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Commit 8ad364ad authored by Arthur O'Dwyer's avatar Arthur O'Dwyer
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[libc++] [ranges] Remove the static_assert from ranges::begin and ranges::end.

As discussed with ldionne. The problem with this static_assert
is that it makes ranges::begin a pitfall for anyone ever to use
inside a constraint or decltype. Many Ranges things, such as ranges::size,
are specified as "Does X if X is well-formed, or else Y if Y is well-formed,
or else `ranges::end(t) - ranges::begin(t)` if that is well-formed, or else..."
And if there's a static_assert hidden inside `ranges::begin(t)`, then you get
a hard error as soon as you ask the question -- even if the answer would have
been "no, that's not well-formed"!

Constraining on `requires { t + 0; }` or `requires { t + N; }` is verboten
because of https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103700 . For ranges::begin,
we can just decay to a pointer even in the incomplete-type case. For ranges::end,
we can safely constrain on `sizeof(*t)`. Yes, this means that an array of incomplete
type has a `ranges::begin` but no `ranges::end`... just like an unbounded array of
complete type. This is a valid manifestation of IFNDR.

All of the new libcxx/test/std/ cases are mandatory behavior, as far as I'm aware.
Tests for the IFNDR cases in ranges::begin and ranges::end remain in `libcxx/test/libcxx/`.
The similar tests for ranges::empty and ranges::data were simply wrong, AFAIK.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D115838
parent 9075009d
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