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Five independent fixes that bring the reflection support closer to P2996R13 and the current working draft. Each fix
is a separate commit with its own test in tests/tests/reflections/ and its
own src/Changes entry.
There is no open issue for these; I can open a Discussion first if that is
preferred.
These fixes came up while building a reflection-based replacement for Qt's
moc: a CRTP base that builds a QMetaObject from annotated members of the
derived class. With clang-p2996 and GCC the plain code works. EDG needed a
workaround for each item below. Each "Before" is the EDG workaround, and
each "After" is the code that now works.
Pointers to non-public members (splice access, type_of)
The library takes pointers to protected and private slots and properties of
the user's class from outside that class.
Before: &[:M:] was rejected for protected members. std::meta::extract
does not check access, but it needs the exact pointer-to-member type, and type_of(M) could not be used to build it:
template <typename C, typename T> using data_member = T C::*;
template <typename C, typename R, typename... A>
using member_fn = R (C::*)(A...);
template <typename C, typename R, typename... A>
using const_member_fn = R (C::*)(A...) const;
template <typename C, typename R, typename... A>
using noexcept_member_fn = R (C::*)(A...) noexcept;
template <typename C, typename R, typename... A>
using const_noexcept_member_fn = R (C::*)(A...) constnoexcept;
consteval info member_pointer_type(info cls, info m) {
if (!is_function(m))
returndealias(substitute(^^data_member, {cls, type_of(m)}));
std::vector<info> args{cls, return_type_of(m)};
for (info p : parameters_of(m)) args.push_back(type_of(p));
info alias = is_const(m) ? (is_noexcept(m) ? ^^const_noexcept_member_fn
: ^^const_member_fn)
: (is_noexcept(m) ? ^^noexcept_member_fn
: ^^member_fn);
returndealias(substitute(alias, args)); // no volatile, no ref-qualifiers
}
template <typename D, info M>
constexprauto member_pointer =
extract<typename[:member_pointer_type(^^D, M):]>(M);
After:
template <typename D, info M>
constexprauto member_pointer = &[:M:];
The function type of a method (type_of)
Qt's SignalData<R(Args...)> and MethodData<R(Args...)> are specialized
on a function type.
Before: typename[:type_of(m):] did not match R(Args...), so the type was
rebuilt:
template <typename R, typename... A> using fn = R(A...);
template <typename R, typename... A> using const_fn = R(A...) const;
consteval info function_type(info m) {
std::vector<info> args{return_type_of(m)};
for (info p : parameters_of(m)) args.push_back(type_of(p));
returndealias(substitute(is_const(m) ? ^^const_fn : ^^fn, args));
}
using F = typename[:function_type(m):];
After:
using F = typename[:type_of(m):];
Declaration order (members_of, source_location_of)
moc lists signals, slots and properties in declaration order. Some signals
are data members and others are member functions.
Before: members_of put all data members first, so every list was re-sorted
by source position:
constevalbooldeclared_before(info a, info b) {
auto la = source_location_of(a), lb = source_location_of(b);
return la.line() != lb.line() ? la.line() < lb.line()
: la.column() < lb.column();
}
// ...and an insertion sort with declared_before after every members_of.
Such a helper also has to accept any reflection, which needs source_location_of to be a constant for all of them.
After: the members_of order is used as is.
Qualified names (parent_of)
moc writes fully qualified class names. Serializers need them too, for XML
element names, a JSON type tag or type names in a schema. They need the plain
identifier of each enclosing namespace, often joined with a separator other
than ::. display_string_of cannot provide that portably: its format is
unspecified, and for app::Counter EDG and GCC print app::Counter while
clang-p2996 prints Counter.
Before: parent_of did not accept a namespace, so the EDG build used display_string_of and relied on its implementation-defined format:
consteval std::string qualified_name(info r) {
std::string s(identifier_of(r));
for (info p = parent_of(r); has_identifier(p); p = parent_of(p))
s = std::string(identifier_of(p)) + "::" + s;
return s;
}
Details
Splice-expressions and protected members
A member designated by a splice-expression is accessible from any point, and
the [class.protected] check does not apply to it (CWG 3109). The ordinary
access check was already skipped for splices. The protected check was still
done for &[:r:], obj.[:r:] and p->[:r:], including in template
instantiations, so these were rejected outside the members and friends of the
class:
classC { protected:int prot = 1; };
constexprauto r = std::meta::nonstatic_data_members_of(
^^C, std::meta::access_context::unchecked())[0];
int C::*pm = &[:r:]; // previously an errorintf(C &c) { return c.[:r:]; } // previously an error
The conversion of the object expression to the designating class is still
checked, so e.[:r:] through a private base remains an error.
