This makes two changes to region inference: (1) it allows region
inference to relate early-bound regions; and (2) it allows regions to be
related before variance runs. The former is needed because there is no
relation between the two regions before region substitution happens,
while the latter is needed because type collection has to run before
variance. We assume that, before variance is inferred, that lifetimes
are invariant. This is a conservative overapproximation.
This relates to #13885. This does not remove `~self` from the language
yet, however.
[breaking-change]
Disabling the redzone is required in x86-64's kernel mode to avoid interrupts trashing the stack.
I'm not sure if decl_fn is the right place to tag all functions with noredzone. It might have interactions with external functions when linking with bitcode built without -C no-redzone although I see no reason to do that.
I'm not sure how to write a test inspecting the bitcode output for noredzone attributes on all functions either.
This patch applies the excellent suggestion of @pnkfelix to group the helper methods for method field access into a Trait, making the code much more readable, and much more similar to the way it was before.
Closes#15525
The important bit of this are the changes from line 445 in mem_categorization.rs. Most of the other changes are about adding an Implicit PointerKind, and this is only necessary for getting a decent error message :-s An alternative would have been to add an implciti/explicit flag to cat_deref, which could be mostly ignored and so would mean much fewer changes. However, the implicit state would only be valid if the PointerKind was BorrowedPtr, so it felt like it ought to be another kind of PointerKind. I still don't know which is the better design.
To verify that a type can satisfy Send
`check_struct_safe_for_destructor` attempts to construct a new `ty::t`
an empty substitution list.
Previously the function would verify that the function has no type
parameters before attempting this. Unfortunately this check would not
catch functions with only regions parameters. In this case, the type
would eventually find its way to the substition engine which would
attempt to perform a substitution on the region parameters. As the
constructed substitution list is empty, this would fail, leading to a
compiler crash.
We fix this by verifying that types have both no type and region
parameters.
Previously this was an Option::unwrap() which failed for me.
Unfortunately I've since inadvertently worked around the bug and have
been unable to reproduce it. With this patch hopefully the next person
to encounter this will be in a slightly better position to debug it.
Per @pnkfelix 's suggestion, using a trait to make these
field accesses more readable (and vastly more similar
to the original code.
oops fix new ast_map fix
Use one or more of the following `-Z` flag options to tell the
graphviz renderer to include the corresponding dataflow sets (after
the iterative constraint propagation reaches a fixed-point solution):
* `-Z flowgraph-print-loans` : loans computed via middle::borrowck
* `-Z flowgraph-print-moves` : moves computed via middle::borrowck::move_data
* `-Z flowgraph-print-assigns` : assignments, via middle::borrowck::move_data
* `-Z flowgraph-print-all` : all of the available sets are included.
Fix#15016.
Use one or more of the following `-Z` flag options to tell the
graphviz renderer to include the corresponding dataflow sets (after
the iterative constraint propagation reaches a fixed-point solution):
* `-Z flowgraph-print-loans` : loans computed via middle::borrowck
* `-Z flowgraph-print-moves` : moves computed via middle::borrowck::move_data
* `-Z flowgraph-print-assigns` : assignments, via middle::borrowck::move_data
* `-Z flowgraph-print-all` : all of the available sets are included.
Fix#15016.
----
This also adds a module, `syntax::ast_map::blocks`, that captures a
common abstraction shared amongst code blocks and procedure-like
things. As part of this, moved `ast_map.rs` to subdir
`ast_map/mod.rs`, to follow our directory layout conventions.
(incorporated review feedback from huon, acrichto.)
This change propagates to many locations, but because of the
Macro Exterminator (or, more properly, the invariant that it
protects), macro invocations can't occur downstream of expansion.
This means that in librustc and librustdoc, extracting the
desired field can simply assume that it can't be a macro
invocation. Functions in ast_util abstract over this check.
This is a continuation of @brson's work from https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/12144.
