On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM Jonathan Wakely <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 at 07:07, Tomasz Kaminski <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM Tomasz Kaminski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM Jonathan Wakely <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Replace the O(n) definitions using __is_one_of with constant-time
> >>> checks that look for a static member in the __is_integral_helper class
> >>> template. That class template is already specialized for every signed
> >>> and unsigned integer type, so we don't need to define any additional
> >>> specializations. We can just add a static data member that says whether
> >>> the type is a signed integer type, an unsigned integer type, or
> neither.
> >>> The __is_signed_integer and __is_unsigned_integer traits can then
> >>> inspect that value.
> >>>
> >>> The new enum type could be extended in future to distinguish the
> >>> character types (char, wchar_t, char8_t, char16_t, and char32_t) and
> >>> bool from non-integer types, but that isn't needed for now.
> >>>
> >>> libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
> >>>
> >>>         * include/std/type_traits (_Integer_kind): New enum type.
> >>>         (__is_integral_helper::_S_kind): New static data member in
> >>>         primary template and each explicit specialization.
> >>>         (__is_signed_integer, __is_unsigned_integer): Use _S_kind
> >>>         instead of O(n) disjunction with is_same.
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Tested x86_64-linux.
> >>>
> >>>  libstdc++-v3/include/std/type_traits | 158 +++++++++++++--------------
> >>>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/type_traits
> b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/type_traits
> >>> index 3f0bcc4e77d2..b9a7b12d7e6e 100644
> >>> --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/type_traits
> >>> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/type_traits
> >>> @@ -348,78 +348,102 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
> >>>      : public true_type { };
> >>>
> >>>    /// @cond undocumented
> >>> +
> >>> +  // Every integral type is either one of the character types, one of
> the
> >>> +  // signed integer types, one of the unsigned integer types, or bool,
> >>> +  // or a cv-qualified version of one of those types
> ([basic.fundamental]).
> >>> +  // For now we only need to distinguish the signed/unsigned integer
> types.
> >>> +  enum class _Integer_kind { _Signed, _Unsigned, _None = -1 };
> >
> > I would use value _Signed = -1, _None = 0, _Unsigned = 1
>
> I'm not opposed to that, but does it really offer any advantage except
> looking nice, and seeming elegant?

None, I was sure that I didn't send this suggestion, after writing it,
as I realized the same.

>

I don't think it will change how we
> write any code, and these values are only ever likely to be tested at
> compile-time, so there's no real need to optimize for "not zero"
> instructions being efficient at runtime.
>
> Also, I'm anticipating that we might want to add an enumerator for
> "character type" in future, and maybe bool. Those are integral types,
> but not signed integer types or unsigned integer types. If we added
> _Character=2 then the nice property of -1/0/1 becomes -1/0/1/2 which
> is less elegant. And potentially confusing (does it imply that
> character types are unsigned, because the enum value is not negative?
> Because some character types are signed on some targets).


> >>>
> >>> +
> >>>    template<typename>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper
> >>> -    : public false_type { };
> >>> +    : public false_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<bool>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<char>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<signed char>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned char>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>
> >>>    // We want is_integral<wchar_t> to be true (and
> make_signed/unsigned to work)
> >>>    // even when libc doesn't provide working <wchar.h> and related
> functions,
> >>>    // so don't check _GLIBCXX_USE_WCHAR_T here.
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<wchar_t>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>  #ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_CHAR8_T
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<char8_t>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<char16_t>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<char32_t>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_None; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<short>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned short>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<int>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned int>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<long>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned long>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<long long>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned long long>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>
> >>>    // Conditionalizing on __STRICT_ANSI__ here will break any port that
> >>>    // uses one of these types for size_t.
> >>> @@ -427,59 +451,87 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_0>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned __GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_0>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>  #if defined(__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_1)
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_1>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned __GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_1>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>  #if defined(__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_2)
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_2>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned __GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_2>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>  #if defined(__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_3)
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<__GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_3>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned __GLIBCXX_TYPE_INT_N_3>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>
> >>>  #if defined __SIZEOF_INT128__ && defined __STRICT_ANSI__
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<__int128>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Signed; };
> >>>
> >>>    __extension__
> >>>    template<>
> >>>      struct __is_integral_helper<unsigned __int128>
> >>> -    : public true_type { };
> >>> +    : public true_type
> >>> +    { static constexpr auto _S_kind = _Integer_kind::_Unsigned; };
> >>>  #endif
> >>>
> >>> +  // Check if a type is one of the signed integer types.
> >>> +  template<typename _Tp>
> >>> +    using __is_signed_integer
> >>> +      = __bool_constant<__is_integral_helper<_Tp>::_S_kind
> >>> +                         == _Integer_kind::_Signed>;
> >>> +
> >>> +  // Check if a type is one of the unsigned integer types.
> >>> +  template<typename _Tp>
> >>> +    using __is_unsigned_integer
> >>> +      = __bool_constant<__is_integral_helper<_Tp>::_S_kind
> >>> +                         == _Integer_kind::_Unsigned>;
> >>> +
> >>> +  // Check if a type is one of the signed or unsigned integer types.
> >>> +  // i.e. an integral type except bool, char, wchar_t, and charN_t.
> >>> +  template<typename _Tp>
> >>> +    using __is_signed_or_unsigned_integer
> >>> +      = __or_<__is_signed_integer<_Tp>, __is_unsigned_integer<_Tp>>;
> >>
> >> We could also replace __or_ here with, reducing the specialization even
> more.
> >>  = __bool_constant<__is_integral_helper<_Tp>::_S_kind  !=
> _Integer_kind::_None>;
>
> Ah yes. I originally had a _Integer_kind::_Character enumerator and so
> that didn't work.
>
In that case we could use the following, which still avoid using __or_, but
is not
affected by new enumerator values:
  __bool_constant<__is_integral_helper<_Tp>::_S_kind  ==
_Integer_kind::_Signed
                                || __is_integral_helper<_Tp>::_S_kind  ==
_Integer_kind::_Unsigned>;

>
> But I removed that (we don't need it yet) and now that the enumerators
> are only _None, _Signed and _Unsigned, it works to just check !=
> _None.
>
> If we add more enumerators later tests will fail, so I'm not worried
> that we'd forget to change this.
>
>

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