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In #168534 we made the TypePrinter re-use printNestedNameSpecifier for printing scopes. However, the way that the names of anonymous/unnamed types get printed by the two are slightly inconsistent with each other.

printNestedNameSpecifier calls all TagTypes without an identifer (anonymous). On the other hand, TypePrinter prints them slightly more accurate (it differentiates anonymous vs. unnamed decls) and allows for some additional customization points. E.g., with MSVCFormatting, it will print `unnamed struct' instead of (unnamed struct). printNestedNameSpecifier already accounts for MSVCFormatting for namespaces, but doesn't for TagTypes. This inconsistency means that if an unnamed tag is printed as part of a scope then it's displayed as (anonymous struct), but if it's the entity whose scope is being printed, then it shows as (unnamed struct).

This patch moves the printing of anonymous/unnamed tags into a common helper and re-uses it from TypePrinter and printNestedNameSpecifier. We also do this from the AST matchers because they were aligned with how printNestedNameSpecifier represents the name.

I wasn't sure where to put the helper, so I just put it in TypeBase.h for now. Though I suspect there's a better home for it, possibly DeclBase.h?

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In #168534 we made the TypePrinter re-use printNestedNameSpecifier for printing scopes. However, the way that the names of anonymous/unnamed get printed by the two are slightly inconsistent with each other.

printNestedNameSpecifier calls all TagTypes without an identifer (anonymous). On the other hand, TypePrinter prints them slightly more accurate (it differentiates anonymous vs. unnamed decls) and allows for some additional customization points. E.g., with MSVCFormatting, it will print \'instead of(). printNestedNameSpecifieralready accounts forMSVCFormattingfor namespaces, but doesn't forTagTypes. This inconsistency means that if an unnamed tag is printed as part of a scope it's displayed as (anonymous struct), but if it's the entity being whose scope is being printed, then it shows as (unnamed struct)`.

This patch moves the printing of anonymous/unnamed tags into a common helper and re-uses it from TypePrinter and printNestedNameSpecifier. We also do this from the AST matchers because they were aligned with how printNestedNameSpecifier represents the name.

I wasn't sure where to put the helper, so I just put it in TypeBase.h for now. Though I suspect there's a better home for it, possibly DeclBase.h?


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/169445.diff

7 Files Affected:

  • (modified) clang/include/clang/AST/TypeBase.h (+4)
  • (modified) clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp (+4-1)
  • (modified) clang/lib/AST/TypePrinter.cpp (+59-44)
  • (modified) clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.cpp (+9-1)
  • (modified) clang/unittests/AST/NamedDeclPrinterTest.cpp (+28)
  • (modified) clang/unittests/AST/TypePrinterTest.cpp (+1-1)
  • (modified) clang/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp (+28-5)
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/AST/TypeBase.h b/clang/include/clang/AST/TypeBase.h
index f07861f50fe8c..2f27deda2cd66 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/AST/TypeBase.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/AST/TypeBase.h
@@ -7374,6 +7374,10 @@ bool isSubstitutedDefaultArgument(ASTContext &Ctx, TemplateArgument Arg,
                                   ArrayRef<TemplateArgument> Args,
                                   unsigned Depth);
 
+void printAnonymousTagDecl(llvm::raw_ostream &OS, const TagDecl *D,
+                           const PrintingPolicy &Policy,
+                           bool PrintKindDecoration, bool PrintTagLocations);
+
 /// Represents a qualified type name for which the type name is
 /// dependent.
 ///
diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
index 591457b1d66b4..c9bb414a9a1de 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "clang/AST/Stmt.h"
 #include "clang/AST/TemplateBase.h"
 #include "clang/AST/Type.h"
+#include "clang/AST/TypeBase.h"
 #include "clang/AST/TypeLoc.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/Builtins.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/IdentifierTable.h"
@@ -1793,7 +1794,9 @@ void NamedDecl::printNestedNameSpecifier(raw_ostream &OS,
       if (TypedefNameDecl *TD = RD->getTypedefNameForAnonDecl())
         OS << *TD;
       else if (!RD->getIdentifier())
-        OS << "(anonymous " << RD->getKindName() << ')';
+        printAnonymousTagDecl(OS, llvm::cast<TagDecl>(RD), P,
+                              /*PrintKindDecoration=*/true,
+                              /*AllowSourceLocations=*/false);
       else
         OS << *RD;
     } else if (const auto *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(DC)) {
diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/TypePrinter.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/TypePrinter.cpp
index d2881d5ac518a..e9b06cc17ae30 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/TypePrinter.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/TypePrinter.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "clang/AST/TemplateBase.h"
 #include "clang/AST/TemplateName.h"
 #include "clang/AST/Type.h"
+#include "clang/AST/TypeBase.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/AddressSpaces.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/AttrKinds.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/ExceptionSpecificationType.h"
@@ -1518,11 +1519,11 @@ void TypePrinter::printTagType(const TagType *T, raw_ostream &OS) {
     return;
   }
 