This implements the minimal scaffolding that allows mapping diagnostic messages to alpha-numeric codes, which could improve the searchability of errors. In addition, there's a new compiler option, `--explain {code}` which takes an error code and prints out a somewhat detailed explanation of the error. Example:
```rust
fn f(x: Option<bool>) {
match x {
Some(true) | Some(false) => (),
None => (),
Some(true) => ()
}
}
```
```shell
[~/rust]$ ./build/x86_64-apple-darwin/stage2/bin/rustc ./diagnostics.rs --crate-type dylib
diagnostics.rs:5:3: 5:13 error: unreachable pattern [E0001] (pass `--explain E0001` to see a detailed explanation)
diagnostics.rs:5 Some(true) => ()
^~~~~~~~~~
error: aborting due to previous error
[~/rust]$ ./build/x86_64-apple-darwin/stage2/bin/rustc --explain E0001
This error suggests that the expression arm corresponding to the noted pattern
will never be reached as for all possible values of the expression being matched,
one of the preceeding patterns will match.
This means that perhaps some of the preceeding patterns are too general, this
one is too specific or the ordering is incorrect.
```
I've refrained from migrating many errors to actually use the new macros as it can be done in an incremental fashion but if we're happy with the approach, it'd be good to do all of them sooner rather than later.
Originally, I was going to make libdiagnostics a separate crate but that's posing some interesting challenges with semi-circular dependencies. In particular, librustc would have a plugin-phase dependency on libdiagnostics, which itself depends on librustc. Per my conversation with @alexcrichton, it seems like the snapshotting process would also have to change. So for now the relevant modules from libdiagnostics are included using `#[path = ...] mod`.
This removes a bunch of token types. Tokens now store the original, unaltered
numeric literal (that is still checked for correctness), which is parsed into
an actual number later, as needed, when creating the AST.
This can change how syntax extensions work, but otherwise poses no visible
changes.
[breaking-change]
formerly, the self identifier was being discarded during parsing, which
stymies hygiene. The best fix here seems to be to attach a self identifier
to ExplicitSelf_, a change that rippled through the rest of the compiler,
but without any obvious damage.
This updates https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/15075.
Rename `ToStr::to_str` to `ToString::to_string`. The naive renaming ends up with two `to_string` functions defined on strings in the prelude (the other defined via `collections::str::StrAllocating`). To remedy this I removed `StrAllocating::to_string`, making all conversions from `&str` to `String` go through `Show`. This has a measurable impact on the speed of this conversion, but the sense I get from others is that it's best to go ahead and unify `to_string` and address performance for all `to_string` conversions in `core::fmt`. `String::from_str(...)` still works as a manual fast-path.
Note that the patch was done with a script, and ended up renaming a number of other `*_to_str` functions, particularly inside of rustc. All the ones I saw looked correct, and I didn't notice any additional API breakage.
Closes#15046.
closes#13367
[breaking-change] Use `Sized?` to indicate a dynamically sized type parameter or trait (used to be `type`). E.g.,
```
trait Tr for Sized? {}
fn foo<Sized? X: Share>(x: X) {}
```
This will break code that looks like:
struct Foo {
...
}
mod Foo {
...
}
Change this code to:
struct Foo {
...
}
impl Foo {
...
}
Or rename the module.
Closes#15205.
[breaking-change]
r? @nick29581
Extend the null ptr optimization to work with slices, closures, procs, & trait objects by using the internal pointers as the discriminant.
This decreases the size of `Option<&[int]>` (and similar) by one word.
This will break code that used the old `Index` trait. Change this code
to use the new `Index` traits. For reference, here are their signatures:
pub trait Index<Index,Result> {
fn index<'a>(&'a self, index: &Index) -> &'a Result;
}
pub trait IndexMut<Index,Result> {
fn index_mut<'a>(&'a mut self, index: &Index) -> &'a mut Result;
}
Closes#6515.
[breaking-change]
r? @nick29581
This will break code that used the old `Index` trait. Change this code
to use the new `Index` traits. For reference, here are their signatures:
pub trait Index<Index,Result> {
fn index<'a>(&'a self, index: &Index) -> &'a Result;
}
pub trait IndexMut<Index,Result> {
fn index_mut<'a>(&'a mut self, index: &Index) -> &'a mut Result;
}
Closes#6515.
[breaking-change]
This will break code that looks like:
struct Foo {
...
}
mod Foo {
...
}
Change this code to:
struct Foo {
...
}
impl Foo {
...
}
Or rename the module.
Closes#15205.
[breaking-change]
LLVM doesn't handle i1 value in allocas/memory very well and skips a number of optimizations if it hits it. So we have to do the same thing that Clang does, using i1 for SSA values, but storing i8 in memory.
