The goal of this proposal is to provide a way for user-defined types to
support range-based iteration with `for`.
The current proposed solution exposes 3 interfaces that can be
implemented by user types to enable support for
ranged-for loops.
Co-authored-by: josh11b <josh11b@users.noreply.github.com>
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Co-authored-by: josh11b <josh11b@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jon Ross-Perkins <jperkins@google.com>
Co-authored-by: Geoff Romer <gromer@google.com>
Co-authored-by: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
#### Functional changes
* Avoid unnecessary copies when a value binding is created from a value
expression in call parameters
* Ensure the result of the value expression bound is destroyed
* Provide storage to initializing expressions used in call parameters
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Co-authored-by: Jon Ross-Perkins <jperkins@google.com>
Prevent copies when initializing value expression from reference
expression. This is based on
https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2006, which
introduces expression categories, and how it is possible to convert
to/from those different categories. Continuation of
https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2907
## Functional changes
* Initializing a value expression from a reference expression takes its
value without a copy
* Reading from the value expression causes an error if the value changed
from the time it was initialized
* In this situation, prevents a copy both for variable definitions, and
call parameter bindings
## Main implementation changes
* Add new `ExpressionCategoryAction`, which evaluates an expression and
returns an `ExpressionValue` containing its category and address (if
any), in addition to the resulting `Value*`
* `ExpressionAction`s now invokes `ExpressionCategoryAction` and unwraps
the returned `ExpressionValue`
* `RuntimeScope::BindAndPin` method, and corresponding when attempting
to read a `value_node`.
## Next work
* Avoid unnecessary copies from value expression to value expression,
after ensuring that even value expression temporaries are registered for
destruction (https://github.com/Pixep/carbon-lang/pull/9)
Add partial support for initializing expressions for variable declaration. This is based on https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2006, which introduces expression categories, and how it is possible to convert to/from those different categories.
## Functional changes
* Initializing expressions initialize directly the provided storage when used to initialize a variable.
* Allows initializing expressions to avoid a copy when using `[var|let] name: type = call_expression(...)` by initializing `name` in-place.
* Support `returned var: ...` and `return <expr>`
* Support nested initializing expressions
## Main implementation changes
* Updated PatternMatch logic to handle expression categories
* Updated `VariableDefinition` interpreter statement to allocate and pass a location to initializing expressions
* Update statement actions to allow passing an allocation, used by return expr or returned var
* Modified the RuntimeScope API to be one step closer to the memory model we want to have
* Remove `GetAllocationId` and older `Bind` which don't apply
* New set of tests to highlight those different situations
* Added a new intrinsic to print the allocation stack (and make sure we behave correctly, beyond visible side effects)
## Next work
* Dedicated `Action` to retrieve expression category information in the interpreter (https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2927)
* Avoid copies when initializing value expression from reference expression and prevent mutations for the duration of the "pinning" (https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2927)
* Avoid unnecessary copies from value expression to value expression, after ensuring that even value expression temporaries are registered for destruction.
* Avoid unnecessary copies when binding function arguments
Rename value categories to expression categories based on [Discord discussion](https://discord.com/channels/655572317891461132/753021843459538996/1092924035517665332) regarding naming and behavior.
>* let expression -> value expression
>* var expression -> reference expression
>* located expression -> initializing expression
>So:
>- "value expressions" produce values (with no associated location). "reference expressions" produce a location of an existing value. "initializing expressions" take a location and initialize it.
>- A let binding is initialized by a value expression, because lets represent values (with category conversions performed as needed, but if a conversion is performed from a different category of expression, the value of the object is pinned for the lifetime of the let).
>- A var binding is initialized by an initializing expression, without performing a copy (with category conversions performed as needed, calling a copy constructor if the initializer is a different expression category).
>- The & operator requires a reference expression, and it's an error to give it other kinds.
>- The left-hand side of . requires a value expression when calling a function with a non-addr receiver, and requires a reference expression when calling a function with an addr receiver (it's an error to give it a value expression, and for an initializing expression, a temporary is materialized).
Changes
* Rename "value category" to "expression category"
* Rename Var and Let value categories to Value, Reference, and Initializing expression
* Rename `lvalue` to `location` (most of the time)
### Features
* Add virtual `destructor`s support (Closes#2521)
* Check virtual override for virtual destructors
* Error if attempting to `Delete` a class that does not have virtual destructors from a base class pointer
### Implementation
* Update parser to support virtual override introducers for destructors
* Check virtual override for class destructor and add to class vtable if necessary
* Add corresponding tests
### Notes
Contrary to initial implementation, this implementation leverages the `Address` structure and implements a new `Address::DowncastedAddress()` method to get address from child most class from a base class address. This avoids the need to use `GetAllocationId` and its issues when it comes to having multiple values for an `AllocationId`.
### Next work
Following this PR, we need to:
* Check when using `Delete` that the class was allocated with `New` (WIP)
* Drop the old `GetAllocationId(Value*)` in favor of a better system (WIP)
Move deallocation logic to `StepCleanUp` to have all necessary cleanup actions in the same place. Currently this means `DestroyAction` and `heap_.Deallocate`.
Fix variables not being properly cleaned up if declared before an unformed variable.
### Details
Currently the following example / test
```
package ExplorerTest api;
class A {
var i: i32;
destructor[self: Self] {
Print("Destructor A {0}", self.i);
}
}
fn Main() -> i32 {
var a0: A;
var a1: A = {.i = 1};
var a2: A;
var a3: A = {.i = 3};
return 0;
}
```
prints
```
Destructor A 3
```
instead of
```
Destructor A 3
Destructor A 1
```
This PR fixes the issue in the `CleanUp` logic.
Add a check to prevent creating a class from a struct with a missing parent.
