introduce tyInferred for the unbound concept type params

* Why is tyInferred needed?

The bindings in TCandidate are capable of inferring types within a single
call expression. In concepts, we need to infer types in the same way, but
across the whole body of the concept.

Previously, once a concept type param was inferred, it was destructively
mutated using t.assignType, but this proved to be problematic in the presence
of overloads, because the bindings established while a non-matching overload
is tested must be reverted/forgotten. tyInferred offers a non-destructive way to
keep track of the inference progress.

While introducing new types usually requires a lot of code paths in the compiler
to updated, currently tyInferred is only a short-lived type within the concept body
pass and it's unlikely to introduce breakage elsewhere in the compiler.
This commit is contained in:
Zahary Karadjov 2016-08-02 01:15:46 +03:00
commit 8cd5f1f8f5
9 changed files with 126 additions and 96 deletions

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@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ type
# a distrinct type
typedescMatched*: bool
isNoCall*: bool # misused for generic type instantiations C[T]
inferredTypes: seq[PType] # inferred types during the current signature
# matching. they will be reset if the matching
# is not successful. may replace the bindings
# table in the future.
mutabilityProblem*: uint8 # tyVar mismatch
inheritancePenalty: int # to prefer closest father object type
errors*: CandidateErrors # additional clarifications to be displayed to the
@ -600,17 +604,17 @@ proc matchUserTypeClass*(c: PContext, m: var TCandidate,
case typ.kind
of tyStatic:
param = paramSym skConst
param.typ = typ.base
param.typ = typ.exactReplica
param.ast = typ.n
of tyUnknown:
param = paramSym skVar
param.typ = typ
param.typ = typ.exactReplica
else:
param = paramSym skType
param.typ = makeTypeDesc(c, typ)
if typ.isMetaType:
param.typ.flags.incl tfInferrableTypeClassTypeParam
param.typ = if typ.isMetaType:
c.newTypeWithSons(tyInferred, @[typ])
else:
makeTypeDesc(c, typ)
addDecl(c, param)
typeParams.safeAdd((param, typ))
@ -718,8 +722,51 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType, doBind = true): TTypeRelation =
assert(aOrig != nil)
var
useTypeLoweringRuleInTypeClass = c.c.inTypeClass > 0 and
not c.isNoCall and
f.kind != tyTypeDesc
aOrig = if useTypeLoweringRuleInTypeClass:
aOrig.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc, tyFieldAccessor})
else:
aOrig
if aOrig.kind == tyInferred:
# echo "INFER A"
# debug f
# debug aOrig
let prev = aOrig.previouslyInferred
if prev != nil:
return typeRel(c, f, prev)
else:
var candidate = f
case f.kind
of tyGenericParam:
var prev = PType(idTableGet(c.bindings, f))
if prev != nil: candidate = prev
of tyFromExpr:
let computedType = tryResolvingStaticExpr(c, f.n).typ
case computedType.kind
of tyTypeDesc:
candidate = computedType.base
of tyStatic:
candidate = computedType
else:
localError(f.n.info, errTypeExpected)
else:
discard
result = typeRel(c, aOrig.base, candidate)
if result != isNone:
c.inferredTypes.safeAdd aOrig
aOrig.sons.add candidate
result = isEqual
return
# var and static arguments match regular modifier-free types
let a = aOrig.skipTypes({tyStatic, tyVar}).maybeSkipDistinct(c.calleeSym)
var a = aOrig.skipTypes({tyStatic, tyVar}).maybeSkipDistinct(c.calleeSym)
# XXX: Theoretically, maybeSkipDistinct could be called before we even
# start the param matching process. This could be done in `prepareOperand`
# for example, but unfortunately `prepareOperand` is not called in certain
@ -1258,6 +1305,20 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType, doBind = true): TTypeRelation =
# XXX endless recursion?
#result = typeRel(c, prev, aOrig)
result = isNone
of tyInferred:
# echo "INFER F"
# debug f
# debug a
let prev = f.previouslyInferred
if prev != nil:
result = typeRel(c, prev, a)
else:
result = typeRel(c, f.base, a)
if result != isNone:
c.inferredTypes.safeAdd f
f.sons.add a
of tyTypeDesc:
var prev = PType(idTableGet(c.bindings, f))
if prev == nil:
@ -1401,59 +1462,14 @@ proc incMatches(m: var TCandidate; r: TTypeRelation; convMatch = 1) =
of isEqual: inc(m.exactMatches)
of isNone: discard
proc skipToInferrableParam(tt: PType): PType =
var t = tt
while t != nil:
if tfInferrableTypeClassTypeParam in t.flags:
return t
if t.sonsLen > 0 and t.kind == tyTypeDesc:
t = t.base
else:
return nil
return nil
proc inferTypeClassParam*(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType): bool =
var c = m.c
if c.inTypeClass == 0: return false
var inferrableType = a.skipToInferrableParam
if inferrableType == nil: return false
var inferAs = f
case f.kind
of tyGenericParam:
var prev = PType(idTableGet(m.bindings, f))
if prev != nil: inferAs = prev
of tyFromExpr:
let computedType = tryResolvingStaticExpr(m, f.n).typ
case computedType.kind
of tyTypeDesc:
inferAs = computedType.base
of tyStatic:
inferAs = computedType
else:
localError(f.n.info, errTypeExpected)
else:
discard
inferrableType.assignType inferAs
return true
proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, argType: PType,
proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, a: PType,
argSemantized, argOrig: PNode): PNode =
var
fMaybeStatic = f.skipTypes({tyDistinct})
arg = argSemantized
argType = argType
a = a
c = m.c
if inferTypeClassParam(m, f, argType):
return argSemantized
if tfHasStatic in fMaybeStatic.flags:
# XXX: When implicit statics are the default
# this will be done earlier - we just have to
@ -1461,12 +1477,12 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, argType: PType,
# XXX: weaken tyGenericParam and call it tyGenericPlaceholder
# and finally start using tyTypedesc for generic types properly.
if argType.kind == tyGenericParam and tfWildcard in argType.flags:
argType.assignType(f)
# put(m.bindings, f, argType)
if a.kind == tyGenericParam and tfWildcard in a.flags:
a.assignType(f)
# put(m.bindings, f, a)
return argSemantized
if argType.kind == tyStatic:
if a.kind == tyStatic:
if m.callee.kind == tyGenericBody and
argType.n == nil and
tfGenericTypeParam notin argType.flags:
@ -1477,20 +1493,9 @@ proc paramTypesMatchAux(m: var TCandidate, f, argType: PType,
arg.typ = newTypeS(tyStatic, c)
arg.typ.sons = @[evaluated.typ]
arg.typ.n = evaluated
argType = arg.typ
a = arg.typ
var
useTypeLoweringRuleInTypeClass = argType != nil and
c.inTypeClass > 0 and
not m.isNoCall and
f.kind != tyTypeDesc
a = if useTypeLoweringRuleInTypeClass:
argType.skipTypes({tyTypeDesc, tyFieldAccessor})
else:
argType
r = typeRel(m, f, a)
var r = typeRel(m, f, a)
if r != isNone and m.calleeSym != nil and
m.calleeSym.kind in {skMacro, skTemplate}:
@ -1931,6 +1936,10 @@ proc matches*(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, m: var TCandidate) =
def = implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv, formal.typ, def, m, c)
setSon(m.call, formal.position + 1, def)
inc(f)
# forget all inferred types if the overload matching failed
if m.state == csNoMatch:
for t in m.inferredTypes:
if t.sonsLen > 1: t.sons.setLen 1
proc argtypeMatches*(c: PContext, f, a: PType): bool =
var m: TCandidate