[llvm] r287586 - Remove LLVM_NODISCARD from StringRef.

Justin Bogner via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sun Nov 27 18:27:43 PST 2016


Zachary Turner via llvm-commits <llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> writes:
> Author: zturner
> Date: Mon Nov 21 16:19:25 2016
> New Revision: 287586
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=287586&view=rev
> Log:
> Remove LLVM_NODISCARD from StringRef.
>
> This is a bit too aggressive of a warning, as it is forces
> ANY function which returns a StringRef to have its return
> value checked.  While useful on classes like llvm::Error which
> are designed to require checking, this is not the case for
> StringRef, and it is perfectly reasonable to have a function
> return a StringRef for which the return value is not checked.

I'm opposed to this change, as I'm fairly convinced that functions that
return StringRefs that aren't checked are bad API. See [my reply] in the
review for r284364 for details (and let's discuss there).

[my reply]:
  http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20161121/407851.html

> Move LLVM_NODISCARD to each of the individual member functions
> where it makes sense instead.
>
> Modified:
>     llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
>
> Modified: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
> URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h?rev=287586&r1=287585&r2=287586&view=diff
> ==============================================================================
> --- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h (original)
> +++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h Mon Nov 21 16:19:25 2016
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>    /// situations where the character data resides in some other buffer, whose
>    /// lifetime extends past that of the StringRef. For this reason, it is not in
>    /// general safe to store a StringRef.
> -  class LLVM_NODISCARD StringRef {
> +  class StringRef {
>    public:
>      typedef const char *iterator;
>      typedef const char *const_iterator;
> @@ -123,30 +123,36 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// data - Get a pointer to the start of the string (which may not be null
>      /// terminated).
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      const char *data() const { return Data; }
>  
>      /// empty - Check if the string is empty.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool empty() const { return Length == 0; }
>  
>      /// size - Get the string size.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      size_t size() const { return Length; }
>  
>      /// front - Get the first character in the string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      char front() const {
>        assert(!empty());
>        return Data[0];
>      }
>  
>      /// back - Get the last character in the string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      char back() const {
>        assert(!empty());
>        return Data[Length-1];
>      }
>  
>      // copy - Allocate copy in Allocator and return StringRef to it.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      template <typename Allocator> StringRef copy(Allocator &A) const {
>        // Don't request a length 0 copy from the allocator.
>        if (empty())
> @@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// equals - Check for string equality, this is more efficient than
>      /// compare() when the relative ordering of inequal strings isn't needed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool equals(StringRef RHS) const {
>        return (Length == RHS.Length &&
> @@ -165,12 +172,14 @@ namespace llvm {
>      }
>  
>      /// equals_lower - Check for string equality, ignoring case.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      bool equals_lower(StringRef RHS) const {
>        return Length == RHS.Length && compare_lower(RHS) == 0;
>      }
>  
>      /// compare - Compare two strings; the result is -1, 0, or 1 if this string
>      /// is lexicographically less than, equal to, or greater than the \p RHS.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      int compare(StringRef RHS) const {
>        // Check the prefix for a mismatch.
> @@ -184,10 +193,12 @@ namespace llvm {
>      }
>  
>      /// compare_lower - Compare two strings, ignoring case.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      int compare_lower(StringRef RHS) const;
>  
>      /// compare_numeric - Compare two strings, treating sequences of digits as
>      /// numbers.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      int compare_numeric(StringRef RHS) const;
>  
>      /// \brief Determine the edit distance between this string and another
> @@ -208,10 +219,12 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// or (if \p AllowReplacements is \c true) replacements needed to
>      /// transform one of the given strings into the other. If zero,
>      /// the strings are identical.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      unsigned edit_distance(StringRef Other, bool AllowReplacements = true,
>                             unsigned MaxEditDistance = 0) const;
>  
>      /// str - Get the contents as an std::string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::string str() const {
>        if (!Data) return std::string();
>        return std::string(Data, Length);
> @@ -221,6 +234,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// @name Operator Overloads
>      /// @{
>  
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      char operator[](size_t Index) const {
>        assert(Index < Length && "Invalid index!");
>        return Data[Index];
> @@ -248,6 +262,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// @{
>  
>      /// Check if this string starts with the given \p Prefix.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool startswith(StringRef Prefix) const {
>        return Length >= Prefix.Length &&
> @@ -255,16 +270,19 @@ namespace llvm {
>      }
>  
>      /// Check if this string starts with the given \p Prefix, ignoring case.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      bool startswith_lower(StringRef Prefix) const;
>  
>      /// Check if this string ends with the given \p Suffix.
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      bool endswith(StringRef Suffix) const {
>        return Length >= Suffix.Length &&
>          compareMemory(end() - Suffix.Length, Suffix.Data, Suffix.Length) == 0;
>      }
>  
>      /// Check if this string ends with the given \p Suffix, ignoring case.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      bool endswith_lower(StringRef Suffix) const;