std::meta::members_of in declaration order
Members used to come out grouped by kind: nonstatic data members first, then
functions, types, variables and templates. They are now sorted by the position
of their declarations. Compiler-generated members come last, after the
user-declared ones. Members without a position, such as those created by define_aggregate, keep their relative order. Namespace members are sorted
the same way, although the standard leaves their order unspecified.
std::meta::source_location_of
source_location_of has no "Constant When" clause, so it must be a constant
expression for every reflection. Values, types that are neither class nor
enumeration types, the global namespace and data member descriptions now give
a value-initialized std::source_location. Previously these calls were not
constant expressions.
std::meta::parent_of for namespaces
parent_of and has_parent now accept a namespace or namespace alias other
than :: and return the enclosing namespace. Previously parent_of(^^ns) was
not a constant expression and has_parent(^^ns) returned false.
std::meta::type_of of a nonstatic member function
The result is now a plain function type that keeps its cv-qualifiers,
ref-qualifier and noexcept. Previously it still carried the class. As a
result, type_of(^^S::f) == ^^int(int) holds, and the spliced type matches
partial specializations such as X<R(A...)> and X<R(A...) const noexcept>.
Implementation notes
Splice access. A new designated_by_splice bit on an_operand is set
by scan_expr_splicer for nonstatic members and suppresses the check in conv_sym_for_member_operand_to_ptr_to_member. Member selections pass !locator.is_splicer as do_protected_member_check. Setting access_control_error_reported instead would have been shorter, but that
flag means "an error was already reported" and would mislead later code.
members_of. The scope keeps a separate list per entity kind, so the
collected reflections are sorted afterwards
(sort_reflections_in_declaration_order). The sort compares decl_position with compare_source_positions, puts compiler-generated
routines last and breaks ties by the original index.
source_location_of. The entity kind decides whether there is a
position. build_source_location_value accepts a null position and builds
a value-initialized std::source_location.
parent_of.parent_of_reflection takes the source correspondence of
a namespace (iek_scope) or a namespace alias (iek_namespace). The
global namespace has none, so it still has no parent.
type_of.routine_type_without_this_class drops the class and keeps
the qualifiers. The type is built in the file scope region so that the
reflection outlives the evaluation. Reflections of types compare with identical_types, so a fresh type per call compares equal.
Not addressed here
Found while testing, left for separate changes:
members_of lists a member template twice: once as the template and once
as its prototype routine, variable or type.
members_of lists only the implicit special members that are already
declared. The example in [meta.reflection.member.queries] expects all six.
display_string_of drops the cv-qualifiers of a qualified function type: void () noexcept for void() const noexcept.
Testing
edg-docker-test --non-interactive in the default day posture (debug
build, configurations edg_x86_64 and edg_x86_64_cp) ran 45,433 tests in
each configuration. There were no regressions, and the new tests match
their recorded output.
Only cwg/cwg1835 and cwg/cwg2881 differ from their recordings. The
differences are a symbol name in a linker message and the position of an
internal error. A run on unmodified upstream/main at 4b6c10b gives the
same differences, so they are not caused by this branch.
On 4b6c10b, every new test fails or differs from its recording.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
C++26 reflection now reports members in declaration order, with implicitly declared special member functions listed afterward.
Reflection queries now provide more complete parent and source-location information, including for namespaces, local declarations, base classes, and annotations.
Reflected nonstatic member functions now report function types with their cv- and ref-qualifiers.
Bug Fixes
Splice-expressions can access protected members in supported contexts while still enforcing access restrictions for invalid base-class paths.
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If possible, for standard references, please include the reference document ISO WG21 number.
For example: N5048 [meta.reflection.names]. This allows us to track things if the specs actually change later on. (Also elsewhere.)
This behavior is from commit 51d7955d "Initial OSS Release" for 32-bit builds. I’ve built and fully tested the 64‑bit version, so I didn’t find anything.
In i686, the docker container needs to fix this: libstdc++15 <type_traits>__gnu_cxx::__bfloat16.
So, the reference everywhere should be to the draft of standard N5048, rather than the proposal for standard p2996?
Will I fix only these commits, without __ bfloat16?
Which do you think is better: fixing each element or adding a new fix?
