lumiera_/research/try.cpp
Ichthyostega 1cbebb1fab research: investigate narrowing conversion problem
as it turns out, this is a Bug in GCC 4.9 (resolved in 5.x)
See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63723

Problem is, GCC emits a warning on narrowing conversions,
while the standard actually disallows them when building
objects from brace-enclosed initialisers.

Unfortunately GCC also emits such a warning from within
a SFINAE context, instead of letting those spurious dangerous
cases fail. So we end up with additional visitor double dispatch
paths, and a lot of additional warnings.

Temporary solution is to hack a custom trait, which
explicitly declares some conversions paths as "narrowing".
Probably this can be implemented in a way more intelligent
way (using std::numeric_limits), but this doesn't seem
worth the effort, since the problem will go away through
compiler evolution eventually.
2016-01-24 13:44:12 +01:00

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/* try.cpp - for trying out some language features....
* scons will create the binary bin/try
*
*/
// 8/07 - how to control NOBUG??
// execute with NOBUG_LOG='ttt:TRACE' bin/try
// 1/08 - working out a static initialisation problem for Visitor (Tag creation)
// 1/08 - check 64bit longs
// 4/08 - comparison operators on shared_ptr<Asset>
// 4/08 - conversions on the value_type used for boost::any
// 5/08 - how to guard a downcasting access, so it is compiled in only if the involved types are convertible
// 7/08 - combining partial specialisation and subclasses
// 10/8 - abusing the STL containers to hold noncopyable values
// 6/09 - investigating how to build a mixin template providing an operator bool()
// 12/9 - tracking down a strange "warning: type qualifiers ignored on function return type"
// 1/10 - can we determine at compile time the presence of a certain function (for duck-typing)?
// 4/10 - pretty printing STL containers with python enabled GDB?
// 1/11 - exploring numeric limits
// 1/11 - integer floor and wrap operation(s)
// 1/11 - how to fetch the path of the own executable -- at least under Linux?
// 10/11 - simple demo using a pointer and a struct
// 11/11 - using the boost random number generator(s)
// 12/11 - how to detect if string conversion is possible?
// 1/12 - is partial application of member functions possible?