-  bool HasKindDecoration = false;
+  bool PrintKindDecoration = Policy.AnonymousTagLocations;
 
   if (T->isCanonicalUnqualified()) {
     if (!Policy.SuppressTagKeyword && !D->getTypedefNameForAnonDecl()) {
-      HasKindDecoration = true;
+      PrintKindDecoration = false;
       OS << D->getKindName();
       OS << ' ';
     }
@@ -1547,49 +1548,12 @@ void TypePrinter::printTagType(const TagType *T, raw_ostream &OS) {
     assert(Typedef->getIdentifier() && "Typedef without identifier?");
     OS << Typedef->getIdentifier()->getName();
   } else {
-    // Make an unambiguous representation for anonymous types, e.g.
-    //   (anonymous enum at /usr/include/string.h:120:9)
-    OS << (Policy.MSVCFormatting ? '`' : '(');
-
-    if (isa<CXXRecordDecl>(D) && cast<CXXRecordDecl>(D)->isLambda()) {
-      OS << "lambda";
-      HasKindDecoration = true;
-    } else if ((isa<RecordDecl>(D) && cast<RecordDecl>(D)->isAnonymousStructOrUnion())) {
-      OS << "anonymous";
-    } else {
-      OS << "unnamed";
-    }
+    if (isa<CXXRecordDecl>(D) && cast<CXXRecordDecl>(D)->isLambda())
+      PrintKindDecoration = false;
 
-    if (Policy.AnonymousTagLocations) {
-      // Suppress the redundant tag keyword if we just printed one.
-      // We don't have to worry about ElaboratedTypes here because you can't
-      // refer to an anonymous type with one.
-      if (!HasKindDecoration)
-        OS << " " << D->getKindName();
-
-      PresumedLoc PLoc = D->getASTContext().getSourceManager().getPresumedLoc(
-          D->getLocation());
-      if (PLoc.isValid()) {
-        OS << " at ";
-        StringRef File = PLoc.getFilename();
-        llvm::SmallString<1024> WrittenFile(File);
-        if (auto *Callbacks = Policy.Callbacks)
-          WrittenFile = Callbacks->remapPath(File);
-        // Fix inconsistent path separator created by
-        // clang::DirectoryLookup::LookupFile when the file path is relative
-        // path.
-        llvm::sys::path::Style Style =
-            llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(WrittenFile)
-                ? llvm::sys::path::Style::native
-                : (Policy.MSVCFormatting
-                       ? llvm::sys::path::Style::windows_backslash
-                       : llvm::sys::path::Style::posix);
-        llvm::sys::path::native(WrittenFile, Style);
-        OS << WrittenFile << ':' << PLoc.getLine() << ':' << PLoc.getColumn();
-      }
-    }
-
-    OS << (Policy.MSVCFormatting ? '\'' : ')');
+    printAnonymousTagDecl(OS, D, Policy,
+                          /*PrintKindDecoration=*/PrintKindDecoration,
+                          /*PrintTagLocations=*/Policy.AnonymousTagLocations);
   }
 
   // If this is a class template specialization, print the template
@@ -2469,6 +2433,57 @@ static bool isSubstitutedTemplateArgument(ASTContext &Ctx, TemplateArgument Arg,
   return false;
 }
 
