Quuxplusone added inline comments.
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Comment at: libcxx/include/memory:1479
+struct __has_construct_missing
+ : false_type
+{
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vsapsai wrote:
> Quuxplusone wrote:
> > vsapsai wrote:
> > > vsapsai wrote:
> > > > vsapsai wrote:
> > > > > erik.pilkington wrote:
> > > > > > vsapsai wrote:
> > > > > > > erik.pilkington wrote:
> > > > > > > > Shouldn't this be true_type?
> > > > > > > I see this is confusing and I'm still struggling how to express
> > > > > > > it. The issue is that in C++03 `__has_construct` should be
> > > > > > > something like unknown, so that neither `__has_construct` nor `!
> > > > > > > __has_construct` evaluate to true because we don't really know if
> > > > > > > allocator has construct. This case is covered by the added test,
> > > > > > > in C++03 the memcpy specialization was enabled when
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > > is_same<allocator_type, allocator<_Tp> >
> > > > > > > || !false_type
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So `is_same` check had no effect and we were using memcpy to
> > > > > > > convert between int and float.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was considering using something like
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ```lang=c++
> > > > > > > typename enable_if
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > (is_same
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > typename _VSTD::remove_const<typename
> > > > > > > allocator_type::value_type>::type,
> > > > > > > typename _VSTD::remove_const<_SourceTp>::type
> > > > > > > >::value
> > > > > > > #ifndef _LIBCPP_CXX03_LANG
> > > > > > > || !__has_construct<allocator_type, _DestTp*,
> > > > > > > _SourceTp>::value
> > > > > > > #endif
> > > > > > > ) &&
> > > > > > > is_trivially_move_constructible<_DestTp>::value,
> > > > > > > void
> > > > > > > >::type
> > > > > > > ```
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But that doesn't look readable to me, so I've introduced ad-hoc
> > > > > > > ternary logic with `__has_construct_missing`.
> > > > > > Oh I see, yikes! That's a pretty bad bug. I agree that this fix is
> > > > > > best then, but can you add a comment explaining this to
> > > > > > `__has_construct_missing` for future casual readers? Also, I think
> > > > > > we should move the __has_construct_missing bugfix into a different
> > > > > > (prerequisite) patch. Seems unrelated to the `const` related
> > > > > > optimization below.
> > > > > The bug as I described isn't really present now because function
> > > > > signature
> > > > >
> > > > > __construct_range_forward(allocator_type&, _Tp* __begin1, _Tp*
> > > > > __end1, _Tp*& __begin2)
> > > > >
> > > > > works as implicit `is_same` for `__begin1` and `__begin2` types. I
> > > > > think it is worth fixing separately and there is a bug with C++03 and
> > > > > custom allocators.
> > > > Instead of `__has_construct_missing` I've implemented real
> > > > `__has_construct` in D48753. But it is stricter in C++03 than in C++11
> > > > and later. So it made me think that absence of `construct` with exact
> > > > signature isn't a good reason to use memcpy.
> > > I was wrong. Now I think the logic for using memcpy should be
> > >
> > > if types are the same modulo constness
> > > and
> > > (
> > > using default allocator
> > > or
> > > using custom allocator without `construct`
> > > )
> > > and
> > > is_trivially_move_constructible
> > >
> > > The purpose of the allocator check is to cover cases when `static
> > > construct` would end up calling not user's code but libc++ code that we
> > > know can be replaced with memcpy.
> > I'd like to request the spelling `__has_trivial_construct_and_destroy<A, T,
> > T&&>` as described here:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWBfmmg8-Yo&t=21m45s
> > I have an implementation in my fork that might be useful for comparison,
> > although even it doesn't add that last `T&&` parameter.
> > https://github.com/Quuxplusone/libcxx/commit/34eb0b5c8f03880b94d53b877cbca384783ad65a
> >
> > What we're *really* interested in, in most cases, is
> > `__has_trivial_construct<A, T, T&&> && __has_trivial_destroy<A, T>`. We
> > don't care if there happens to exist an obscure overload such as
> > `A::construct(T*, Widget, Gadget)` as long as it is not selected. This is
> > particularly relevant to `scoped_allocator_adaptor`, whose `construct` is
> > trivial for primitive types but non-trivial for allocator-aware types.
