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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package walk
import (
"go/constant"
"go/token"
"sort"
"cmd/compile/internal/base"
"cmd/compile/internal/ir"
"cmd/compile/internal/ssagen"
"cmd/compile/internal/typecheck"
"cmd/compile/internal/types"
"cmd/internal/src"
)
// walkSwitch walks a switch statement.
func walkSwitch(sw *ir.SwitchStmt) {
// Guard against double walk, see #25776.
if sw.Walked() {
return // Was fatal, but eliminating every possible source of double-walking is hard
}
sw.SetWalked(true)
if sw.Tag != nil && sw.Tag.Op() == ir.OTYPESW {
walkSwitchType(sw)
} else {
walkSwitchExpr(sw)
}
}
// walkSwitchExpr generates an AST implementing sw. sw is an
// expression switch.
func walkSwitchExpr(sw *ir.SwitchStmt) {
lno := ir.SetPos(sw)
cond := sw.Tag
sw.Tag = nil
// convert switch {...} to switch true {...}
if cond == nil {
cond = ir.NewBool(true)
cond = typecheck.Expr(cond)
cond = typecheck.DefaultLit(cond, nil)
}
// Given "switch string(byteslice)",
// with all cases being side-effect free,
// use a zero-cost alias of the byte slice.
// Do this before calling walkExpr on cond,
// because walkExpr will lower the string
// conversion into a runtime call.
// See issue 24937 for more discussion.
if cond.Op() == ir.OBYTES2STR && allCaseExprsAreSideEffectFree(sw) {
cond := cond.(*ir.ConvExpr)
cond.SetOp(ir.OBYTES2STRTMP)
}
cond = walkExpr(cond, sw.PtrInit())
if cond.Op() != ir.OLITERAL && cond.Op() != ir.ONIL {
cond = copyExpr(cond, cond.Type(), &sw.Compiled)
}
base.Pos = lno
s := exprSwitch{
pos: lno,
exprname: cond,
}
var defaultGoto ir.Node
var body ir.Nodes
for _, ncase := range sw.Cases {
label := typecheck.AutoLabel(".s")
jmp := ir.NewBranchStmt(ncase.Pos(), ir.OGOTO, label)
// Process case dispatch.
if len(ncase.List) == 0 {
if defaultGoto != nil {
base.Fatalf("duplicate default case not detected during typechecking")
}
defaultGoto = jmp
}
for i, n1 := range ncase.List {
var rtype ir.Node
if i < len(ncase.RTypes) {
rtype = ncase.RTypes[i]
}
s.Add(ncase.Pos(), n1, rtype, jmp)
}
// Process body.
body.Append(ir.NewLabelStmt(ncase.Pos(), label))
body.Append(ncase.Body...)
if fall, pos := endsInFallthrough(ncase.Body); !fall {
br := ir.NewBranchStmt(base.Pos, ir.OBREAK, nil)
br.SetPos(pos)
body.Append(br)
}
}
sw.Cases = nil
if defaultGoto == nil {
br := ir.NewBranchStmt(base.Pos, ir.OBREAK, nil)
br.SetPos(br.Pos().WithNotStmt())
defaultGoto = br
}
s.Emit(&sw.Compiled)
sw.Compiled.Append(defaultGoto)
sw.Compiled.Append(body.Take()...)
walkStmtList(sw.Compiled)
}
// An exprSwitch walks an expression switch.
type exprSwitch struct {
pos src.XPos
exprname ir.Node // value being switched on
done ir.Nodes
clauses []exprClause
}
type exprClause struct {
pos src.XPos
lo, hi ir.Node
rtype ir.Node // *runtime._type for OEQ node
jmp ir.Node
}
func (s *exprSwitch) Add(pos src.XPos, expr, rtype, jmp ir.Node) {
c := exprClause{pos: pos, lo: expr, hi: expr, rtype: rtype, jmp: jmp}
if types.IsOrdered[s.exprname.Type().Kind()] && expr.Op() == ir.OLITERAL {
s.clauses = append(s.clauses, c)
return
}
s.flush()
s.clauses = append(s.clauses, c)
s.flush()
}
func (s *exprSwitch) Emit(out *ir.Nodes) {
s.flush()
out.Append(s.done.Take()...)
}
func (s *exprSwitch) flush() {
cc := s.clauses
s.clauses = nil
if len(cc) == 0 {
return
}
// Caution: If len(cc) == 1, then cc[0] might not an OLITERAL.