>  
>      /// @}
> @@ -275,6 +293,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the first occurrence of \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      size_t find(char C, size_t From = 0) const {
>        size_t FindBegin = std::min(From, Length);
> @@ -290,6 +309,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the first occurrence of \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_lower(char C, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Search for the first character satisfying the predicate \p F
> @@ -322,18 +342,21 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the first occurrence of \p Str, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find(StringRef Str, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Search for the first string \p Str in the string, ignoring case.
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the first occurrence of \p Str, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_lower(StringRef Str, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Search for the last character \p C in the string.
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the last occurrence of \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t rfind(char C, size_t From = npos) const {
>        From = std::min(From, Length);
>        size_t i = From;
> @@ -349,22 +372,26 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the last occurrence of \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t rfind_lower(char C, size_t From = npos) const;
>  
>      /// Search for the last string \p Str in the string.
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the last occurrence of \p Str, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t rfind(StringRef Str) const;
>  
>      /// Search for the last string \p Str in the string, ignoring case.
>      ///
>      /// \returns The index of the last occurrence of \p Str, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t rfind_lower(StringRef Str) const;
>  
>      /// Find the first character in the string that is \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found. Same as find.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_first_of(char C, size_t From = 0) const {
>        return find(C, From);
>      }
> @@ -373,20 +400,24 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// not found.
>      ///
>      /// Complexity: O(size() + Chars.size())
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_first_of(StringRef Chars, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Find the first character in the string that is not \p C or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_first_not_of(char C, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Find the first character in the string that is not in the string
>      /// \p Chars, or npos if not found.
>      ///
>      /// Complexity: O(size() + Chars.size())
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_first_not_of(StringRef Chars, size_t From = 0) const;
>  
>      /// Find the last character in the string that is \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_last_of(char C, size_t From = npos) const {
>        return rfind(C, From);
>      }
> @@ -395,30 +426,36 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// found.
>      ///
>      /// Complexity: O(size() + Chars.size())
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_last_of(StringRef Chars, size_t From = npos) const;
>  
>      /// Find the last character in the string that is not \p C, or npos if not
>      /// found.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_last_not_of(char C, size_t From = npos) const;
>  
>      /// Find the last character in the string that is not in \p Chars, or
>      /// npos if not found.
>      ///
>      /// Complexity: O(size() + Chars.size())
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t find_last_not_of(StringRef Chars, size_t From = npos) const;
>  
>      /// Return true if the given string is a substring of *this, and false
>      /// otherwise.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool contains(StringRef Other) const { return find(Other) != npos; }
>  
>      /// Return true if the given character is contained in *this, and false
>      /// otherwise.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool contains(char C) const { return find_first_of(C) != npos; }
>  
>      /// Return true if the given string is a substring of *this, and false
>      /// otherwise.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool contains_lower(StringRef Other) const {
>        return find_lower(Other) != npos;
> @@ -426,6 +463,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return true if the given character is contained in *this, and false
>      /// otherwise.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      bool contains_lower(char C) const { return find_lower(C) != npos; }
>  
> @@ -434,6 +472,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// @{
>  
>      /// Return the number of occurrences of \p C in the string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      size_t count(char C) const {
>        size_t Count = 0;
>        for (size_t i = 0, e = Length; i != e; ++i)
> @@ -453,6 +492,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// If the string is invalid or if only a subset of the string is valid,
>      /// this returns true to signify the error.  The string is considered
>      /// erroneous if empty or if it overflows T.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      template <typename T>
>      typename std::enable_if<std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed, bool>::type
>      getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, T &Result) const {
> @@ -464,6 +504,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>        return false;
>      }
>  
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      template <typename T>
>      typename std::enable_if<!std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed, bool>::type
>      getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, T &Result) const {
> @@ -519,6 +560,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// APInt::fromString is superficially similar but assumes the
>      /// string is well-formed in the given radix.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      bool getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, APInt &Result) const;
>  
>      /// @}
> @@ -526,9 +568,11 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// @{
>  
