Some specific features:
* Use `SpecificFunction` for vtable entries for generic classes.
* Create specific constants for vtable entries in classes derived from
generic classes to reference the appropriate specific of the function
in the context of such a derived class.
* Create specific constants for vtable_ptrs for uses of specific generic
classes.
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Co-authored-by: Richard Smith <richard@metafoo.co.uk>
The goal was/is to reduce the overhead for vtables in generics - the
previous representation/prior to this patch caused a new vtable to be
created in every specific which isn't generally what we want for Carbon
generics (the whole specific/generic thing is meant to avoid creating
specific versions for things that can be a generic form parameterized by
a specific instead of manifest as a unique entity per specific)
So this moves vtables to a top level object (like functions, classes,
etc). Each dynamic class will have a vtable in this list.
Classes have a `vtable_ptr` instruction in them that points to the
vtable.
The actual generic support hasn't been implemented in this patch, as
I've been struggling with just getting this part of the migration going
& wanted to get it flushed out before adding the additional
complications.
It's possible more laziness when doing cross-file importing would be
suitable - for instance if we only need to reference the vtable from
another file, but don't need to know its individual contents, it may be
beneficial for the functions in the vtable to be import_refs (or to add
another layer of indirection - so it can be a single import_ref
all-or-nothing for the functions in the vtable).
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Co-authored-by: Carbon Infra Bot <carbon-external-infra@google.com>
These constant instructions are all TypeInstId already in their type,
and this makes their names match.
Change the name of MakeSingletonInstId as well and update its comment.
Adds a `virtual_index` to `SemIR::Function` used to determine which
vtable slot
to use when calling the given function.
Then use that to lower the function call to use the vtable and
specifically the
relative vtable ABI to match the vtable entries.
We frequently want to operate on singletons. Per discussion, drop
`Singleton` to make the code shorter.
This started off as wanting to write `inst_id.is_error()`, but the
dependency relationship between ids.h and singleton_insts.h would
require some kind of delayed evaluation to allow the implementation to
remain in headers (which I suspect is helpful to have for inlining). I
could have added something like `IsErrorInst`, forward declared in ids.h
and defined in singleton_insts.h (which would always be included by
typed_insts.h), but the template approach felt like a decent balance
between (a) removing the boilerplate `::SingletonInstId`, (b)
understandability, (c) still visually mirroring if we immediately return
a singleton, and (d) flexibility for more than just `ErrorInst`. But TBH
I'd probably still have written `is_error()` if it didn't require
addressing the cross-header cycle.
Then I tried `SemIR::InstId::Is<SemIR::ErrorInst>`, which generally
worked with types but generated the complaint that it didn't shorten
*all* singleton uses. So pulling back on `::Is`, and instead just
dropping `Singleton`.
After #5280 there are a few more typed instructions that have an `InstId
type_inst_id` that always holds a type value. These are converted to
`TypeInstId` to encode this fact in the type system. The
`ConvertAggregateElement()` function in convert.cpp is now able to
receive `TypeInstId` for a couple arguments as well.
Additionally, the `type_inst_id` field of `StructTypeField` is made into
a `TypeInstId`.
The `TupleType::elements_id` is renamed to `TupleType::type_elements_id`
to try record the fact that it's an InstBlock of type value
instructions. We don't introduce a TypeInstBlockId at this time, but it
might be nice to make blocks of TypeInstIds in the future.
To assist in working with a block of InstId that are type values, two
additional helpers are added to the TypeStore:
- GetBlockAsTypeInstIds which turns an `ArrayRef<InstId>` into a range
of `TypeInstId`
- GetBlockAsTypeIds which turns an `ArrayRef<InstId>` into a range of
`TypeId`
We use these helpers in places that iterate over the
`TupleType::type_elements_id`.
In preparation for shifting from `TypeId`s potentially representing
attached types to always representing unattached types, using
[terminology suggested on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/655572317891461132/963846118964350976/1359286326779973712).
This change causes us to track slightly more type spelling information
through SemIR.
One change that has significant impact on the SemIR output is that we
now build a `struct_type` instruction in each class representing the
types of the fields, including the spelling used for those types. This
is now no longer always identical to the corresponding canonical
`struct_type` for the object representation, so it's built separately
and owned by the class.
Also remove `TypeBlock` support entirely, as its only use was
representing `TupleType`s, which now use an `InstBlock`.
I'd split out the decl-specific handlers so that import_ref.cpp could
also call them. However, with the current model for imports and
constants, we shouldn't use them there. As a consequence, merge them
back into individual files for greater consistency with other helper
functions (and better visibility when making related code changes).
This addresses the const reliance of ResolvePrevInstForMerge by checking
the imported instruction, testing with `alias` name conflicts. Given the
need to examine structure, the helper function feels like it now gets in
the way, so I'm just removing it.
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This doesn't actually track whether a declaration is `extern`. It does,
however:
- Factor out and expand merge support for classes, sharing handling with
functions.
- This makes the ClassRedefinition diagnostic redundant, as the
redeclaration checking overlaps.
- Add partial `extern` handling to class handling; just some
verifications of correct use.
- Factor out `extern` on member handling for sharing with `fn`.
- Fixes a bug in import_ref where a class's definition_id wasn't
assigned when defining.
This changes how a redefinition is handled (replaced, rather than
merged). I don't know whether that's ideal, but I think it results in
easy-to-understand consequences, and it's more consistent with how `fn`
works.
There's enough work here that this felt like a decent cut point,
particularly as the amount of work to actually add `extern` tracking
will be significant.
David BlaikieandJon Ross-Perkins
Dana Jansens
Boaz Brickner