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David Greene via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-01 15:57 UTC

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

Lately I've been using some utilities to increase the number of logic
errors caught at compile time.  I thought they might be useful to the
LLVM project.  I'd appreciate feedback on the below proposal.  Would the
community find these useful?

                          -David

RFC: Strong typedef utilities for LLVM
--------------------------------------

Abstract
--------
This proposal describes a set of utility classes for increasing type
safety within the LLVM project codebase.  It introduces a general
"strong typedef" template along with more specialized templates for
Boolean values, accumulators and counters.

The interface and implementation are inspired by Jonathan Mueller's
post on strong typedef [1].

The Problem
-----------
As noted on a side-thread of the variable naming convention change,
LLVM has a number of places where function parameter semantics are
unclear at the point of use [2].  To compensate, much code exists
in this style:

  foo(arg1, /* SomeFlagName = */true);

Functions with, for example, two boolean parameters are often called
as:

  foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */true, /* Flag2Name =*/false);

Unfortunately, it is easy to mix this up unintentionally:

  foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */false, /* Flag2Name =*/true);

The above may or may not be a bug.  The intent is unclear from the
context.

Things are even worse without comments:

  foo(arg1, true, false);  // What does this mean?

  bool SomeFlag = true;
  bool AnotherFlag = false;

  foo(arg1, AnotherFlag, SomeFlag);  // Is this correct?

  bool DoThing = bar();
  bool EnableFeature = baz();

  foo(arg1, EnableFeature, DoThing);  // Still not clear.

  bar(size, alignment);  // Did I get that in the right order?
                         // Is size in bits or bytes?

A Possible Solution
-------------------
It would be nice if the Flag1Name and Flag2Name comments had semantic
meaning, such that they could be checked for correctness at compile
time.  It would be even better if such semantic information was
*required* at the point of use.  One could construct special classes
to make it so:

  class Flag1Value {
    bool Value;

  public:
    Flag1Value : Value(false) {}
    explicit Flag1Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}

    explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
  };

  class Flag2Value {
    bool Value;

  public:
    Flag2Value : Value(false) {}
    explicit Flag2Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}

    explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
  };

  void foo(int arg, Flag1Value F1, Flag2Value F2);

  foo(arg1, Flag1Value(true), Flag2Value(false));
  foo(arg1, Flag2Value(true), Flag1Value(false));  // Won't compile.

Of course, defining individual classes for every kind of flag does not
scale.  However, a template class can make it workable:

  template<typename Tag, typename T>
  class StrongTypedef {
  public:
    using BaseType = T;

  private:
    BaseType Value;

  public:
    constexpr StrongTypedef() : Value() {}
    constexpr StrongTypedef(const StrongTypedef<Tag, T> &) = default;
    explicit constexpr StrongTypedef(const BaseType &V) : Value(V) {}
    explicit StrongTypedef(BaseType &&V)
        noexcept(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<BaseType>::value) :
        Value(std::move(V)) {}

  public:
    explicit operator BaseType&() noexcept {
      return Value;
    }

    explicit operator const BaseType&() const noexcept {
      return Value;
    }

    friend void swap(StrongTypedef &A, StrongTypedef &B) noexcept {
      using std::swap;
      swap(static_cast<BaseType&>(A),
static_cast<BaseType&>(B));
    }
  };

  class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Flag2Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag2Value, bool> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

Note that Tag does not have to be a derived class and StrongTypedef
does not have to be used in a CRTP manner, though it is often
convenient to do so.

