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carbon-lang/toolchain/lower/constant.cpp
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Richard Smith 41ed82e033 Add basic support for strings to core, check, and lower. (#5963)
Add a `Core.String` class to the prelude representing a string view, and
rename the `String` keyword to `str` and make it evaluate to
`Core.String`.

`Core.String` is represented as a pair of a pointer to a character
(actually, to the first character of a string, but we don't have a way
of modeling that yet) and a size (which should be pointer-width, but is
currently always a `u64` as we don't have a `usize` equivalent yet).
`Core.String` values are generated directly by the toolchain for string
literal expressions.

This follows the direction established at the recent summit, but the
design implemented here has not been through the proposal process yet.
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// Part of the Carbon Language project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
// Exceptions. See /LICENSE for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
#include "toolchain/lower/constant.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
#include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
#include "toolchain/base/kind_switch.h"
#include "toolchain/lower/file_context.h"
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/inst.h"
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/typed_insts.h"
namespace Carbon::Lower {
// Context and shared functionality for lowering constant values.
class ConstantContext {
public:
explicit ConstantContext(FileContext& file_context,
const FileContext::LoweredConstantStore* constants)
: file_context_(&file_context), constants_(constants) {}
// Gets the lowered constant value for an instruction, which must have a
// constant value that has already been lowered. Returns nullptr if it
// hasn't been, in which case it should not be needed.
auto GetConstant(SemIR::InstId inst_id) const -> llvm::Constant* {
return GetConstant(file_context_->sem_ir().constant_values().Get(inst_id));
}
// Gets the lowered constant value for a constant that has already been
// lowered. Returns nullptr if it hasn't been, in which case it should not be
// needed.
auto GetConstant(SemIR::ConstantId const_id) const -> llvm::Constant* {
CARBON_CHECK(const_id.is_concrete(), "Unexpected constant ID {0}",
const_id);
auto inst_id =
file_context_->sem_ir().constant_values().GetInstId(const_id);
if (inst_id.index > last_lowered_constant_index_) {
// This constant hasn't been lowered.
return nullptr;
}
return constants_->Get(inst_id);
}
// Returns a constant for the case of a value that should never be used.
auto GetUnusedConstant(SemIR::TypeId /*type_id*/) const -> llvm::Constant* {
// TODO: Consider using a poison value of the appropriate type.
return nullptr;
}
// Gets the value to use for a literal.
auto GetLiteralAsValue() const -> llvm::Constant* {
return file_context_->GetLiteralAsValue();
}
// Gets a callable's function. Returns nullptr for a builtin.
auto GetFunction(SemIR::FunctionId function_id) -> llvm::Function* {
return file_context_->GetFunction(function_id);
}
auto GetVtable(SemIR::VtableId vtable_id, SemIR::SpecificId specific_id)
-> llvm::GlobalVariable* {
return file_context_->GetVtable(vtable_id, specific_id);
}
// Returns a lowered type for the given type_id.
auto GetType(SemIR::TypeId type_id) const -> llvm::Type* {
return file_context_->GetType(type_id);
}
// Returns a lowered value to use for a value of type `type`.
auto GetTypeAsValue() const -> llvm::Constant* {
return file_context_->GetTypeAsValue();
}
// Returns a lowered global variable declaration.
auto BuildGlobalVariableDecl(SemIR::VarStorage inst) -> llvm::Constant* {
return file_context_->BuildGlobalVariableDecl(inst);
}
// Sets the index of the constant we most recently lowered. This is used to
// check we don't look at constants that we've not lowered yet.
auto SetLastLoweredConstantIndex(int32_t index) -> void {
last_lowered_constant_index_ = index;
}
auto llvm_context() const -> llvm::LLVMContext& {
return file_context_->llvm_context();
}
auto llvm_module() const -> llvm::Module& {
return file_context_->llvm_module();
}
auto sem_ir() const -> const SemIR::File& { return file_context_->sem_ir(); }
private:
FileContext* file_context_;
const FileContext::LoweredConstantStore* constants_;
int32_t last_lowered_constant_index_ = -1;
};
// Emits an aggregate constant of LLVM type `Type` whose elements are the
// contents of `refs_id`.
template <typename ConstantType, typename Type>
static auto EmitAggregateConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::InstBlockId refs_id, Type* llvm_type)
-> llvm::Constant* {
auto refs = context.sem_ir().inst_blocks().Get(refs_id);
llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Constant*> elements;
elements.reserve(refs.size());
for (auto ref : refs) {
elements.push_back(context.GetConstant(ref));
}
return ConstantType::get(llvm_type, elements);
}
// For each instruction InstT that can be emitted as a constant, there is a
// function below to convert it to an `llvm::Constant*`:
//
// auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::InstT inst)
// -> llvm::Constant*;
// Represent facet values the same as types.
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::FacetValue /*inst*/)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetTypeAsValue();
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::StructValue inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return EmitAggregateConstant<llvm::ConstantStruct>(
context, inst.elements_id,
cast<llvm::StructType>(context.GetType(inst.type_id)));
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::TupleValue inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
// TODO: Add an ArrayValue instruction and stop using TupleValues to represent
// array constants.
if (context.sem_ir().types().Is<SemIR::ArrayType>(inst.type_id)) {
return EmitAggregateConstant<llvm::ConstantArray>(
context, inst.elements_id,
cast<llvm::ArrayType>(context.GetType(inst.type_id)));
}
return EmitAggregateConstant<llvm::ConstantStruct>(
context, inst.elements_id,
cast<llvm::StructType>(context.GetType(inst.type_id)));
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::AddrOf inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
// A constant reference expression is lowered as a pointer, so `AddrOf` is a
// no-op.