Fixes#15203.
LLVM doesn't really like types with a bit-width that isn't a multiple of
8 and disable various optimizations if it encounters such types used
with loads/stores. OTOH, booleans must be represented as i1 when used as
SSA values. To get the best results, we must use i1 for SSA values, and
i8 when storing the value to memory.
By using range asserts on loads, LLVM can eliminate the required
zero-extend and truncate operations.
Fixes#15203
This is an implementation of [RFC 35](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/active/0035-remove-crate-id.md).
The summary for this PR is the same as that of the RFC, with one addendum:
* Removes the `#[crate_id]` attribute and knowledge of versions from rustc.
* Added a `#[crate_name]` attribute similar to the old `#[crate_id]` attribute
* Output filenames no longer have versions or hashes
* Symbols no longer have versions (they still have hashes)
* A new flag, `--extern`, is used to override searching for external crates
* A new flag, `-C metadata=foo`, used when hashing symbols
* [added] An old flag, `--crate-name`, was re purposed to specify the crate name from the command line.
I tried to maintain backwards compatibility wherever possible (with warnings being printed). If I missed anywhere, however, please let me know!
[breaking-change]
Closes#14468Closes#14469Closes#14470Closes#14471
This comit implements a new flag, --extern, which is used to specify where a
crate is located. The purpose of this flag is to bypass the normal crate
loading/matching of the compiler to point it directly at the right file.
This flag takes the form `--extern foo=bar` where `foo` is the name of a crate
and `bar` is the location at which to find the crate. Multiple `--extern`
directives are allowed with the same crate name to specify the rlib/dylib pair
for a crate. It is invalid to specify more than one rlib or more than one dylib,
and it's required that the crates are valid rust crates.
I have also added some extensive documentation to metadata::loader about how
crate loading should work.
RFC: 0035-remove-crate-id
This commit removes all support in the compiler for the #[crate_id] attribute
and all of its derivative infrastructure. A list of the functionality removed is:
* The #[crate_id] attribute no longer exists
* There is no longer the concept of a version of a crate
* Version numbers are no longer appended to symbol names
* The --crate-id command line option has been removed
To migrate forward, rename #[crate_id] to #[crate_name] and only the name of the
crate itself should be mentioned. The version/path of the old crate id should be
removed.
For a transitionary state, the #[crate_id] attribute is still accepted if
the #[crate_name] is not present, but it is warned about if it is the only
identifier present.
RFC: 0035-remove-crate-id
[breaking-change]
In my informal measurements, this brings the peak memory usage when
building librustc from 1662M down to 1502M. Since 1662 - 1502 = 160,
this may not recover the entirety of the observed memory regression
(250M) from PR #14604. (However, according to my local measurements,
the regression when building librustc was more like 209M, so perhaps
this will still recover the lions share of the lost memory.)
In my informal measurements, this brings the peak memory usage when
building librustc from 1662M down to 1502M. Since 1662 - 1502 = 160,
this may not recover the entirety of the observed memory regression
(250M) from PR #14604. (However, according to my local measurements,
the regression when building librustc was more like 209M, so perhaps
this will still recover the lions share of the lost memory.)
This basically meant changing the interface so that no borrowed `&Vec`
is exposed, by hiding `fn get_vec` and `fn get_mut_vec` and revising
`fn all_vecs`.
Instead, clients should use one of the other methods; `get_slice`,
`pop`, `truncate`, `replace`, `push_all`, or `is_empty_in`, which
should work for any case currently used in rustc.
This pull request adds hygiene for 3 kinds of argument bindings:
- arguments to item fns,
- arguments to `ExprFnBlock`s, and
- arguments to `ExprProc`s
It also adds a bunch of unit tests, fixes a few macro uses to be non-capturing, and has a few cleanup items.
local `make check` succeeds.
parameters.
This can break code that mistakenly used type parameters in place of
`Self`. For example, this will break:
trait Foo {
fn bar<X>(u: X) -> Self {
u
}
}
Change this code to not contain a type error. For example:
trait Foo {
fn bar<X>(_: X) -> Self {
self
}
}
Closes#15172.
