All SILArgument types are "block arguments". There are three kinds:
1. Function arguments
2. Phis
3. Terminator results
In every situation where the source of the block argument matters, we
need to distinguish between these three. Accidentally failing to
handle one of the cases is an perpetual source of compiler
bugs. Attempting to handle both phis and terminator results uniformly
is *always* a bug, especially once OSSA has phi flags. Even when all
cases are handled correctly, the code that deals with data flow across
blocks is incomprehensible without giving each case a type. This
continues to be a massive waste of time literally every time I review
code that involves cross-block control flow.
Unfortunately, we don't have these C++ types yet (nothing big is
blocking that, it just wasn't done). That's manageable because we can
use wrapper types on the Swift side for now. Wrapper types don't
create any more complexity than protocols, but they do sacrifice some
usability in switch cases.
There is no reason for a BlockArgument type. First, a function
argument is a block argument just as much as any other. BlockArgument
provides no useful information beyond Argument. And it is nearly
always a mistake to care about whether a value is a function argument
and not care whether it is a phi or terminator result.
Although empty blocks are cleaned up at the end of every Simplification pass, it's not legal SIL to have empty blocks and subsequent simplification passes may crash because of this.
rdar://115169880
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the value.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the object.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
* add the StaticInitCloner utility
* remove bridging of `copyStaticInitializer` and `createStaticInitializer`
* add `Context.mangleOutlinedVariable` and `Context.createGlobalVariable`
* move the apply of partial_apply transformation from simplify-apply to simplify-partial_apply
* delete dead partial_apply instructions
* devirtualize apply, try_apply and begin_apply
* split the `PassContext` into multiple protocols and structs: `Context`, `MutatingContext`, `FunctionPassContext` and `SimplifyContext`
* change how instruction passes work: implement the `simplify` function in conformance to `SILCombineSimplifyable`
* add a mechanism to add a callback for inserted instructions
