Typed throws took out the existential boxing for us, causing this
test to fail. Add more explicit boxing back in so that we still test
elimination of it.
Optimize the unconditional_checked_cast_addr in this pattern:
%box = alloc_existential_box $Error, $ConcreteError
%a = project_existential_box $ConcreteError in %b : $Error
store %value to %a : $*ConcreteError
%err = alloc_stack $Error
store %box to %err : $*Error
%dest = alloc_stack $ConcreteError
unconditional_checked_cast_addr Error in %err : $*Error to ConcreteError in %dest : $*ConcreteError
to:
...
retain_value %value : $ConcreteError
destroy_addr %err : $*Error
store %value to %dest $*ConcreteError
This lets the alloc_existential_box become dead and it can be removed in following optimizations.
The same optimization is also done for conditional_checked_cast_addr.
There is also an implication for debugging:
Each "throw" in the code calls the runtime function swift_willThrow. The function is used by the debugger to set a breakpoint and also add hooks.
This optimization can completely eliminate a "throw", including the runtime call.
So, with optimized code, the user might not see the program to break at a throw, whereas in the source code it is actually throwing.
On the other hand, eliminating the existential box is a significant performance win and we don't guarantee any debugging behavior for optimized code anyway. So I think this is a reasonable trade-off.
I added an option "-Xllvm -keep-will-throw-call" to keep the runtime call which can be used if someone want's to reliably break on "throw" in optimized builds.
rdar://problem/66055678
