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Richard Smith 181a592b8c Support for parsing expression patterns (#6977)
When parsing a pattern, if we encounter something that isn't pattern
syntax, try parsing as an expression instead. We only need one-token
lookahead to distinguish pattern syntax from expression syntax.

Track a precedence group through pattern parsing so that we can allow
different kinds of expressions in a top-level pattern (such as the
operand of `let`) and in a nested pattern (such as a subpattern of a
tuple pattern or within grouping parens). For example, we do not allow
`case if ...`, and for now I've chosen to also not allow logical or
relational operators at the top level of a pattern, so `case 1 + 1` is
OK, but `case 1 == 1` and `case true and false` require parentheses.
This decision should be ratified or revisited by a design proposal.

Very basic check support is also provided, only sufficient to form an
`ExprPattern` instruction and nothing beyond that. For now, all pattern
matching against an `ExprPattern` fails with a TODO error. To support
that, I've switched from calling `BeginSubpattern` in the parent handler
of a pattern and `EndSubpatternAs*` in the pattern handler itself to
calling both functions in parent handlers, with `EndSubpattern`
converting an expression into an expression pattern where needed.

Depends on #6976.

Assisted-by: Gemini via Google Antigravity
2026-03-28 00:06:06 +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
#ifndef CARBON_TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_PATTERN_H_
#define CARBON_TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_PATTERN_H_
#include "toolchain/check/context.h"
#include "toolchain/sem_ir/ids.h"
namespace Carbon::Check {
// Marks the start of a region of insts in a pattern context that might contain
// an expression. Typically this is called when handling a parse node that can
// immediately precede a subpattern (such as `let` or a `,` in a pattern list).
// `End[Empty]Subpattern` should be called later by the consumer of the
// subpattern.
auto BeginSubpattern(Context& context) -> void;
// Consumes the expression in a region started by the most recent
// BeginSubpattern, and returns the ID of the region. The region will not yet
// have any control-flow edges into or out of it.
auto ConsumeSubpatternExpr(Context& context, SemIR::InstId result_id)
-> SemIR::ExprRegionId;
// Ends a region started by BeginSubpattern (in stack order), asserting that
// it either had no expression content or the expression has been consumed.
auto EndEmptySubpattern(Context& context) -> void;
// Ends a region started by BeginSubpattern (in stack order). If the top of the
// node stack is an expression, the subpattern region is consumed and converted
// to an expression pattern, which replaces the expression on the node stack.
// Otherwise, the top of the node stack should be a pattern, in which case this
// asserts that the subpattern region is either empty or has been consumed.
//
// The node stack is passed explicitly as a reminder that this function affects
// the node stack, unlike the other *Subpattern functions.
auto EndSubpattern(Context& context, NodeStack& node_stack) -> void;
// Information about a created binding pattern.
struct BindingPatternInfo {
SemIR::InstId pattern_id;
SemIR::InstId bind_id;
};
// The phase of a binding pattern.
enum class BindingPhase { Template, Symbolic, Runtime };
// Creates an entity name for a binding pattern with the given properties.
auto AddBindingEntityName(Context& context, SemIR::NameId name_id,
SemIR::ConstantId form_id, bool is_unused,
BindingPhase phase) -> SemIR::EntityNameId;
// Creates a binding pattern and the associated binding inst, and returns their
// IDs. `type_region_id` is the region representing the binding's type
// expression.
auto AddBindingPattern(Context& context, SemIR::LocId name_loc,
SemIR::ExprRegionId type_region_id,
SemIR::AnyBindingPattern pattern) -> BindingPatternInfo;
// Creates storage for `var` patterns nested within the given pattern at the
// current location in the output SemIR. For a `returned var`, this
// reuses the function's return slot when present.
auto AddPatternVarStorage(Context& context, SemIR::InstBlockId pattern_block_id,
bool is_returned_var) -> void;
// Adds a parameter pattern with the specified name and type information. The
// pattern emulates `x: T` or `ref x: T` depending on the value of
// `is_ref` (`var x: T` is not supported). This only sets up the parameter
// pattern, binding pattern and type; callers are expected to add the returned
// parameter pattern instruction to appropriate blocks. This is used when
// generating functions, rather than processing a user-authored declaration.
auto AddParamPattern(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
SemIR::NameId name_id,
SemIR::ExprRegionId type_expr_region_id,
SemIR::TypeId type_id, bool is_ref) -> SemIR::InstId;
} // namespace Carbon::Check
#endif // CARBON_TOOLCHAIN_CHECK_PATTERN_H_