Changeset 3aec25f for src/AST/porting.md

Timestamp:

Oct 20, 2020, 4:19:47 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Andrew Beach <ajbeach@…>

Branches:

ADT, arm-eh, ast-experimental, enum, forall-pointer-decay, jacob/cs343-translation, master, new-ast-unique-expr, pthread-emulation, qualifiedEnum

Children:

9b0c3ec5, e7d6968

Parents:

8da7421f

Message:

Some clean-up of new-ast types and the porting document.

File:

• src/AST/porting.md (modified) (5 diffs)

src/AST/porting.md

@@ -30 +30 @@
   * Base nodes now override `const Node * accept( Visitor & v ) const = 0` with, e.g. `const Stmt * accept( Visitor & v ) const override = 0`
 * `PassVisitor` is replaced with `ast::Pass`
+  * Most one shot uses can use `ast::Pass::run` and `ast::Pass::read`.
+
+`WithConstTypeSubstitution`
+* `env` => `typeSubs`
 
 ## Structural Changes ##
@@ -146 +150 @@
   * allows `newObject` as just default settings
 
+`FunctionDecl`
+* `params` and `returns` added.
+  * Contain the declarations of the parameters and return variables.
+  * Types should match (even be shared with) the fields of `type`.
+
 `NamedTypeDecl`
 * `parameters` => `params`
@@ -154 +163 @@
 `AggregateDecl`
 * `parameters` => `params`
+
+`StructDecl`
+* `makeInst` replaced by better constructor on `StructInstType`.
 
 `Expr`
@@ -245 +257 @@
 * **TODO** move `kind`, `typeNames` into code generator
 
-`ReferenceToType`
+`ReferenceToType` => `BaseInstType`
 * deleted `get_baseParameters()` from children
   * replace with `aggr() ? aggr()->params : nullptr`
@@ -261 +273 @@
 * `returnVals` => `returns`
 * `parameters` => `params`
+  * Both now just point at types.
 * `bool isVarArgs;` => `enum ArgumentFlag { FixedArgs, VariableArgs }; ArgumentFlag isVarArgs;`
+
+`SueInstType`
+* Template class, with specializations and using to implement some other types:
+  * `StructInstType`, `UnionInstType` & `EnumInstType`
 
 `TypeInstType`