src/ir/lubs.h

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#ifndef wasm_ir_lubs_h
#define wasm_ir_lubs_h

#include "ir/module-utils.h"
#include "wasm.h"

namespace wasm {

//
// Helper to find a LUB of a series of expressions. This works incrementally so
// that if we see we are not improving on an existing type then we can stop
// early.
//
struct LUBFinder {
  LUBFinder() {}

  LUBFinder(Type initialType) { note(initialType); }

  // Note another type to take into account in the lub.
  void note(Type type) { lub = Type::getLeastUpperBound(lub, type); }

  // Returns whether we noted any (reachable) value.
  bool noted() { return lub != Type::unreachable; }

  // Returns the lub.
  Type getLUB() { return lub; }

  // Combines the information in another LUBFinder into this one, and returns
  // whether we changed anything.
  bool combine(const LUBFinder& other) {
    // Check if the lub was changed.
    auto old = lub;
    note(other.lub);
    return old != lub;
  }

private:
  // The least upper bound. As we go this always contains the latest value based
  // on everything we've seen so far, except for nulls.
  Type lub = Type::unreachable;
};

namespace LUB {

// Given a function, computes a LUB for its results. The caller can then decide
// to apply a refined type if we found one.
//
// This modifies the called function even if it fails to find a refined type as
// it does a refinalize in order to be able to compute the new types. We could
// roll back that change, but it's not harmful and can help, so we keep it
// regardless.
LUBFinder getResultsLUB(Function* func, Module& wasm);

} // namespace LUB

} // namespace wasm

#endif // wasm_ir_lubs_h