discard """
targets: "cpp"
output: '''
cat
cat
dog
dog
cat
cat
dog
dog X
cat
cat
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog 1
dog 2
'''
"""
template accept(x) =
static: assert(compiles(x))
template reject(x) =
static: assert(not compiles(x))
import macros
macro skipElse(n: untyped): typed = n[0]
template acceptWithCovariance(x, otherwise): typed =
when nimEnableCovariance:
x
else:
reject(x)
skipElse(otherwise)
type
Animal = object of RootObj
x: string
Dog = object of Animal
y: int
Cat = object of Animal
z: int
AnimalRef = ref Animal
AnimalPtr = ptr Animal
RefAlias[T] = ref T
var dog = new(Dog)
dog.x = "dog"
var cat = new(Cat)
cat.x = "cat"
proc makeDerivedRef(x: string): ref Dog =
new(result)
result.x = x
proc makeDerived(x: string): Dog =
result.x = x
var covariantSeq = @[makeDerivedRef("dog 1"), makeDerivedRef("dog 2")]
var nonCovariantSeq = @[makeDerived("dog 1"), makeDerived("dog 2")]
var covariantArr = [makeDerivedRef("dog 1"), makeDerivedRef("dog 2")]
var nonCovariantArr = [makeDerived("dog 1"), makeDerived("dog 2")]
proc wantsCovariantSeq1(s: seq[ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsCovariantSeq2(s: seq[AnimalRef]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsCovariantSeq3(s: seq[RefAlias[Animal]]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsCovariantOperArray(s: openarray[ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesCovariantOperArray(s: var openarray[ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesDerivedOperArray(s: var openarray[ref Dog]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsNonCovariantOperArray(s: openarray[Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsCovariantArray(s: array[2, ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsNonCovariantSeq(s: seq[Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc wantsNonCovariantArray(s: array[2, Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesCovariantSeq(s: var seq[ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesCovariantArray(s: var array[2, ref Animal]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesCovariantSeq(s: ptr seq[ref Animal]) =
for a in s[]: echo a.x
proc modifiesCovariantArray(s: ptr array[2, ref Animal]) =
for a in s[]: echo a.x
proc modifiesDerivedSeq(s: var seq[ref Dog]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesDerivedArray(s: var array[2, ref Dog]) =
for a in s: echo a.x
proc modifiesDerivedSeq(s: ptr seq[ref Dog]) =
for a in s[]: echo a.x
proc modifiesDerivedArray(s: ptr array[2, ref Dog]) =
for a in s[]: echo a.x
accept:
wantsCovariantArray([AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantArray([AnimalRef(cat), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantArray([AnimalRef(cat), dog])
# there is a special rule that detects the base
# type of polymorphic arrays
wantsCovariantArray([cat, dog])
acceptWithCovariance:
wantsCovariantArray([cat, cat])
else:
echo "cat"
echo "cat"
var animalRefArray: array[2, ref Animal]
accept:
animalRefArray = [AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)]
animalRefArray = [AnimalRef(cat), dog]
acceptWithCovariance:
animalRefArray = [dog, dog]
wantsCovariantArray animalRefArray
else:
echo "dog"
echo "dog"
accept:
var animal: AnimalRef = dog
