2002-08-19 Martin Baulig <martin@gnome.org>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / assign.cs
1 //
2 // assign.cs: Assignments.
3 //
4 // Author:
5 //   Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
6 //   Martin Baulig (martin@gnome.org)
7 //
8 // (C) 2001, 2002 Ximian, Inc.
9 //
10 using System;
11 using System.Reflection;
12 using System.Reflection.Emit;
13
14 namespace Mono.CSharp {
15
16         /// <summary>
17         ///   This interface is implemented by expressions that can be assigned to.
18         /// </summary>
19         /// <remarks>
20         ///   This interface is implemented by Expressions whose values can not
21         ///   store the result on the top of the stack.
22         ///
23         ///   Expressions implementing this (Properties, Indexers and Arrays) would
24         ///   perform an assignment of the Expression "source" into its final
25         ///   location.
26         ///
27         ///   No values on the top of the stack are expected to be left by
28         ///   invoking this method.
29         /// </remarks>
30         public interface IAssignMethod {
31                 //
32                 // This method will emit the code for the actual assignment
33                 //
34                 void EmitAssign (EmitContext ec, Expression source);
35
36                 //
37                 // This method is invoked before any code generation takes
38                 // place, and it is a mechanism to inform that the expression
39                 // will be invoked more than once, and that the method should
40                 // use temporary values to avoid having side effects
41                 //
42                 // Example: a [ g () ] ++
43                 //
44                 void CacheTemporaries (EmitContext ec);
45         }
46
47         /// <summary>
48         ///   An Expression to hold a temporary value.
49         /// </summary>
50         /// <remarks>
51         ///   The LocalTemporary class is used to hold temporary values of a given
52         ///   type to "simulate" the expression semantics on property and indexer
53         ///   access whose return values are void.
54         ///
55         ///   The local temporary is used to alter the normal flow of code generation
56         ///   basically it creates a local variable, and its emit instruction generates
57         ///   code to access this value, return its address or save its value.
58         /// </remarks>
59         public class LocalTemporary : Expression, IMemoryLocation {
60                 LocalBuilder builder;
61                 
62                 public LocalTemporary (EmitContext ec, Type t)
63                 {
64                         type = t;
65                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
66                         loc = Location.Null;
67                         builder = ec.GetTemporaryStorage (t);
68                 }
69
70                 public void Release (EmitContext ec)
71                 {
72                         ec.FreeTemporaryStorage (builder);
73                         builder = null;
74                 }
75                 
76                 public LocalTemporary (LocalBuilder b, Type t)
77                 {
78                         type = t;
79                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
80                         loc = Location.Null;
81                         builder = b;
82                 }
83                 
84                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
85                 {
86                         return this;
87                 }
88
89                 public override void Emit (EmitContext ec)
90                 {
91                         ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, builder); 
92                 }
93
94                 public void Store (EmitContext ec)
95                 {
96                         ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Stloc, builder);
97                 }
98
99                 public void AddressOf (EmitContext ec, AddressOp mode)
100                 {
101                         ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloca, builder);
102                 }
103         }
104
105         /// <summary>
106         ///   The Assign node takes care of assigning the value of source into
107         ///   the expression represented by target. 
108         /// </summary>
109         public class Assign : ExpressionStatement {
110                 protected Expression target, source, real_source;
111                 protected LocalTemporary temp = null, real_temp = null;
112                 protected Assign embedded = null;
113                 protected bool is_embedded = false;
114                 protected bool must_free_temp = false;
115
116                 public Assign (Expression target, Expression source, Location l)
117                 {
118                         this.target = target;
119                         this.source = this.real_source = source;
120                         this.loc = l;
121                 }
122
123                 protected Assign (Assign embedded, Location l)
124                         : this (embedded.target, embedded.source, l)
125                 {
126                         this.is_embedded = true;
127                 }
128
129                 public Expression Target {
130                         get {
131                                 return target;
132                         }
133
134                         set {
135                                 target = value;
136                         }
137                 }
138
139                 public Expression Source {
140                         get {
141                                 return source;
142                         }
143
144                         set {
145                                 source = value;
146                         }
147                 }
148
149                 public static void error70 (EventInfo ei, Location l)
150                 {
151                         Report.Error (70, l, "The event '" + ei.Name +
152                                       "' can only appear on the left-side of a += or -= (except when" +
153                                       " used from within the type '" + ei.DeclaringType + "')");
154                 }
155
156                 //
157                 // Will return either `this' or an instance of `New'.
158                 //
159                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
160                 {
161                         // Create an embedded assignment if our source is an assignment.
162                         if (source is Assign)
163                                 source = embedded = new Assign ((Assign) source, loc);
164
165                         real_source = source = source.Resolve (ec);
166                         if (source == null)
167                                 return null;
168
169                         //
170                         // This is used in an embedded assignment.
171                         // As an example, consider the statement "A = X = Y = Z".