+void clang::printAnonymousTagDecl(llvm::raw_ostream &OS, const TagDecl *D,
+                                  const PrintingPolicy &Policy,
+                                  bool PrintKindDecoration,
+                                  bool PrintTagLocations) {
+  assert(D);
+
+  // Make an unambiguous representation for anonymous types, e.g.
+  //   (anonymous enum at /usr/include/string.h:120:9)
+  OS << (Policy.MSVCFormatting ? '`' : '(');
+
+  if (isa<CXXRecordDecl>(D) && cast<CXXRecordDecl>(D)->isLambda()) {
+    OS << "lambda";
+  } else if ((isa<RecordDecl>(D) &&
+              cast<RecordDecl>(D)->isAnonymousStructOrUnion())) {
+    OS << "anonymous";
+  } else {
+    OS << "unnamed";
+  }
+
+  // Suppress the redundant tag keyword if we just printed one.
+  // We don't have to worry about ElaboratedTypes here because you can't
+  // refer to an anonymous type with one.
+  if (PrintKindDecoration)
+    OS << " " << D->getKindName();
+
+  if (PrintTagLocations) {
+    PresumedLoc PLoc =
+        D->getASTContext().getSourceManager().getPresumedLoc(D->getLocation());
+    if (PLoc.isValid()) {
+      OS << " at ";
+      StringRef File = PLoc.getFilename();
+      llvm::SmallString<1024> WrittenFile(File);
+      if (auto *Callbacks = Policy.Callbacks)
+        WrittenFile = Callbacks->remapPath(File);
+      // Fix inconsistent path separator created by
+      // clang::DirectoryLookup::LookupFile when the file path is relative
+      // path.
+      llvm::sys::path::Style Style =
+          llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(WrittenFile)
+              ? llvm::sys::path::Style::native
+              : (Policy.MSVCFormatting
+                     ? llvm::sys::path::Style::windows_backslash
+                     : llvm::sys::path::Style::posix);
+      llvm::sys::path::native(WrittenFile, Style);
+      OS << WrittenFile << ':' << PLoc.getLine() << ':' << PLoc.getColumn();
+    }
+  }
+
+  OS << (Policy.MSVCFormatting ? '\'' : ')');
+}
+
 bool clang::isSubstitutedDefaultArgument(ASTContext &Ctx, TemplateArgument Arg,
                                          const NamedDecl *Param,
                                          ArrayRef<TemplateArgument> Args,
diff --git a/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.cpp b/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.cpp
index 0874b3d0c45f5..e83a6e97ec638 100644
--- a/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "clang/AST/ExprConcepts.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ParentMapContext.h"
 #include "clang/AST/PrettyPrinter.h"
+#include "clang/AST/TypeBase.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/LLVM.h"
 #include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
@@ -514,7 +515,14 @@ static StringRef getNodeName(const RecordDecl &Node,
     return Node.getName();
   }
   Scratch.clear();
-  return ("(anonymous " + Node.getKindName() + ")").toStringRef(Scratch);
+
+  llvm::raw_svector_ostream OS(Scratch);
+
+  printAnonymousTagDecl(
+      OS, llvm::cast<TagDecl>(&Node), Node.getASTContext().getPrintingPolicy(),
+      /*PrintKindDecoration=*/true, /*PrintTagLocations=*/false);
+
+  return OS.str();
 }
 
 static StringRef getNodeName(const NamespaceDecl &Node,
diff --git a/clang/unittests/AST/NamedDeclPrinterTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/AST/NamedDeclPrinterTest.cpp
index cd833725b448d..2fdda1929b2a3 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/AST/NamedDeclPrinterTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/AST/NamedDeclPrinterTest.cpp
@@ -265,3 +265,31 @@ TEST(NamedDeclPrinter, NestedNameSpecifierTemplateArgs) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(
       PrintedNestedNameSpecifierMatches(Code, "method", "vector<int>::"));
 }
+
+TEST(NamedDeclPrinter, NestedNameSpecifierLambda) {
+  const char *Code =
+      R"(
+        auto l = [] {
+          struct Foo {
+            void method();
+          };
+        };
+)";
+  ASSERT_TRUE(PrintedNestedNameSpecifierMatches(
+      Code, "method", "(lambda)::operator()()::Foo::"));
+}
+
+TEST(NamedDeclPrinter, NestedNameSpecifierAnonymousTags) {
+  const char *Code =
+      R"(
+        struct Foo {
+          struct {
+            struct {
+              void method();
+            } i;
+          };
+        };
+)";
+  ASSERT_TRUE(PrintedNestedNameSpecifierMatches(
+      Code, "method", "Foo::(anonymous)::(unnamed)::"));
+}
diff --git a/clang/unittests/AST/TypePrinterTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/AST/TypePrinterTest.cpp
index 3cadf9b265bd1..de4cfa4074eba 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/AST/TypePrinterTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/AST/TypePrinterTest.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ TEST(TypePrinter, NestedNameSpecifiers) {
   // Further levels of nesting print the entire scope.
   ASSERT_TRUE(PrintedTypeMatches(
       Code, {}, fieldDecl(hasName("u"), hasType(qualType().bind("id"))),
-      "union level1()::Inner::Inner(int)::(anonymous struct)::(unnamed)",
+      "union level1()::Inner::Inner(int)::(unnamed struct)::(unnamed)",
       [](PrintingPolicy &Policy) {
         Policy.FullyQualifiedName = true;
         Policy.AnonymousTagLocations = false;
diff --git a/clang/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
index 5d452355d0e43..697623c8a48e8 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersNarrowingTest.cpp
@@ -2709,25 +2709,48 @@ TEST_P(ASTMatchersTest, HasName_MatchesAnonymousNamespaces) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches(code, recordDecl(hasName("::a::C"))));
 }
 
