[9/n] rustc: move type information out of AdtDef and TraitDef.
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Both `AdtDef` and `TraitDef` contained type information (field types, generics and predicates) which was required to create them, preventing their use before that type information exists, or in the case of field types, *mutation* was required, leading to a variance-magicking implementation of `ivar`s.
This PR takes that information out and the resulting cleaner setup could even eventually end up merged with HIR, because, just like `AssociatedItem` before it, there's no dependency on types anymore.
(With one exception, variant discriminants should probably be moved into their own map later.)
Refactor TraitObject to Slice<ExistentialPredicate>
For reference, the primary types changes in this PR are shown below. They may add in the understanding of what is discussed below, though they should not be required.
We change `TraitObject` into a list of `ExistentialPredicate`s to allow for a couple of things:
- Principal (ExistentialPredicate::Trait) is now optional.
- Region bounds are moved out of `TraitObject` into `TyDynamic`. This permits wrapping only the `ExistentialPredicate` list in `Binder`.
- `BuiltinBounds` and `BuiltinBound` are removed entirely from the codebase, to permit future non-constrained auto traits. These are replaced with `ExistentialPredicate::AutoTrait`, which only requires a `DefId`. For the time being, only `Send` and `Sync` are supported; this constraint can be lifted in a future pull request.
- Binder-related logic is extracted from `ExistentialPredicate` into the parent (`Binder<Slice<EP>>`), so `PolyX`s are inside `TraitObject` are replaced with `X`.
The code requires a sorting order for `ExistentialPredicate`s in the interned `Slice`. The sort order is asserted to be correct during interning, but the slices are not sorted at that point.
1. `ExistentialPredicate::Trait` are defined as always equal; **This may be wrong; should we be comparing them and sorting them in some way?**
1. `ExistentialPredicate::Projection`: Compared by `ExistentialProjection::sort_key`.
1. `ExistentialPredicate::AutoTrait`: Compared by `TraitDef.def_path_hash`.
Construction of `ExistentialPredicate`s is conducted through `TyCtxt::mk_existential_predicates`, which interns a passed iterator as a `Slice`. There are no convenience functions to construct from a set of separate iterators; callers must pass an iterator chain. The lack of convenience functions is primarily due to few uses and the relative difficulty in defining a nice API due to optional parts and difficulty in recognizing which argument goes where. It is also true that the current situation isn't significantly better than 4 arguments to a constructor function; but the extra work is deemed unnecessary as of this time.
```rust
// before this PR
struct TraitObject<'tcx> {
pub principal: PolyExistentialTraitRef<'tcx>,
pub region_bound: &'tcx ty::Region,
pub builtin_bounds: BuiltinBounds,
pub projection_bounds: Vec<PolyExistentialProjection<'tcx>>,
}
// after
pub enum ExistentialPredicate<'tcx> {
// e.g. Iterator
Trait(ExistentialTraitRef<'tcx>),
// e.g. Iterator::Item = T
Projection(ExistentialProjection<'tcx>),
// e.g. Send
AutoTrait(DefId),
}
```
This allows you to enable *all* nested visits in a future-compatible
sort of way. Moreover, if you choose to override the `visit_nested`
methods yourself, you can "future-proof" against omissions by overriding
`nested_visit_map` to panic.
Stabilize `..` in tuple (struct) patterns
I'd like to nominate `..` in tuple and tuple struct patterns for stabilization.
This feature is a relatively small extension to existing stable functionality and doesn't have known blockers.
The feature first appeared in Rust 1.10 6 months ago.
An example of use: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/36203
Closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/33627
r? @nikomatsakis
Implement the `!` type
This implements the never type (`!`) and hides it behind the feature gate `#[feature(never_type)]`. With the feature gate off, things should build as normal (although some error messages may be different). With the gate on, `!` is usable as a type and diverging type variables (ie. types that are unconstrained by anything in the code) will default to `!` instead of `()`.