> >
> > Also, when we write out the template type parameters we care about, we can
> > do the decltype stuff really easily, without having to "fudge" the
> > metaprogramming and possibly get it wrong. For example, if `A::construct`
> > is an overload set, in which case the `&_Xp::construct` on this patch's
> > line 1492 will be ill-formed even though a non-trivial `construct` does
> > actually exist.
> I agree with benefits of using `__has_trivial_construct_and_destroy` in
> general but in this case I don't see a need for `__has_trivial_destroy`.
> `__construct_range_forward` only copies new elements and it isn't concerned
> with destruction. Probably for some cases we can meld destroy+construct
> together but I think that is out of scope for the current patch.
>
> Arthur, can you please give some examples of possible problems with
> `scoped_allocator_adaptor`. I didn't work with it closely and don't really
> understand your concern.
>
> I wish I could avoid "fudging" the metaprogramming but we need to support
> C++03 and I don't see other alternatives. And in C++03 `A::construct`
> shouldn't be an overload set so my understanding is that it is OK to use
> `&_Xp::construct`.
> in this case I don't see a need for `__has_trivial_destroy`
Agreed. I'm happy to split up my proposed thing into
`__has_trivial_construct<Alloc, T, Args...>` (which you need for the C++11
version of this patch) and `__has_trivial_destroy<Alloc, T>` (which you do not
need, so let's not add it).
> And in C++03 `A::construct` shouldn't be an overload set so my understanding
> is that it is OK to use `&_Xp::construct`.
N1905, Table 34, expresses the syntactic constraint in the usual way:
`a.construct(p,t)` must be a well-formed expression. It doesn't say anything
about "...and it can't be a template or an overload set."
My understanding is that libc++ allows you to say `decltype` even in C++03;
they emulate it using `__typeof` and so on. So I'm thinking it should be fine
to SFINAE on `decltype(a.construct(p,t))` directly and avoid the "fudgy" use of
`&_Xp::construct`.
> can you please give some examples of possible problems with
> `scoped_allocator_adaptor`
It's not a "problem" per se, but a missed optimization. Consider this test case:
https://wandbox.org/permlink/YbFfJRWvS4W9OxJ5
using SAA = std::scoped_allocator_adaptor<std::allocator<T>>;
SAA alloc;
std::vector<T, SAA> vec(alloc);
vec.emplace_back(std::move(t));
When "T" is a uses-allocator type, `__has_trivial_construct<SAA, T>` is false.
But when "T" is *not* a uses-allocator type (such as my `class Unaware` in the
wandbox), then we would really like `__has_trivial_construct<SAA, T>` to come
out as "true", because
- then we could skip `SAA::construct` and directly call T's constructor; and if
T was trivially constructible,
- then we could further optimize that.
The `scoped_allocator_adaptor::construct` method always exists. It is sometimes
trivial and sometimes not trivial, depending on `T`.
Here's an optimization-minded example, building on the previous example:
https://wandbox.org/permlink/jtByy3fzIOWZAVu2
Both `Aware<true>` and `Aware<false>` are trivially move-constructible.
`vector` is allowed to as-if-memcpy `Aware<false>` wherever it wants. `vector`
is *definitely not* allowed to as-if-memcpy `Aware<true>` wherever it wants.
`vector`'s allocator type `SAA` is the same in both cases; the variable that
changes is the type of `T`. So therefore, if we want to distinguish these two
cases, we must make our `__has_trivial_construct<Alloc, T>` trait take `T` as a
template parameter. If we go with `__has_trivial_construct<Alloc>`, we lose
some potential for optimization.
I believe the same argument applies to get us all the way to
`__has_trivial_construct<Alloc, T, Args...>`, but I'm too tired to think about
that right now. :)
https://reviews.llvm.org/D48342
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