[swift-evolution] [Proposal] Introduces endianness specific type

[Max Moiseev]

Hi Susan,

Was there any motivation for this proposal that I missed? If not then, can you please provide it in a few sentences? Otherwise it’s not clear to me what problem it is supposed to fix.

Thanks,
Max 


> On Jul 6, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Susan Cheng via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> IMO, it has unclear representation when FixedWidthInteger working with endianness specific type.
> 
> so I want to introduce the endianness specific wrapper:
> 
> public struct BEInteger<Base : FixedWidthInteger> : FixedWidthInteger {
>     
>     public var bigEndian: BEInteger { get }
>     
>     public var littleEndian: LEInteger<Base> { get }
> }
> 
> public struct LEInteger<Base : FixedWidthInteger> : FixedWidthInteger {
>     
>     public var bigEndian: BEInteger<Base> { get }
>     
>     public var littleEndian: LEInteger { get }
> }
> 
> also, we should change the FixedWidthInteger as follow:
> 
> public protocol FixedWidthInteger : BinaryInteger {
>     
>     /// deprecated, we should use value.bigEndian instead
>     init(bigEndian value: Self)
>     
>     /// deprecated, we should use value.littleEndian instead
>     init(littleEndian value: Self)
>     
>     associatedtype EndianRepresentingValue : FixedWidthInteger
>     
>     var bigEndian: BEInteger<EndianRepresentingValue> { get }
>     
>     var littleEndian: LEInteger<EndianRepresentingValue> { get }
> }
> 
> =============================
> 
> this is my working alternative implementation:
> 
> 
> @_versioned
> protocol EndianInteger : FixedWidthInteger {
>     
>     associatedtype BitPattern : FixedWidthInteger
>     
>     associatedtype RepresentingValue : FixedWidthInteger
>     
>     var bitPattern: BitPattern { get }
>     
>     init(bitPattern: BitPattern)
>     
>     var representingValue : RepresentingValue { get set }
>     
>     init(representingValue: RepresentingValue)
> }
> 
> extension EndianInteger {
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(integerLiteral value: RepresentingValue.IntegerLiteralType) {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(integerLiteral: value))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init?<T>(exactly source: T) where T : BinaryInteger {
>         guard let value = RepresentingValue(exactly: source) else { return nil }
>         self.init(representingValue: value)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init?<T>(exactly source: T) where T : FloatingPoint {
>         guard let value = RepresentingValue(exactly: source) else { return nil }
>         self.init(representingValue: value)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(_ value: RepresentingValue) {
>         self.init(representingValue: value)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init<T>(_ source: T) where T : FloatingPoint {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(source))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init<T>(_ source: T) where T : BinaryInteger {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(source))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init<T>(extendingOrTruncating source: T) where T : BinaryInteger {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(extendingOrTruncating: source))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init<T>(clamping source: T) where T : BinaryInteger {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(clamping: source))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(_truncatingBits bits: UInt) {
>         self.init(representingValue: RepresentingValue(_truncatingBits: bits))
>     }
> }
> 
> extension EndianInteger {
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static var isSigned: Bool {
>         return RepresentingValue.isSigned
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static var bitWidth: Int {
>         return RepresentingValue.bitWidth
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static var max: Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: RepresentingValue.max)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static var min: Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: RepresentingValue.min)
>     }
> }
> 
> extension EndianInteger {
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var hashValue: Int {
>         return representingValue.hashValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var description: String {
>         return representingValue.description
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var bitWidth: Int {
>         return representingValue.bitWidth
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var magnitude: RepresentingValue.Magnitude {
>         return representingValue.magnitude
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var trailingZeroBitCount: Int {
>         return representingValue.trailingZeroBitCount
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var nonzeroBitCount: Int {
>         return representingValue.nonzeroBitCount
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var leadingZeroBitCount: Int {
>         return representingValue.leadingZeroBitCount
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var byteSwapped: Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: representingValue.byteSwapped)
>     }
> }
> 
> extension EndianInteger {
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func _word(at n: Int) -> UInt {
>         return representingValue._word(at: n)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func distance(to other: Self) -> RepresentingValue.Stride {
>         return self.representingValue.distance(to: other.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func advanced(by n: RepresentingValue.Stride) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: self.representingValue.advanced(by: n))
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func addingReportingOverflow(_ rhs: Self) -> (partialValue: Self, overflow: ArithmeticOverflow) {
>         let (partialValue, overflow) = representingValue.addingReportingOverflow(rhs.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: partialValue), overflow)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func subtractingReportingOverflow(_ rhs: Self) -> (partialValue: Self, overflow: ArithmeticOverflow) {
>         let (partialValue, overflow) = representingValue.subtractingReportingOverflow(rhs.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: partialValue), overflow)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func multipliedReportingOverflow(by rhs: Self) -> (partialValue: Self, overflow: ArithmeticOverflow) {
>         let (partialValue, overflow) = representingValue.multipliedReportingOverflow(by: rhs.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: partialValue), overflow)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func dividedReportingOverflow(by rhs: Self) -> (partialValue: Self, overflow: ArithmeticOverflow) {