The StrongTypedef template doesn't provide any operations outside of
explicit conversion to/from the base type.  Mixin classes can imbue it
with new interfaces:

  // Mixin to add equality and inequality comparison.
  template<typename ST>
  struct HasEqualityCompare {
    friend bool operator==(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
      using BaseType = typename ST::BaseType;

      return (static_cast<const BaseType &>(LHS) =             
static_cast<const BaseType &>(RHS));
    }

    friend bool operator!=(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
      return !(LHS == RHS);
    }
  };

  class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool>,
                     public HasEqualityCompare<Flag1Value> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  Flag1Value True(true);
  Flag1Value False(false);

  assert(True != False);
  assert(True == True);

StrongTypedef can be used to create rudimentary units types:

  class Bits : StrongTypedef<Bits, int64_t> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Bytes : StrongTypedef<Bytes, int64_t> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  Bits size(32);
  Bytes alignment(4);

  void bar(Bytes size, Bytes alignment);

  bar(size, alignment);  // Won't compile

Boolean parameters are so common that it's convenient to have a
special helper for them:

  template<typename Tag>
  class NamedBoolean : public StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>,
                       public HasEqualityCompare<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
                       public
HasLogicalConjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
                       public
HasLogicalDisjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Flag1Value : public NamedBoolean<Flag1Value> {
  public:
    using NamedBoolean::NamedBoolean;
  };

It can also be useful to have utilities for strong typedefed counters
and accumulators:

  template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
  class NamedCounter : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
                       public HasEqualityCompare<NamedCounter<Tag>>,
                       public HasIncrement<NamedCounter<Tag>> {  //
++
  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
  };

  template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
  class NamedAccumulator : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
                           public
HasEqualityCompare<NamedAccumulator<Tag>>,
                           public
HasAccumulate<NamedAccumulator<Tag>> {  // +  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
  };

Proposal
--------
This RFC proposes nothing more than introduction of these templates
under include/llvm/ADT to make them available to developers who want
extra safety in their code.  It specifically does not propose rewriting
existing uses of flags, counters, accumulators or any other values to
use these utilities, nor does it mandate their use in new code.  Such
changes may be desirable but should happen incrementally over time.

References
----------
[1] https://foonathan.net/blog/2016/10/19/strong-typedefs.html
[2]
http://llvm.1065342.n5.nabble.com/llvm-dev-RFC-changing-variable-naming-rules-in-LLVM-code

Doerfert, Johannes via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-01 16:41 UTC

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+1, I like this a lot.

Recently, I started to use two element `enum class`es to force people (mostly
me)
to spell out what true/false actually means in a certain context. The solution
proposed
here comes with more boilerplate but once available it is nicer (I think) and
for sure
more generic.

________________________________________
From: llvm-dev <llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> on behalf of David
Greene via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:57
To: llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Subject: [llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

Lately I've been using some utilities to increase the number of logic
errors caught at compile time.  I thought they might be useful to the
LLVM project.  I'd appreciate feedback on the below proposal.  Would the
community find these useful?

                          -David

RFC: Strong typedef utilities for LLVM
--------------------------------------

Abstract
--------
This proposal describes a set of utility classes for increasing type
safety within the LLVM project codebase.  It introduces a general
"strong typedef" template along with more specialized templates for
Boolean values, accumulators and counters.

The interface and implementation are inspired by Jonathan Mueller's
post on strong typedef [1].

The Problem
-----------
As noted on a side-thread of the variable naming convention change,
LLVM has a number of places where function parameter semantics are
unclear at the point of use [2].  To compensate, much code exists
in this style:

  foo(arg1, /* SomeFlagName = */true);

Functions with, for example, two boolean parameters are often called
as:

  foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */true, /* Flag2Name =*/false);

Unfortunately, it is easy to mix this up unintentionally:

  foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */false, /* Flag2Name =*/true);

The above may or may not be a bug.  The intent is unclear from the
context.

Things are even worse without comments:

  foo(arg1, true, false);  // What does this mean?

  bool SomeFlag = true;
  bool AnotherFlag = false;

  foo(arg1, AnotherFlag, SomeFlag);  // Is this correct?

  bool DoThing = bar();
  bool EnableFeature = baz();

  foo(arg1, EnableFeature, DoThing);  // Still not clear.

  bar(size, alignment);  // Did I get that in the right order?
                         // Is size in bits or bytes?