// 5/14 - c++11 transition: detect empty function object
// 7/14 - c++11 transition: std hash function vs. boost hash
// 9/14 - variadic templates and perfect forwarding
// 11/14 - pointer to member functions and name mangling
// 8/15 - Segfault when loading into GDB (on Debian/Jessie 64bit
// 8/15 - generalising the Variant::Visitor
// 1/16 - generic to-string conversion for ostream
// 1/16 - build tuple from runtime-typed variant container
/** @file try.cpp
** Metaprogramming: how to unload the contents of a runtime typed variant sequence
** into ctor arguments of a (compile time typed) tuple. This involves two problems
** - how to combine iteration, compile-time indexing and run-time access.
** - how to overcome the runtime-to-compiletime barrier, using a pre-generated
** double-dispatch (visitor).
**
** The concrete problem prompting this research is the necessity to receive
** a command invocation parameter tuple from a Record<GenNode>
**
*/
typedef unsigned int uint;
#include "lib/symbol.hpp"
#include "lib/diff/gen-node.hpp"
#include "lib/time/timevalue.hpp"
#include "lib/meta/generator.hpp"
#include "lib/meta/typelist-manip.hpp"
#include "lib/meta/tuple-helper.hpp"
#include "lib/format-cout.hpp"
#include "lib/format-util.hpp"
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <string>
using lib::Literal;
using lib::Variant;
using lib::idi::EntryID;
using lib::diff::Rec;
using lib::diff::MakeRec;
using lib::diff::GenNode;
using lib::diff::DataValues;
using lib::meta::Types;
using lib::meta::Tuple;
using lib::meta::IndexSeq;
using lib::meta::BuildIndexSeq;
using lib::meta::InstantiateChained;
using lib::meta::Filter;
using lib::time::TimeVar;
using lib::time::Time;
using std::string;
using std::tuple;
namespace error = lumiera::error;
//////////////////////////////////////TODO traits
namespace lib {
namespace meta {
using std::is_constructible;
using std::is_unsigned;
using std::is_signed;
using std::is_floating_point;
template<typename NUM>
struct is_nonFloat
: __and_<is_arithmetic<NUM>
,__not_<is_floating_point<NUM>>
>
{ };
/** temporary workaround for GCC [Bug-63723], necessary until CGG-5
* @remarks The problem is that GCC emits a warning on narrowing conversion,
* instead of letting the SFINAE substitution fail. This can be considered
* questionable behaviour, since the usual implementation of a `is_convertible`
* trait uses initialisation from a brace enclosed list, where C++11 prohibits
* narrowing conversions. Now the problem is, that we'll use such traits checks
* to remove such _impossble_ cases from generated trampoline tables or visitor
* double dispatch implementations. Thus, for one we get lots of warnings at that
* point when generating those trampoline tables (at initialisation), while it
* is not clear we'll trigger those cases, and, when we do, we'll get narrowing
* conversions in a context where we're unable to cope with them or protect
* ourselves against spurious conversions.
* What follows is a quick-n-dirty hack to remove such unwanted conversions.
*
* [Bug-63723]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63723
*/
template<typename SRC, typename TAR>
struct is_narrowingInit
: __or_<__and_<is_unsigned<SRC>, is_signed<TAR>>
,__and_<is_signed<SRC>, is_unsigned<TAR>>
,__and_<is_nonFloat<SRC>, is_floating_point<TAR>>
,__and_<is_floating_point<SRC>, is_nonFloat<TAR>>
,__not_<is_constructible<TAR, SRC>>
>
{ };
#define TRAIT_IS_NARROWING(_SRC_, _TAR_) \
template<> \
struct is_narrowingInit<_SRC_, _TAR_> \
: std::true_type \
{ };
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int64_t, int32_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int64_t, int16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int64_t, int8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int32_t, int16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int32_t, int8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int16_t, int8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int16_t, short)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (int16_t, char)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint64_t, uint32_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint64_t, uint16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint64_t, uint8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint32_t, uint16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint32_t, uint8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint16_t, uint8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (uint16_t, ushort)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (double, float)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, int64_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, int32_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, int16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, int8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, char)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, uint16_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, uint8_t)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, double)