>      // Convert the given ASCII string to lowercase.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::string lower() const;
>  
>      /// Convert the given ASCII string to uppercase.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::string upper() const;
>  
>      /// @}
> @@ -544,6 +588,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// \param N The number of characters to included in the substring. If N
>      /// exceeds the number of characters remaining in the string, the string
>      /// suffix (starting with \p Start) will be returned.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef substr(size_t Start, size_t N = npos) const {
>        Start = std::min(Start, Length);
> @@ -553,6 +598,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this' but with only the first \p N
>      /// elements remaining.  If \p N is greater than the length of the
>      /// string, the entire string is returned.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef take_front(size_t N = 1) const {
>        if (N >= size())
> @@ -563,6 +609,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this' but with only the first \p N
>      /// elements remaining.  If \p N is greater than the length of the
>      /// string, the entire string is returned.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef take_back(size_t N = 1) const {
>        if (N >= size())
> @@ -572,6 +619,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return the longest prefix of 'this' such that every character
>      /// in the prefix satisfies the given predicate.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef take_while(function_ref<bool(char)> F) const {
>        return substr(0, find_if_not(F));
> @@ -579,6 +627,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return the longest prefix of 'this' such that no character in
>      /// the prefix satisfies the given predicate.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef take_until(function_ref<bool(char)> F) const {
>        return substr(0, find_if(F));
> @@ -586,6 +635,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this' but with the first \p N elements
>      /// dropped.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef drop_front(size_t N = 1) const {
>        assert(size() >= N && "Dropping more elements than exist");
> @@ -594,6 +644,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this' but with the last \p N elements
>      /// dropped.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef drop_back(size_t N = 1) const {
>        assert(size() >= N && "Dropping more elements than exist");
> @@ -602,6 +653,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this', but with all characters satisfying
>      /// the given predicate dropped from the beginning of the string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef drop_while(function_ref<bool(char)> F) const {
>        return substr(find_if_not(F));
> @@ -609,6 +661,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return a StringRef equal to 'this', but with all characters not
>      /// satisfying the given predicate dropped from the beginning of the string.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef drop_until(function_ref<bool(char)> F) const {
>        return substr(find_if(F));
> @@ -649,6 +702,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      /// remaining in the string, the string suffix (starting with \p Start)
>      /// will be returned. If this is less than \p Start, an empty string will
>      /// be returned.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
>      StringRef slice(size_t Start, size_t End) const {
>        Start = std::min(Start, Length);
> @@ -666,6 +720,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \param Separator The character to split on.
>      /// \returns The split substrings.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::pair<StringRef, StringRef> split(char Separator) const {
>        size_t Idx = find(Separator);
>        if (Idx == npos)
> @@ -683,6 +738,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \param Separator - The string to split on.
>      /// \return - The split substrings.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::pair<StringRef, StringRef> split(StringRef Separator) const {
>        size_t Idx = find(Separator);
>        if (Idx == npos)
> @@ -735,6 +791,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>      ///
>      /// \param Separator - The character to split on.
>      /// \return - The split substrings.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      std::pair<StringRef, StringRef> rsplit(char Separator) const {
>        size_t Idx = rfind(Separator);
>        if (Idx == npos)
> @@ -744,36 +801,42 @@ namespace llvm {
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive \p Char characters starting from the
>      /// the left removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef ltrim(char Char) const {
>        return drop_front(std::min(Length, find_first_not_of(Char)));
>      }
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive characters in \p Chars starting from
>      /// the left removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef ltrim(StringRef Chars = " \t\n\v\f\r") const {
>        return drop_front(std::min(Length, find_first_not_of(Chars)));
>      }
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive \p Char characters starting from the
>      /// right removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef rtrim(char Char) const {
>        return drop_back(Length - std::min(Length, find_last_not_of(Char) + 1));
>      }
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive characters in \p Chars starting from
>      /// the right removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef rtrim(StringRef Chars = " \t\n\v\f\r") const {
>        return drop_back(Length - std::min(Length, find_last_not_of(Chars) + 1));
>      }
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive \p Char characters starting from the
>      /// left and right removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef trim(char Char) const {
>        return ltrim(Char).rtrim(Char);
>      }
>  
>      /// Return string with consecutive characters in \p Chars starting from
>      /// the left and right removed.
> +    LLVM_NODISCARD
>      StringRef trim(StringRef Chars = " \t\n\v\f\r") const {
>        return ltrim(Chars).rtrim(Chars);
>      }
> @@ -817,6 +880,7 @@ namespace llvm {
>    /// @}
>  
>    /// \brief Compute a hash_code for a StringRef.
> +  LLVM_NODISCARD
>    hash_code hash_value(StringRef S);
>  
>    // StringRefs can be treated like a POD type.
>
>
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