A Possible Solution
-------------------
It would be nice if the Flag1Name and Flag2Name comments had semantic
meaning, such that they could be checked for correctness at compile
time.  It would be even better if such semantic information was
*required* at the point of use.  One could construct special classes
to make it so:

  class Flag1Value {
    bool Value;

  public:
    Flag1Value : Value(false) {}
    explicit Flag1Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}

    explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
  };

  class Flag2Value {
    bool Value;

  public:
    Flag2Value : Value(false) {}
    explicit Flag2Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}

    explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
  };

  void foo(int arg, Flag1Value F1, Flag2Value F2);

  foo(arg1, Flag1Value(true), Flag2Value(false));
  foo(arg1, Flag2Value(true), Flag1Value(false));  // Won't compile.

Of course, defining individual classes for every kind of flag does not
scale.  However, a template class can make it workable:

  template<typename Tag, typename T>
  class StrongTypedef {
  public:
    using BaseType = T;

  private:
    BaseType Value;

  public:
    constexpr StrongTypedef() : Value() {}
    constexpr StrongTypedef(const StrongTypedef<Tag, T> &) = default;
    explicit constexpr StrongTypedef(const BaseType &V) : Value(V) {}
    explicit StrongTypedef(BaseType &&V)
        noexcept(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<BaseType>::value) :
        Value(std::move(V)) {}

  public:
    explicit operator BaseType&() noexcept {
      return Value;
    }

    explicit operator const BaseType&() const noexcept {
      return Value;
    }

    friend void swap(StrongTypedef &A, StrongTypedef &B) noexcept {
      using std::swap;
      swap(static_cast<BaseType&>(A),
static_cast<BaseType&>(B));
    }
  };

  class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Flag2Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag2Value, bool> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

Note that Tag does not have to be a derived class and StrongTypedef
does not have to be used in a CRTP manner, though it is often
convenient to do so.

The StrongTypedef template doesn't provide any operations outside of
explicit conversion to/from the base type.  Mixin classes can imbue it
with new interfaces:

  // Mixin to add equality and inequality comparison.
  template<typename ST>
  struct HasEqualityCompare {
    friend bool operator==(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
      using BaseType = typename ST::BaseType;

      return (static_cast<const BaseType &>(LHS) =             
static_cast<const BaseType &>(RHS));
    }

    friend bool operator!=(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
      return !(LHS == RHS);
    }
  };

  class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool>,
                     public HasEqualityCompare<Flag1Value> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  Flag1Value True(true);
  Flag1Value False(false);

  assert(True != False);
  assert(True == True);

StrongTypedef can be used to create rudimentary units types:

  class Bits : StrongTypedef<Bits, int64_t> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Bytes : StrongTypedef<Bytes, int64_t> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
  };

  Bits size(32);
  Bytes alignment(4);

  void bar(Bytes size, Bytes alignment);

  bar(size, alignment);  // Won't compile

Boolean parameters are so common that it's convenient to have a
special helper for them:

  template<typename Tag>
  class NamedBoolean : public StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>,
                       public HasEqualityCompare<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
                       public
HasLogicalConjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
                       public
HasLogicalDisjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>> {
  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>::StrongTypedef;
  };

  class Flag1Value : public NamedBoolean<Flag1Value> {
  public:
    using NamedBoolean::NamedBoolean;
  };

It can also be useful to have utilities for strong typedefed counters
and accumulators:

  template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
  class NamedCounter : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
                       public HasEqualityCompare<NamedCounter<Tag>>,
                       public HasIncrement<NamedCounter<Tag>> {  //
++
  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
  };

  template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
  class NamedAccumulator : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
                           public
HasEqualityCompare<NamedAccumulator<Tag>>,
                           public
HasAccumulate<NamedAccumulator<Tag>> {  // +  public:
    using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
  };

Proposal
--------
This RFC proposes nothing more than introduction of these templates
under include/llvm/ADT to make them available to developers who want
extra safety in their code.  It specifically does not propose rewriting
existing uses of flags, counters, accumulators or any other values to
use these utilities, nor does it mandate their use in new code.  Such
changes may be desirable but should happen incrementally over time.

