[PATCH] D62825: [C++2a] Add __builtin_bit_cast, used to implement std::bit_cast

Mon Jun 3 18:59:45 PDT 2019

jfb added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp:5447
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+    case APValue::LValue: {
+      LValue LVal;
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rsmith wrote:
> jfb wrote:
> > rsmith wrote:
> > > This will permit bitcasts from `nullptr_t`, providing a zero value. I think that's wrong; the bit representation of `nullptr_t` is notionally uninitialized (despite strangely having pointer size and alignment).
> > > 
> > > I think this is a specification bug: `bit_cast<intptr_t>(nullptr)` should be non-constant (it won't necessarily be `0` at runtime) but the current wording doesn't seem to permit us to treat it as non-constant.
> > You brought this up in ABQ, the outcome was... poor notes so I have no idea what Core decided...
> It looks like we never actually resolved what happens in this case ;-(
IIRC we discussed having the same-ish issue with `bool`, or any other indeterminate bit pattern. Realistically it's zero...

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