This commit contains:
-) adding the new instructions + infrastructure, like parsing, printing, etc.
-) support in IRGen to generate global object-variables (i.e. "heap" objects) which are statically initialized in the data section.
-) IRGen for global_value which lazily initializes the object header and returns a reference to the object.
For details see the documentation of the new instructions in SIL.rst.
Static initializers are now represented by a list of literal and aggregate instructions in a SILGlobalVariable.
For details see SIL.rst.
This representation is cleaner than what we did so far (point to the initializer function and do some pattern matching).
One implication of that change is that now (a subset of) instructions not necessarily have a parent function.
Regarding the generated code it's a NFC.
Also the swift module format didn't change because so far we don't serializer global variables.
Cleanup a bunch of indecipherable SIL parser logic related to these
casts. If you want to use a 100+ case switch, then the case
statements should be declarative. Don't open a new scope with its own
control flow and locals, and don't nest another giant switch within
a case.
Consider a class hierarchy like the following:
class Base {
func m1() {}
func m2() {}
}
class Derived : Base {
override func m2() {}
func m3() {}
}
The SIL vtable for 'Derived' now records that the entry for m1
is inherited, the entry for m2 is an override, and the entry
for m3 is a new entry:
sil_vtable Derived {
#Base.m1!1: (Base) -> () -> () : _T01a4BaseC2m1yyF [inherited]
#Base.m2!1: (Base) -> () -> () : _T01a7DerivedC2m2yyF [override]
#Derived.m3!1: (Derived) -> () -> () : _T01a7DerivedC2m3yyF
}
This additional information will allow IRGen to emit the vtable
for Derived resiliently, without referencing the symbol for
the inherited method m1() directly.
This has the same semantics as open_existential_box, but returns an object value
instead of an address.
This is used in SIL opaque values mode. Attempting to reuse open_existential_box
in this mode causes SIL type inconsistencies that are too difficult to work
around. Adding this instruction allows for consistent handling of opaque values.
The original versions of several of these currently redundant instructions will
be removed once the SIL representation stabilizes.
These instructions have the same semantics as the *ExistentialAddr instructions
but operate directly on the existential value, not its address.
This is in preparation for adding ExistentialBoxValue instructions.
The previous name would cause impossible confusion with "opaque existentials"
and "opaque existential boxes".
...finally breaking the dependency of Parse on Sema.
There are still some unfortunate dependencies here -- Xi's working on
getting /AST/ not dependent on Sema -- but this is a step forward.
It is a little strange that parseIntoSourceFile is in ParseSIL, and
therefore that that's still a dependency for anyone trying to, well,
parse. However, nearly all clients that parse want to type-check as
well, and that requires Sema, Serialization, and the ClangImporter...
and Serialization and SIL currently require each other as well
(another circular dependency). So it's not actively causing us trouble
right now.
