ABataev added inline comments.

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Comment at: lib/AST/DeclOpenMP.cpp:164
+  if (NumClauses) {
+    Clauses = (OMPClause **)C.Allocate(sizeof(OMPClause *) * NumClauses);
+    setClauses(CL);
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lildmh wrote:
> ABataev wrote:
> > lildmh wrote:
> > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > lildmh wrote:
> > > > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > > > lildmh wrote:
> > > > > > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > > > > > No, bad idea. Use tail allocation for the clauses. Check the 
> > > > > > > > implementation of `OMPRequiresDecl`
> > > > > > > I think it is possible to use TrailingObjects for clause storage 
> > > > > > > when the number of clauses are known before creating the 
> > > > > > > directive (e.g., for OMPRequiresDecl and OMPExecutableDirective). 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The reason that I had to create OMPDeclareMapperDecl before 
> > > > > > > parsing map clauses, is the mapper variable (AA in the example 
> > > > > > > below) needs to be declared within OMPDeclareMapperDecl, because 
> > > > > > > the following map clauses will use it.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > #pragma omp declare mapper(struct S AA) map(AA.field1)
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > A possible way to get around this is to count the number of map 
> > > > > > > clauses before hand. But this solution is not trivial since the 
> > > > > > > normal method for parsing map clauses cannot be used (e.g., it 
> > > > > > > does not know AA when parsing map(AA.field1)). A customized and 
> > > > > > > complex (because it needs to handle all possible situations) 
> > > > > > > parsing method needs to be created, just for counting clause 
> > > > > > > number. I think it's not worthy to do this compared with 
> > > > > > > allocating map clause space later.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I checked the code for OMPDeclareReductionDecl that you wrote. It 
> > > > > > > also has to be created before parsing the combiner and 
> > > > > > > initializer. It does not have a variable number of clauses though.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > > > Instead, you can introduce special DeclContext-based declaration 
> > > > > > and keep the reference to this declaration inside of the 
> > > > > > `OMPDeclareMapperDecl`.
> > > > > Hi Alexey,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks a lot for your quick response! I don't think I understand your 
> > > > > idea. Can you establish more on that?
> > > > > 
> > > > > In my current implementation, OMPDeclareMapperDecl is used as the 
> > > > > DeclConext of the variable AA in the above example, and it already 
> > > > > includes the reference to AA's declaration.
> > > > > 
> > > > > My problem is, I need to create OMPDeclareMapperDecl before parsing 
> > > > > map clauses. But before parsing map clauses, I don't know the number 
> > > > > of clauses. Using TrailingObject requires to know how many clauses 
> > > > > there are when creating OMPDeclareMapperDecl. So I couldn't use 
> > > > > TrailingObject.
> > > > > 
> > > > > My current solution is to create OMPDeclareMapperDecl before parsing 
> > > > > map clauses, and to create the clause storage after parsing finishes.
> > > > What I meant, that you don't need to use `OMPDeclareMapperDecl` for 
> > > > this, instead you can add another (very simple) special declaration 
> > > > based on `DeclContext` to use it as the parent declaration for the 
> > > > variable. In the `OMPDeclareMapperDecl` you can keep the reference to 
> > > > this special declaration.
> > > Thanks for your response! Please let me know if my understanding below is 
> > > correct:
> > > 
> > > `OMPDeclareMapperDecl` no longer inherits from `DeclContext`. Instead, we 
> > > create something like `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext` which inherits from 
> > > `DeclContext`, and `OMPDeclareMapperDecl` keeps a pointer that points to 
> > > this `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext`.  AA and map clauses are parsed within 
> > > `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext`.
> > > 
> > > This sounds a bit more complex, but if you believe it's better, I can 
> > > change the code. Please share your thoughts.
> > Yes, something like this.
> Hi Alexey,
> 
> Sorry for the late response. I was working on something else last week.
> 
> When I tried to modify the code based on your suggestions, I found out that 
> `DeclContext` is only meant to be used for a `Decl` (please see the comments 
> before `class DeclContext {...}` in include/clang/AST/DeclBase.h).
> 
> It means, if I create a `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext ` which is a 
> `DeclContext ` but not a `Decl`, the code cannot work correctly. Therefore 
> `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext` must be a `Decl` itself. If I do it this way, a 
> lot of useless information (all inherited from `Decl`) will exist within 
> `OMPDeclareMapperDeclContext`, which is very inefficient.
> 
> An alternative way is to have something called `OMPDeclareMapperClauses` that 
> inherits from `TrailingObject` to store clause information, and 
> `OMPDeclareMapperDecl` keeps a pointer that points to 
> `OMPDeclareMapperClauses`. But I don't think this is better than just having 
> a `OMPClause **Clauses`, which is my current implementation.
> 
> What do you think?
I don't think the Decl requires a lot of memory. Seems to me, it requires ~32  
bytes.


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