I prefer the first option.
P.S.
Thanks for both C++ Templates - The Complete Guide!
This behavior is from commit 51d7955d "Initial OSS Release" for 32-bit builds. I’ve built and fully tested the 64‑bit version, so I didn’t find anything. In i686, the docker container needs to fix this: libstdc++15 <type_traits>__gnu_cxx::__bfloat16.
Ack!
So, the reference everywhere should be to the draft of standard N5048, rather than the proposal for standard p2996?
Either one is fine, actually. As long as we can track which document was used for the program logic, so we understand later on where the reasoning came from. (Also, I mis-remembered the document number. I meant N5046 — sorry.)
Will I fix only these commits, without __ bfloat16? Which do you think is better: fixing each element or adding a new fix? I prefer the first option.
I think that's fine.
P.S. Thanks for both C++ Templates - The Complete Guide!
Thanks for the kind words!
I did an agentic review of the code, and then got into a rabbit hole. The result is too unwieldy to address through code review. So I'm attaching it as a suggested patch (and summary of associated changes). I hope that's okay.
One more thing: We're changing how Changes entries are going to be handled going forward. With that in mind, it would be good to collapse all the entries in this PR into one (maybe headlined with "Various implementation improvements").
Bring several std::meta queries and splice-expression access checking in
line with N5046:
- Exempt members designated by splice-expressions (including overloaded
member functions) from the protected access check (CWG 3109).
- Return the members of a class or namespace from std::meta::members_of
in
declaration order, using a_symbol::decl_seq; unnamed bit-fields,
unnamed
enums, and anonymous unions now get declaration sequence numbers too.
- Make std::meta::source_location_of a constant expression for every
reflection, and handle base class specifiers and annotations.
- Accept namespaces and namespace aliases in std::meta::parent_of /
has_parent, return the enclosing function for function-local entities,
and reject structured bindings.
- Make std::meta::type_of of a nonstatic member function (including one
declared with a function typedef) a plain function type.
Incorporates the review patch from daveedvdv-nvidia on PR edgcpp#241. The
Changes entries are collapsed into one pending_changes entry.
The change updates unnamed-field symbol tracking and declaration sequencing. It carries splice designation through member access and changes type_of, parent_of, source_location_of, and members_of results. New reflection tests and an implementation note cover these changes.
Changes: Reflection updates
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Summary
Symbol identity and declaration sequence src/symbol_tbl.{c,h}, src/class_decl.c, src/decl_inits.c, src/decl_spec.c, src/decls.c, src/folding.c, src/layout.c, src/trans_corresp.c, src/lower_name.c
Unnamed bit-fields now receive individual symbols, and relevant symbols receive declaration sequence numbers. Field checks use the unnamed-field predicate. Namespace membership updates also set source-correspondence membership.
Splice-designated member access src/expr.c, src/exprutil.{c,h}, src/overload.c, tests/tests/reflections/splice_protected_access*, tests/tests/reflections/splice_protected_access_neg*, src/pending_changes/gh-330-meta-implementation-improvements.txt
Splice designation passes through member selection, operands, and overload resolution. Protected-member checks are skipped for splice-designated members. Positive runtime and negative compile-time tests cover access cases.
Type and parent reflection queries src/interpret.c, tests/tests/reflections/parent_of_namespace*, tests/tests/reflections/type_of_member_function*, src/pending_changes/gh-330-meta-implementation-improvements.txt
type_of returns a function type without the implicit-object class for nonstatic member functions. parent_of handles namespace scopes, namespace aliases, and function-local declarations, and excludes structured bindings.
source_location_of uses positions associated with the reflected entity or relationship. It returns a value-initialized location when no position applies.
members_of sorts collected reflections by declaration sequence, places implicitly declared routines after other members, and preserves input order for equal keys.
Two small issues remain: parent_of on a function-local entity can return a reflection that is rejected as expired outside its scope, and the i686 test recordings still show a host header failure. Neither blocks the main reflection behavior, so the change is mergeable once they are tracked or fixed.
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I've rebased the branch onto current main (bbe312b) and squashed everything into a single commit, Various <meta> implementation improvements [GH #330]. There is now one entry, src/pending_changes/gh-330-meta-implementation-improvements.txt, which lists the five fixes as numbered items using your texts. All references now cite N5046.
Follow-ups for rebasing onto main
Your patch applied cleanly. Rebasing onto main needed two small follow-ups:
folding.c had gained a new use of get_unnamed_field_symbol(), which I switched to is_unnamed_field_symbol() with a NULL check.
