c++: Mitigate -Wuseless-cast with classes [PR85043]
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-Wuseless-cast (not part of -Wall/-Wextra) warns here:
struct S { };
void g (S&&);
void f (S&& arg)
{
g (S(arg)); // warning: useless cast to type 'struct S'
}
which is wrong: the code will not compile without the cast because
"arg" is an lvalue which cannot bind to S&&.
I'd like to disable the warning when a class object is cast to
a non-reference type, which seems like a minimal patch that fixes the
problems reported in our Bugzilla. Of course, the cast in "(int)i"
may not be useless, either, but I'm not changing that here.
Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, ok for trunk?
PR c++/85043
gcc/cp/ChangeLog:
* typeck.cc (maybe_warn_about_useless_cast): Don't warn when a class
object is cast to a non-reference type.
gcc/ChangeLog:
* doc/invoke.texi: Update documentation of -Wuseless-cast.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C: Remove dg-warning.
* g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C: New test.
---
gcc/cp/typeck.cc | 5 +++++
gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 13 ++++++++++-
gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C | 4 ++--
gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C
base-commit: 885b6660c17fb91980b5682514ef54668e544b02
Comments
On 10/18/22 13:38, Marek Polacek wrote:
> -Wuseless-cast (not part of -Wall/-Wextra) warns here:
>
> struct S { };
> void g (S&&);
> void f (S&& arg)
> {
> g (S(arg)); // warning: useless cast to type 'struct S'
> }
>
> which is wrong: the code will not compile without the cast because
> "arg" is an lvalue which cannot bind to S&&.
>
> I'd like to disable the warning when a class object is cast to
> a non-reference type, which seems like a minimal patch that fixes the
> problems reported in our Bugzilla. Of course, the cast in "(int)i"
> may not be useless, either, but I'm not changing that here.
As I commented on PR 14710, "I wouldn't warn about a cast that changes
the type or value category of an expression at all...."
The code currently checks the value category when casting to a
reference, but not when casting to a non-reference; that seems like the
thing to fix.
> Bootstrapped/regtested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, ok for trunk?
>
> PR c++/85043
>
> gcc/cp/ChangeLog:
>
> * typeck.cc (maybe_warn_about_useless_cast): Don't warn when a class
> object is cast to a non-reference type.
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
> * doc/invoke.texi: Update documentation of -Wuseless-cast.
>
> gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>
> * g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C: Remove dg-warning.
> * g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C: New test.
> ---
> gcc/cp/typeck.cc | 5 +++++
> gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 13 ++++++++++-
> gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C | 4 ++--
> gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C
>
> diff --git a/gcc/cp/typeck.cc b/gcc/cp/typeck.cc
> index da0e1427b97..a7587f56720 100644
> --- a/gcc/cp/typeck.cc
> +++ b/gcc/cp/typeck.cc
> @@ -8104,6 +8104,11 @@ maybe_warn_about_useless_cast (location_t loc, tree type, tree expr,
> if (warn_useless_cast
> && complain & tf_warning)
> {
> + /* Don't warn when converting a class object to a non-reference type,
> + because that's a common way to create a temporary. */
> + if (!TYPE_REF_P (type) && CLASS_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (expr)))
> + return;
> +
> if ((TYPE_REF_P (type)
> && (TYPE_REF_IS_RVALUE (type)
> ? xvalue_p (expr) : lvalue_p (expr))
> diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> index c176e2dc646..cd4d3c1d72c 100644
> --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> @@ -4551,7 +4551,18 @@ pointers after reallocation.
> @item -Wuseless-cast @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
> @opindex Wuseless-cast
> @opindex Wno-useless-cast
> -Warn when an expression is casted to its own type.
> +Warn when an expression is cast to its own type. This warning does not
> +occur when a class object is converted to a non-reference type as that
> +is a way to create a temporary:
> +
> +@smallexample
> +struct S @{ @};
> +void g (S&&);
> +void f (S&& arg)
> +@{
> + g (S(arg)); // make arg prvalue so that it can bind to S&&
> +@}
> +@end smallexample
>
> @item -Wno-conversion-null @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
> @opindex Wconversion-null
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C
> index 2fd6bc45102..6084b4cef49 100644
> --- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast.C
> @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ void f()
>
> A a;
>
> - (A)(a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
> - static_cast<A>(a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
> + (A)(a);
> + static_cast<A>(a);
>
> (A*)(&a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
> const_cast<A*>(&a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..2db07de731f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/warn/Wuseless-cast3.C
> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> +// PR c++/85043
> +// { dg-do compile { target c++11 } }
> +// { dg-options "-Wuseless-cast" }
> +
> +struct S { int s; void bump () { s++; } };
> +
> +void
> +foo ()
> +{
> + S s = { 1 };
> + s.bump ();
> + S (s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
> + ((S) s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
> + static_cast<S> (s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
> +}
> +
> +struct X { };
> +void g(X&&);
> +
> +void
> +f (X&& arg)
> +{
> + g(X(arg)); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
> + g(static_cast<X&&>(arg));
> +}
>
> base-commit: 885b6660c17fb91980b5682514ef54668e544b02
@@ -8104,6 +8104,11 @@ maybe_warn_about_useless_cast (location_t loc, tree type, tree expr,
if (warn_useless_cast
&& complain & tf_warning)
{
+ /* Don't warn when converting a class object to a non-reference type,
+ because that's a common way to create a temporary. */
+ if (!TYPE_REF_P (type) && CLASS_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (expr)))
+ return;
+
if ((TYPE_REF_P (type)
&& (TYPE_REF_IS_RVALUE (type)
? xvalue_p (expr) : lvalue_p (expr))
@@ -4551,7 +4551,18 @@ pointers after reallocation.
@item -Wuseless-cast @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
@opindex Wuseless-cast
@opindex Wno-useless-cast
-Warn when an expression is casted to its own type.
+Warn when an expression is cast to its own type. This warning does not
+occur when a class object is converted to a non-reference type as that
+is a way to create a temporary:
+
+@smallexample
+struct S @{ @};
+void g (S&&);
+void f (S&& arg)
+@{
+ g (S(arg)); // make arg prvalue so that it can bind to S&&
+@}
+@end smallexample
@item -Wno-conversion-null @r{(C++ and Objective-C++ only)}
@opindex Wconversion-null
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ void f()
A a;
- (A)(a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
- static_cast<A>(a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
+ (A)(a);
+ static_cast<A>(a);
(A*)(&a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
const_cast<A*>(&a); // { dg-warning "3:useless cast" }
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// PR c++/85043
+// { dg-do compile { target c++11 } }
+// { dg-options "-Wuseless-cast" }
+
+struct S { int s; void bump () { s++; } };
+
+void
+foo ()
+{
+ S s = { 1 };
+ s.bump ();
+ S (s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
+ ((S) s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
+ static_cast<S> (s).bump (); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
+}
+
+struct X { };
+void g(X&&);
+
+void
+f (X&& arg)
+{
+ g(X(arg)); // { dg-bogus "useless" }
+ g(static_cast<X&&>(arg));
+}