172                         //
173                         if (is_embedded && !(source is Constant)) {
174                                 // If this is the innermost assignment (the "Y = Z" in our example),
175                                 // create a new temporary local, otherwise inherit that variable
176                                 // from our child (the "X = (Y = Z)" inherits the local from the
177                                 // "Y = Z" assignment).
178                                 if (embedded == null)
179                                         real_temp = temp = new LocalTemporary (ec, source.Type);
180                                 else
181                                         temp = embedded.temp;
182
183                                 // Set the source to the new temporary variable.
184                                 // This means that the following target.ResolveLValue () will tell
185                                 // the target to read it's source value from that variable.
186                                 source = temp;
187                         }
188
189                         // If we have an embedded assignment, use the embedded assignment's temporary
190                         // local variable as source.
191                         if (embedded != null)
192                                 source = (embedded.temp != null) ? embedded.temp : embedded.source;
193
194                         target = target.ResolveLValue (ec, source);
195
196                         if (target == null)
197                                 return null;
198
199                         Type target_type = target.Type;
200                         Type source_type = real_source.Type;
201
202                         // If we're an embedded assignment, our parent will reuse our source as its
203                         // source, it won't read from our target.
204                         if (is_embedded)
205                                 type = source_type;
206                         else
207                                 type = target_type;
208                         eclass = ExprClass.Value;
209
210                         //
211                         // If we are doing a property assignment, then
212                         // set the `value' field on the property, and Resolve
213                         // it.
214                         //
215                         if (target is PropertyExpr){
216                                 PropertyExpr property_assign = (PropertyExpr) target;
217
218                                 if (source_type != target_type){
219                                         source = ConvertImplicitRequired (ec, source, target_type, loc);
220                                         if (source == null)
221                                                 return null;
222                                 }
223
224                                 //
225                                 // FIXME: Maybe handle this in the LValueResolve
226                                 //
227                                 if (!property_assign.VerifyAssignable ())
228                                         return null;
229
230                                 return this;
231                         }
232
233                         if (target is IndexerAccess) {
234                                 return this;
235                         }
236
237                         if (target is EventExpr) {
238
239                                 Binary tmp;
240                                 EventInfo ei = ((EventExpr) target).EventInfo;
241
242
243                                 Expression ml = MemberLookup (
244                                         ec, ec.ContainerType, ei.Name,
245                                         MemberTypes.Event, AllBindingFlags, loc);
246
247                                 if (ml == null) {
248                                         //
249                                         // If this is the case, then the Event does not belong 
250                                         // to this Type and so, according to the spec
251                                         // is allowed to only appear on the left hand of
252                                         // the += and -= operators
253                                         //
254                                         // Note that target will not appear as an EventExpr
255                                         // in the case it is being referenced within the same type container;
256                                         // it will appear as a FieldExpr in that case.
257                                         //
258                                         
259                                         if (!(source is Binary)) {
260                                                 error70 (ei, loc);
261                                                 return null;
262                                         } else {
263                                                 tmp = ((Binary) source);
264                                                 if (tmp.Oper != Binary.Operator.Addition &&
265                                                     tmp.Oper != Binary.Operator.Subtraction) {
266                                                         error70 (ei, loc);
267                                                         return null;
268                                                 }
269                                         }
270                                 }
271                         }
272                         
273                         if (source is New && target_type.IsValueType){
274                                 New n = (New) source;
275
276                                 n.ValueTypeVariable = target;
277                                 return n;
278                         }
279
280                         if (target.eclass != ExprClass.Variable && target.eclass != ExprClass.EventAccess){
281                                 Report.Error (131, loc,
282                                               "Left hand of an assignment must be a variable, " +
283                                               "a property or an indexer");
284                                 return null;
285                         }
286
287                         if ((source.eclass == ExprClass.Type) && (source is TypeExpr)) {
288                                 source.Error118 ("variable or value");
289                                 return null;
290                         } else if (source is MethodGroupExpr){
291                                 ((MethodGroupExpr) source).ReportUsageError ();
292                                 return null;
293                         }
294
295                         if (target_type == source_type)
296                                 return this;
297                         
298                         //
299                         // If this assignemnt/operator was part of a compound binary
300                         // operator, then we allow an explicit conversion, as detailed
301                         // in the spec. 
302                         //
303
304                         if (this is CompoundAssign){
305                                 CompoundAssign a = (CompoundAssign) this;
306                                 
307                                 Binary b = source as Binary;
308                                 if (b != null && b.IsBuiltinOperator){
309                                         //
310                                         // 1. if the source is explicitly convertible to the
311                                         //    target_type
312                                         //
313                                         
314                                         source = ConvertExplicit (ec, source, target_type, loc);
315                                         if (source == null){
316                                                 Error_CannotConvertImplicit (loc, source_type, target_type);
317                                                 return null;
318                                         }
319                                 
320                                         //
321                                         // 2. and the original right side is implicitly convertible to
322                                         // the type of target_type.