References
----------
[1] https://foonathan.net/blog/2016/10/19/strong-typedefs.html
[2]
http://llvm.1065342.n5.nabble.com/llvm-dev-RFC-changing-variable-naming-rules-in-LLVM-code
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Reid Kleckner via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-01 17:28 UTC

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On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:41 AM Doerfert, Johannes via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> +1, I like this a lot.
>
> Recently, I started to use two element `enum class`es to force people
> (mostly me)
> to spell out what true/false actually means in a certain context. The
> solution proposed
> here comes with more boilerplate but once available it is nicer (I think)
> and for sure
> more generic.
>
I agree, I think for bools, an enum class is the simplest language provided
way to get most of the benefits that a strong typedef (or value wrapper
class) would provide. I would prefer to keep using them for these cases,
especially for widely used user facing APIs. The less publicly visible the
function is (private method, file local static, etc), the more inclined I
am to just keep doing what we're doing for expediency and brevity.

For integer values that are easy to confuse (physical register numbers,
byte quantities, bit quantities, alignments, etc), I agree, we should be
leveraging the type system more than we are. Adding a strong typedef class
to make it easier to make these types with less boilerplate would be great.
See existing prior art for this kind of stuff in clang::CharUnits.

I suppose I don't love the name "strong typedef", since it kind of
implies
a value judgement that C typedefs are weak, and therefore worse. They
aren't worse, they just aren't well suited to this use case and have
other
strengths and weaknesses. I see that the C++ paper
<http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/p0109r0.pdf>
proposes calling these "opaque typedefs". I don't know if
that's the best
name, but I prefer that shade of paint. :)
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Nevin Liber via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-01 21:50 UTC

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On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 10:57 AM David Greene via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>   template<typename Tag, typename T>
>   class StrongTypedef {
>   public:
>     using BaseType = T;
>
>   private:
>     BaseType Value;
>
>   public:
>     constexpr StrongTypedef() : Value() {}
>     constexpr StrongTypedef(const StrongTypedef<Tag, T> &) =
default;
>     explicit constexpr StrongTypedef(const BaseType &V) : Value(V) {}
>     explicit StrongTypedef(BaseType &&V)
>         noexcept(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<BaseType>::value)
:
>         Value(std::move(V)) {}
>
>   public:
>     explicit operator BaseType&() noexcept {
>       return Value;
>     }
>
>     explicit operator const BaseType&() const noexcept {
>       return Value;
>     }
>
>     friend void swap(StrongTypedef &A, StrongTypedef &B) noexcept {
>       using std::swap;
>       swap(static_cast<BaseType&>(A),
static_cast<BaseType&>(B));
>     }
>   };
>
I'm generally a fan of using the type system to encapsulate this kind of
thing.  A few points:

   - Why no move assignment operator?
   - swap has the wrong noexcept specification.
   - In my experience, most of these types end up being equality comparable
   and hashable.  I understand that equality comparison is separate concern
   which can be provided by mixins, but the more boilerplate that is required
   to use it, the less likely people are to adopt it.  This could, of course,
   be constrained on whether or not the BaseType supports these operations.
   - Similar argument about using CRTP, as it requires more boilerplate
   (the using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef; statement to bring in the
   converting constructor).
   - Not a fan of the name StrongTypedef (or OpaqueTypedef) either.  If the
   C++ standard ever acquires related functionality, there will end up being a
   conceptual mismatch.

-- 
 Nevin ":-)" Liber  <mailto:nevin at cplusplusguy.com <nevin at
eviloverlord.com>>
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David Greene via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-05 15:29 UTC

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Nevin Liber via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:
> I'm generally a fan of using the type system to encapsulate this kind
of thing.  A few points:
>
> * Why no move assignment operator?
It's a sketch.  :)  The actual code will have a lot more.
> * swap has the wrong noexcept specification.
Noted, thanks.
> * In my experience, most of these types end up being equality
> comparable and hashable.  I understand that equality comparison is
> separate concern which can be provided by mixins, but the more
> boilerplate that is required to use it, the less likely people are to
> adopt it.  This could, of course, be constrained on whether or not the
> BaseType supports these operations.
Let's talk about this in the design review when I post the patch.  I'll
definitely add you as a reviewer.
> * Similar argument about using CRTP, as it requires more boilerplate
> (the using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef; statement to bring in the
> converting constructor).
Ditto above, though without CRTP operator overloading becomes less
convenient.
> * Not a fan of the name StrongTypedef (or OpaqueTypedef) either.  If
> the C++ standard ever acquires related functionality, there will end
> up being a conceptual mismatch.
What about "ExplicitWrapper?"  Let's talk more when the patch is
posted.

