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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
index a7e24236a32..295512d51ef 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@
;;; Code:
+;; We provide a mechanism to define new specializers.
+;; Related work can be found in:
+;; - http://www.p-cos.net/documents/filtered-dispatch.pdf
+;; - Generalizers: New metaobjects for generalized dispatch
+;; http://research.gold.ac.uk/9924/1/els-specializers.pdf
+;; This second one is closely related to what we do here (and that's
+;; the name "generalizer" comes from).
+
;; The autoloads.el mechanism which adds package--builtin-versions
;; maintenance to loaddefs.el doesn't work for preloaded packages (such
;; as this one), so we have to do it by hand!
@@ -100,6 +108,7 @@
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl-macs)) ;For cl--find-class.
(eval-when-compile (require 'pcase))
+(eval-when-compile (require 'subr-x))
(cl-defstruct (cl--generic-generalizer
(:constructor nil)
@@ -253,6 +262,16 @@ DEFAULT-BODY, if present, is used as the body of a default method.
(declarations nil)
(methods ())
(options ())
+ (warnings
+ (let ((nonsymargs
+ (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (arg) (unless (symbolp arg) arg))
+ args))))
+ (when nonsymargs
+ (list
+ (macroexp-warn-and-return
+ (format "Non-symbol arguments to cl-defgeneric: %s"
+ (mapconcat #'prin1-to-string nonsymargs ""))
+ nil nil nil nonsymargs)))))
next-head)
(while (progn (setq next-head (car-safe (car options-and-methods)))
(or (keywordp next-head)
@@ -275,9 +294,12 @@ DEFAULT-BODY, if present, is used as the body of a default method.
(setq name (gv-setter (cadr name))))
`(prog1
(progn
+ ,@warnings
(defalias ',name
(cl-generic-define ',name ',args ',(nreverse options))
- ,(help-add-fundoc-usage doc args))
+ ,(if (consp doc) ;An expression rather than a constant.
+ `(help-add-fundoc-usage ,doc ',args)
+ (help-add-fundoc-usage doc args)))
:autoload-end
,@(mapcar (lambda (method) `(cl-defmethod ,name ,@method))
(nreverse methods)))
@@ -370,9 +392,9 @@ the specializer used will be the one returned by BODY."
. ,(lambda () spec-args))
macroexpand-all-environment)))
(require 'cl-lib) ;Needed to expand `cl-flet' and `cl-function'.
- (when (interactive-form (cadr fun))
- (message "Interactive forms unsupported in generic functions: %S"
- (interactive-form (cadr fun))))
+ (when (assq 'interactive body)
+ (message "Interactive forms not supported in generic functions: %S"
+ (assq 'interactive body)))
;; First macroexpand away the cl-function stuff (e.g. &key and
;; destructuring args, `declare' and whatnot).
(pcase (macroexpand fun macroenv)
@@ -487,7 +509,8 @@ The set of acceptable TYPEs (also called \"specializers\") is defined
cl--generic-edebug-make-name nil]
lambda-doc ; documentation string
def-body))) ; part to be debugged
- (let ((qualifiers nil))
+ (let ((qualifiers nil)
+ (orig-name name))
(while (cl-generic--method-qualifier-p args)
(push args qualifiers)
(setq args (pop body)))
@@ -503,7 +526,7 @@ The set of acceptable TYPEs (also called \"specializers\") is defined
(let* ((obsolete (get name 'byte-obsolete-info)))
(macroexp-warn-and-return
(macroexp--obsolete-warning name obsolete "generic function")
- nil)))
+ nil (list 'obsolete name) nil orig-name)))
;; You could argue that `defmethod' modifies rather than defines the
;; function, so warnings like "not known to be defined" are fair game.
;; But in practice, it's common to use `cl-defmethod'
@@ -589,20 +612,21 @@ The set of acceptable TYPEs (also called \"specializers\") is defined
;; e.g. for tracing/debug-on-entry.
(defalias sym gfun)))))
-(defmacro cl--generic-with-memoization (place &rest code)
- (declare (indent 1) (debug t))
- (gv-letplace (getter setter) place
- `(or ,getter
- ,(macroexp-let2 nil val (macroexp-progn code)
- `(progn
- ,(funcall setter val)
- ,val)))))
-
(defvar cl--generic-dispatchers (make-hash-table :test #'equal))
+(defvar cl--generic-compiler
+ ;; Don't byte-compile the dispatchers if cl-generic itself is not
+ ;; compiled. Otherwise the byte-compiler and all the code on
+ ;; which it depends needs to be usable before cl-generic is loaded,
+ ;; which imposes a significant burden on the bootstrap.
