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carbon-lang/toolchain/check/return.cpp
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Richard Smith 3af25cc1ba Support for -> ref/var/val auto. (#7977)
Extend support for return type deduction to also handle top-level
category specifiers.

Assisted-by: Claude via Antigravity
2026-10-15 21:13:38 +00:00

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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/check/return.h"
#include "toolchain/base/kind_switch.h"
#include "toolchain/check/context.h"
#include "toolchain/check/control_flow.h"
#include "toolchain/check/convert.h"
#include "toolchain/check/function.h"
#include "toolchain/check/inst.h"
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/expr_info.h"
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/typed_insts.h"
namespace Carbon::Check {
// Gets the ID of the function that lexically encloses the current location.
static auto GetCurrentFunctionIdForReturn(Context& context)
-> SemIR::FunctionId {
CARBON_CHECK(context.scope_stack().IsInFunctionScope(),
"Handling return but not in a function");
auto decl_id = context.scope_stack().GetReturnScopeDeclId();
return context.insts().GetAs<SemIR::FunctionDecl>(decl_id).function_id;
}
// Gets the function that lexically encloses the current location.
auto GetCurrentFunctionForReturn(Context& context) -> SemIR::Function& {
return context.functions().Get(GetCurrentFunctionIdForReturn(context));
}
auto GetReturnedVarParam(Context& context, const SemIR::Function& function)
-> SemIR::InstId {
auto return_form_id = function.GetDeclaredReturnForm(context.sem_ir());
if (auto return_form =
context.insts().TryGetAsIfValid<SemIR::InitForm>(return_form_id)) {
auto call_params = context.inst_blocks().Get(function.call_params_id);
CARBON_CHECK(function.call_param_ranges.return_size() == 1);
auto return_param_id =
call_params[function.call_param_ranges.return_begin().index];
auto return_type_id = context.insts().Get(return_param_id).type_id();
if (SemIR::InitRepr::ForType(context.sem_ir(), return_type_id)
.MightBeInPlace()) {
return return_param_id;
}
}
return SemIR::InstId::None;
}
// Gets the currently in scope `returned var` binding, if any, that would be
// returned by a `return var;`.
static auto GetCurrentReturnedVar(Context& context) -> SemIR::InstId {
CARBON_CHECK(context.scope_stack().IsInFunctionScope(),
"Handling return but not in a function");
return context.scope_stack().GetReturnedVar();
}
// Produces a note that the given function has no explicit return type.
static auto NoteNoReturnTypeProvided(DiagnosticBuilder& diag,
const SemIR::Function& function) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnTypeOmittedNote, Info,
"there was no return type provided");
diag.Attach(function.latest_decl_id(), ReturnTypeOmittedNote);
}
// Produces a note describing the return type of the given function, which
// must be a function whose definition is currently being checked.
static auto NoteReturnType(DiagnosticBuilder& diag,
const SemIR::Function& function) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnTypeHereNote, Info,
"return type of function is {0}", InstIdAsType);
diag.Attach(function.return_type_inst_id, ReturnTypeHereNote,
function.return_type_inst_id);
}
// Produces a note that the return type of the given function is deduced, for a
// function whose return type has not been deduced yet.
static auto NoteReturnTypeIsDeduced(DiagnosticBuilder& diag,
const SemIR::Function& function) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnTypeIsDeducedNote, Info,
"return type of function is deduced");
diag.Attach(function.latest_decl_id(), ReturnTypeIsDeducedNote);
}
// Produces a note pointing at the currently in scope `returned var`.
static auto NoteReturnedVar(DiagnosticBuilder& diag,
SemIR::InstId returned_var_id) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnedVarHere, Info,
"`returned var` was declared here");
diag.Attach(returned_var_id, ReturnedVarHere);
}
namespace {
// The result of converting the operand of a `return` statement to the return
// form of the function.
struct ConvertedReturnExpr {
// The converted expression.
SemIR::InstId expr_id;
// The return slot that the converted expression initializes in place, if
// any.
SemIR::InstId dest_id = SemIR::InstId::None;
};
} // namespace
// Converts the operand of a `return` statement to the return form of
// `function`, which is required to have been declared or deduced already.
static auto ConvertReturnExpr(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
const SemIR::Function& function,
SemIR::InstId expr_id) -> ConvertedReturnExpr {
auto return_type_id =
context.types().GetTypeIdForTypeInstId(function.return_type_inst_id);
auto return_form_id = function.GetDeclaredReturnForm(context.sem_ir());
auto return_form = context.insts().Get(return_form_id);
CARBON_KIND_SWITCH(return_form) {
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::InitForm _): {
if (!SemIR::InitRepr::ForType(context.sem_ir(), return_type_id)
.is_valid() ||
return_type_id == SemIR::ErrorInst::TypeId) {
// We already diagnosed that the return type is invalid.