animal = cat
var vdog: Dog
vdog.x = "dog value"
var vcat: Cat
vcat.x = "cat value"
reject:
vcat = vdog
# XXX: The next two cases seem incosistent, perhaps we should change the rules
accept:
# truncating copies are allowed
var vanimal: Animal = vdog
vanimal = vdog
reject:
# truncating copies are not allowed with arrays
var vanimalArray: array[2, Animal]
var vdogArray = [vdog, vdog]
vanimalArray = vdogArray
accept:
# a more explicit version of a truncating copy that
# should probably always remain allowed
var vnextnimal: Animal = Animal(vdog)
proc wantsRefSeq(x: seq[AnimalRef]) = discard
accept:
wantsCovariantSeq1(@[AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq1(@[AnimalRef(cat), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq1(@[AnimalRef(cat), dog])
wantsCovariantSeq1(@[cat, dog])
wantsCovariantSeq2(@[AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq2(@[AnimalRef(cat), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq2(@[AnimalRef(cat), dog])
wantsCovariantSeq2(@[cat, dog])
wantsCovariantSeq3(@[AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq3(@[AnimalRef(cat), AnimalRef(dog)])
wantsCovariantSeq3(@[AnimalRef(cat), dog])
wantsCovariantSeq3(@[cat, dog])
wantsCovariantOperArray([cat, dog])
acceptWithCovariance:
wantsCovariantSeq1(@[cat, cat])
wantsCovariantSeq2(@[dog, makeDerivedRef("dog X")])
# XXX: wantsCovariantSeq3(@[cat, cat])
wantsCovariantOperArray(@[cat, cat])
wantsCovariantOperArray([dog, dog])
else:
echo "cat"
echo "cat"
echo "dog"
echo "dog X"
echo "cat"
echo "cat"
echo "dog"
echo "dog"
var dogRefs = @[dog, dog]
var dogRefsArray = [dog, dog]
var animalRefs = @[dog, cat]
accept:
modifiesDerivedArray(dogRefsArray)
modifiesDerivedSeq(dogRefs)
reject modifiesCovariantSeq(dogRefs)
reject modifiesCovariantSeq(addr(dogRefs))
reject modifiesCovariantSeq(dogRefs.addr)
reject modifiesCovariantArray([dog, dog])
reject modifiesCovariantArray(dogRefsArray)
reject modifiesCovariantArray(addr(dogRefsArray))
reject modifiesCovariantArray(dogRefsArray.addr)
var dogValues = @[vdog, vdog]
var dogValuesArray = [vdog, vdog]
when false:
var animalValues = @[Animal(vdog), Animal(vcat)]
var animalValuesArray = [Animal(vdog), Animal(vcat)]
wantsNonCovariantSeq animalValues
wantsNonCovariantArray animalValuesArray
reject wantsNonCovariantSeq(dogRefs)
reject modifiesCovariantOperArray(dogRefs)
reject wantsNonCovariantArray(dogRefsArray)
reject wantsNonCovariantSeq(dogValues)
reject wantsNonCovariantArray(dogValuesArray)
reject modifiesValueArray()
modifiesDerivedOperArray dogRefs
reject modifiesDerivedOperArray(dogValues)
reject modifiesDerivedOperArray(animalRefs)
reject wantsNonCovariantOperArray(animalRefs)
reject wantsNonCovariantOperArray(dogRefs)
reject wantsNonCovariantOperArray(dogValues)
var animalRefSeq: seq[ref Animal]
accept:
animalRefSeq = @[AnimalRef(dog), AnimalRef(dog)]
animalRefSeq = @[AnimalRef(cat), dog]
acceptWithCovariance:
animalRefSeq = @[makeDerivedRef("dog 1"), makeDerivedRef("dog 2")]
wantsCovariantSeq1(animalRefSeq)
else:
echo "dog 1"
echo "dog 2"
var pdog: ptr Dog
var pcat: ptr Cat
proc wantsPointer(x: ptr Animal) =
discard
accept:
wantsPointer pdog
wantsPointer pcat
# covariance should be disabled when var is involved
proc wantsVarPointer1(x: var ptr Animal) =
