[cfe-dev] [PATCH] Function-style casting

[Chris Lattner]

On Aug 18, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Argiris Kirtzidis wrote:

>>
>> +  // C++ 5.2.3p1:
>> +  // If the expression list is a single expression, the type  
>> conversion
>> +  // expression is equivalent (in definedness, and if defined in  
>> meaning) to the
>> +  // corresponding cast expression.
>>
>> It seems that this check should happen before the check for  
>> recorddecl?
>>
>
> My intention was to do something like this:
> if class type
>   -> do semantic checks, resolve constructors etc.
>   -> if single expr
>             -> create some class-specialized expr
>       else if multi expr
>             -> create some other class-specialized expr
> ......
>
>
> Instead of:
> if single expr
>       -> if non-class type
>                  -> create CXXFunctionalCastExpr
>       -> else if class type
>                   -> semantic checks, resolve constructor
>                   -> create some class-specialized expr
>
> Not a big difference though. Will probably be more clear what is  
> better when constructors are in place and it's determined what kind  
> of Exprs are needed to represent them.

Ok!

This patch looks great to me, plz commit!

-Chris