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       1                 :             : /* Dynamic testing for abstract is-a relationships.
       2                 :             :    Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       3                 :             :    Contributed by Lawrence Crowl.
       4                 :             : 
       5                 :             : This file is part of GCC.
       6                 :             : 
       7                 :             : GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       8                 :             : the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
       9                 :             : Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
      10                 :             : version.
      11                 :             : 
      12                 :             : GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
      13                 :             : WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
      14                 :             : FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
      15                 :             : for more details.
      16                 :             : 
      17                 :             : You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
      18                 :             : along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
      19                 :             : <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
      20                 :             : 
      21                 :             : 
      22                 :             : /* This header generic type query and conversion functions.
      23                 :             : 
      24                 :             : 
      25                 :             : USING THE GENERIC TYPE FACILITY
      26                 :             : 
      27                 :             : 
      28                 :             : The user functions are:
      29                 :             : 
      30                 :             : bool is_a <TYPE> (pointer)
      31                 :             : 
      32                 :             :     Tests whether the pointer actually points to a more derived TYPE.
      33                 :             : 
      34                 :             :     Suppose you have a symtab_node *ptr, AKA symtab_node *ptr.  You can test
      35                 :             :     whether it points to a 'derived' cgraph_node as follows.
      36                 :             : 
      37                 :             :       if (is_a <cgraph_node *> (ptr))
      38                 :             :         ....
      39                 :             : 
      40                 :             : 
      41                 :             : TYPE as_a <TYPE> (pointer)
      42                 :             : 
      43                 :             :     Converts pointer to a TYPE.
      44                 :             : 
      45                 :             :     You can just assume that it is such a node.
      46                 :             : 
      47                 :             :       do_something_with (as_a <cgraph_node *> *ptr);
      48                 :             : 
      49                 :             : TYPE safe_as_a <TYPE> (pointer)
      50                 :             : 
      51                 :             :     Like as_a <TYPE> (pointer), but where pointer could be NULL.  This
      52                 :             :     adds a check against NULL where the regular is_a_helper hook for TYPE
      53                 :             :     assumes non-NULL.
      54                 :             : 
      55                 :             :       do_something_with (safe_as_a <cgraph_node *> *ptr);
      56                 :             : 
      57                 :             : TYPE dyn_cast <TYPE> (pointer)
      58                 :             : 
      59                 :             :     Converts pointer to TYPE if and only if "is_a <TYPE> pointer".  Otherwise,
      60                 :             :     returns NULL.  This function is essentially a checked down cast.
      61                 :             : 
      62                 :             :     This functions reduce compile time and increase type safety when treating a
      63                 :             :     generic item as a more specific item.
      64                 :             : 
      65                 :             :     You can test and obtain a pointer to the 'derived' type in one indivisible
      66                 :             :     operation.
      67                 :             : 
      68                 :             :       if (cgraph_node *cptr = dyn_cast <cgraph_node *> (ptr))
      69                 :             :         ....
      70                 :             : 
      71                 :             :     As an example, the code change is from
      72                 :             : 
      73                 :             :       if (symtab_function_p (node))
      74                 :             :         {
      75                 :             :           struct cgraph_node *cnode = cgraph (node);
      76                 :             :           ....
      77                 :             :         }
      78                 :             : 
      79                 :             :     to
      80                 :             : 
      81                 :             :       if (cgraph_node *cnode = dyn_cast <cgraph_node *> (node))
      82                 :             :         {
      83                 :             :           ....
      84                 :             :         }
      85                 :             : 
      86                 :             :     The necessary conditional test defines a variable that holds a known good
      87                 :             :     pointer to the specific item and avoids subsequent conversion calls and
      88                 :             :     the assertion checks that may come with them.
      89                 :             : 
      90                 :             :     When, the property test is embedded within a larger condition, the
      91                 :             :     variable declaration gets pulled out of the condition.  (This approach
      92                 :             :     leaves some room for using the variable inappropriately.)
      93                 :             : 
      94                 :             :       if (symtab_variable_p (node) && varpool (node)->finalized)
      95                 :             :         varpool_analyze_node (varpool (node));
      96                 :             : 
      97                 :             :     becomes
      98                 :             : 
      99                 :             :       varpool_node *vnode = dyn_cast <varpool_node *> (node);
     100                 :             :       if (vnode && vnode->finalized)
     101                 :             :         varpool_analyze_node (vnode);
     102                 :             : 
     103                 :             :     Note that we have converted two sets of assertions in the calls to varpool
     104                 :             :     into safe and efficient use of a variable.
