Merge pull request #4327 from ethereum/document-internals

Properly explain all the analsys steps in CompilerStack
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chriseth 2018-08-02 15:07:35 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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3 changed files with 19 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ void ContractCompiler::compileContract(
appendDelegatecallCheck();
initializeContext(_contract, _contracts);
// This generates the dispatch function for externally visible functions
// and adds the function to the compilation queue. Additionally internal functions,
// which are referenced directly or indirectly will be added.
appendFunctionSelector(_contract);
// This processes the above populated queue until it is empty.
appendMissingFunctions();
}

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@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
if (!resolver.performImports(*source->ast, sourceUnitsByName))
return false;
// This is the main name and type resolution loop. Needs to be run for every contract, because
// the special variables "this" and "super" must be set appropriately.
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
for (ASTPointer<ASTNode> const& node: source->ast->nodes())
if (ContractDefinition* contract = dynamic_cast<ContractDefinition*>(node.get()))
@ -204,11 +206,15 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
// thus contracts can only conflict if declared in the same source file. This
// already causes a double-declaration error elsewhere, so we do not report
// an error here and instead silently drop any additional contracts we find.
if (m_contracts.find(contract->fullyQualifiedName()) == m_contracts.end())
m_contracts[contract->fullyQualifiedName()].contract = contract;
}
// This cannot be done in the above loop, because cross-contract types couldn't be resolved.
// A good example is `LibraryName.TypeName x;`.
//
// Note: this does not resolve overloaded functions. In order to do that, types of arguments are needed,
// which is only done one step later.
TypeChecker typeChecker(m_evmVersion, m_errorReporter);
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
for (ASTPointer<ASTNode> const& node: source->ast->nodes())
@ -218,6 +224,7 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
if (noErrors)
{
// Checks that can only be done when all types of all AST nodes are known.
PostTypeChecker postTypeChecker(m_errorReporter);
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
if (!postTypeChecker.check(*source->ast))
@ -226,6 +233,8 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
if (noErrors)
{
// Control flow graph generator and analyzer. It can check for issues such as
// variable is used before it is assigned to.
CFG cfg(m_errorReporter);
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
if (!cfg.constructFlow(*source->ast))
@ -242,6 +251,7 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
if (noErrors)
{
// Checks for common mistakes. Only generates warnings.
StaticAnalyzer staticAnalyzer(m_errorReporter);
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
if (!staticAnalyzer.analyze(*source->ast))
@ -250,6 +260,7 @@ bool CompilerStack::analyze()
if (noErrors)
{
// Check for state mutability in every function.
vector<ASTPointer<ASTNode>> ast;
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
ast.push_back(source->ast);
@ -300,6 +311,7 @@ bool CompilerStack::compile()
if (!parseAndAnalyze())
return false;
// Only compile contracts individually which have been requested.
map<ContractDefinition const*, eth::Assembly const*> compiledContracts;
for (Source const* source: m_sourceOrder)
for (ASTPointer<ASTNode> const& node: source->ast->nodes())

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@ -352,8 +352,9 @@ private:
std::vector<Remapping> m_remappings;
std::map<std::string const, Source> m_sources;
std::shared_ptr<GlobalContext> m_globalContext;
std::map<ASTNode const*, std::shared_ptr<DeclarationContainer>> m_scopes;
std::vector<Source const*> m_sourceOrder;
/// This is updated during compilation.
std::map<ASTNode const*, std::shared_ptr<DeclarationContainer>> m_scopes;
std::map<std::string const, Contract> m_contracts;
ErrorList m_errorList;
ErrorReporter m_errorReporter;