Enum paralegal_spdg::rustc::mir::ProjectionElem

pub enum ProjectionElem<V, T> {
    Deref,
    Field(FieldIdx, T),
    Index(V),
    ConstantIndex {
        offset: u64,
        min_length: u64,
        from_end: bool,
    },
    Subslice {
        from: u64,
        to: u64,
        from_end: bool,
    },
    Downcast(Option<Symbol>, VariantIdx),
    OpaqueCast(T),
}

Variants

Deref

Field(FieldIdx, T)

A field (e.g., f in _1.f) is one variant of ProjectionElem. Conceptually, rustc can identify that a field projection refers to either two different regions of memory or the same one between the base and the ‘projection element’. Read more about projections in the rustc-dev-guide

Index(V)

Index into a slice/array.

Note that this does not also dereference, and so it does not exactly correspond to slice indexing in Rust. In other words, in the below Rust code:

let x = &[1, 2, 3, 4];
let i = 2;
x[i];

The x[i] is turned into a Deref followed by an Index, not just an Index. The same thing is true of the ConstantIndex and Subslice projections below.

ConstantIndex

Fields

offset: u64

index or -index (in Python terms), depending on from_end

min_length: u64

The thing being indexed must be at least this long. For arrays this is always the exact length.

from_end: bool

Counting backwards from end? This is always false when indexing an array.

These indices are generated by slice patterns. Easiest to explain by example:

[X, _, .._, _, _] => { offset: 0, min_length: 4, from_end: false },
[_, X, .._, _, _] => { offset: 1, min_length: 4, from_end: false },
[_, _, .._, X, _] => { offset: 2, min_length: 4, from_end: true },
[_, _, .._, _, X] => { offset: 1, min_length: 4, from_end: true },

Subslice

Fields

from: u64

to: u64

from_end: bool

Whether to counts from the start or end of the array/slice. For PlaceElems this is true if and only if the base is a slice. For ProjectionKind, this can also be true for arrays.

These indices are generated by slice patterns.

If from_end is true slice[from..slice.len() - to]. Otherwise array[from..to].

Downcast(Option<Symbol>, VariantIdx)

“Downcast” to a variant of an enum or a generator.

The included Symbol is the name of the variant, used for printing MIR.

OpaqueCast(T)

Like an explicit cast from an opaque type to a concrete type, but without requiring an intermediate variable.