On Tue, 2018-11-20 at 02:46 +0000, Joseph Myers wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, David Malcolm wrote: > > > +/* C implementation of same_type_p. > > + Returns true iff TYPE1 and TYPE2 are the same type, in the > > usual > > + sense of `same'. */ > > + > > +bool > > +same_type_p (tree type1, tree type2) > > +{ > > + return comptypes (type1, type2) == 1; > > +} > > I don't think "compatible" and "same" are the same concept. Normally > in C > you'd be concerned with compatibility; "same type" is only used for > the > rule on duplicate typedefs, which uses > comptypes_check_different_types.
The purpose here is to be able to offer fix-it hints for bogus code that's missing an '&' or a '*' prefix, and have that code live in c- common.c Jason wanted to avoid a pointer-equality test for types by using same_type_p to look through enums - but same_type_p is C++-specific. Should I do: (a) something like this for C: /* C implementation of same_type_p. Returns true iff TYPE1 and TYPE2 are the same type, or are compatible enough to be permitted in C11 typedef redeclarations. */ bool same_type_p (tree type1, tree type2) { bool different_types_p = false; int result = comptypes_check_different_types (type1, type2, &different_types_p); if (result == 1 && !different_types_p) return true; return false; } (b) provide a same_type_p for C that e.g. simply does pointer equality, (d) add a newly named function (e.g. "compatible_types_p", as C++ has a comptypes, but it has a 3rd param), or (d) fall back to simply doing pointer equality. Thanks Dave