     105                 :             : 
     106                 :             : TYPE safe_dyn_cast <TYPE> (pointer)
     107                 :             : 
     108                 :             :     Like dyn_cast <TYPE> (pointer), except that it accepts null pointers
     109                 :             :     and returns null results for them.
     110                 :             : 
     111                 :             : 
     112                 :             : If you use these functions and get a 'inline function not defined' or a
     113                 :             : 'missing symbol' error message for 'is_a_helper<....>::test', it means that
     114                 :             : the connection between the types has not been made.  See below.
     115                 :             : 
     116                 :             : 
     117                 :             : EXTENDING THE GENERIC TYPE FACILITY
     118                 :             : 
     119                 :             : Method 1
     120                 :             : --------
     121                 :             : 
     122                 :             : If DERIVED is derived from BASE, and if BASE contains enough information
     123                 :             : to determine whether an object is actually an instance of DERIVED,
     124                 :             : then you can make the above routines work for DERIVED by defining
     125                 :             : a specialization of is_a_helper such as:
     126                 :             : 
     127                 :             :   template<>
     128                 :             :   struct is_a_helper<DERIVED *> : static_is_a_helper<DERIVED *>
     129                 :             :   {
     130                 :             :     static inline bool test (const BASE *p) { return ...; }
     131                 :             :   };
     132                 :             : 
     133                 :             : This test function should return true if P is an instanced of DERIVED.
     134                 :             : This on its own is enough; the comments below for method 2 do not apply.
     135                 :             : 
     136                 :             : Method 2
     137                 :             : --------
     138                 :             : 
     139                 :             : Alternatively, if two types are connected in ways other than C++
     140                 :             : inheritance, each connection between them must be made by defining a
     141                 :             : specialization of the template member function 'test' of the template
     142                 :             : class 'is_a_helper'.  For example,
     143                 :             : 
     144                 :             :   template <>
     145                 :             :   template <>
     146                 :             :   inline bool
     147                 :             :   is_a_helper <cgraph_node *>::test (symtab_node *p)
     148                 :             :   {
     149                 :             :     return p->type == SYMTAB_FUNCTION;
     150                 :             :   }
     151                 :             : 
     152                 :             : If a simple reinterpret_cast between the pointer types is incorrect, then you
     153                 :             : must also specialize the template member function 'cast'.  Failure to do so
     154                 :             : when needed may result in a crash.  For example,
     155                 :             : 
     156                 :             :   template <>
     157                 :             :   template <>
     158                 :             :   inline bool
     159                 :             :   is_a_helper <cgraph_node *>::cast (symtab_node *p)
     160                 :             :   {
     161                 :             :     return &p->x_function;
     162                 :             :   }
     163                 :             : 
     164                 :             : */
     165                 :             : 
     166                 :             : #ifndef GCC_IS_A_H
     167                 :             : #define GCC_IS_A_H
     168                 :             : 
     169                 :             : /* A base class that specializations of is_a_helper can use if casting
     170                 :             :    U * to T is simply a reinterpret_cast.  */
     171                 :             : 
     172                 :             : template <typename T>
     173                 :             : struct reinterpret_is_a_helper
     174                 :             : {
     175                 :             :   template <typename U>
     176                 :             :   static inline T cast (U *p) { return reinterpret_cast <T> (p); }
     177                 :             : };
     178                 :             : 
     179                 :             : /* A base class that specializations of is_a_helper can use if casting
     180                 :             :    U * to T is simply a static_cast.  This is more type-safe than
     181                 :             :    reinterpret_is_a_helper.  */
     182                 :             : 
     183                 :             : template <typename T>
     184                 :             : struct static_is_a_helper
     185                 :             : {
     186                 :             :   template <typename U>
     187                 :             :   static inline T cast (U *p) { return static_cast <T> (p); }
     188                 :             : };
     189                 :             : 
     190                 :             : /* A generic type conversion internal helper class.  */
     191                 :             : 
     192                 :             : template <typename T>
     193                 :             : struct is_a_helper : reinterpret_is_a_helper<T>
     194                 :             : {
     195                 :             :   template <typename U>
     196                 :             :   static inline bool test (U *p);
     197                 :             : };
     198                 :             : 