// Don't try to convert to it.
return {.expr_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId};
}
if (function.call_param_ranges.return_size() == 0) {
return {.expr_id = expr_id};
}
CARBON_CHECK(function.call_param_ranges.return_size() == 1);
auto call_params = context.inst_blocks().Get(function.call_params_id);
auto out_param_id =
call_params[function.call_param_ranges.return_begin().index];
CARBON_CHECK(out_param_id.has_value());
expr_id = InitializeExisting(context, loc_id, out_param_id, expr_id,
/*for_return=*/true);
if (!SemIR::InitRepr::ForType(context.sem_ir(), return_type_id)
.MightBeInPlace()) {
out_param_id = SemIR::InstId::None;
}
return {.expr_id = expr_id, .dest_id = out_param_id};
}
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::RefForm ref_form): {
return {.expr_id =
Convert(context, loc_id, expr_id,
ConversionTarget{
.kind = ConversionTarget::DurableRef,
.type_id = context.types().GetTypeIdForTypeInstId(
ref_form.type_component_inst_id)})};
}
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::ValueForm value_form): {
return {.expr_id =
Convert(context, loc_id, expr_id,
ConversionTarget{
.kind = ConversionTarget::Value,
.type_id = context.types().GetTypeIdForTypeInstId(
value_form.type_component_inst_id)})};
}
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::ErrorInst _): {
return {.expr_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId};
}
case CARBON_KIND(SemIR::SymbolicBinding _): {
auto expr_form_info = SemIR::GetFormInfo(context.sem_ir(), expr_id);
if (expr_form_info.kind != SemIR::FormInfo::Dependent) {
context.TODO(loc_id,
"support nontrivial conversions between symbolic forms");
return {.expr_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId};
}
auto expr_form_const_id = SemIR::GetConstantValueInSpecific(
context.sem_ir(), SemIR::SpecificId::None,
expr_form_info.form_inst_id);
auto declared_form_const_id = SemIR::GetConstantValueInSpecific(
context.sem_ir(), SemIR::SpecificId::None, return_form_id);
if (expr_form_const_id != declared_form_const_id) {
context.TODO(loc_id,
"support nontrivial conversions between symbolic forms");
return {.expr_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId};
}
// expr_id's form is identical to the expected form, so we can use it
// directly.
return {.expr_id = expr_id};
}
default:
CARBON_FATAL("Unexpected inst kind: {0}", return_form);
}
}
// Builds a `return` statement in a function whose return type has not been
// deduced yet. Immediately builds control flow and cleanups, but defers the
// conversion of the returned expression to the return type until the return
// type is known; see `CompletePendingReturns`.
static auto BuildPendingReturn(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
SemIR::InstId expr_id) -> void {
// The conversion will be spliced in here. Until then, this placeholder is an
// identity conversion. Because it precedes the cleanups, the return value is
// initialized before any local variables are destroyed.
auto splice_id = AddPlaceholderInst(
context, loc_id,
SemIR::SpliceBlock{.type_id = context.insts().Get(expr_id).type_id(),
.block_id = SemIR::InstBlockId::Empty,
.result_id = expr_id});
auto return_id = AddReturnInstWithCleanups(
context, loc_id,
SemIR::ReturnExpr{.expr_id = splice_id, .dest_id = SemIR::InstId::None});
context.scope_stack().AddPendingReturn({.expr_id = expr_id,
.splice_id = splice_id,
.return_inst_id = return_id});
}
// Completes the `return` statements built by `BuildPendingReturn` in the
// current function, once its return type has been deduced.
static auto CompletePendingReturns(Context& context,
SemIR::FunctionId function_id) -> void {
auto pending_returns = context.scope_stack().TakePendingReturns();
if (pending_returns.empty()) {
return;
}
const auto& function = context.functions().Get(function_id);
// Any problems converting to the return type are probably due to the choice
// of return type, so point out where it came from.
Diagnostics::AnnotationScope annotate_diagnostics(
&context.emitter(), [&](DiagnosticBuilder& builder) {
// TODO: Track the instruction the return type was deduced for and use
// TypeOfInstId to preserve sugar.
