Notably this allows accessing fields in an abstract base class via a
derived class without going through `base`. E.g.
`my_obj.field_in_base_class` rather than
`my_obj.base.field_in_base_class`.
Implements proposal #7016: `self` moves from the deduced implicit list
(`fn F[self: Self]()`) to the front of the explicit list. Its type may
be written explicitly (`fn F(self: Self)`) or omitted, in which case it
defaults to `Self` (`fn F(self)`, `fn F(ref self)`); `self` in the
implicit list is rejected.
Throughout checking, `self` is modeled as the first explicit parameter.
Because a method is just a function whose first parameter is `self`, it
can also be called as an ordinary function with the receiver passed
explicitly (`Type.M(obj, ...)`), not only as `obj.M(...)`. A new
`SemIR::CallArgParamPatterns` helper chooses the parameters matched
against the explicit arguments, excluding a leading `self` only when it
is supplied as a method-call receiver; arity checking, conversion, and
generic deduction use it. The resulting SemIR and lowering are
unchanged: `self` is still `call_param0`, and witnesses, thunks, and
vtables are unaffected.
An omitted `self` type is parsed as a `SelfBindingPattern` node with no
type expression; checking synthesizes the `Self` type so it behaves
exactly like `self: Self`. However, the exact spelling used must match
between a forward declaration and a definition, following #3763's rules
around declaration matching.
Generated functions, thunks, and C++ interop import/export build `self`
as the first explicit parameter, and the `self`-type override (e.g.
Derived->Base for a virtual override) applies to the explicit `self`.
Placement is validated by new diagnostics: `SelfInImplicitParamList`,
`SelfNotFirstParam`, and `SelfOutsideParamList`. The benchmark source
generator and the documentation adopt the `(self)` shorthand; the
prelude, the examples, and the test data are migrated in the following
commits.
Assisted-by: Claude Code with Claude Opus 4.7
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Co-authored-by: josh11b <15258583+josh11b@users.noreply.github.com>
Add `ExportVarToCpp`. This checks the `clang_decls` mapping and returns
an existing decl if found. Otherwise, it creates a new `VarDecl` and
adds it to the `clang_decls` mapping.
When lowering, in `FileContext::BuildGlobalVariableDecl`, the
`clang_decls` mapping is used to lookup an existing
`llvm::GlobalVariable` for the instruction. If found, use that rather
than creating a new one to avoid an unwanted second definition in the
llvm IR.
This allows Clang to correctly generate the vtable for the exported
class.
There's still something wrong with new virtual functions in the Carbon
type (left a TODO) - I thought it might be related to not flagging
the CXXMethodDecl as virtual, but my initial experiments don't seem to
back that up, so I'll look into it further separately.
There's also a test regression due to an virtual (well, abstract
specifically, but I think it'd happen with a virtual one too) function
in an abstract class taking `self` by value being rejected since
the abstract class can't be instantiated. Not sure if this is a correct
change - the test's behavior could be preserved by using `ref self`
instnead of `self` in this function. Is that reasonable/expected? Should
we not require a type to be complete when passing by value if we can
compute the value representation without such completeness?
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Co-authored-by: Richard Smith <richard@metafoo.co.uk>
* For Carbon `base class C`, export as a regular C++ class.
* For Carbon `class C`, export with the C++ `final` keyword attribute.
* For Carbon `abstract C`, mark the destructor as pure virtual in cases
where no member function is abstract, or emit an error if the destructor
is not virtual.
To support the final point, mark the destructor of an exported class as
virtual if it overrides a virtual destructor from the base class.
In passing, fix a crash exporting fields if the class has an invalid
base type.
Implement the alias rules from proposal #5389, wherein an alias is
permitted so long as the target has a constant value. While that
proposal is not yet accepted, this seems like a reasonable basis for
further iteration, and will be useful for the examples we're currently
pursuing.
When any field of a Carbon class is access from C++ for the first time,
all fields are exported as `clang::FieldDecl`s (this is necessary
because clang fields have an internal index that is initialized on first
use).
`ClangDeclStore` now provides bidirectional mapping. This allows looking
up a `ClangDeclId` by `InstId`, so when Carbon class fields are exported
they can be looked up that way.
When creating the C++ thunk, make the parameters references if the
corresponding callee parameters are `ref`s.
When creating the Carbon thunk, tag the call arguments as `ref` if the
corresponding callee parameters are `ref`s.
Nicholas Bishop
Chandler Carruthandjosh11b
David BlaikieandRichard Smith