc13_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc13_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc13_5.3: init %X to %.loc13_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc13_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc13_5.2, %.loc13_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc13_7.1: ref %X = converted %.loc13_5.1, %.loc13_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %D.ref: %X.D.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref D, imports.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value]
@@ -785,9 +785,9 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT:
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalNoReturn__carbon_thunk.1(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32);
// CHECK:STDOUT:
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalReturnInt(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32) -> %i32;
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalReturnInt(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32) -> out %return.param: %i32;
// CHECK:STDOUT:
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalReturnInt__carbon_thunk(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32) -> %i32;
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalReturnInt__carbon_thunk(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32) -> out %return.param: %i32;
// CHECK:STDOUT:
// CHECK:STDOUT: fn @GlobalNoReturn.2(%a.param: %i32, %b.param: %i32, %c.param: %i32);
// CHECK:STDOUT:
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc56: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc56: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc56_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc56_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc56_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc56_5.3: init %X to %.loc56_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc56_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc56_5.2, %.loc56_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc56_7: ref %X = converted %.loc56_5.1, %.loc56_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %B.ref: %X.B.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref B, imports.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.B.cpp_overload_set.value]
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ fn Call() {
// CHECK:STDOUT: %Cpp.ref.loc76: <namespace> = name_ref Cpp, imports.%Cpp [concrete = imports.%Cpp]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %X.ref.loc76: type = name_ref X, imports.%X.decl [concrete = constants.%X]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc76_5.2: ref %X = temporary_storage
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc76_5.3: init %X = class_init (), %.loc76_5.2 [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc76_5.3: init %X to %.loc76_5.2 = class_init () [concrete = constants.%X.val]
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc76_5.4: ref %X = temporary %.loc76_5.2, %.loc76_5.3
// CHECK:STDOUT: %.loc76_7: ref %X = converted %.loc76_5.1, %.loc76_5.4
// CHECK:STDOUT: %D.ref: %X.D.cpp_overload_set.type = name_ref D, imports.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value [concrete = constants.%X.D.cpp_overload_set.value]