[breaking-change]
r? @alexcrichton
Closes#15276 (Guide: if)
Closes#15280 (std::os - Add join_paths, make setenv non-utf8 capable)
Closes#15314 (Guide: functions)
Closes#15327 (Simplify PatIdent to contain an Ident rather than a Path)
Closes#15340 (Guide: add mutable binding section)
Closes#15342 (Fix ICE with nested macro_rules!-style macros)
Closes#15350 (Remove duplicated slash in install script path)
Closes#15351 (correct a few spelling mistakes in the tutorial)
Closes#15352 (librustc: Have the kind checker check sub-bounds in trait casts.)
Closes#15359 (Fix spelling errors.)
Closes#15361 (Rename set_broadast() to set_broadcast().)
Closes#15366 (Simplify creating a parser from a token tree)
Closes#15367 (Add examples for StrVector methods)
Closes#15372 (Vec::grow should use reserve_additional, Vec::reserve should check against capacity)
Closes#15373 (Fix minor issues in the documentation of libtime.)
This can break code that looked like:
struct S<T> {
val: T,
}
trait Gettable<T> {
...
}
impl<T: Copy> Gettable<T> for S<T> {
...
}
let t: Box<S<String>> = box S {
val: "one".to_string(),
};
let a = t as Box<Gettable<String>>;
// ^ note no `Copy` bound
Change this code to:
impl<T> Gettable<T> for S<T> {
// ^ remove `Copy` bound
...
}
Closes#14061.
[breaking-change]
Rationale: for what appear to be historical reasons only, the PatIdent contains
a Path rather than an Ident. This means that there are many places in the code
where an ident is artificially promoted to a path, and---much more problematically---
a bunch of elements from a path are simply thrown away, which seems like an invitation
to some really nasty bugs.
This commit replaces the Path in a PatIdent with a SpannedIdent, which just contains an ident
and a span.
This was causing lots of ICEs in cargo. I sadly wasn't ever able to reduce the
test case down, but I presume that's because it has to do with node id
collisions which are pretty difficult to turn up...
So far, type names generated for debuginfo where a bit sketchy. It was not clearly defined when a name should be fully qualified and when not, if region parameters should be shown or not, and other things like that.
This commit makes the debuginfo module responsible for creating type names instead of using `ppaux::ty_to_str()` and brings type names (as they show up in the DWARF information) in line with GCC and Clang:
* The name of the type being described is unqualified. It's path is defined by its position in the namespace hierarchy.
* Type arguments are always fully qualified, no matter if they would actually be in scope at the type definition location.
Care is also taken to make type names consistent across crate boundaries. That is, the code now tries make the type name the same, regardless if the type is in the local crate or reconstructed from metadata. Otherwise LLVM will complain about violating the one-definition-rule when using link-time-optimization.
This commit also removes all source location information from type descriptions because these cannot be reconstructed for types instantiated from metadata. Again, with LTO enabled, this can lead to two versions of the debuginfo type description, one with and one without source location information, which then triggers the LLVM ODR assertion.
Fortunately, source location information about types is rarely used, so this has little impact. Once source location information is preserved in metadata (#1972) it can also be re-enabled for type descriptions.
`RUSTFLAGS=-g make check` no works again for me locally, including the LTO test cases (note that I've taken care of #15156 by reverting the change in LLVM that @luqmana identified as the culprit for that issue).
with the corresponding trait parameter bounds.
This is a version of the patch in PR #12611 by Florian Hahn, modified to
address Niko's feedback.
It does not address the issue of duplicate type parameter bounds, nor
does it address the issue of implementation-defined methods that contain
*fewer* bounds than the trait, because Niko's review indicates that this
should not be necessary (and indeed I believe it is not). A test has
been added to ensure that this works.
This will break code like:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz>();
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>() { ... }
// ^~~~ ERROR
}
This will be rejected because the implementation requires *more* bounds
than the trait. It can be fixed by either adding the missing bound to
the trait:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>();
// ^~~~
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>() { ... } // OK
}
Or by removing the bound from the impl:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz>();
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz>() { ... } // OK
// ^ remove Quux
}
This patch imports the relevant tests from #2687, as well as the test
case in #5886, which is fixed as well by this patch.
Closes#2687.
Closes#5886.
[breaking-change]
r? @pnkfelix
parameters.
This can break code that mistakenly used type parameters in place of
`Self`. For example, this will break:
trait Foo {
fn bar<X>(u: X) -> Self {
u
}
}
Change this code to not contain a type error. For example:
trait Foo {
fn bar<X>(_: X) -> Self {
self
}
}
Closes#15172.
