[PATCH] D88409: [SVE] Make ElementCount and TypeSize use a new PolySize class

[David Sherwood via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

david-arm added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/include/llvm/Support/TypeSize.h:38
+public:
+  PolySize() = default;
 
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ctetreau wrote:
> david-arm wrote:
> > ctetreau wrote:
> > > Why does there need to be a default constructor?
> > I think because there are places in the code base that rely upon it - this isn't something new as it was already in ElementCount. I think there is one example in llvm/include/llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h where the ElementCount is a member of a union. I'm pretty sure that removing the default constructor causes compilation errors, but I can try again to make sure.
> Assuming it's necessary to have this constructor, what should it do? Should it explicitly be defined to be {0, false}? Is it a garbage value?
> 
> I suppose {0, false} sort of is already a garbage value, so maybe everything can just assert that it's not this?
I think it's just like someone declaring a variable and then initialising it later, no different from a normal integer type that has a default constructor, i.e.

uint64_t SomeVal;
...
SomeVal = name == "Bob" ? 3 : 7;

If we want to remove the default constructor we could do it, but it will require some work to fix up cases where it's relied upon. I can certainly see what breaks when I remove it?


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