Add fixits for messaging self in MRR or using super, as the intent is
clear, and it turns out people do that a lot more than expected.
Allow for objc_direct_members on main interfaces, it's extremely useful
for internal only classes, and proves to be quite annoying for adoption.
Add some better warnings around properties direct/non-direct clashes (it
was done for methods but properties were a miss).
Radar-Id: rdar://problem/58355212
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <phabouzit@apple.com>
Sending a message to `self` when it is const and within a class method
is safe because we know that `self` is the Class itself.
We can only relax this warning in ARC.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <phabouzit@apple.com>
Radar-Id: rdar://problem/58581965
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D72747
__attribute__((objc_direct)) is an attribute on methods declaration, and
__attribute__((objc_direct_members)) on implementation, categories or
extensions.
A `direct` property specifier is added (@property(direct) type name)
These attributes / specifiers cause the method to have no associated
Objective-C metadata (for the property or the method itself), and the
calling convention to be a direct C function call.
The symbol for the method has enforced hidden visibility and such direct
calls are hence unreachable cross image. An explicit C function must be
made if so desired to wrap them.
The implicit `self` and `_cmd` arguments are preserved, however to
maintain compatibility with the usual `objc_msgSend` semantics,
3 fundamental precautions are taken:
1) for instance methods, `self` is nil-checked. On arm64 backends this
typically adds a single instruction (cbz x0, <closest-ret>) to the
codegen, for the vast majority of the cases when the return type is a
scalar.
2) for class methods, because the class may not be realized/initialized
yet, a call to `[self self]` is emitted. When the proper deployment
target is used, this is optimized to `objc_opt_self(self)`.
However, long term we might want to emit something better that the
optimizer can reason about. When inlining kicks in, these calls
aren't optimized away as the optimizer has no idea that a single call
is really necessary.
3) the calling convention for the `_cmd` argument is changed: the caller
leaves the second argument to the call undefined, and the selector is
loaded inside the body when it's referenced only.
As far as error reporting goes, the compiler refuses:
- making any overloads direct,
- making an overload of a direct method,
- implementations marked as direct when the declaration in the
interface isn't (the other way around is allowed, as the direct
attribute is inherited from the declaration),
- marking methods required for protocol conformance as direct,
- messaging an unqualified `id` with a direct method,
- forming any @selector() expression with only direct selectors.
As warnings:
- any inconsistency of direct-related calling convention when
@selector() or messaging is used,
- forming any @selector() expression with a possibly direct selector.
Lastly an `objc_direct_members` attribute is added that can decorate
`@implementation` blocks and causes methods only declared there (and in
no `@interface`) to be automatically direct. When decorating an
`@interface` then all methods and properties declared in this block are
marked direct.
Radar-ID: rdar://problem/2684889
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D69991
Reviewed-By: John McCall
Pierre Habouzit