Also, throw software_error/1 exceptions rather than directly throwing strings
in a few spots.
Undo special Ralph-style formatting.
library/*.:
As above.
tests/hard_coded/array2d_from_array.exp:
tests/hard_coded/array2d.exp:
tests/hard_coded/test_injection.exp:
Update to conform with the above change.
Discussion of these changes can be found on the Mercury developers
mailing list archives from June 2018.
COPYING.LIB:
Add a special linking exception to the LGPL.
*:
Update references to COPYING.LIB.
Clean up some minor errors that have accumulated in copyright
messages.
browser/*.m:
compiler/*.m:
deep_profiler/*.m:
library/*.m:
mdbcomp/*.m:
ssdb/*.m:
Specify the type constructor for every inst definition that lists
the functors that values of that type may be bound to.
In library/maybe.m, delete the inst maybe_errors/1, because
(a) its name is misleading, since it is for the maybe_error/1 type (no s),
and (b) there is already an inst with the non-misleading name maybe_error
which had an identical definition.
In compiler/dep_par_conj.m, delete two insts that were duplicates
of insts defined in hlds_goal.m, and replace references to them
accordingly.
NOTE: this change does not affect the io module -- I've left that for a
separate change.
library/*.m:
As per the recent change to the coding standard, avoid module
qualification in library interfaces where possible.
Reformat declarations and descriptive comments to better utilise
any space freed up by the above.
Estimated hours taken: 20
Branches: main
Add a new compiler option. --inform-ite-instead-of-switch. If this is enabled,
the compiler will generate informational messages about if-then-elses that
it thinks should be converted to switches for the sake of program reliability.
Act on the output generated by this option.
compiler/simplify.m:
Implement the new option.
Fix an old bug that could cause us to generate warnings about code
that was OK in one duplicated copy but not in another (where a switch
arm's code is duplicated due to the case being selected for more than
one cons_id).
compiler/options.m:
Add the new option.
Add a way to test for the bug fix in simplify.
doc/user_guide.texi:
Document the new option.
NEWS:
Mention the new option.
library/*.m:
mdbcomp/*.m:
browser/*.m:
compiler/*.m:
deep_profiler/*.m:
Convert if-then-elses to switches at most of the sites suggested by the
new option. At the remaining sites, switching to switches would have
nontrivial downsides. This typically happens with the switched-on type
has many functors, and we treat one or two specially (e.g. cons/2 in
the cons_id type).
Perform misc cleanups in the vicinity of the if-then-else to switch
conversions.
In a few cases, improve the error messages generated.
compiler/accumulator.m:
compiler/hlds_goal.m:
(Rename and) move insts for particular kinds of goal from
accumulator.m to hlds_goal.m, to allow them to be used in other
modules. Using these insts allowed us to eliminate some if-then-elses
entirely.
compiler/exprn_aux.m:
Instead of fixing some if-then-elses, delete the predicates containing
them, since they aren't used, and (as pointed out by the new option)
would need considerable other fixing if they were ever needed again.
compiler/lp_rational.m:
Add prefixes to the names of the function symbols on some types,
since without those prefixes, it was hard to figure out what type
the switch corresponding to an old if-then-else was switching on.
tests/invalid/reserve_tag.err_exp:
Expect a new, improved error message.
Estimated hours taken: 2
Branches: main
Cleanups for the rtree module.
There are no changes to any algorithms.
library/rtree.m:
Add a reference to the paper by Guttman that is the basis of this
implementation.
Conform more closely to our coding standards.
doc/Mmakefile:
Include the rtree documentation in the library reference guide.
Estimated hours taken: unknown by gjd (+ about 5 by me)
Branches: main (and maybe release)
Add Greg's R-Tree implementation (+ cleanups by me) to the standard library.
There are a couple more things that need to be done, primarily cleanups and
documentation of the insertion and deletion algorithms, so until that's done
this won't be added to the library reference manual.
library/rtree.m:
New file. This module provides an R-tree ADT, plus a typeclass
for defining regions for use with that ADT.
library/library.m:
Include the new module in the list of library modules.
doc/Mmakefile:
For the time being don't include the rtree module in the library
documentation.
tests/hard_coded/Mmakefile:
tests/hard_coded/rtree_test.m:
tests/hard_coded/rtree_test.exp:
Test case for the new module.