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnTypeDeducedAs, Info,
"return type deduced as {0}", InstIdAsType);
builder.Attach(function.return_type_inst_id, ReturnTypeDeducedAs,
function.return_type_inst_id);
});
for (const auto& pending_return : pending_returns) {
auto loc_id = SemIR::LocId(pending_return.return_inst_id);
// Convert in a separate block that we splice in place of the placeholder,
// with its own cleanup scope for any temporaries.
context.inst_block_stack().Push();
context.scope_stack().PushForSameRegion(
ScopeStack::CleanupScopeKind::Owned);
auto converted =
ConvertReturnExpr(context, loc_id, function, pending_return.expr_id);
AddAndDiscardScopeCleanups(context);
context.scope_stack().Pop();
auto block_id = context.inst_block_stack().Pop();
ReplaceInstBeforeConstantUse(
context, pending_return.splice_id,
SemIR::SpliceBlock{
.type_id = context.insts().Get(converted.expr_id).type_id(),
.block_id = block_id,
.result_id = converted.expr_id});
if (converted.dest_id.has_value()) {
// The `return` statement has no type or constant value, and nothing
// refers to it, so it's safe to replace it.
auto return_inst = context.insts().GetAs<SemIR::ReturnExpr>(
pending_return.return_inst_id);
return_inst.dest_id = converted.dest_id;
ReplaceInstBeforeConstantUse(context, pending_return.return_inst_id,
return_inst);
}
}
}
auto RegisterReturnedVar(Context& context, Parse::NodeId returned_node,
Parse::NodeId type_node, SemIR::TypeId type_id,
SemIR::InstId bind_id, SemIR::NameId name_id) -> void {
auto function_id = GetCurrentFunctionIdForReturn(context);
auto& function = context.functions().Get(function_id);
if (function.has_pending_deduced_return_type()) {
// In a function with a deduced return type, the first `returned var`
// determines the return type, and any earlier `return`s are converted to
// it.
SetDeducedReturnType(context, function_id, type_node, type_id);
CompletePendingReturns(context, function_id);
}
auto return_type_id = function.GetDeclaredReturnType(context.sem_ir());
// A `returned var` requires an explicit return type.
if (!return_type_id.has_value()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnedVarWithNoReturnType, Error,
"cannot declare a `returned var` in this function");
auto diag =
context.emitter().Build(returned_node, ReturnedVarWithNoReturnType);
NoteNoReturnTypeProvided(diag, function);
diag.Emit();
return;
}
// The declared type of the var must match the return type of the function.
if (return_type_id != type_id) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnedVarWrongType, Error,
"type {0} of `returned var` does not match "
"return type of enclosing function",
SemIR::TypeId);
auto diag =
context.emitter().Build(type_node, ReturnedVarWrongType, type_id);
NoteReturnType(diag, function);
diag.Emit();
}
auto form_inst_id = function.GetDeclaredReturnForm(context.sem_ir());
if (!context.insts().Is<SemIR::InitForm>(form_inst_id)) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnedVarNotInit, Error,
"`returned var` declaration in function with "
"non-initializing return form");
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(returned_node, ReturnedVarNotInit);
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(ReturnFormHereNote, Info,
"return form declared here");
// A deduced return form is located where its type was deduced from, which
// is this `returned var`, so point at the function declaration instead.
diag.Attach(function.has_deduced_return_type()
? function.latest_decl_id()
: function.return_form_inst_id,
ReturnFormHereNote);
diag.Emit();
}
auto existing_id =
context.scope_stack().SetReturnedVarOrGetExisting(bind_id, name_id);
if (existing_id.has_value()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnedVarShadowed, Error,
"cannot declare a `returned var` in the scope of "
"another `returned var`");
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(bind_id, ReturnedVarShadowed);
NoteReturnedVar(diag, existing_id);
diag.Emit();
}
}
auto BuildReturnWithNoExpr(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id) -> void {
const auto& function = GetCurrentFunctionForReturn(context);
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnStatementMissingExpr, Error, "missing return value");
// `-> auto` requires a returned value, just like an explicit return type.
if (function.has_pending_deduced_return_type()) {
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(loc_id, ReturnStatementMissingExpr);
NoteReturnTypeIsDeduced(diag, function);
diag.Emit();
// Treat this as returning an erroneous value, which doesn't participate in
// return type deduction.
BuildPendingReturn(context, loc_id, SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId);
return;
}
if (function.GetDeclaredReturnType(context.sem_ir()).has_value()) {
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(loc_id, ReturnStatementMissingExpr);
NoteReturnType(diag, function);
diag.Emit();
}
AddReturnInstWithCleanups(context, loc_id);
}
auto BuildReturnWithExpr(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
SemIR::InstId expr_id) -> void {
const auto& function = GetCurrentFunctionForReturn(context);
auto returned_var_id = GetCurrentReturnedVar(context);
if (function.has_pending_deduced_return_type()) {
// Declaring a `returned var` would have deduced the return type.
