solidity/libyul/Dialect.h

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/**
 * Yul dialect.
 */

#pragma once

#include <libyul/YulString.h>

#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>

#include <vector>

namespace yul
{

class YulString;
using Type = YulString;

enum class AsmFlavour
{
	Loose,  // no types, EVM instructions as function, jumps and direct stack manipulations
	Strict, // no types, EVM instructions as functions, but no jumps and no direct stack manipulations
	Yul     // same as Strict mode with types
};

struct BuiltinFunction
{
	YulString name;
	std::vector<Type> parameters;
	std::vector<Type> returns;
	/// If true, calls to this function can be freely moved and copied (as long as their
	/// arguments are either variables or also movable) without altering the semantics.
	/// This means the function cannot depend on storage or memory, cannot have any side-effects,
	/// but it can depend on state that is constant across an EVM-call.
	bool movable = false;
	/// If true, a call to this function can be omitted without changing semantics.
	bool sideEffectFree = false;
	/// If true, can only accept literals as arguments and they cannot be moved to variables.
	bool literalArguments = false;
};

struct Dialect: boost::noncopyable
{
	AsmFlavour const flavour = AsmFlavour::Loose;
	/// @returns the builtin function of the given name or a nullptr if it is not a builtin function.
	virtual BuiltinFunction const* builtin(YulString /*_name*/) const { return nullptr; }

	Dialect(AsmFlavour _flavour): flavour(_flavour) {}
	virtual ~Dialect() = default;

	static std::shared_ptr<Dialect> yul()
	{
		// Will have to add builtins later.
		return std::make_shared<Dialect>(AsmFlavour::Yul);
	}
};

}