Two regressions from the per-field unnamed bit-field symbols
A full test run (64-bit and i686, compared against a baseline build of main on the same host) found two regressions. Both came from the per-field unnamed bit-field symbols in the patch, and I fixed both:
class_decl.c: the declaration of an unnamed bit-field was recorded twice. The first record is made where its symbol is created, and the second came from the generic member path. As a result, cpfe-cp emitted every unnamed bit-field twice (int : 0; int : 0; int : 4; int : 4;), which changed the class layout. edg/rma/bit_alloc03 (TEST_NUMBER=2) caught this on edg_x86_64_cp. The generic path now skips symbols for which is_unnamed_field_symbol() is true.
lower_name.c: for a static anonymous union at function scope, decls.c now sets the variable's source_corresp.assoc_info to the anonymous object symbol. That symbol is never entered in the symbol table, so no discriminator is ever computed for it, and add_discriminator asserted during mangling. This affected abi/anon5, abi/pr39188-*, cpp0x/nsdmi-union3 and lto/20100423-3_0. add_discriminator_if_necessary now skips such variables, as before, so the mangled names do not change.
Test results
Target
Result vs. baseline
edg_x86_64
identical
edg_x86_64_cp
identical
edg_x86_32_cp
identical
edg_x86_32
only the six new reflections tests differ
On my host (libstdc++ 15) the six new tests fail on edg_x86_32 with the same __bfloat16_t error that the existing reflections/demo1 recording already shows. Since the edg_x86_32 recordings for these tests were removed, i686 CI will probably report them as output mismatches.
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- Line 1: Update the allowed_words directive to include fct alongside prot so
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Pending-changes check can fail: fct is flagged as misspelled.
The edg-collect-changes --check job reports fct as an unknown word. Line 1 allows only prot. The entry does not contain fct as a standalone word in the visible text. The checker may be reading the text from the [dcl.fct] reference on line 98. Add fct to the allowed words, as the pipeline log suggests.
[error] 1-1: dev_tools/bin/edg-collect-changes --check failed because “fct” is misspelled or not allowed. Correct the word or add //allowed_words: fct at the top of the file.
[error] 1-1: The dev_tools/bin/edg-collect-changes --check check failed because fct is reported as misspelled. Correct the word or add //allowed_words: fct at the top of the file.
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Update the allowed_words directive to include fct alongside prot so the
pending-changes check accepts the term referenced in the text; preserve the
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Thanks for the update and for tracking down the two regressions from my
patch! The code changes look good.
A few things remain before this can be merged:
check-pending-changes: as CodeRabbit says, the checker objects to fct
(from [dcl.fct] in item 5). The first line should be:
//allowed_words: prot fct
Also, anything you can do to shorten that Changes entry would be
appreciated. Changes entries don't have to describe every detail,
only as much as needed for a reader to have an idea of what's
covered.
edg_x86_32 test failures: My bad, sorry. My patch deleted the edg_x86_32 recordings of the new tests and their entries in tests/expectations/edg_x86_32/reflections.log. They are needed: like reflections/demo1 (which has had them since the initial release), the new
tests can't compile on i686 because of the __gnu_cxx::__bfloat16_t problem
with libstdc++ 15. That's a separate issue (i686: libstdc++ 15 headers fail with "__gnu_cxx has no member __bfloat16_t" (missing __BFLT16_* predefined macros) #511), not something this PR
needs to fix. Please restore them, e.g. by recording with an i686 posture file:
That should recreate the six .rto/edg_x86_32.1.1.txt files and add the
corresponding FAIL/FAIL(COMPILE)/PASS lines to the edg_x86_32
expectations log (only the default.* and edg_x86_32.* recordings should
change).
Commit message: The merge queue uses the rebase method, so the commit
lands on main as is, and its body has broken line wrapping. Our
convention is a one-line message: Just drop the body and keep Various <meta> implementation improvements [GH #330] (we rely on
the Changes file for (some) details).
PR description: it still describes the original five commits (separate src/Changes entries, P2996R13, sorting by decl_position with compare_source_positions, and so on). Could you update it to match the
single commit: one pending Changes entry, N5046 references, ordering by a_symbol::decl_seq, the per-field unnamed bit-field symbols, and the parent_of changes for function-local entities and structured bindings?
It's the record of what was changed and why.