return context.GetConstant(inst.lvalue_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::VtablePtr inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetVtable(inst.vtable_id, inst.specific_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::AnyAggregateAccess inst) -> llvm::Constant* {
auto* aggr_addr = context.GetConstant(inst.aggregate_id);
auto* aggr_type = context.GetType(
context.sem_ir().insts().Get(inst.aggregate_id).type_id());
auto* i32_type = llvm::Type::getInt32Ty(context.llvm_context());
// For now, we rely on the LLVM type's GEP indexes matching the SemIR
// aggregate element indexes.
llvm::Constant* indexes[2] = {
llvm::ConstantInt::get(i32_type, 0),
llvm::ConstantInt::get(i32_type, inst.index.index),
};
auto no_wrap_flags =
llvm::GEPNoWrapFlags::inBounds() | llvm::GEPNoWrapFlags::noUnsignedWrap();
return llvm::ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(aggr_type, aggr_addr, indexes,
no_wrap_flags);
}
template <typename InstT>
requires(SemIR::Internal::InstLikeTypeInfo<SemIR::AnyAggregateAccess>::IsKind(
InstT::Kind))
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, InstT inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return EmitAsConstant(context,
SemIR::Inst(inst).As<SemIR::AnyAggregateAccess>());
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::AssociatedEntity inst) -> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::BaseDecl inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::BoolLiteral inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return llvm::ConstantInt::get(llvm::Type::getInt1Ty(context.llvm_context()),
inst.value.index);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::BoundMethod inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
// Propagate just the function; the object is separately provided to the
// enclosing call as an implicit argument.
return context.GetConstant(inst.function_decl_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::CharLiteralValue /*inst*/)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetLiteralAsValue();
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::CompleteTypeWitness inst) -> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::FieldDecl inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::FloatLiteralValue /*inst*/)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetLiteralAsValue();
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::FloatValue inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
const llvm::APFloat& value = context.sem_ir().floats().Get(inst.float_id);
return llvm::ConstantFP::get(context.GetType(inst.type_id), value);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::IntValue inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
auto* type = context.GetType(inst.type_id);
// IntLiteral is represented as an empty struct. All other integer types are
// represented as an LLVM integer type.
auto* int_type = dyn_cast<llvm::IntegerType>(type);
if (!int_type) {
auto* literal_value = context.GetLiteralAsValue();
CARBON_CHECK(literal_value->getType() == type);
return literal_value;
}
int bit_width = int_type->getBitWidth();
auto val = context.sem_ir().ints().GetAtWidth(inst.int_id, bit_width);
return llvm::ConstantInt::get(type, val);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::Namespace inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context,
SemIR::SpecificFunction inst) -> llvm::Constant* {
return context.GetUnusedConstant(inst.type_id);
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::StringLiteral inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
return llvm::IRBuilder<>(context.llvm_context())
.CreateGlobalString(
context.sem_ir().string_literal_values().Get(inst.string_literal_id),
/*name=*/"", /*address_space=*/0, &context.llvm_module());
}
static auto EmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, SemIR::VarStorage inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
// Create the corresponding global variable declaration.
return context.BuildGlobalVariableDecl(inst);
}
// Tries to emit an LLVM constant value for this constant instruction. Centrally
// handles some common cases and then dispatches to the relevant EmitAsConstant
// overload based on the type of the instruction for the remaining cases.
template <typename InstT>
static auto MaybeEmitAsConstant(ConstantContext& context, InstT inst)
-> llvm::Constant* {
if constexpr (InstT::Kind.constant_kind() == SemIR::InstConstantKind::Never ||
InstT::Kind.constant_kind() ==
SemIR::InstConstantKind::Indirect ||
InstT::Kind.constant_kind() ==
SemIR::InstConstantKind::SymbolicOnly) {
CARBON_FATAL("Unexpected constant instruction kind {0}", inst);
} else if constexpr (!InstT::Kind.is_lowered()) {
// This instruction has a constant value, but that constant value will never
// be used by lowering.
return nullptr;
} else if constexpr (InstT::Kind.is_type() == SemIR::InstIsType::Always) {
// All types are lowered to the same value.
return context.GetTypeAsValue();
} else {
return EmitAsConstant(context, inst);
}
}
// NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-function-size): Macro-generated.
auto LowerConstants(FileContext& file_context,
FileContext::LoweredConstantStore& constants) -> void {
ConstantContext context(file_context, &constants);
// Lower each constant in InstId order. This guarantees we lower the
// dependencies of a constant before we lower the constant itself.
for (auto [inst_id, const_id] :
file_context.sem_ir().constant_values().enumerate()) {
if (!const_id.has_value() || !const_id.is_concrete()) {
// We are only interested in lowering concrete constants.
continue;
}
auto defining_inst_id =
file_context.sem_ir().constant_values().GetInstId(const_id);
if (defining_inst_id != inst_id) {
// This isn't the instruction that defines the constant.
continue;
}
auto inst = file_context.sem_ir().insts().Get(inst_id);
if (inst.type_id().has_value() &&
!file_context.sem_ir().types().IsComplete(inst.type_id())) {
// If a constant doesn't have a complete type, that means we imported it
// but didn't actually use it.
continue;
}
llvm::Constant* value = nullptr;
CARBON_KIND_SWITCH(inst) {
#define CARBON_SEM_IR_INST_KIND(Name) \
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::Name const_inst): { \
value = MaybeEmitAsConstant(context, const_inst); \
break; \
}
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/inst_kind.def"
}
constants.Set(inst_id, value);
context.SetLastLoweredConstantIndex(inst_id.index);
}
}
} // namespace Carbon::Lower