TRAIT_IS_NARROWING (lib::hash::LuidH, float)
#undef TRAIT_IS_NARROWING
}} //////////////////////////////////////TODO traits
using std::__not_;
using std::__and_;
using std::__or_;
using std::is_constructible;
using lib::meta::is_narrowingInit;
using lib::meta::Strip;
using DataCapPredicate = Variant<DataValues>::Predicate;
template<typename TAR>
struct GenNodeAccessor
: boost::noncopyable
{
struct ConverterBase
: DataCapPredicate
{
char buffer[sizeof(TAR)];
};
template<typename TY, class BA>
class Converter
: public BA
{
virtual bool
handle(TY const& srcElm)
{
new(&(BA::buffer)) TAR{srcElm};
return true;
};
};
template<typename TY>
struct allow_Conversion
: __and_<is_constructible<TAR, TY const&>
,__not_<is_narrowingInit<typename Strip<TY>::TypePlain
,typename Strip<TAR>::TypePlain>>
>
{ };
using SupportedSourceTypes = typename Filter<DataValues::List, allow_Conversion>::List;
using ConversionBuffer = InstantiateChained< SupportedSourceTypes
, Converter
, ConverterBase
>;
ConversionBuffer converter_;
public:
GenNodeAccessor (GenNode const& node)
: converter_()
{
if (not node.data.accept (converter_))
throw error::Invalid ("Unable to build «" + util::typeStr<TAR>()
+"» element from " + string(node));
}
operator TAR ()
{
return *reinterpret_cast<TAR*> (&converter_.buffer);
}
};
//////////TODO this goes into typeseq-util.hpp
template<class, size_t>
struct Pick;
template<typename...TYPES, size_t i>
struct Pick<Types<TYPES...>, i>
{
using Type = typename lib::meta::Shifted<Types<TYPES...>, i>::Head;
};
template<class SRC, class TAR>
struct ElementMapper;
template<typename...TYPES>
struct ElementMapper<Rec, Types<TYPES...>>
{
template<size_t i>
using TargetType = typename Pick<Types<TYPES...>, i>::Type;
template<size_t i>
struct Access
{
Rec const& values;
operator TargetType<i> ()
{
return GenNodeAccessor<TargetType<i>>(values.child(i));
}
};
};
template<class REF>
struct IdxIter;
template<typename...TYPES>
struct IdxIter<Types<TYPES...>>
{
/////TODO as long as Types is not variadic (#987), we need to strip NullType here (instead of just using sizeof...(TYPES)
enum {SIZ = lib::meta::count<typename Types<TYPES...>::List>::value };
using Seq = typename BuildIndexSeq<SIZ>::Ascending;
};
template<typename TYPES, class SEQ>
class TupleBuilder;
template<typename TYPES, size_t...idx>
class TupleBuilder<TYPES, IndexSeq<idx...>>
: public Tuple<TYPES>
{
template<class SRC, size_t i>
using PickArg = typename ElementMapper<SRC, TYPES>::template Access<i>;
public:
template<class SRC>
TupleBuilder (SRC values)
: Tuple<TYPES> (PickArg<SRC, idx>{values}...)
{ }
};
template<typename TYPES, class SRC>
Tuple<TYPES>
buildTuple (SRC values)
{
using IndexSeq = typename IdxIter<TYPES>::Seq;
return TupleBuilder<TYPES, IndexSeq> (values);
}
#define SHOW_TYPE(_TY_) \
cout << "typeof( " << STRINGIFY(_TY_) << " )= " << lib::meta::typeStr<_TY_>() <<endl;
#define EVAL_PREDICATE(_PRED_) \
cout << STRINGIFY(_PRED_) << "\t : " << _PRED_ <<endl;
void
verifyConversions()
{
using std::is_arithmetic;
using std::is_floating_point;
using lib::meta::is_nonFloat;
using lib::hash::LuidH;
EVAL_PREDICATE(is_arithmetic<int> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(is_arithmetic<size_t> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(is_floating_point<size_t>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(is_nonFloat<size_t> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<int> ::allow_Conversion<size_t> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<int64_t>::allow_Conversion<long int>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<double>::allow_Conversion<int64_t>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<LuidH>::allow_Conversion<int64_t> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<LuidH>::allow_Conversion<int16_t> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<LuidH>::allow_Conversion<uint16_t>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<LuidH> ::allow_Conversion<LuidH> ::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<int64_t> ::allow_Conversion<LuidH>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<uint64_t>::allow_Conversion<LuidH>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<uint32_t>::allow_Conversion<LuidH>::value)
EVAL_PREDICATE(GenNodeAccessor<int32_t> ::allow_Conversion<LuidH>::value)
cout <<endl<<endl;
}
int
main (int, char**)
{
verifyConversions();
using NiceTypes = Types<string, int>;
using UgglyTypes = Types<EntryID<long>, string, int, int64_t, double, TimeVar>;
Rec args = MakeRec().scope("lalü", 42);
Rec urgs = MakeRec().scope("lalü", "lala", 12, 34, 5.6, Time(7,8,9));
cout << args <<endl;
cout << urgs <<endl;
cout << buildTuple<NiceTypes> (args) <<endl;
cout << buildTuple<UgglyTypes> (urgs) <<endl;
cout << "\n.gulp.\n";
return 0;
}