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dmd.toir

Convert to Intermediate Representation (IR) for the back-end.
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Source toir.d

struct Label;
Our label symbol
struct IRState;
Collect state variables needed by the intermediate representation (IR)
bool arrayBoundsCheck();
Returns:
true if do array bounds checking for the current function
@safe bool isNothrow();
Returns:
true if in a nothrow section of code
elem* incUsageElem(ref IRState irs, const ref Loc loc);
Produce elem which increments the usage count for a particular line. Sets corresponding bit in bitmap m.covb[linnum]. Used to implement -cov switch (coverage analysis).
Parameters:
IRState irs context
Loc loc line and file of what line to show usage for
Returns:
elem that increments the line count
elem* getEthis(const ref Loc loc, ref IRState irs, Dsymbol fd, Dsymbol fdp = null, Dsymbol origSc = null);
Return elem that evaluates to the static frame pointer for function fd. If fd is a member function, the returned expression will compute the value of fd's 'this' variable. 'fdp' is the parent of 'fd' if the frame pointer is being used to call 'fd'. 'origSc' is the original scope we inlined from. This routine is critical for implementing nested functions.
elem* fixEthis2(elem* ethis, FuncDeclaration fd, bool ctxt2 = false);
Select one context pointer from a dual-context array
Returns:
*(ethis + offset);
elem* setEthis(const ref Loc loc, ref IRState irs, elem* ey, AggregateDeclaration ad, bool setthis2 = false);
Initialize the hidden aggregate member, vthis, with the context pointer.
Returns:
*(ey + (ethis2 ? ad.vthis2 : ad.vthis).offset) = this;
int intrinsic_op(FuncDeclaration fd);
Convert intrinsic function to operator.
Returns:
the operator as backend OPER, NotIntrinsic if not an intrinsic function, OPtoPrec if frontend-only intrinsic
elem* resolveLengthVar(VarDeclaration lengthVar, elem** pe, Type t1);
Given an expression e that is an array, determine and set the 'length' variable.

Input lengthVar Symbol of 'length' variable &e expression that is the array t1 Type of the array

Output e is rewritten to avoid side effects

Returns:
expression that initializes 'length'
TYPE* getParentClosureType(Symbol* sthis, FuncDeclaration fd);
for a nested function 'fd' return the type of the closure of an outer function or aggregate. If the function is a member function the 'this' type is expected to be stored in 'sthis.Sthis'. It is always returned if it is not a void pointer. buildClosure() must have been called on the outer function before.
Parameters:
Symbol* sthis the symbol of the current 'this' derived from fd.vthis
FuncDeclaration fd the nested function
uint setClosureVarOffset(FuncDeclaration fd);
Go through the variables in function fd that are to be allocated in a closure, and set the .offset fields for those variables to their positions relative to the start of the closure instance. Also turns off nrvo for closure variables.
Parameters:
FuncDeclaration fd function
Returns:
overall alignment of the closure
void buildClosure(FuncDeclaration fd, ref IRState irs);
Closures are implemented by taking the local variables that need to survive the scope of the function, and copying them into a gc allocated chuck of memory. That chunk, called the closure here, is inserted into the linked list of stack frames instead of the usual stack frame.
buildClosure() inserts code just after the function prolog is complete. It allocates memory for the closure, allocates a local variable (sclosure) to point to it, inserts into it the link to the enclosing frame, and copies into it the parameters that are referred to in nested functions. In VarExp::toElem and SymOffExp::toElem, when referring to a variable that is in a closure, takes the offset from sclosure rather than from the frame pointer.
getEthis() and NewExp::toElem need to use sclosure, if set, rather than the current frame pointer.
void buildAlignSection(FuncDeclaration fd, ref IRState irs);
Aligned sections are implemented by taking the local variables that need alignment that is larger than the stack alignment. They are allocated into a separate chunk of memory on the stack called an align section, which is aligned on function entry.
buildAlignSection() inserts code just after the function prolog is complete. It allocates memory for the align closure by making a local stack variable to contain that memory, allocates a local variable (salignSection) to point to it. In VarExp::toElem and SymOffExp::toElem, when referring to a variable that is in an align closure, take the offset from salignSection rather than from the frame pointer. A variable cannot be in both a closure and an align section. They go in the closure and then that closure is aligned.
getEthis() and NewExp::toElem need to use sclosure, if set, rather than the current frame pointer??
Run after buildClosure, as buildClosure gets first dibs on inAlignSection variables
Parameters:
FuncDeclaration fd function in which all this occurs
IRState irs state of the intermediate code generation

Reference buildClosure() is very similar.

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/9143 was an incomplete attempt to solve this problem that was merged. It should probably be removed.

void buildCapture(FuncDeclaration fd);
build a debug info struct for variables captured by nested functions, but not in a closure. must be called after generating the function to fill stack offsets
Parameters:
FuncDeclaration fd function
RET retStyle(TypeFunction tf, bool needsThis);
Determine return style of function - whether in registers or through a hidden pointer to the caller's stack.
Parameters:
TypeFunction tf function type to check
bool needsThis true if the function type is for a non-static member function
Returns:
RET.stack if return value from function is on the stack, RET.regs otherwise