Restructure return declaration handling (#7076)

- A function with a return declaration always has exactly one
`ReturnSlotPattern`, representing the whole return declaration (whereas
previously that was omitted for value and reference returns).
- The `ReturnSlotPattern` always has a subpattern with the same form.
`OutParamPattern` already plays that role for initializing forms, and
`TuplePattern` will play that role for tuple forms. This change
introduces `ValueReturnPattern` and `RefReturnPattern` to represent
value and reference return forms.
- As before, the `ReturnSlotPattern` has a corresponding `ReturnSlot`
that represents the output that is initialized by a `return` statement.
Its structure parallels the structure of the `ReturnSlotPattern`, so we
need `ValueReturn` and `RefReturn` insts that correspond to
`ValueReturnPattern` and `RefReturnPattern`.

This is a step toward supporting generic return forms, where the
`ReturnSlotPattern`'s subpattern may be an action: this change ensures
that evaluating the action for a specific form produces the same SemIR
as if the form were concrete to begin with. More speculatively, this
should simplify the implementation of `return` statements with compound
return forms.

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Co-authored-by: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
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Geoff Romer
2026-04-22 23:38:21 +00:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Chandler Carruth
parent 3abc334c42
commit 49c7288619
40 changed files with 598 additions and 390 deletions
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@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class NodeStack {
Parse::NodeCategory::Modifier,
Id::Kind::None);
set_id_if_category_is(Parse::NodeCategory::ReturnDecl,
Id::KindFor<SemIR::InstBlockId>());
Id::KindFor<SemIR::InstId>());
return result;
}