Thanks for your helpful feedback!

                       -David

David Greene via llvm-dev

2019-Aug-13 19:41 UTC

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For anyone interested, I've posted a patch as D66148.

https://reviews.llvm.org/D66148

                     -David

"Doerfert, Johannes" <jdoerfert at anl.gov> writes:
> +1, I like this a lot.
>
> Recently, I started to use two element `enum class`es to force people
(mostly me)
> to spell out what true/false actually means in a certain context. The
solution proposed
> here comes with more boilerplate but once available it is nicer (I think)
and for sure
> more generic.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: llvm-dev <llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> on behalf of
David Greene via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:57
> To: llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
> Subject: [llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM
>
> Lately I've been using some utilities to increase the number of logic
> errors caught at compile time.  I thought they might be useful to the
> LLVM project.  I'd appreciate feedback on the below proposal.  Would
the
> community find these useful?
>
>                           -David
>
> RFC: Strong typedef utilities for LLVM
> --------------------------------------
>
> Abstract
> --------
> This proposal describes a set of utility classes for increasing type
> safety within the LLVM project codebase.  It introduces a general
> "strong typedef" template along with more specialized templates
for
> Boolean values, accumulators and counters.
>
> The interface and implementation are inspired by Jonathan Mueller's
> post on strong typedef [1].
>
> The Problem
> -----------
> As noted on a side-thread of the variable naming convention change,
> LLVM has a number of places where function parameter semantics are
> unclear at the point of use [2].  To compensate, much code exists
> in this style:
>
>   foo(arg1, /* SomeFlagName = */true);
>
> Functions with, for example, two boolean parameters are often called
> as:
>
>   foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */true, /* Flag2Name =*/false);
>
> Unfortunately, it is easy to mix this up unintentionally:
>
>   foo(arg1, /* Flag1Name = */false, /* Flag2Name =*/true);
>
> The above may or may not be a bug.  The intent is unclear from the
> context.
>
> Things are even worse without comments:
>
>   foo(arg1, true, false);  // What does this mean?
>
>   bool SomeFlag = true;
>   bool AnotherFlag = false;
>
>   foo(arg1, AnotherFlag, SomeFlag);  // Is this correct?
>
>   bool DoThing = bar();
>   bool EnableFeature = baz();
>
>   foo(arg1, EnableFeature, DoThing);  // Still not clear.
>
>   bar(size, alignment);  // Did I get that in the right order?
>                          // Is size in bits or bytes?
>
> A Possible Solution
> -------------------
> It would be nice if the Flag1Name and Flag2Name comments had semantic
> meaning, such that they could be checked for correctness at compile
> time.  It would be even better if such semantic information was
> *required* at the point of use.  One could construct special classes
> to make it so:
>
>   class Flag1Value {
>     bool Value;
>
>   public:
>     Flag1Value : Value(false) {}
>     explicit Flag1Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}
>
>     explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
>   };
>
>   class Flag2Value {
>     bool Value;
>
>   public:
>     Flag2Value : Value(false) {}
>     explicit Flag2Value(bool V) : Value(V) {}
>
>     explicit operator bool() { return Value; }
>   };
>
>   void foo(int arg, Flag1Value F1, Flag2Value F2);
>
>   foo(arg1, Flag1Value(true), Flag2Value(false));
>   foo(arg1, Flag2Value(true), Flag1Value(false));  // Won't compile.
>
> Of course, defining individual classes for every kind of flag does not
> scale.  However, a template class can make it workable:
>
>   template<typename Tag, typename T>
>   class StrongTypedef {
>   public:
>     using BaseType = T;
>
>   private:
>     BaseType Value;
>
>   public:
>     constexpr StrongTypedef() : Value() {}
>     constexpr StrongTypedef(const StrongTypedef<Tag, T> &) =
default;
>     explicit constexpr StrongTypedef(const BaseType &V) : Value(V) {}
>     explicit StrongTypedef(BaseType &&V)
