compiler: change candidates search preference for variant arguments based on testing delphi XE + fixing tests

before the change order was (from better to worse): shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring
now the order is (from better to worse): widestring, unicodestring, ansistring, shortstring

git-svn-id: trunk@20907 -
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paul 2012-04-18 09:13:24 +00:00
parent 6244671000
commit b80e7c8fba
5 changed files with 28 additions and 27 deletions

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@ -2655,18 +2655,19 @@ implementation
{ Delphi precedence rules extracted from test programs. Only valid if passing
a variant parameter to overloaded procedures expecting exactly one parameter.
single > (char, currency, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double)
double/currency > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended)
extended > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring)
longint/cardinal > (int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double, single, char, currency)
smallint > (longint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double single, char, currency);
word > (longint, cardinal, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double single, char, currency);
shortint > (longint, smallint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double, single, char, currency)
byte > (longint, cardinal, word, smallint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, extended, double, single, char, currency);
boolean/formal > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring)
shortstring > (char, int64, ansistring, widestring)
ansistring > (char, int64, widestring)
widestring > (char, int64)
single > (char, currency, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double)
double/currency > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended)
extended > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring)
longint/cardinal > (int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double, single, char, currency)
smallint > (longint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double single, char, currency);
word > (longint, cardinal, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double single, char, currency);
shortint > (longint, smallint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double, single, char, currency)
byte > (longint, cardinal, word, smallint, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring, extended, double, single, char, currency);
boolean/formal > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, widestring, unicodestring)
widestring > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring, unicodestring)
unicodestring > (char, int64, shortstring, ansistring)
ansistring > (char, int64, shortstring)
shortstring > (char, int64)
Relations not mentioned mean that they conflict: no decision possible }
@ -2788,14 +2789,6 @@ implementation
else if (currvcl=tve_extended) or
(bestvcl=tve_extended) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_extended)
{ shortstring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_sstring) or
(bestvcl=tve_sstring) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_sstring)
{ ansistring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_astring) or
(bestvcl=tve_astring) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_astring)
{ widestring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_wstring) or
(bestvcl=tve_wstring) then
@ -2803,7 +2796,15 @@ implementation
{ unicodestring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_ustring) or
(bestvcl=tve_ustring) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_ustring);
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_ustring)
{ ansistring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_astring) or
(bestvcl=tve_astring) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_astring)
{ shortstring is better than everything left }
else if (currvcl=tve_sstring) or
(bestvcl=tve_sstring) then
result:=1-2*ord(bestvcl=tve_sstring);
{ all possibilities should have been checked now }
if (result=-5) then

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@ -559,10 +559,10 @@ type
tvariantequaltype = (
tve_incompatible,
tve_chari64,
tve_ustring,
tve_wstring,
tve_astring,
tve_sstring,
tve_astring,
tve_wstring,
tve_ustring,
tve_boolformal,
tve_extended,
tve_dblcurrency,

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@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ type
procedure test136(a: shortstring); overload;
begin
writeln('shortstring called instead of ansistring');
halt(1)
end;
procedure test136(a: ansistring); overload;
begin
writeln('ansistring called instead of shortstring');
halt(1)
end;
var

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@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ type
procedure test142(a: shortstring); overload;
begin
writeln('shortstring called instead of widestring');
halt(1)
end;
procedure test142(a: widestring); overload;
begin
writeln('widestring called instead of shortstring');
halt(1)
end;
var

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@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ type
procedure test149(a: ansistring); overload;
begin
writeln('ansistring called instead of widestring');
halt(1)
end;
procedure test149(a: widestring); overload;
begin
writeln('widestring called instead of ansistring');
halt(1)
end;
var