[libcxx-commits] [PATCH] D107584: [libc++][modularisation] Split up <concepts> into granular headers.

[Christopher Di Bella via Phabricator via libcxx-commits]

cjdb added inline comments.


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Comment at: libcxx/include/__concepts/invocable.h:34-35
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+template<class _Fn, class... _Args>
+concept regular_invocable = invocable<_Fn, _Args...>;
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cjdb wrote:
> cjdb wrote:
> > ldionne wrote:
> > > cjdb wrote:
> > > > Quuxplusone wrote:
> > > > > cjdb wrote:
> > > > > > Quuxplusone wrote:
> > > > > > > cjdb wrote:
> > > > > > > > Quuxplusone wrote:
> > > > > > > > > cjdb wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Quuxplusone wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > cjdb wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > It's not immediately clear that `regular_invocable` lives in `invocable.h`. Please either:
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > * split the file up further
> > > > > > > > > > > > * consolidate with the other callable concepts and call the header `callable.h`
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > I'm indifferent to the chosen approach, but please be consistent in the approach you choose.
> > > > > > > > > > > I prefer not to split `invocable` from `regular_invocable`, because they are (as far as libc++ is concerned) equivalent.
> > > > > > > > > > > However, it's good to split this concept from `predicate` and `relation` (and the other concepts equivalent to `relation`) because //this// file doesn't depend on `__boolean_testable` but //those// concepts do.
> > > > > > > > > > :shrug: I guess the same argument that I made for `equality_comparable.h` vs `equality_comparable_with.h` could be made here re not splitting further. Though, I'm not sure why you're opposed to `__boolean_testable` being in this header. Ditto for `object.h`, but we should keep the conversation in one place.
> > > > > > > > > `__boolean_testable` is an ancestor of both `equality_comparable` and `predicate`.
> > > > > > > > Yes, but `__boolean_testable` has its own header. I'm trying to work out why you're opposed to combining the all the callables into a single header, and you pointed at `__boolean_testable`.
> > > > > > > I must not understand what you're asking, because it //seems// like this is really basic.
> > > > > > > My initial PR had:
> > > > > > > `invocable` and `regular_invocable` go in `invocable.h`, which does not include `boolean_testable.h`.
> > > > > > > `predicate` and `relation` and `equivalence_relation` and so on go in `relation.h`, which does include `boolean_testable.h`.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > My current PR splits `predicate` into `predicate.h`, purely on the basis of name-spelling, because you asked for it.
> > > > > > > I prefer not to split `invocable` from `regular_invocable`, because they are (as far as libc++ is concerned) equivalent.
> > > > > > > However, it's good to split this concept from `predicate` and `relation` (and the other concepts equivalent to `relation`) because //this// file doesn't depend on `__boolean_testable` but //those// concepts do.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You've said that `predicate`, `relation`, etc., depending on `__boolean_testable` is motivation for not consolidating into a single `callable.h`. You haven't outlined why it's motivation.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It's also occurred to me overnight that @ldionne may want a consolidated header, as he did for `<functional>`'s function objects. Again, I'm ambivalent on that, but it's something Louis might have a stronger opinion on.
> > > > > @ldionne, could you put this subthread to rest, please?
> > > > Specifically, this one.
> > > I am neutral on which one of the two following solutions are taken:
> > > 
> > > 1. `callable.h` that contains all the "roughly callable" concepts, like `invocable`, `regular_invocable`, `predicate`, etc.
> > > 2. the status quo, where `invocable.h` defines both `invocable` and `regular_invocable`
> > > 
> > > The one thing I'd much rather avoid is create a new header for just `regular_invocable`, since it's so trivial.
> > > 
> > > All those preferences are very, very tiny IMO. I'm basically neutral - I think it simply doesn't matter much because all those solutions make sense to me. I think we should just pick something and move forward with this patch to unblock more important work.
> > Looks like there's an answer, but I'd still like an answer for the dependency concern on the record (you can answer that after merging though).
> Ping.
> > I prefer not to split `invocable` from `regular_invocable`, because they are (as far as libc++ is concerned) equivalent.
> > However, it's good to split this concept from `predicate` and `relation` (and the other concepts equivalent to `relation`) because //this// file doesn't depend on `__boolean_testable` but //those// concepts do.
> 
> You've said that `predicate`, `relation`, etc., depending on `__boolean_testable` is motivation for not consolidating into a single `callable.h`. You haven't outlined why it's motivation.
> 

@Quuxplusone this still hasn't been addressed.


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