[breaking-change]
Slice patterns are different from the rest in that a single slice pattern
does not have a distinct constructor if it contains a variable-length subslice
pattern. For example, the pattern [a, b, ..tail] can match a slice of length 2, 3, 4
and so on.
As a result, the decision tree for exhaustiveness and redundancy analysis should
explore each of those constructors separately to determine if the pattern could be useful
when specialized for any of them.
So far, type names generated for debuginfo where a bit sketchy. It was not clearly defined when a name should be fully qualified and when not, if region parameters should be shown or not, and other things like that.
This commit makes the debuginfo module responsible for creating type names instead of using ppaux::ty_to_str() and brings type names, as they show up in the DWARF information, in line with GCC and Clang:
* The name of the type being described is unqualified. It's path is defined by its position in the namespace hierarchy.
* Type arguments are always fully qualified, no matter if they would actually be in scope at the type definition location.
Care is also taken to reliably make type names consistent across crate boundaries. That is, the code now tries make the type name the same, regardless if the type is in the local crate or reconstructed from metadata. Otherwise LLVM will complain about violating the one-definition-rule when using link-time-optimization.
This commit also removes all source location information from type descriptions because these cannot be reconstructed for types instantiated from metadata. Again, with LTO enabled, this can lead to two versions of the debuginfo type description, one with and one without source location information, which then triggers the LLVM ODR assertion.
Fortunately, source location information about types is rarely used, so this has little impact. Once source location information is preserved in metadata (#1972) it can also be reenabled for type descriptions.
Being able to index into the bytes of a string encourages
poor UTF-8 hygiene. To get a view of `&[u8]` from either
a `String` or `&str` slice, use the `as_bytes()` method.
Closes#12710.
[breaking-change]
If the diffstat is any indication this shouldn't have a huge impact but it will have some. Most changes in the `str` and `path` module. A lot of the existing usages were in tests where ascii is expected. There are a number of other legit uses where the characters are known to be ascii.
with the corresponding trait parameter bounds.
This is a version of the patch in PR #12611 by Florian Hahn, modified to
address Niko's feedback.
It does not address the issue of duplicate type parameter bounds, nor
does it address the issue of implementation-defined methods that contain
*fewer* bounds than the trait, because Niko's review indicates that this
should not be necessary (and indeed I believe it is not). A test has
been added to ensure that this works.
This will break code like:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz>();
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>() { ... }
// ^~~~ ERROR
}
This will be rejected because the implementation requires *more* bounds
than the trait. It can be fixed by either adding the missing bound to
the trait:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>();
// ^~~~
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz + Quux>() { ... } // OK
}
Or by removing the bound from the impl:
trait Foo {
fn bar<T:Baz>();
}
impl Foo for Boo {
fn bar<T:Baz>() { ... } // OK
// ^ remove Quux
}
This patch imports the relevant tests from #2687, as well as the test
case in #5886, which is fixed as well by this patch.
Closes#2687.
Closes#5886.
[breaking-change]
Being able to index into the bytes of a string encourages
poor UTF-8 hygiene. To get a view of `&[u8]` from either
a `String` or `&str` slice, use the `as_bytes()` method.
Closes#12710.
[breaking-change]
This commit hooks rustdoc into the stability index infrastructure in two
ways:
1. It looks up stability levels via the index, rather than by manual
attributes.
2. It adds stability level information throughout rustdoc output, rather
than just at the top header. In particular, a stability color (with
mouseover text) appears next to essentially every item that appears
in rustdoc's HTML output.
Along the way, the stability index code has been lightly refactored.
floating point numbers for real.
This will break code that looks like:
let mut x = 0;
while ... {
x += 1;
}
println!("{}", x);
Change that code to:
let mut x = 0i;
while ... {
x += 1;
}
println!("{}", x);
Closes#15201.
[breaking-change]
This change registers new snapshots, allowing `*T` to be removed from the language. This is a large breaking change, and it is recommended that if compiler errors are seen that any FFI calls are audited to determine whether they should be actually taking `*mut T`.
This can break code that looked like:
impl Foo for Box<Any> {
fn f(&self) { ... }
}
let x: Box<Any + Send> = ...;
x.f();
Change such code to:
impl Foo for Box<Any> {
fn f(&self) { ... }
}
let x: Box<Any> = ...;
x.f();
That is, upcast before calling methods.
