<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Shankar Easwaran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shankare@codeaurora.org" target="_blank">shankare@codeaurora.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Shankar Easwaran<br>
<<a href="mailto:shankare@codeaurora.org" target="_blank">shankare@codeaurora.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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We should assert if dyn_cast fails, which would catch issues in the Driver.<br>
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That's what cast<T> is for - it asserts on failure.<br>
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dyn_cast cannot assert on failure - it's used for doing type tests "if<br>
x = dyn_cast<T1>(a) { do stuff } else if (x = dyn_cast<T2>(b) { ...<br>
}", etc.<br>
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Thanks David. I like cast now :) Is this preferred over dyn_cast then ?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>cast<T> is a preferred way than dyn_cast<T> for casting if you don't expect it fails.</div><div><br>

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On 4/1/2014 1:04 PM, Rui Ueyama wrote:<br>
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Author: ruiu<br>
Date: Tue Apr  1 13:04:56 2014<br>
New Revision: 205332<br>
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URL: <a href="http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=205332&view=rev" target="_blank">http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-<u></u>project?rev=205332&view=rev</a><br>
Log:<br>
s/dyn_cast/cast/ where return value should never be null.<br>
<br>
cast<X> asserts the type is correct and does not return null on failure.<br>
So we should use cast<X> rather than dyn_cast<X> at such places where we<br>
don't expect type conversion could fail.<br>
<br>
Modified:<br>
      lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>GnuLdDriver.cpp<br>
      lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>WinLinkDriver.cpp<br>
      lld/trunk/unittests/<u></u>DriverTests/DriverTest.h<br>
<br>
Modified: lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>GnuLdDriver.cpp<br>
URL:<br>
<a href="http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lld/trunk/lib/Driver/GnuLdDriver.cpp?rev=205332&r1=205331&r2=205332&view=diff" target="_blank">http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-<u></u>project/lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>GnuLdDriver.cpp?rev=205332&r1=<u></u>205331&r2=205332&view=diff</a><br>


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--- lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>GnuLdDriver.cpp (original)<br>
+++ lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>GnuLdDriver.cpp Tue Apr  1 13:04:56 2014<br>
@@ -432,13 +432,13 @@ bool GnuLdDriver::parse(int argc, const<br>
       case OPT_start_group: {<br>
         std::unique_ptr<InputElement> controlStart(new ELFGroup(*ctx,<br>
index++));<br>
         controlNodeStack.push(<u></u>controlStart.get());<br>
-<br>
dyn_cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())-><u></u>processControlEnter();<br>
+      cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())-><u></u>processControlEnter();<br>
         inputGraph->addInputElement(<u></u>std::move(controlStart));<br>
         break;<br>
       }<br>
         case OPT_end_group:<br>
-<br>
dyn_cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())-><u></u>processControlExit();<br>
+      cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())-><u></u>processControlExit();<br>
         controlNodeStack.pop();<br>
         break;<br>
   @@ -485,11 +485,12 @@ bool GnuLdDriver::parse(int argc, const<br>
           }<br>
         }<br>
         std::unique_ptr<InputElement> inputFile(inputNode);<br>
-      if (controlNodeStack.empty())<br>
+      if (controlNodeStack.empty()) {<br>
           inputGraph->addInputElement(<u></u>std::move(inputFile));<br>
-      else<br>
-        dyn_cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())<br>
+      } else {<br>
+        cast<ControlNode>(<u></u>controlNodeStack.top())<br>
               ->processInputElement(std::<u></u>move(inputFile));<br>
+      }<br>
         break;<br>
       }<br>
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Modified: lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>WinLinkDriver.cpp<br>
URL:<br>
<a href="http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lld/trunk/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp?rev=205332&r1=205331&r2=205332&view=diff" target="_blank">http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-<u></u>project/lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>WinLinkDriver.cpp?rev=205332&<u></u>r1=205331&r2=205332&view=diff</a><br>


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--- lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>WinLinkDriver.cpp (original)<br>
+++ lld/trunk/lib/Driver/<u></u>WinLinkDriver.cpp Tue Apr  1 13:04:56 2014<br>
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ bool WinLinkDriver::parse(int argc, cons<br>
     // constructed by replacing an extension of the first input file<br>
     // with ".exe".<br>
     if (ctx.outputPath().empty()) {<br>
-    StringRef path = *dyn_cast<FileNode>(&*files[0]<u></u>)->getPath(ctx);<br>
+    StringRef path = *cast<FileNode>(&*files[0])-><u></u>getPath(ctx);<br>
       ctx.setOutputPath(<u></u>replaceExtension(ctx, path, ".exe"));<br>
     }<br>
<br>
Modified: lld/trunk/unittests/<u></u>DriverTests/DriverTest.h<br>
URL:<br>
<a href="http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/lld/trunk/unittests/DriverTests/DriverTest.h?rev=205332&r1=205331&r2=205332&view=diff" target="_blank">http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-<u></u>project/lld/trunk/unittests/<u></u>DriverTests/DriverTest.h?rev=<u></u>205332&r1=205331&r2=205332&<u></u>view=diff</a><br>


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--- lld/trunk/unittests/<u></u>DriverTests/DriverTest.h (original)<br>
+++ lld/trunk/unittests/<u></u>DriverTests/DriverTest.h Tue Apr  1 13:04:56 2014<br>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ protected:<br>
     std::string inputFile(int index) {<br>
       const InputElement &inputElement =<br>
linkingContext()->inputGraph()<u></u>[index];<br>
       if (inputElement.kind() == InputElement::Kind::File)<br>
-      return<br>
*dyn_cast<FileNode>(&<u></u>inputElement)->getPath(*<u></u>linkingContext());<br>
+      return *cast<FileNode>(&inputElement)<u></u>->getPath(*linkingContext());<br>
       llvm_unreachable("not handling other types of input files");<br>
     }<br>
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