[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libc++] Simplify the implementation of std::declval (PR #222303)
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Author: Nikolas Klauser (philnik777)
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<summary>Changes</summary>
The implementation of `std::declval` calling `__declval` was originally introduced for improved compile times. However, we now have a builtin for `add_rvalue_reference`, which makes the old implementation faster again, since we avoid instantiating any class types _and_ avoid overload resolution.
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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/222303.diff
1 Files Affected:
- (modified) libcxx/include/__utility/declval.h (+4-8)
``````````diff
diff --git a/libcxx/include/__utility/declval.h b/libcxx/include/__utility/declval.h
index d0856b8afa4db..92069a41a8ef6 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/__utility/declval.h
+++ b/libcxx/include/__utility/declval.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#define _LIBCPP___UTILITY_DECLVAL_H
#include <__config>
+#include <__type_traits/add_reference.h>
#if !defined(_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_PRAGMA_SYSTEM_HEADER)
# pragma GCC system_header
@@ -21,17 +22,12 @@ _LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
// from volatile-qualified types _Tp.
_LIBCPP_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_PUSH
template <class _Tp>
-_Tp&& __declval(int);
-template <class _Tp>
-_Tp __declval(long);
-_LIBCPP_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_POP
-
-template <class _Tp>
-_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI decltype(std::__declval<_Tp>(0)) declval() _NOEXCEPT {
- static_assert(!__is_same(_Tp, _Tp),
+_LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI __add_rvalue_reference_t<_Tp> declval() _NOEXCEPT {
+ static_assert(false,
"std::declval can only be used in an unevaluated context. "
"It's likely that your current usage is trying to extract a value from the function.");
}
+_LIBCPP_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_POP
_LIBCPP_END_NAMESPACE_STD
``````````
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/222303
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