+ (if (consp (lambda (x) (+ x 1)))
+ (lambda (exp) (eval exp t)) #'byte-compile))
+
(defun cl--generic-get-dispatcher (dispatch)
- (cl--generic-with-memoization
- (gethash dispatch cl--generic-dispatchers)
+ (with-memoization
+ ;; We need `copy-sequence` here because this `dispatch' object might be
+ ;; modified by side-effect in `cl-generic-define-method' (bug#46722).
+ (gethash (copy-sequence dispatch) cl--generic-dispatchers)
;; (message "cl--generic-get-dispatcher (%S)" dispatch)
(let* ((dispatch-arg (car dispatch))
(generalizers (cdr dispatch))
@@ -642,12 +666,16 @@ The set of acceptable TYPEs (also called \"specializers\") is defined
;; FIXME: For generic functions with a single method (or with 2 methods,
;; one of which always matches), using a tagcode + hash-table is
;; overkill: better just use a `cl-typep' test.
- (byte-compile
+ (funcall
+ cl--generic-compiler
`(lambda (generic dispatches-left methods)
+ ;; FIXME: We should find a way to expand `with-memoize' once
+ ;; and forall so we don't need `subr-x' when we get here.
+ (eval-when-compile (require 'subr-x))
(let ((method-cache (make-hash-table :test #'eql)))
(lambda (,@fixedargs &rest args)
(let ,bindings
- (apply (cl--generic-with-memoization
+ (apply (with-memoization
(gethash ,tag-exp method-cache)
(cl--generic-cache-miss
generic ',dispatch-arg dispatches-left methods
@@ -684,14 +712,14 @@ This is particularly useful when many different tags select the same set
of methods, since this table then allows us to share a single combined-method
for all those different tags in the method-cache.")
-(define-error 'cl--generic-cyclic-definition "Cyclic definition: %S")
+(define-error 'cl--generic-cyclic-definition "Cyclic definition")
(defun cl--generic-build-combined-method (generic methods)
(if (null methods)
;; Special case needed to fix a circularity during bootstrap.
(cl--generic-standard-method-combination generic methods)
(let ((f
- (cl--generic-with-memoization
+ (with-memoization
;; FIXME: Since the fields of `generic' are modified, this
;; hash-table won't work right, because the hashes will change!
;; It's not terribly serious, but reduces the effectiveness of
@@ -867,11 +895,20 @@ those methods.")
(setq arg-or-context `(&context . ,arg-or-context)))
(unless (fboundp 'cl--generic-get-dispatcher)
(require 'cl-generic))
- (let ((fun (cl--generic-get-dispatcher
- `(,arg-or-context
- ,@(apply #'append
- (mapcar #'cl-generic-generalizers specializers))
- ,cl--generic-t-generalizer))))
+ (let ((fun
+ ;; Let-bind cl--generic-dispatchers so we *re*compute the function
+ ;; from scratch, since the one in the cache may be non-compiled!
+ (let ((cl--generic-dispatchers (make-hash-table))
+ ;; When compiling `cl-generic' during bootstrap, make sure
+ ;; we prefill with compiled dispatchers even though the loaded
+ ;; `cl-generic' is still interpreted.
+ (cl--generic-compiler
+ (if (featurep 'bytecomp) #'byte-compile cl--generic-compiler)))
+ (cl--generic-get-dispatcher
+ `(,arg-or-context
+ ,@(apply #'append
+ (mapcar #'cl-generic-generalizers specializers))
+ ,cl--generic-t-generalizer)))))
;; Recompute dispatch at run-time, since the generalizers may be slightly
;; different (e.g. byte-compiled rather than interpreted).
;; FIXME: There is a risk that the run-time generalizer is not equivalent
@@ -1143,7 +1180,7 @@ These match if the argument is a cons cell whose car is `eql' to VAL."
;; since we can't use the `head' specializer to implement itself.
(if (not (eq (car-safe specializer) 'head))
(cl-call-next-method)
- (cl--generic-with-memoization
+ (with-memoization
(gethash (cadr specializer) cl--generic-head-used)
specializer)
(list cl--generic-head-generalizer)))