This is a conservative solution to #5781. A more proper treatment (see
the xfail'd `trait-contravariant-self.rs`) would take variance into
account. This change fixes the soundness hole.
Some library changes had to be made to make this work. In particular,
`Box<Any>` is no longer showable, and only `Box<Any+Send>` is showable.
Eventually, this restriction can be lifted; for now, it does not prove
too onerous, because `Any` is only used for propagating the result of
task failure.
This patch also adds a test for the variance inference work in #12828,
which accidentally landed as part of DST.
Closes#5781.
[breaking-change]
Since procs do not have lifetime bounds, we must do this to maintain
safety.
This can break code that incorrectly captured references in procedure
types. Change such code to not do this, perhaps with a trait object
instead.
A better solution would be to add higher-rank lifetime support to procs.
However, this would be a lot of work for a feature we want to remove in
favor of unboxed closures. The corresponding "real fix" is #15067.
Closes#14036.
[breaking-change]
This will break code like:
fn f(x: &mut int) {}
let mut a = box 1i;
f(a);
Change it to:
fn f(x: &mut int) {}
let mut a = box 1i;
f(&mut *a);
RFC 33; issue #10504.
[breaking-change]
r? @brson
vector-reference-to-unsafe-pointer-to-element cast if the type to be
casted to is not fully specified.
This is a conservative change to fix the user-visible symptoms of the
issue. A more flexible treatment would delay cast checks to after
function typechecking.
This can break code that did:
let x: *u8 = &([0, 0]) as *_;
Change this code to:
let x: *u8 = &([0, 0]) as *u8;
Closes#14893.
[breaking-change]
This will break code like:
fn f(x: &mut int) {}
let mut a = box 1i;
f(a);
Change it to:
fn f(x: &mut int) {}
let mut a = box 1i;
f(&mut *a);
RFC 33; issue #10504.
[breaking-change]
The f128 type has very little support in the compiler and the feature is
basically unusable today. Supporting half-baked features in the compiler can be
detrimental to the long-term development of the compiler, and hence this feature
is being removed.
bindings.
This will break code that incorrectly did things like:
fn f(a @ box b: Box<String>) {}
Fix such code to not rely on undefined behavior.
Closes#12534.
[breaking-change]
This breaks a fair amount of code. The typical patterns are:
* `for _ in range(0, 10)`: change to `for _ in range(0u, 10)`;
* `println!("{}", 3)`: change to `println!("{}", 3i)`;
* `[1, 2, 3].len()`: change to `[1i, 2, 3].len()`.
RFC #30. Closes#6023.
[breaking-change]
The f128 type has very little support in the compiler and the feature is
basically unusable today. Supporting half-baked features in the compiler can be
detrimental to the long-term development of the compiler, and hence this feature
is being removed.
Also change some code formatting.
lint::builtin becomes a sibling of lint::context in order to ensure that lints
implemented there use the same public API as lint plugins.
We're going to have more modules under lint, and the paths get unwieldy. We
also plan to have lints run at multiple points in the compilation pipeline.
The aim of these changes is not working out a generic bi-endianness architectures support but to allow people develop for little endian MIPS machines (issue #7190).
This is just a cleanup of the code. Doesn't really change anything deep about the way we operate. This is a prelude to implementing a good solution for one-way matching for #5527.
r? @pnkfelix (we were just crawling about this code, after all)
In other words, Late-bound regions that occur non-free should be
skipped.
Fix#10846 (specifically the ICE, not the weakness in the current type inference).
We currently compiled bools to i8 values, because there was a bug in
LLVM that sometimes caused miscompilations when using i1 in, for
example, structs.
Using i8 means a lot of unnecessary zero-extend and truncate operations
though, since we have to convert the value from and to i1 when using for
example icmp or br instructions. Besides the unnecessary overhead caused
by this, it also sometimes made LLVM miss some optimizations.
First, we have to fix some bugs concerning the handling of
attributes in foreign function declarations and calls. These
are required because the i1 type needs the ZExt attribute when
used as a function parameter or return type.
Then we have to update LLVM to get a bugfix without which LLVM
sometimes generates broken code when using i1.
And then, finally, we can switch bools over to i1.