Nit, in the Changes entry: the example for item 3 uses S without declaring
it and, unlike the other examples, lacks #include <meta>.
With 1–3 addressed and CI green, I think this will be ready to go.
Thanks! Less is more. All points are addressed in ab491b3 (rebased onto main at 970f36b):
//allowed_words: prot fct, and the Changes entry is shortened to five short items plus one example (52 lines instead of 110). It passes edg-collect-changes --check, including the spell check.
The edg_x86_32 recordings of the six new tests and their lines in tests/expectations/edg_x86_32/reflections.log are restored. Only edg_x86_32.1.1.txt files and that log changed.
The commit message is now the single line Various <meta> implementation improvements [GH #330].
The PR description is updated to match the single commit.
The example now has #include <meta> and declares everything it uses. It compiles with this branch, and on main each of its five lines gives the error its comment mentions.
A full run (edg_x86_64, edg_x86_64_cp, edg_x86_32, edg_x86_32_cp) shows no differences from main apart from the new tests, which match their recordings.
While checking the example I hit an internal error that also happens on main: int S::*pm = &[:std::meta::nonstatic_data_members_of(^^S, ctx)[0]:]; at namespace scope asserts in wrap_up_constant_full_expression. Going through a constexpr variable works. It's listed under "Not addressed here" in the description; I can open an issue for it if that helps.
The entity assertions check the line but not the file name or column. The test would pass if either field were populated incorrectly. Add assertions for a declaration with a known file name and column.
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Extend the source_location_of assertion for S to check its file name and column as well as its line, using a declaration with known expected file and column values.
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- Around line 16289-16291: Update the parent reflection construction around
scp->enclosing_routine so its scope number is derived from the returned
function, including when that function is local, rather than inherited from the
automatic local variable’s scope. Preserve the existing enclosing-routine
selection and ensure the resulting reflection remains valid outside the local
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- Line 2: Update the i686 source-location recording so it reflects a successful
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- Line 43: Extend the source_location_of assertion for S to check its file name
and column as well as its line, using a declaration with known expected file and
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If a consteval function returns parent_of(^^lv) for an automatic local variable, the result can retain lv’s scope number. A caller outside that scope can then reject the reflection as expired, even though it reflects the enclosing function. Derive the scope number from the returned function, including when that function is local.
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Update the parent reflection construction around scp->enclosing_routine so its scope number is derived from the returned function, including when that function is local, rather than inherited from the automatic local variable’s scope. Preserve the existing enclosing-routine selection and ensure the resulting reflection remains valid outside the local variable’s scope.
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Restore the successful i686 recording.
This recording accepts a failed compilation as the expected result. It also makes a clean compilation differ from the recording. Regenerate it with the requested i686 posture after resolving the host header mismatch.
Based on learnings, the contribution checklist requires tests that “FAIL before your change but PASS after your change.”
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Update the i686 source-location recording so it reflects a successful compilation rather than recording the host-header error for missing __gnu_cxx::__bfloat16_t. Resolve the compiler/header mismatch using the project’s established i686 configuration, then regenerate the recording with that configuration.
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Five independent fixes that bring the reflection support closer to
P2996R13 and the current working draft. Each fix
is a separate commit with its own test in
tests/tests/reflections/and itsown
src/Changesentry.There is no open issue for these; I can open a Discussion first if that is
preferred.
splice_protected_access,splice_protected_access_negmembers_ofin declaration ordermembers_of_ordersource_location_ofis a constant for every reflectionsource_location_ofparent_of/has_parentfor namespacesparent_of_namespacetype_ofof a nonstatic member functiontype_of_member_functionMotivation
These fixes came up while building a reflection-based replacement for Qt's
moc: a CRTP base that builds a
QMetaObjectfrom annotated members of thederived class. With clang-p2996 and GCC the plain code works. EDG needed a
workaround for each item below. Each "Before" is the EDG workaround, and
each "After" is the code that now works.
Pointers to non-public members (splice access,
type_of)The library takes pointers to protected and private slots and properties of
the user's class from outside that class.
Before:
&[:M:]was rejected for protected members.std::meta::extractdoes not check access, but it needs the exact pointer-to-member type, and
type_of(M)could not be used to build it:After:
The function type of a method (
type_of)Qt's
SignalData<R(Args...)>andMethodData<R(Args...)>are specializedon a function type.
Before:
typename[:type_of(m):]did not matchR(Args...), so the type wasrebuilt:
After:
Declaration order (
members_of,source_location_of)moc lists signals, slots and properties in declaration order. Some signals
are data members and others are member functions.