     199                 :             : /* Reuse the definition of is_a_helper<T *> to implement
     200                 :             :    is_a_helper<const T *>.  */
     201                 :             : 
     202                 :             : template <typename T>
     203                 :             : struct is_a_helper<const T *>
     204                 :             : {
     205                 :             :   template <typename U>
     206                 :             :   static inline const T *cast (const U *p)
     207                 :             :   {
     208                 :             :     return is_a_helper<T *>::cast (const_cast <U *> (p));
     209                 :             :   }
     210                 :             :   template <typename U>
     211                 :   238703165 :   static inline bool test (const U *p)
     212                 :             :   {
     213                 :   238703165 :     return is_a_helper<T *>::test (p);
     214                 :             :   }
     215                 :             : };
     216                 :             : 
     217                 :             : /* Note that we deliberately do not define the 'test' member template.  Not
     218                 :             :    doing so will result in a build-time error for type relationships that have
     219                 :             :    not been defined, rather than a run-time error.  See the discussion above
     220                 :             :    for when to define this member.  */
     221                 :             : 
     222                 :             : /* The public interface.  */
     223                 :             : 
     224                 :             : /* A generic test for a type relationship.  See the discussion above for when
     225                 :             :    to use this function.  The question answered is "Is type T a derived type of
     226                 :             :    type U?".  */
     227                 :             : 
     228                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     229                 :             : inline bool
     230                 : >22284*10^7 : is_a (U *p)
     231                 :             : {
     232                 : >40369*10^7 :   return is_a_helper<T>::test (p);
     233                 :             : }
     234                 :             : 
     235                 :             : /* Similar to is_a<>, but where the pointer can be NULL, even if
     236                 :             :    is_a_helper<T> doesn't check for NULL.  */
     237                 :             : 
     238                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     239                 :             : inline bool
     240                 :    82927618 : safe_is_a (U *p)
     241                 :             : {
     242                 :    82927618 :   if (p)
     243                 :    80247596 :     return is_a_helper <T>::test (p);
     244                 :             :   else
     245                 :             :     return false;
     246                 :             : }
     247                 :             : 
     248                 :             : /* A generic conversion from a base type U to a derived type T.  See the
     249                 :             :    discussion above for when to use this function.  */
     250                 :             : 
     251                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     252                 :             : inline T
     253                 : 32160764261 : as_a (U *p)
     254                 :             : {
     255                 : 32126497924 :   gcc_checking_assert (is_a <T> (p));
     256                 : 32160764261 :   return is_a_helper <T>::cast (p);
     257                 :             : }
     258                 :             : 
     259                 :             : /* Similar to as_a<>, but where the pointer can be NULL, even if
     260                 :             :    is_a_helper<T> doesn't check for NULL.  */
     261                 :             : 
     262                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     263                 :             : inline T
     264                 : >14462*10^7 : safe_as_a (U *p)
     265                 :             : {
     266                 : >14462*10^7 :   if (p)
     267                 :             :     {
     268                 : >14023*10^7 :       gcc_checking_assert (is_a <T> (p));
     269                 :             :       return is_a_helper <T>::cast (p);
     270                 :             :     }
     271                 :             :   else
     272                 :             :     return NULL;
     273                 :             : }
     274                 :             : 
     275                 :             : /* A generic checked conversion from a base type U to a derived type T.  See
     276                 :             :    the discussion above for when to use this function.  */
     277                 :             : 
     278                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     279                 :             : inline T
     280                 : >22056*10^7 : dyn_cast (U *p)
     281                 :             : {
     282                 : >25484*10^7 :   if (is_a <T> (p))
     283                 :             :     return is_a_helper <T>::cast (p);
     284                 :             :   else
     285                 :   698534826 :     return static_cast <T> (0);
     286                 :             : }
     287                 :             : 
     288                 :             : /* Similar to dyn_cast, except that the pointer may be null.  */
     289                 :             : 
     290                 :             : template <typename T, typename U>
     291                 :             : inline T
     292                 :   760721924 : safe_dyn_cast (U *p)
     293                 :             : {
     294                 :  2110712708 :   return p ? dyn_cast <T> (p) : 0;
     295                 :             : }
     296                 :             : 
     297                 :             : #endif  /* GCC_IS_A_H  */
        

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