We now specialize std::less<const std::type_info*> to use
std::type_info::before(), and on Windows and Mac that Just Works. It even
works on Linux when using gcc 4.4+: more recent implementations of gcc's
std::type_info::before() apparently do name()-string comparisons internally.
It doesn't work so well on Linux with gcc 4.1, though, and that's the compiler
we still use on our Linux build-farm machines. But rather than give up,
perform explicit name()-string comparison in that case.
Instead of forbidding std::map<const std::type_info*, ...> outright (which
includes LLRegistry<const std::type_info*, ...> and LLRegistrySingleton<const
std::type_info*, ...>), try to make it work by specializing std::less<const
std::type_info*> to use std::type_info::before().
Make LLRegistryDefaultComparator<T> use std::less<T> so it can capitalize on
that specialization.
The changeset above touched every consumer of the two LLRegistrySingletons
originally defined with std::type_info* as keys. Those two
LLRegistrySingletons were changed to use const char* as keys, then all
consumers were changed to pass std::type_info::name() instead of the plain
std::type_info* pointer -- to deal with the observed fact that on Linux, a
given type might produce different std::type_info* pointers in different load
modules. Since then, Richard turned up the fascinating fact that at least some
implementations of gcc's std::type_info::before() method already accommodate
this peculiarity. It seems worth backing out the (dismayingly pervasive)
change to see if properly using std::type_info::before() as the map comparator
will work just as well, with conceptually simpler source code.
This backout is transitional: we don't expect things to build/run properly
until we've cherry-picked certain other pertinent changes.
Although LLRegistry and LLRegistrySingleton have always defined a COMPARATOR
template parameter, it wasn't used for the underlying map. Therefore every
type, including any pointer type, was being compared using std::less. This
happens to work most of the time -- but is tripping us up now.
Pass COMPARATOR to underlying std::map. Fix a couple minor bugs in
LLRegistryDefaultComparator (never before used!). Specialize for const char*.
Remove CompareTypeID and LLCompareTypeID because we now actively forbid using
LLRegistry<std::type_info*, ...>; remove only known reference
(LLWidgetNameRegistry definition).
Per discussion with Richard, accept the type key for insert() and find() as a
template parameter rather than as std::type_info*. This permits (e.g.) some
sort of compile-time prehashing for common types, without changing the API.
Eliminate iterators from the API altogether, thus avoiding costs associated
with transform_iterator.
Fix existing references in llinitparam.h.
Back out code that selects LLTypeInfoLookup for the underlying map
implementation when KEY = [const] std::type_info*, because LLTypeInfoLookup's
API is changing to become incompatible with std::map. Instead, fail with
STATIC_ASSERT when LLRegistry's KEY is [const] std::type_info*.
Fix all existing uses to use std::type_info::name() string instead.
The original LLTypeInfoLookup implementation was based on two assumptions:
small overall container size, and infrequent normal-case lookup failures.
Those assumptions led to binary-searching a sorted vector, with linear search
as a fallback to cover the problem case of two different type_info* values for
the same type. As documented in the Jira, this turned out to be a problem. The
container size was larger than expected, and failed lookups turned out to be
far more common than expected.
The new implementation is based on a hash map of std::type_info::name()
strings, which should perform equally well in the success and failure cases:
no special-case fallback logic.
- Added new drag and drop type DAD_PERSON and source SOURCE_PEOPLE to avoid highliting the toolbars when using SOURCE_VIEWER.
- Disabled calling card drop support as it is considered obsolete.
The change from LLProcessLauncher to LLProcess introduces the possibility of a
NULL (default-constructed) LLProcessPtr. Add certain static LLProcess methods
accepting LLProcessPtr, forwarding to nonstatic method when non-NULL but doing
something reasonable with NULL. Use these methods in LLPLuginProcessParent.
Todd Stinson