>         let (partialValue, overflow) = representingValue.dividedReportingOverflow(by: rhs.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: partialValue), overflow)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func remainderReportingOverflow(dividingBy rhs: Self) -> (partialValue: Self, overflow: ArithmeticOverflow) {
>         let (partialValue, overflow) = representingValue.remainderReportingOverflow(dividingBy: rhs.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: partialValue), overflow)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func multipliedFullWidth(by other: Self) -> (high: Self, low: RepresentingValue.Magnitude) {
>         let (high, low) = representingValue.multipliedFullWidth(by: other.representingValue)
>         return (Self(representingValue: high), low)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public func dividingFullWidth(_ dividend: (high: Self, low: RepresentingValue.Magnitude)) -> (quotient: Self, remainder: Self) {
>         let (quotient, remainder) = representingValue.dividingFullWidth((dividend.high.representingValue, dividend.low))
>         return (Self(representingValue: quotient), Self(representingValue: remainder))
>     }
> }
> 
> extension EndianInteger {
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static prefix func +(x: Self) -> Self {
>         return x
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func +(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue + rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func +=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue += rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func -(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue - rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func -=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue -= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func *(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue * rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func *=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue *= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func /(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue / rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func /=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue /= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func %(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue % rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func %=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue %= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func &(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue & rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func &=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue &= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func |(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue | rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func |=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue |= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func ^(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue ^ rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func ^=(lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self) {
>         lhs.representingValue ^= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     prefix public static func ~(x: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: ~x.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func &>>(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue &>> rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func &<<(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Self {
>         return Self(representingValue: lhs.representingValue &<< rhs.representingValue)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func ==(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.bitPattern == rhs.bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func !=(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.bitPattern != rhs.bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func >(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.representingValue > rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func <(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.representingValue < rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func >=(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.representingValue >= rhs.representingValue
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public static func <=(lhs: Self, rhs: Self) -> Bool {
>         return lhs.representingValue <= rhs.representingValue
>     }
> }
> 
> public struct BEInteger<Base : FixedWidthInteger> : FixedWidthInteger, EndianInteger {
>     
>     public var bitPattern: Base
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(bitPattern: Base) {
>         self.bitPattern = bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_versioned
>     @_transparent
>     init(representingValue: Base) {
>         self.bitPattern = representingValue.bigEndian
>     }
>     
>     @_versioned
>     @_transparent
>     var representingValue: Base {
>         get {
>             return Base(bigEndian: bitPattern)
>         }
>         set {
>             bitPattern = newValue.bigEndian
>         }
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(bigEndian value: BEInteger) {
>         self.bitPattern = value.bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(littleEndian value: BEInteger) {
>         self.bitPattern = value.bitPattern.byteSwapped
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var bigEndian: BEInteger {
>         return self
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var littleEndian: BEInteger {
>         return BEInteger(littleEndian: self)
>     }
> }
> 
> public struct LEInteger<Base : FixedWidthInteger> : FixedWidthInteger, EndianInteger {
>     
>     public var bitPattern: Base
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(bitPattern: Base) {
>         self.bitPattern = bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_versioned
>     @_transparent
>     init(representingValue: Base) {
>         self.bitPattern = representingValue.littleEndian
>     }
>     
>     @_versioned
>     @_transparent
>     var representingValue: Base {
>         get {
>             return Base(littleEndian: bitPattern)
>         }
>         set {
>             bitPattern = newValue.littleEndian
>         }
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(bigEndian value: LEInteger) {
>         self.bitPattern = value.bitPattern.byteSwapped
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public init(littleEndian value: LEInteger) {
>         self.bitPattern = value.bitPattern
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var bigEndian: LEInteger {
>         return LEInteger(bigEndian: self)
>     }
>     
>     @_transparent
>     public var littleEndian: LEInteger {
>         return self
>     }
> }
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