[clang] [Clang] Avoid quadratic pack-indexing instantiation (store only the selected element) (PR #213790)

[Younan Zhang via cfe-commits]

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@@ -7121,6 +7127,56 @@ TreeTransform<Derived>::TransformPackIndexingType(TypeLocBuilder &TLB,
   if (Types.empty() && !PIT->expandsToEmptyPack())
     Types = llvm::ArrayRef<QualType>(&Pattern, 1);
 
+  // Fast path: substitute only the selected element instead of all N. A
+  // pack-indexing type inside a pack expansion (`T...[Is]...`) is transformed
+  // once per outer element, so substituting the whole pack each time is
+  // O(N^2) in time and memory.
+  if (Types.size() == 1 && Types[0]->containsUnexpandedParameterPack() &&
+      IndexExpr.isUsable() && !IndexExpr.get()->isInstantiationDependent()) {
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zyn0217 wrote:

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/213790