>         noexcept(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<BaseType>::value)
:
>         Value(std::move(V)) {}
>
>   public:
>     explicit operator BaseType&() noexcept {
>       return Value;
>     }
>
>     explicit operator const BaseType&() const noexcept {
>       return Value;
>     }
>
>     friend void swap(StrongTypedef &A, StrongTypedef &B) noexcept {
>       using std::swap;
>       swap(static_cast<BaseType&>(A),
static_cast<BaseType&>(B));
>     }
>   };
>
>   class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   class Flag2Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag2Value, bool> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
> Note that Tag does not have to be a derived class and StrongTypedef
> does not have to be used in a CRTP manner, though it is often
> convenient to do so.
>
> The StrongTypedef template doesn't provide any operations outside of
> explicit conversion to/from the base type.  Mixin classes can imbue it
> with new interfaces:
>
>   // Mixin to add equality and inequality comparison.
>   template<typename ST>
>   struct HasEqualityCompare {
>     friend bool operator==(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
>       using BaseType = typename ST::BaseType;
>
>       return (static_cast<const BaseType &>(LHS) =>           
static_cast<const BaseType &>(RHS));
>     }
>
>     friend bool operator!=(const ST &LHS, const ST &RHS) {
>       return !(LHS == RHS);
>     }
>   };
>
>   class Flag1Value : public StrongTypedef<Flag1Value, bool>,
>                      public HasEqualityCompare<Flag1Value> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   Flag1Value True(true);
>   Flag1Value False(false);
>
>   assert(True != False);
>   assert(True == True);
>
> StrongTypedef can be used to create rudimentary units types:
>
>   class Bits : StrongTypedef<Bits, int64_t> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   class Bytes : StrongTypedef<Bytes, int64_t> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   Bits size(32);
>   Bytes alignment(4);
>
>   void bar(Bytes size, Bytes alignment);
>
>   bar(size, alignment);  // Won't compile
>
> Boolean parameters are so common that it's convenient to have a
> special helper for them:
>
>   template<typename Tag>
>   class NamedBoolean : public StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>,
>                        public
HasEqualityCompare<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
>                        public
HasLogicalConjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>>,
>                        public
HasLogicalDisjunction<NamedBoolean<Tag>> {
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef<Tag, bool>::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   class Flag1Value : public NamedBoolean<Flag1Value> {
>   public:
>     using NamedBoolean::NamedBoolean;
>   };
>
> It can also be useful to have utilities for strong typedefed counters
> and accumulators:
>
>   template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
>   class NamedCounter : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
>                        public
HasEqualityCompare<NamedCounter<Tag>>,
>                        public HasIncrement<NamedCounter<Tag>> {
// ++
>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
>   template<typename Tag, typename Int = int64_t>
>   class NamedAccumulator : public StrongTypedef<Tag, Int>,
>                            public
HasEqualityCompare<NamedAccumulator<Tag>>,
>                            public
HasAccumulate<NamedAccumulator<Tag>> {  // +>   public:
>     using StrongTypedef<Tag, int64_t>::StrongTypedef;
>   };
>
> Proposal
> --------
> This RFC proposes nothing more than introduction of these templates
> under include/llvm/ADT to make them available to developers who want
> extra safety in their code.  It specifically does not propose rewriting
> existing uses of flags, counters, accumulators or any other values to
> use these utilities, nor does it mandate their use in new code.  Such
> changes may be desirable but should happen incrementally over time.
>
> References
> ----------
> [1] https://foonathan.net/blog/2016/10/19/strong-typedefs.html[2]
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llvm dev - Aug 2019 - RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM

[llvm-dev] RFC: Strong typedef for LLVM