Before:
members_ofput all data members first, so every list was re-sortedby source position:
Such a helper also has to accept any reflection, which needs
source_location_ofto be a constant for all of them.After: the
members_oforder is used as is.Qualified names (
parent_of)moc writes fully qualified class names. Serializers need them too, for XML
element names, a JSON type tag or type names in a schema. They need the plain
identifier of each enclosing namespace, often joined with a separator other
than
::.display_string_ofcannot provide that portably: its format isunspecified, and for
app::CounterEDG and GCC printapp::Counterwhileclang-p2996 prints
Counter.Before:
parent_ofdid not accept a namespace, so the EDG build useddisplay_string_ofand relied on its implementation-defined format:After:
Details
Splice-expressions and protected members
A member designated by a splice-expression is accessible from any point, and
the
[class.protected]check does not apply to it (CWG 3109). The ordinaryaccess check was already skipped for splices. The protected check was still
done for
&[:r:],obj.[:r:]andp->[:r:], including in templateinstantiations, so these were rejected outside the members and friends of the
class:
The conversion of the object expression to the designating class is still
checked, so
e.[:r:]through a private base remains an error.std::meta::members_ofin declaration orderMembers used to come out grouped by kind: nonstatic data members first, then
functions, types, variables and templates. They are now sorted by the position
of their declarations. Compiler-generated members come last, after the
user-declared ones. Members without a position, such as those created by
define_aggregate, keep their relative order. Namespace members are sortedthe same way, although the standard leaves their order unspecified.
std::meta::source_location_ofsource_location_ofhas no "Constant When" clause, so it must be a constantexpression for every reflection. Values, types that are neither class nor
enumeration types, the global namespace and data member descriptions now give
a value-initialized
std::source_location. Previously these calls were notconstant expressions.
std::meta::parent_offor namespacesparent_ofandhas_parentnow accept a namespace or namespace alias otherthan
::and return the enclosing namespace. Previouslyparent_of(^^ns)wasnot a constant expression and
has_parent(^^ns)returned false.std::meta::type_ofof a nonstatic member functionThe result is now a plain function type that keeps its cv-qualifiers,
ref-qualifier and
noexcept. Previously it still carried the class. As aresult,
type_of(^^S::f) == ^^int(int)holds, and the spliced type matchespartial specializations such as
X<R(A...)>andX<R(A...) const noexcept>.Implementation notes
designated_by_splicebit onan_operandis setby
scan_expr_splicerfor nonstatic members and suppresses the check inconv_sym_for_member_operand_to_ptr_to_member. Member selections pass!locator.is_splicerasdo_protected_member_check. Settingaccess_control_error_reportedinstead would have been shorter, but thatflag means "an error was already reported" and would mislead later code.
members_of. The scope keeps a separate list per entity kind, so thecollected reflections are sorted afterwards
(
sort_reflections_in_declaration_order). The sort comparesdecl_positionwithcompare_source_positions, puts compiler-generatedroutines last and breaks ties by the original index.
source_location_of. The entity kind decides whether there is aposition.
build_source_location_valueaccepts a null position and buildsa value-initialized
std::source_location.parent_of.parent_of_reflectiontakes the source correspondence ofa namespace (
iek_scope) or a namespace alias (iek_namespace). Theglobal namespace has none, so it still has no parent.
type_of.routine_type_without_this_classdrops the class and keepsthe qualifiers. The type is built in the file scope region so that the
reflection outlives the evaluation. Reflections of types compare with
identical_types, so a fresh type per call compares equal.Not addressed here
Found while testing, left for separate changes:
members_oflists a member template twice: once as the template and onceas its prototype routine, variable or type.
members_oflists only the implicit special members that are alreadydeclared. The example in [meta.reflection.member.queries] expects all six.
display_string_ofdrops the cv-qualifiers of a qualified function type:void () noexceptforvoid() const noexcept.Testing
edg-docker-test --non-interactivein the defaultdayposture (debugbuild, configurations
edg_x86_64andedg_x86_64_cp) ran 45,433 tests ineach configuration. There were no regressions, and the new tests match
their recorded output.
cwg/cwg1835andcwg/cwg2881differ from their recordings. Thedifferences are a symbol name in a linker message and the position of an
internal error. A run on unmodified
upstream/mainat 4b6c10b gives thesame differences, so they are not caused by this branch.
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