discard
proc wantsVarPointer2(x: var AnimalPtr) =
discard
reject wantsVarPointer1(pdog)
reject wantsVarPointer2(pcat)
# covariance may be allowed for certain extern types
{.emit: """/*TYPESECTION*/
template <class T> struct FN { typedef void (*type)(T); };
template <class T> struct ARR { typedef T DataType[2]; DataType data; };
""".}
type
MyPtr {.importcpp: "'0 *"} [out T] = object
MySeq {.importcpp: "ARR<'0>", nodecl} [out T] = object
data: array[2, T]
MyAction {.importcpp: "FN<'0>::type"} [in T] = object
var
cAnimal: MyPtr[Animal]
cDog: MyPtr[Dog]
cCat: MyPtr[Cat]
cAnimalFn: MyAction[Animal]
cCatFn: MyAction[Cat]
cDogFn: MyAction[Dog]
cRefAnimalFn: MyAction[ref Animal]
cRefCatFn: MyAction[ref Cat]
cRefDogFn: MyAction[ref Dog]
accept:
cAnimal = cDog
cAnimal = cCat
cDogFn = cAnimalFn
cCatFn = cAnimalFn
cRefDogFn = cRefAnimalFn
cRefCatFn = cRefAnimalFn
reject: cDogFn = cRefAnimalFn
reject: cCatFn = cRefAnimalFn
reject: cCat = cDog
reject: cAnimalFn = cDogFn
reject: cAnimalFn = cCatFn
reject: cRefAnimalFn = cRefDogFn
reject: cRefAnimalFn = cRefCatFn
reject: cRefAnimalFn = cDogFn
var
ptrPtrDog: ptr ptr Dog
ptrPtrAnimal: ptr ptr Animal
reject: ptrPtrDog = ptrPtrAnimal
# Try to break the rules by introducing some tricky
# double indirection types:
var
cPtrRefAnimal: MyPtr[ref Animal]
cPtrRefDog: MyPtr[ref Dog]
cPtrAliasRefAnimal: MyPtr[RefAlias[Animal]]
cPtrAliasRefDog: MyPtr[RefAlias[Dog]]
cDoublePtrAnimal: MyPtr[MyPtr[Animal]]
cDoublePtrDog: MyPtr[MyPtr[Dog]]
reject: cPtrRefAnimal = cPtrRefDog
reject: cDoublePtrAnimal = cDoublePtrDog
reject: cRefAliasPtrAnimal = cRefAliasPtrDog
reject: cPtrRefAnimal = cRefAliasPtrDog
reject: cPtrAliasRefAnimal = cPtrRefDog
var
# Array and Sequence types are covariant only
# when instantiated with ref or ptr types:
cAnimals: MySeq[ref Animal]
cDogs: MySeq[ref Dog]
# "User-defined" pointer types should be OK too:
cAnimalPtrSeq: MySeq[MyPtr[Animal]]
cDogPtrSeq: MySeq[MyPtr[Dog]]
# Value types shouldn't work:
cAnimalValues: MySeq[Animal]
cDogValues: MySeq[Dog]
# Double pointer types should not work either:
cAnimalRefPtrSeq: MySeq[ref MyPtr[Animal]]
cDogRefPtrSeq: MySeq[ref MyPtr[Dog]]
cAnimalPtrPtrSeq: MySeq[ptr ptr Animal]
cDogPtrPtrSeq: MySeq[ptr ptr Dog]
accept:
cAnimals = cDogs
cAnimalPtrSeq = cDogPtrSeq
reject: cAnimalValues = cDogValues
reject: cAnimalRefPtrSeq = cDogRefPtrSeq
reject: cAnimalPtrPtrSeq = cDogPtrPtrSeq
proc wantsAnimalSeq(x: MySeq[Animal]) = discard
proc wantsAnimalRefSeq(x: MySeq[ref Animal]) = discard
proc modifiesAnimalRefSeq(x: var MySeq[ref Animal]) = discard
proc usesAddressOfAnimalRefSeq(x: ptr MySeq[ref Animal]) = discard
accept wantsAnimalSeq(cAnimalValues)
reject wantsAnimalSeq(cDogValues)
reject wantsAnimalSeq(cAnimals)
reject wantsAnimalRefSeq(cAnimalValues)
reject wantsAnimalRefSeq(cDogValues)
accept wantsAnimalRefSeq(cAnimals)
accept wantsAnimalRefSeq(cDogs)
reject modifiesAnimalRefSeq(cAnimalValues)
reject modifiesAnimalRefSeq(cDogValues)
accept modifiesAnimalRefSeq(cAnimals)
reject modifiesAnimalRefSeq(cDogs)
reject usesAddressOfAnimalRefSeq(addr cAnimalValues)
reject usesAddressOfAnimalRefSeq(addr cDogValues)
accept usesAddressOfAnimalRefSeq(addr cAnimals)
reject usesAddressOfAnimalRefSeq(addr cDogs)