CARBON_CHECK(!returned_var_id.has_value());
BuildPendingReturn(context, loc_id, expr_id);
return;
}
auto return_type_id = SemIR::TypeId::None;
if (function.return_type_inst_id.has_value()) {
return_type_id =
context.types().GetTypeIdForTypeInstId(function.return_type_inst_id);
}
auto converted = ConvertedReturnExpr{.expr_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId};
if (!return_type_id.has_value()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(
ReturnStatementDisallowExpr, Error,
"no return expression should be provided in this context");
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(loc_id, ReturnStatementDisallowExpr);
NoteNoReturnTypeProvided(diag, function);
diag.Emit();
} else if (returned_var_id.has_value()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(
ReturnExprWithReturnedVar, Error,
"can only `return var;` in the scope of a `returned var`");
auto diag = context.emitter().Build(loc_id, ReturnExprWithReturnedVar);
NoteReturnedVar(diag, returned_var_id);
diag.Emit();
} else {
converted = ConvertReturnExpr(context, loc_id, function, expr_id);
}
AddReturnInstWithCleanups(
context, loc_id,
{.expr_id = converted.expr_id, .dest_id = converted.dest_id});
}
auto BuildReturnVar(Context& context, Parse::ReturnStatementId node_id)
-> void {
const auto& function = GetCurrentFunctionForReturn(context);
auto returned_var_id = GetCurrentReturnedVar(context);
if (!returned_var_id.has_value()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(ReturnVarWithNoReturnedVar, Error,
"`return var;` with no `returned var` in scope");
context.emitter().Emit(node_id, ReturnVarWithNoReturnedVar);
returned_var_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::InstId;
}
if (function.has_pending_deduced_return_type()) {
// Declaring a `returned var` would have deduced the return type, so we
// diagnosed above, and `returned_var_id` is `ErrorInst::InstId`.
BuildPendingReturn(context, node_id, returned_var_id);
return;
}
auto return_param_id = GetReturnedVarParam(context, function);
// Convert to a value expression in case the return logic needs a value, and
// to indicate that this was a `return var`, not a reference return.
returned_var_id = ConvertToValueExpr(context, returned_var_id);
AddReturnInstWithCleanups(
context, node_id,
{.expr_id = returned_var_id, .dest_id = return_param_id});
}
auto DeduceReturnTypeAtEndOfBody(Context& context,
SemIR::FunctionId function_id) -> bool {
const auto& function = context.functions().Get(function_id);
CARBON_CHECK(function.has_pending_deduced_return_type());
auto pending_returns = context.scope_stack().PeekPendingReturns();
auto decl_loc_id = SemIR::LocId(function.latest_decl_id());
if (pending_returns.empty()) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(DeducedReturnTypeWithoutReturn, Error,
"no `return` in function with deduced return type");
context.emitter().Emit(decl_loc_id, DeducedReturnTypeWithoutReturn);
SetDeducedReturnType(context, function_id, decl_loc_id,
SemIR::ErrorInst::TypeId);
return false;
}
// The return type is the type of the returned expressions. Erroneous returned
// expressions are ignored, to avoid follow-on diagnostics.
// TODO: Use the common type of the returned expressions.
auto first_expr_id = SemIR::InstId::None;
auto return_type_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::TypeId;
for (const auto& pending : pending_returns) {
auto type_id = context.insts().Get(pending.expr_id).type_id();
if (type_id == SemIR::ErrorInst::TypeId) {
continue;
}
if (!first_expr_id.has_value()) {
first_expr_id = pending.expr_id;
return_type_id = type_id;
} else if (type_id != return_type_id) {
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC(
DeducedReturnTypeMismatch, Error,
"deduced return type {0} does not match return type deduced earlier",
TypeOfInstId);
CARBON_DIAGNOSTIC_LABEL(DeducedReturnTypeMismatchPrevious, Info,
"return type previously deduced as {0} here",
TypeOfInstId);
context.emitter()
.Build(pending.expr_id, DeducedReturnTypeMismatch, pending.expr_id)
.Attach(first_expr_id, DeducedReturnTypeMismatchPrevious,
first_expr_id)
.Emit();
return_type_id = SemIR::ErrorInst::TypeId;
break;
}
}
SetDeducedReturnType(
context, function_id,
first_expr_id.has_value() ? SemIR::LocId(first_expr_id) : decl_loc_id,
return_type_id);
CompletePendingReturns(context, function_id);
return true;
}
} // namespace Carbon::Check