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Evaluate the arguments of a constructor call before checking the constructor in constant evaluation [GH #527, GH #494] - #539
During constant evaluation, a constructor call was checked (for a constexpr, defined, and interpretable constructor) before its arguments were evaluated, unlike other calls. Now that exceptions can be caught during constant evaluation (#368, implemented by #494), that order matters: If the evaluation of an argument exits by throwing an exception, the constructor is never invoked, so a non-constexpr or undefined constructor doesn't make the evaluation non-constant:
process_ctor_work now evaluates the arguments first, as process_call_work does, and checks the constructor afterward. The type of the implied source argument of a copy/move constructor now comes from the constructor's type, since the constructor's parameters (in its definition) aren't available before the checks.
The new tests cover a temporary, a variable, a new-expression, a member and a base class mem-initializer, and the destruction of an argument evaluated before the one that throws (regressions/gh-527), and confirm that a non-constexpr constructor is still diagnosed when its arguments don't throw (regressions/gh-527-neg).
When an argument is itself not a constant and the constructor is also not constexpr (or not defined), the note now describes the argument, as for other calls. That changes the recorded notes of two imported Clang tests (cxx0x-initializer-stdinitializerlist and cxx2b-consteval-propagate).
Since this fixes a problem in the recently landed #494, it has no Changes entry of its own.
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Bug Fixes
Improved compile-time constructor evaluation so argument expressions are evaluated before constructor checks. If evaluating an argument throws, the constructor is not invoked.
Corrected handling of constructor arguments in implied copy and move operations.
Constant-expression diagnostics now point more directly to the argument or constructor that prevents evaluation.
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Added regression coverage for throwing constructor arguments and related constant-evaluation errors.
Constructor interpretation now evaluates arguments before checking constructor eligibility. If an argument throws, the constructor is not invoked. Regression tests cover exception handling during constant evaluation and the related diagnostic changes.
Changes: Constructor constant evaluation
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Evaluate arguments before constructor checks src/interpret.c
process_ctor_work evaluates constructor arguments before checking constexpr status, definition and instantiation state, cost, virtual bases, and argument count. Implied copy/move source storage uses the constructor’s first routine parameter type.
Regression tests and expected diagnostics tests/tests/regressions/gh-527*.sft.cpp, tests/tests/regressions/.gh-527*.rto/*, tests/tests/imported/clang/cpp/SemaCXX/.cxx0x-initializer-stdinitializerlist.rto/*, tests/tests/imported/clang/cpp/SemaCXX/.cxx2b-consteval-propagate.rto/*
Regression tests cover throwing arguments across initialization contexts, destruction of an earlier argument, and negative constant-expression cases. Expected diagnostic transcripts reflect the changed evaluation order.
The constructor-evaluation change has one bounded test issue: the destruction assertion can reject a permitted argument evaluation order. Use braced initialization to make the test reliable.
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The title states the main change: constructor-call arguments are now evaluated before the constructor is checked during constant evaluation. The raw summary confirms this reordering in src/interpret.c…
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[#527] requires that a constructor call not be rejected as non-constant when an argument throws before the constructor is invoked. The diff to src/interpret.c (merge base to head) moves the constructo…
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All source changes sit in the constructor-call interpretation path of src/interpret.c. The changes reorder existing checks, adjust the implied-source parameter type, and remove the earlier 'Retrieve t…
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The title states the main change: constructor-call arguments are now evaluated before the constructor is checked during constant evaluation. The raw summary confirms this reordering in src/interpret.c, and the objectives describe the same intent, which resolves issues #527 and #494. The title is specific and matches the changeset, so it passes.
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[#527] requires that a constructor call not be rejected as non-constant when an argument throws before the constructor is invoked. The diff to src/interpret.c (merge base to head) moves the constructor checks after the argument evaluation loop in the constructor-call path. These checks are: the is_constexpr check (ec_constexpr_call_to_nonconstexpr_function), the defined/definition-loading check, the function_def_number check (ec_constexpr_function_undefined), the is_prototype_instantiation check, the cost check, the is_constexpr_routine check, the virtual-base check, and the argument-count check. The argument phase now runs first, so a throwing argument ends evaluation before any constructor check. This covers the non-constexpr and undefined-constexpr constructor cases, and the same path serves direct construction, new-expressions, and mem-initializers. The implied copy/move source type now comes from the constructor's routine type. The regression test tests/tests/regressions/gh-527.sft.cpp covers a temporary, a variable, a new-expression, a member mem-initializer, a base mem-initializer, and destruction of an earlier argument. tests/tests/regressions/gh-527-neg.sft.cpp covers the negative case where a non-constexpr constructor is still diagnosed when no argument throws. The two imported Clang test notes changed to match the new diagnostic order. Evidence comes from the diff and test sources; I did not run the test suite.
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All source changes sit in the constructor-call interpretation path of src/interpret.c. The changes reorder existing checks, adjust the implied-source parameter type, and remove the earlier 'Retrieve the routine scope' comment. The reordering is the fix for #527. The implied-source type change is needed because the constructor's parameters are no longer available before the argument phase. The added tests gh-527.sft.cpp and gh-527-neg.sft.cpp directly exercise the issue. The changed expected-output files in tests/tests/imported/clang (cxx0x-initializer-stdinitializerlist and cxx2b-consteval-propagate) and tests/tests/regressions/.gh-527*.rto reflect the new diagnostic order that the reordering causes. No unrelated changes were found in the reviewed hunks. The .rto fixtures were not read in full; their status rests on the PR description and summary.
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Review comments at @tests/tests/regressions/gh-527.sft.cpp:
- Line 64: Change the parenthesized construction of T using L(&n) and h(6) to
braced initialization so the test requires left-to-right argument evaluation and
exercises destruction of the first argument.
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Require the evaluation order used by the destruction assertion.
The parenthesized constructor call permits evaluation of h(6) before L(&n). With that order, no L object exists to destroy, and destroyed() returns 6 instead of 16. The test can therefore reject a permitted evaluation order. (eel.is)
Use braces to require left-to-right evaluation and ensure that this test exercises destruction of the first argument. (eel.is)
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Review comment at @tests/tests/regressions/gh-527.sft.cpp at line 64:
Change the parenthesized construction of T using L(&n) and h(6) to braced initialization so the test requires left-to-right argument evaluation and exercises destruction of the first argument.
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Fixes #527.
During constant evaluation, a constructor call was checked (for a constexpr, defined, and interpretable constructor) before its arguments were evaluated, unlike other calls. Now that exceptions can be caught during constant evaluation (#368, implemented by #494), that order matters: If the evaluation of an argument exits by throwing an exception, the constructor is never invoked, so a non-constexpr or undefined constructor doesn't make the evaluation non-constant:
process_ctor_worknow evaluates the arguments first, asprocess_call_workdoes, and checks the constructor afterward. The type of the implied source argument of a copy/move constructor now comes from the constructor's type, since the constructor's parameters (in its definition) aren't available before the checks.The new tests cover a temporary, a variable, a new-expression, a member and a base class mem-initializer, and the destruction of an argument evaluated before the one that throws (
regressions/gh-527), and confirm that a non-constexpr constructor is still diagnosed when its arguments don't throw (regressions/gh-527-neg).When an argument is itself not a constant and the constructor is also not constexpr (or not defined), the note now describes the argument, as for other calls. That changes the recorded notes of two imported Clang tests (
cxx0x-initializer-stdinitializerlistandcxx2b-consteval-propagate).Since this fixes a problem in the recently landed #494, it has no Changes entry of its own.
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