rustc_infer/infer/canonical/mod.rs
1//! **Canonicalization** is the key to constructing a query in the
2//! middle of type inference. Ordinarily, it is not possible to store
3//! types from type inference in query keys, because they contain
4//! references to inference variables whose lifetimes are too short
5//! and so forth. Canonicalizing a value T1 using `canonicalize_query`
6//! produces two things:
7//!
8//! - a value T2 where each unbound inference variable has been
9//! replaced with a **canonical variable**;
10//! - a map M (of type `CanonicalVarValues`) from those canonical
11//! variables back to the original.
12//!
13//! We can then do queries using T2. These will give back constraints
14//! on the canonical variables which can be translated, using the map
15//! M, into constraints in our source context. This process of
16//! translating the results back is done by the
17//! `instantiate_query_result` method.
18//!
19//! For a more detailed look at what is happening here, check
20//! out the [chapter in the rustc dev guide][c].
21//!
22//! [c]: https://rust-lang.github.io/chalk/book/canonical_queries/canonicalization.html
23
24pub use instantiate::CanonicalExt;
25use rustc_index::IndexVec;
26pub use rustc_middle::infer::canonical::*;
27use rustc_middle::ty::fold::TypeFoldable;
28use rustc_middle::ty::{self, GenericArg, List, Ty, TyCtxt};
29use rustc_span::Span;
30
31use crate::infer::{InferCtxt, RegionVariableOrigin};
32
33mod canonicalizer;
34mod instantiate;
35pub mod query_response;
36
37impl<'tcx> InferCtxt<'tcx> {
38 /// Creates an instantiation S for the canonical value with fresh inference
39 /// variables and placeholders then applies it to the canonical value.
40 /// Returns both the instantiated result *and* the instantiation S.
41 ///
42 /// This can be invoked as part of constructing an
43 /// inference context at the start of a query (see
44 /// `InferCtxtBuilder::build_with_canonical`). It basically
45 /// brings the canonical value "into scope" within your new infcx.
46 ///
47 /// At the end of processing, the instantiation S (once
48 /// canonicalized) then represents the values that you computed
49 /// for each of the canonical inputs to your query.
50 pub fn instantiate_canonical<T>(
51 &self,
52 span: Span,
53 canonical: &Canonical<'tcx, T>,
54 ) -> (T, CanonicalVarValues<'tcx>)
55 where
56 T: TypeFoldable<TyCtxt<'tcx>>,
57 {
58 // For each universe that is referred to in the incoming
59 // query, create a universe in our local inference context. In
60 // practice, as of this writing, all queries have no universes
61 // in them, so this code has no effect, but it is looking
62 // forward to the day when we *do* want to carry universes
63 // through into queries.
64 //
65 // Instantiate the root-universe content into the current universe,
66 // and create fresh universes for the higher universes.
67 let universes: IndexVec<ty::UniverseIndex, _> = std::iter::once(self.universe())
68 .chain((1..=canonical.max_universe.as_u32()).map(|_| self.create_next_universe()))
69 .collect();
70
71 let canonical_inference_vars =
72 self.instantiate_canonical_vars(span, canonical.variables, |ui| universes[ui]);
73 let result = canonical.instantiate(self.tcx, &canonical_inference_vars);
74 (result, canonical_inference_vars)
75 }
76
77 /// Given the "infos" about the canonical variables from some
78 /// canonical, creates fresh variables with the same
79 /// characteristics (see `instantiate_canonical_var` for
80 /// details). You can then use `instantiate` to instantiate the
81 /// canonical variable with these inference variables.
82 fn instantiate_canonical_vars(
83 &self,
84 span: Span,
85 variables: &List<CanonicalVarInfo<'tcx>>,
86 universe_map: impl Fn(ty::UniverseIndex) -> ty::UniverseIndex,
87 ) -> CanonicalVarValues<'tcx> {
88 CanonicalVarValues {
89 var_values: self.tcx.mk_args_from_iter(
90 variables
91 .iter()
92 .map(|info| self.instantiate_canonical_var(span, info, &universe_map)),
93 ),
94 }
95 }
96
97 /// Given the "info" about a canonical variable, creates a fresh
98 /// variable for it. If this is an existentially quantified
99 /// variable, then you'll get a new inference variable; if it is a
100 /// universally quantified variable, you get a placeholder.
101 ///
102 /// FIXME(-Znext-solver): This is public because it's used by the
103 /// new trait solver which has a different canonicalization routine.
104 /// We should somehow deduplicate all of this.
105 pub fn instantiate_canonical_var(
106 &self,
107 span: Span,
108 cv_info: CanonicalVarInfo<'tcx>,
109 universe_map: impl Fn(ty::UniverseIndex) -> ty::UniverseIndex,
110 ) -> GenericArg<'tcx> {
111 match cv_info.kind {
112 CanonicalVarKind::Ty(ty_kind) => {
113 let ty = match ty_kind {
114 CanonicalTyVarKind::General(ui) => {
115 self.next_ty_var_in_universe(span, universe_map(ui))
116 }
117
118 CanonicalTyVarKind::Int => self.next_int_var(),
119
120 CanonicalTyVarKind::Float => self.next_float_var(),
121 };
122 ty.into()
123 }
124
125 CanonicalVarKind::PlaceholderTy(ty::PlaceholderType { universe, bound }) => {
126 let universe_mapped = universe_map(universe);
127 let placeholder_mapped = ty::PlaceholderType { universe: universe_mapped, bound };
128 Ty::new_placeholder(self.tcx, placeholder_mapped).into()
129 }
130
131 CanonicalVarKind::Region(ui) => self
132 .next_region_var_in_universe(
133 RegionVariableOrigin::MiscVariable(span),
134 universe_map(ui),
135 )
136 .into(),
137
138 CanonicalVarKind::PlaceholderRegion(ty::PlaceholderRegion { universe, bound }) => {
139 let universe_mapped = universe_map(universe);
140 let placeholder_mapped = ty::PlaceholderRegion { universe: universe_mapped, bound };
141 ty::Region::new_placeholder(self.tcx, placeholder_mapped).into()
142 }
143
144 CanonicalVarKind::Const(ui) => {
145 self.next_const_var_in_universe(span, universe_map(ui)).into()
146 }
147 CanonicalVarKind::PlaceholderConst(ty::PlaceholderConst { universe, bound }) => {
148 let universe_mapped = universe_map(universe);
149 let placeholder_mapped = ty::PlaceholderConst { universe: universe_mapped, bound };
150 ty::Const::new_placeholder(self.tcx, placeholder_mapped).into()
151 }
152 }
153 }
154}