This patch addresses a problem encountered by the
ASTImporter when importing the following types: typedef struct { } A; typedef struct { A a; } B; Suppose we have imported B, but we did not at that time need to complete it. Then later we want to import A. The struct is anonymous, so the first thing we want to do is make sure no other anonymous struct already matches it. So we set up an StructuralEquivalenceContext and compare B with A. This happens at ASTImporter.cpp:2179. Now, in this scenario, B is not complete. So we go and import its fields, including a, which causes A to be imported. The ASTImporter doesn’t yet have A in its list of already-imported things, so we import A. After the StructuralEquivalenceContext is finished determining that A and B are different, the ASTImporter concludes that A must be imported because no equivalent exists, so it imports a second copy of A. Now we have two different structs representing A. This is really bad news. The patch allows the StructuralEquivalenceContext to use the original version of B when making its comparison, obviating the need for an import and cutting this loop. llvm-svn: 192324
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