-TEST_P(ASTMatchersTest, HasName_MatchesAnonymousOuterClasses) {
+TEST_P(ASTMatchersTest, HasName_MatchesUnnamedOuterClasses) {
   if (!GetParam().isCXX()) {
     return;
   }
 
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches("class A { class { class C; } x; };",
-                      recordDecl(hasName("A::(anonymous class)::C"))));
+                      recordDecl(hasName("A::(unnamed class)::C"))));
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches("class A { class { class C; } x; };",
-                      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(anonymous class)::C"))));
+                      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(unnamed class)::C"))));
   EXPECT_FALSE(matches("class A { class { class C; } x; };",
                        recordDecl(hasName("::A::C"))));
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches("class A { struct { class C; } x; };",
-                      recordDecl(hasName("A::(anonymous struct)::C"))));
+                      recordDecl(hasName("A::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
   EXPECT_TRUE(matches("class A { struct { class C; } x; };",
-                      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(anonymous struct)::C"))));
+                      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
   EXPECT_FALSE(matches("class A { struct { class C; } x; };",
                        recordDecl(hasName("::A::C"))));
 }
 
+TEST_P(ASTMatchersTest, HasName_MatchesAnonymousOuterClasses) {
+  if (!GetParam().isCXX()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches(
+      "class A { struct { struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+      recordDecl(hasName("A::(anonymous struct)::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches(
+      "class A { struct { struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(anonymous struct)::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(matches("class A { struct { struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+                       recordDecl(hasName("A::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches(
+      "class A { class { public: struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+      recordDecl(hasName("A::(anonymous class)::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches(
+      "class A { class { public: struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+      recordDecl(hasName("::A::(anonymous class)::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(matches("class A { class { public: struct { class C; } x; }; };",
+                       recordDecl(hasName("A::(unnamed struct)::C"))));
+}
+
 TEST_P(ASTMatchersTest, HasName_MatchesFunctionScope) {
   if (!GetParam().isCXX()) {
     return;

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In llvm#168534 we made the `TypePrinter` re-use `printNestedNameSpecifier` for printing scopes. However, the way that the names of anonymous/unnamed get printed by the two are slightly inconsistent with each other.

`printNestedNameSpecifier` calls all `TagType`s without an identifer `(anonymous)`. On the other hand, `TypePrinter` prints them slightly more accurate (it differentiates anonymous vs. unnamed decls) and allows for some additional customization points. E.g., with `MSVCFormatting`, it will print `\`'` instead of `()`. `printNestedNameSpecifier` already accounts for `MSVCFormatting` for namespaces, but doesn't for `TagType`s. This inconsistency means that if an unnamed tag is printed as part of a scope it's displayed as `(anonymous struct)`, but if it's the entity being whose scope is being printed, then it shows as `(unnamed struct)`.

This patch moves the printing of anonymous/unnamed tags into a common helper and re-uses it from `TypePrinter` and `printNestedNameSpecifier`.  We also do this from the AST matchers because they were aligned with how `printNestedNameSpecifier` represents the name.

I wasn't sure where to put the helper, so I just put it in `TypeBase.h` for now. Though I suspect there's a better home for it, possibly `DeclBase.h`?
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I like the direction.

Some comments:

  • This would be better declared in Decl.h, since it's about printing declarations, and not related to types.

  • This could probably get rid of the additional bool flags, and rely on PrintingPolicy entirely.

  • Instead of the printAnonymousTagDecl helper, we could probably implement a print method for TagDecls, which takes care of the named case, and for the unnamed case, takes care of the EnumDecl and RecordDecl specific behavior, including the typedef to unnamed class.

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I like the direction.

Some comments:

  • This would be better declared in Decl.h, since it's about printing declarations, and not related to types.

Agreed

  • This could probably get rid of the additional bool flags, and rely on PrintingPolicy entirely.
  • Instead of the printAnonymousTagDecl helper, we could probably implement a print method for TagDecls, which takes care of the named case, and for the unnamed case, takes care of the EnumDecl and RecordDecl specific behavior, including the typedef to unnamed class.

Neat idea! Trying this out. Might need to make some compromises with when the kind name gets printed, but lets see

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