From: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
To: Martin Uecker <uecker@tugraz.at>
Cc: Qing Zhao <qing.zhao@oracle.com>,
Qing Zhao via Gcc-patches <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>,
"richard.guenther@gmail.com" <richard.guenther@gmail.com>,
"jakub@redhat.com" <jakub@redhat.com>,
"keescook@chromium.org" <keescook@chromium.org>,
"siddhesh@gotplt.org" <siddhesh@gotplt.org>,
"isanbard@gmail.com" <isanbard@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V1][PATCH 1/3] Provide element_count attribute to flexible array member field (PR108896)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:21:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6068bad0-a0c4-3f41-6640-9d3b062794f@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b728b67b0787e639f94732ce8f7793fabef6d204.camel@tugraz.at>
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2023, Martin Uecker via Gcc-patches wrote:
> > Note that no expressions can start with the '.' token at present. As soon
> > as you invent a new kind of expression that can start with that token, you
> > have syntactic ambiguity.
> >
> > struct s1 { int c; char a[(struct s2 { int c; char b[.c]; }) {.c=.c}.c]; };
> >
> > Is ".c=.c" a use of the existing syntax for designated initializers, with
> > the first ".c" being a designator and the second being a use of the new
> > kind of expression, or is it an assignment expression, where both the LHS
> > and the RHS of the assignment use the new kind of expression? And do
> > those .c, when the use the new kind of expression, refer to the inner or
> > outer struct definition?
>
> I would treat this is one integrated feature. Essentially .c is
> somthing like this->c for the current struct for designated
> initializer *and* size expressions because it is semantically
> so close. In the initializer I would allow only
> the current use for designated initialization for all names of
> member of the currently initialized struct, so .c = .c would
> be invalid. It should never refer to the outer struct if there
I'm not clear on what the intended disambiguation rule here is, when "."
is seen in initializer list context - does this rule depend on whether the
following identifier is a member of the struct being initialized, so
".c=.c" would be OK above if the initialized struct didn't have a member
called c but the outer struct definition did? That seems like a rather
messy rule. And does "would allow only" apply other than in the ambiguous
context? That seems to be implied by ".c=.c" being invalid above, because
to make it invalid you need to disallow the new construct being used for
the second .c, not just make the first .c interpreted as a designator.
Again, this sort of thing needs a detailed written specification, with
multiple iterations discussed among different implementations. The above
paragraph doesn't make clear to me any of: the disambiguation rules; what
is allowed in what context; how name lookup works (consider tricky cases
such as a reference to an identifier declared *later* in the same struct,
possibly in the context of C2x tag compatibility where a previous
definition of the struct is visible); when these expressions get
evaluated; what the underlying principles are behind those choices.
Using a token (existing or new) other than '.' - one that doesn't
introduce ambiguity in any context where expressions can be used - would
help significantly, although some of the issues would still apply.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-16 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-25 16:14 [V1][PATCH 0/3] New attribute "element_count" to annotate bounds for C99 FAM(PR108896) Qing Zhao
2023-05-25 16:14 ` [V1][PATCH 1/3] Provide element_count attribute to flexible array member field (PR108896) Qing Zhao
2023-05-25 21:02 ` Joseph Myers
2023-05-26 13:32 ` Qing Zhao
2023-05-26 18:15 ` Joseph Myers
2023-05-26 19:09 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-07 19:59 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-07 20:53 ` Joseph Myers
2023-06-07 21:32 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-07 22:05 ` Joseph Myers
2023-06-08 13:06 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-15 15:09 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-15 16:55 ` Joseph Myers
2023-06-15 19:54 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-15 22:48 ` Joseph Myers
2023-06-16 15:01 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-16 7:21 ` Martin Uecker
2023-06-16 15:14 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-16 16:21 ` Joseph Myers [this message]
2023-06-16 17:07 ` Martin Uecker
2023-06-16 20:20 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-16 21:35 ` Joseph Myers
2023-06-20 19:40 ` Qing Zhao
2023-06-27 15:44 ` Qing Zhao
2023-05-25 16:14 ` [V1][PATCH 2/3] Use the element_count atribute info in builtin object size [PR108896] Qing Zhao
2023-05-27 10:20 ` Martin Uecker
2023-05-30 16:08 ` Qing Zhao
2023-05-25 16:14 ` [V1][PATCH 3/3] Use the element_count attribute information in bound sanitizer[PR108896] Qing Zhao
2023-05-26 16:12 ` [V1][PATCH 0/3] New attribute "element_count" to annotate bounds for C99 FAM(PR108896) Kees Cook
2023-05-30 21:44 ` Qing Zhao
2023-05-26 20:40 ` Kees Cook
2023-05-30 15:43 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-06 18:56 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-06 21:10 ` Martin Uecker
2023-07-07 15:47 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-07 20:21 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-13 20:31 ` Kees Cook
2023-07-17 21:17 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-17 23:40 ` Kees Cook
2023-07-18 15:37 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-18 16:03 ` Martin Uecker
2023-07-18 16:25 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-18 16:50 ` Martin Uecker
2023-07-18 18:53 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-19 8:41 ` Martin Uecker
2023-07-19 16:16 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-19 18:52 ` Qing Zhao
2023-07-31 20:14 ` Qing Zhao
2023-08-01 22:45 ` Kees Cook
2023-08-02 6:25 ` Martin Uecker
2023-08-02 15:02 ` Qing Zhao
2023-08-02 15:09 ` Qing Zhao
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