panic("invalid initializer kind found");
}
-static expression_classification_t is_object_with_linker_constant_address(const expression_t *expression)
+/**
+ * Checks if an expression references an object with a constant/known location
+ * to the linker. Example:
+ * - "x", "*&x" with x being a global variable. The value of x need not be
+ * constant but the address of x is.
+ * - "a.b.c" when a has a constant/known location to the linker
+ */
+static expression_classification_t is_object_with_linker_constant_address(
+ const expression_t *expression)
{
switch (expression->kind) {
case EXPR_UNARY_DEREFERENCE:
- return is_address_constant(expression->unary.value);
+ return is_linker_constant(expression->unary.value);
case EXPR_SELECT: {
type_t *base_type = skip_typeref(expression->select.compound->base.type);
if (is_type_pointer(base_type)) {
/* it's a -> */
- return is_address_constant(expression->select.compound);
+ return is_linker_constant(expression->select.compound);
} else {
return is_object_with_linker_constant_address(expression->select.compound);
}
}
case EXPR_ARRAY_ACCESS: {
- expression_classification_t const ref = is_address_constant(expression->array_access.array_ref);
+ expression_classification_t const ref = is_linker_constant(expression->array_access.array_ref);
expression_classification_t const idx = is_constant_expression(expression->array_access.index);
return ref < idx ? ref : idx;
}
}
}
-expression_classification_t is_address_constant(const expression_t *expression)
+expression_classification_t is_linker_constant(const expression_t *expression)
{
switch (expression->kind) {
case EXPR_STRING_LITERAL:
= revert_automatic_type_conversion(expression->unary.value);
/* dereferencing a function is a NOP */
if (is_type_function(real_type)) {
- return is_address_constant(expression->unary.value);
+ return is_linker_constant(expression->unary.value);
}
/* FALLTHROUGH */
}
return EXPR_CLASS_VARIABLE;
expression_classification_t const expr = is_constant_expression(expression->unary.value);
- expression_classification_t const addr = is_address_constant(expression->unary.value);
+ expression_classification_t const addr = is_linker_constant(expression->unary.value);
return expr > addr ? expr : addr;
}
type_t *const rtype = skip_typeref(right->base.type);
if (is_type_pointer(ltype)) {
- expression_classification_t const l = is_address_constant(left);
+ expression_classification_t const l = is_linker_constant(left);
expression_classification_t const r = is_constant_expression(right);
return l < r ? l : r;
} else if (is_type_pointer(rtype)) {
expression_classification_t const l = is_constant_expression(left);
- expression_classification_t const r = is_address_constant(right);
+ expression_classification_t const r = is_linker_constant(right);
return l < r ? l : r;
} else if (!is_type_valid(ltype) || !is_type_valid(rtype)) {
return EXPR_CLASS_ERROR;
skip_typeref(revert_automatic_type_conversion(expression));
if (!is_type_array(type))
return EXPR_CLASS_VARIABLE;
- expression_classification_t const ref = is_address_constant(expression->array_access.array_ref);
+ expression_classification_t const ref = is_linker_constant(expression->array_access.array_ref);
expression_classification_t const idx = is_constant_expression(expression->array_access.index);
return ref < idx ? ref : idx;
}
if (fold_constant_to_bool(c)) {
expression_t const *const t = expression->conditional.true_expression;
- return is_address_constant(t != NULL ? t : c);
+ return is_linker_constant(t != NULL ? t : c);
} else {
- return is_address_constant(expression->conditional.false_expression);
+ return is_linker_constant(expression->conditional.false_expression);
}
}
entity_t *entity = expression->select.compound_entry;
if (!is_declaration(entity))
return EXPR_CLASS_VARIABLE;
- expression_t *compound = expression->select.compound;
- type_t *type = skip_typeref(entity->declaration.type);
+ type_t *type = skip_typeref(entity->declaration.type);
if (is_type_array(type)) {
- return is_object_with_linker_constant_address(compound);
- } else {
- return is_address_constant(compound);
+ /* arrays automatically convert to their address */
+ expression_t *compound = expression->select.compound;
+ type_t *base_type = skip_typeref(compound->base.type);
+ if (is_type_pointer(base_type)) {
+ /* it's a -> */
+ return is_linker_constant(compound);
+ } else {
+ return is_object_with_linker_constant_address(compound);
+ }
}
+ return EXPR_CLASS_VARIABLE;
}
case EXPR_INVALID: