This attribute allows to define a pre-specialized entry point of a
generic function in a library.
The following definition provides a pre-specialized entry point for
`genericFunc(_:)` for the parameter type `Int` that clients of the
library can call.
```
@_specialize(exported: true, where T == Int)
public func genericFunc<T>(_ t: T) { ... }
```
Pre-specializations of internal `@inlinable` functions are allowed.
```
@usableFromInline
internal struct GenericThing<T> {
@_specialize(exported: true, where T == Int)
@inlinable
internal func genericMethod(_ t: T) {
}
}
```
There is syntax to pre-specialize a method from a different module.
```
import ModuleDefiningGenericFunc
@_specialize(exported: true, target: genericFunc(_:), where T == Double)
func prespecialize_genericFunc(_ t: T) { fatalError("dont call") }
```
Specially marked extensions allow for pre-specialization of internal
methods accross module boundries (respecting `@inlinable` and
`@usableFromInline`).
```
import ModuleDefiningGenericThing
public struct Something {}
@_specializeExtension
extension GenericThing {
@_specialize(exported: true, target: genericMethod(_:), where T == Something)
func prespecialize_genericMethod(_ t: T) { fatalError("dont call") }
}
```
rdar://64993425
This simplifies the handling of the subdirectories in the SIL and
SILOptimizer paths. Create individual libraries as object libraries
which allows the analysis of the source changes to be limited in scope.
Because these are object libraries, this has 0 overhead compared to the
previous implementation. However, string operations over the filenames
are avoided. The cost for this is that any new sub-library needs to be
added into the list rather than added with the special local function.
Specifically, I split it into 3 initial categories: IR, Utils, Verifier. I just
did this quickly, we can always split it more later if we want.
I followed the model that we use in SILOptimizer: ./lib/SIL/CMakeLists.txt vends
a macro (sil_register_sources) to the sub-folders that register the sources of
the subdirectory with a global state variable that ./lib/SIL/CMakeLists.txt
defines. Then after including those subdirs, the parent cmake declares the SIL
library. So the output is the same, but we have the flexibility of having
subdirectories to categorize source files.