This is already type-checked for carbon / user code, but not when using `Convert` manually.
Currently, only the action class uses the noun case (`Cleanup`), while the kind enum and functions are spelled `CleanUpAction`. Other actions use consistent casing between class and enum names. This change makes the name consistent, and unsurprising for developers. Mirrors `DestroyAction` (verb).
Features:
* Add basic support for `impl` virtual methods (override virtual method)
* Error on invalid declaration for `impl` and `virtual`, covering simple use cases
* Add `abstract` fn parser-only support
Changes:
* Modify parser to handle new function specifiers, resolve conflicts
* Group `virtual_override` and `FN`, and group `impl_kind` and `IMPL` to avoid ambiguities with around `impl` token parsing
* Add new `VirtualOverride` enum for function declarations, and matching `virt_override() -> VirtualOverride` getter
* Update function declaration logic
Depends on #2462
Features:
* Add `virtual` virtual override keyword for functions
* Support `virtual` class methods using dynamic dispatch
Changes:
* Add `vtable` in `NominalClassType`,
* Add `NominalClassValue**` in class values pointing to descendant-most class
* Resolve virtual methods during member lookup
Limitations:
* Does not include yet `impl`, `abstract` virtual override keywords, or the complete logic for virtual function declaration
Depends on #2460
Relates to #1881
Relates to #2493
Addresses comments from this discussion: https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/pull/2460#discussion_r1046444433
Features:
* Move subtyping logic from Interpreter to TypeChecker, exposing subtyping as a series of access to `.base`.
* Excludes function parameter conversion, which is still done in ::Convert due to parameters conversion being handled differently.
Changes:
* Add new `class BaseAccessExpression : public MemberAccessExpression`, allowing rewrites
* Handle `BaseAccessExpression` expression type in Interpreter
* Move subtyping logic to `TypeChecker::ImplicitlyConvert`
Depends on #2361, #2421
Add support for destructors of base classes.
Features:
- Call destructors from derived to base class
- Support addressing `TupleValue` using a new `Member` variant
Changes:
- Update `StepDestroy()` to recursively call destructors from derived to base class
- Add new `Member` variant and `IndexedValue` struct to be usable with `TupleValue`
Features:
* Split `Member` class into 3 dedicated classes covering named, positional, and a new "base class" element
Changes:
* Rename `Member` to `Element` to better reflect the variants covered
* Add `NamedElement`, `PositionalElement`, and `BaseElement` child classes for `Element`
* Split `GetMember` into 3 function variants based on available attributes (index, name, nothing).
* Add some unit tests to provide coverage of core features
Motivation:
This changeset splits Member into (currently 2) classes, as we see the need for more Member variants (base class access needed for #2378, possibly unnamed mixins, ...), which in addition to the current ones, also have significantly different attributes. This will allow supporting more Member types in the future cleanly.
Alternatives considered:
The alternative solution, "one class for positional, named & base class access", would expose unused or unavailable attributes depending on the Member actual type (`index()` only for positional, `name()` only for named, and neither for base class access).
Features
* Support addressing positional members (i.e. tuple fields) using an index.
* Addresses a couple of `TODO`s relative to positional members
Changes:
* Add a new `IndexedValue` mirroring `NamedValue`
* Adds `FieldPath::index() -> int`
* Adds a `Member` variant for `IndexedValue`
Relates to #1881
Features:
* Add basic support for `abstract` class
* Allow extending an abstract class
* Prevent direct instantiation of an abstract class
Changes:
* Check that class extensibility for `VariableDefinition` is not `Abstract`
* Add corresponding set of lit tests
Suggesting to add a section with past conference talks, to include content that has been created around carbon. This feel to me like an accessible type of content to have in the main README for those wanting to dig a bit deeper without going into /docs.
This does not show the speaker name to keep it "Carbon/community" oriented, vs naming, but there's an argument both ways I think.
Relates to https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/issues/1881
- Add support for `.base` field in structs for [parent class initialization](https://github.com/carbon-language/carbon-lang/blob/trunk/docs/design/classes.md#constructors)
- Disabling base class initialization without `.base`
- Support class constructors (`Create() -> Self`) for base classes
- Direct access to base class(es) attributes with `object.var` remains unaffected
Changes:
- Add `TypeChecker::FieldTypesWithBase` to help assessing if a struct with `base` fields can be converted to a class
- Add a new `base_type()` attribute+getter to `NominalClassDeclaration` to as a first step to allow resolving parametrized classes
- Add a new `base` attribute+getter to `NominalClassValue` that contains the base class `NominalClassValue`. It is currently used mainly to get and set members of a class object.
- Add `Interpreter::ConvertClassWithBase` to build `NominalClassValue` from a init struct, that contains `.base` fields with either `NominalClassValue` or `StructValue`
- Add `FindClassField` to find a field in a class or its base classes
- Remove superfluous `ClassDeclaration::base()` in favor of `ClassDeclaration::base_type()`
Limitations;
- Though some work is done in that direction, parametrized base class where time is not know at the declaration site are not supported. Namely the example below does not compile
```
base class A(T:! Type) {}
class B(T:! Type) extends A(T) {}
```
But this one is functional already
```
base class A(T:! Type) {}
class B extends A(i32) {}
```
Co-authored-by: Richard Smith <richard@metafoo.co.uk>
Provides a first implementation iteration towards class prefix and extension, along with user-friendly error regarding missing implementation for #1881
**Explorer behavior**
For class prefix `base` and `abstract`:
```
Class prefixes `base` and `abstract` are not supported yet
```
For extension with `extends`:
```
Class extension with `extends` is not supported yet
```
**Motivation**
* Provides user-friendly error for these unsupported features
* First implementation increment in supporting class prefix and extension.