323                                         //
324                                         if (StandardConversionExists (a.original_source, target_type))
325                                                 return this;
326
327                                         Error_CannotConvertImplicit (loc, a.original_source.Type, target_type);
328                                         return null;
329                                 }
330                         }
331                         
332                         source = ConvertImplicitRequired (ec, source, target_type, loc);
333                         if (source == null)
334                                 return null;
335
336                         // If we're an embedded assignment, we need to create a new temporary variable
337                         // for the converted value.  Our parent will use this new variable as its source.
338                         // The same applies when we have an embedded assignment - in this case, we need
339                         // to convert our embedded assignment's temporary local variable to the correct
340                         // type and store it in a new temporary local.
341                         if (is_embedded || embedded != null) {
342                                 type = target_type;
343                                 temp = new LocalTemporary (ec, type);
344                                 must_free_temp = true;
345                         }
346                         
347                         return this;
348                 }
349
350                 Expression EmitEmbedded (EmitContext ec)
351                 {
352                         // Emit an embedded assignment.
353                         
354                         if (real_temp != null) {
355                                 // If we're the innermost assignment, `real_source' is the right-hand
356                                 // expression which gets assigned to all the variables left of it.
357                                 // Emit this expression and store its result in real_temp.
358                                 real_source.Emit (ec);
359                                 real_temp.Store (ec);
360                         }
361
362                         if (embedded != null)
363                                 embedded.EmitEmbedded (ec);
364
365                         // This happens when we've done a type conversion, in this case source will be
366                         // the expression which does the type conversion from real_temp.
367                         // So emit it and store the result in temp; this is the var which will be read
368                         // by our parent.
369                         if (temp != real_temp) {
370                                 source.Emit (ec);
371                                 temp.Store (ec);
372                         }
373
374                         Expression temp_source = (temp != null) ? temp : source;
375                         ((IAssignMethod) target).EmitAssign (ec, temp_source);
376                         return temp_source;
377                 }
378
379                 void ReleaseEmbedded (EmitContext ec)
380                 {
381                         if (embedded != null)
382                                 embedded.ReleaseEmbedded (ec);
383
384                         if (real_temp != null)
385                                 real_temp.Release (ec);
386
387                         if (must_free_temp)
388                                 temp.Release (ec);
389                 }
390
391                 void Emit (EmitContext ec, bool is_statement)
392                 {
393                         if (target is EventExpr) {
394                                 ((EventExpr) target).EmitAddOrRemove (ec, source);
395                                 return;
396                         }
397
398                         //
399                         // FIXME! We need a way to "probe" if the process can
400                         // just use `dup' to propagate the result
401                         // 
402                         IAssignMethod am = (IAssignMethod) target;
403
404                         if (this is CompoundAssign){
405                                 am.CacheTemporaries (ec);
406                         }
407
408                         Expression temp_source;
409                         if (embedded != null) {
410                                 temp_source = embedded.EmitEmbedded (ec);
411
412                                 if (temp != null) {
413                                         source.Emit (ec);
414                                         temp.Store (ec);
415                                         temp_source = temp;
416                                 }
417                         } else
418                                 temp_source = source;
419
420                         if (is_statement)
421                                 am.EmitAssign (ec, temp_source);
422                         else {
423                                 LocalTemporary tempo;
424
425                                 tempo = new LocalTemporary (ec, source.Type);
426
427                                 temp_source.Emit (ec);
428                                 tempo.Store (ec);
429                                 am.EmitAssign (ec, tempo);
430                                 tempo.Emit (ec);
431                                 tempo.Release (ec);
432                         }
433
434                         if (embedded != null) {
435                                 if (temp != null)
436                                         temp.Release (ec);
437                                 embedded.ReleaseEmbedded (ec);
438                         }
439                 }
440                 
441                 public override void Emit (EmitContext ec)
442                 {
443                         Emit (ec, false);
444                 }
445
446                 public override void EmitStatement (EmitContext ec)
447                 {
448                         Emit (ec, true);
449                 }
450         }
451
452         
453         //
454         // This class is used for compound assignments.  
455         //
456         class CompoundAssign : Assign {
457                 Binary.Operator op;
458                 public Expression original_source;
459                 
460                 public CompoundAssign (Binary.Operator op, Expression target, Expression source, Location l)
461                         : base (target, source, l)
462                 {
463                         original_source = source;
464                         this.op = op;
465                 }
466
467                 public Expression ResolveSource (EmitContext ec)
468                 {
469                         return original_source.Resolve (ec);
470                 }
471
472                 public override Expression DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
473                 {
474                         target = target.ResolveLValue (ec, source);
475                         if (target == null)
476                                 return null;
477
478                         original_source = original_source.Resolve (ec);
479                         if (original_source == null)
480                                 return null;
481
482                         //
483                         // Only now we can decouple the original source/target
484                         // into a tree, to guarantee that we do not have side
485                         // effects.
486                         //
487                         source = new Binary (op, target, original_source, loc);
488                         return base.DoResolve (ec);
489                 }
490         }
491 }
492
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