// The code below is structured to implicitly handle this case
// (e.g., sort.Slice doesn't need to invoke the less function
// when there's only a single slice element).
if s.exprname.Type().IsString() && len(cc) >= 2 {
// Sort strings by length and then by value. It is
// much cheaper to compare lengths than values, and
// all we need here is consistency. We respect this
// sorting below.
sort.Slice(cc, func(i, j int) bool {
si := ir.StringVal(cc[i].lo)
sj := ir.StringVal(cc[j].lo)
if len(si) != len(sj) {
return len(si) < len(sj)
}
return si < sj
})
// runLen returns the string length associated with a
// particular run of exprClauses.
runLen := func(run []exprClause) int64 { return int64(len(ir.StringVal(run[0].lo))) }
// Collapse runs of consecutive strings with the same length.
var runs [][]exprClause
start := 0
for i := 1; i < len(cc); i++ {
if runLen(cc[start:]) != runLen(cc[i:]) {
runs = append(runs, cc[start:i])
start = i
}
}
runs = append(runs, cc[start:])
// We have strings of more than one length. Generate an
// outer switch which switches on the length of the string
// and an inner switch in each case which resolves all the
// strings of the same length. The code looks something like this:
// goto outerLabel
// len5:
// ... search among length 5 strings ...
// goto endLabel
// len8:
// ... search among length 8 strings ...
// goto endLabel
// ... other lengths ...
// outerLabel:
// switch len(s) {
// case 5: goto len5
// case 8: goto len8
// ... other lengths ...
// }
// endLabel:
outerLabel := typecheck.AutoLabel(".s")
endLabel := typecheck.AutoLabel(".s")
// Jump around all the individual switches for each length.
s.done.Append(ir.NewBranchStmt(s.pos, ir.OGOTO, outerLabel))
var outer exprSwitch
outer.exprname = ir.NewUnaryExpr(s.pos, ir.OLEN, s.exprname)
outer.exprname.SetType(types.Types[types.TINT])
for _, run := range runs {
// Target label to jump to when we match this length.
label := typecheck.AutoLabel(".s")
// Search within this run of same-length strings.
pos := run[0].pos
s.done.Append(ir.NewLabelStmt(pos, label))
stringSearch(s.exprname, run, &s.done)
s.done.Append(ir.NewBranchStmt(pos, ir.OGOTO, endLabel))
// Add length case to outer switch.
cas := ir.NewBasicLit(pos, constant.MakeInt64(runLen(run)))
jmp := ir.NewBranchStmt(pos, ir.OGOTO, label)
outer.Add(pos, cas, nil, jmp)
}
s.done.Append(ir.NewLabelStmt(s.pos, outerLabel))
outer.Emit(&s.done)
s.done.Append(ir.NewLabelStmt(s.pos, endLabel))
return
}
sort.Slice(cc, func(i, j int) bool {
return constant.Compare(cc[i].lo.Val(), token.LSS, cc[j].lo.Val())
})
// Merge consecutive integer cases.
if s.exprname.Type().IsInteger() {
consecutive := func(last, next constant.Value) bool {
delta := constant.BinaryOp(next, token.SUB, last)
return constant.Compare(delta, token.EQL, constant.MakeInt64(1))
}
merged := cc[:1]
for _, c := range cc[1:] {
last := &merged[len(merged)-1]
if last.jmp == c.jmp && consecutive(last.hi.Val(), c.lo.Val()) {
last.hi = c.lo
} else {
merged = append(merged, c)
}
}
cc = merged
}
s.search(cc, &s.done)
}
func (s *exprSwitch) search(cc []exprClause, out *ir.Nodes) {
if s.tryJumpTable(cc, out) {
return
}
binarySearch(len(cc), out,
func(i int) ir.Node {
return ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OLE, s.exprname, cc[i-1].hi)
},
func(i int, nif *ir.IfStmt) {
c := &cc[i]
nif.Cond = c.test(s.exprname)
nif.Body = []ir.Node{c.jmp}
},
)
}
// Try to implement the clauses with a jump table. Returns true if successful.
func (s *exprSwitch) tryJumpTable(cc []exprClause, out *ir.Nodes) bool {
const go119UseJumpTables = true
const minCases = 8 // have at least minCases cases in the switch
const minDensity = 4 // use at least 1 out of every minDensity entries
if !go119UseJumpTables || base.Flag.N != 0 || !ssagen.Arch.LinkArch.CanJumpTable || base.Ctxt.Retpoline {
return false
}
if len(cc) < minCases {
return false // not enough cases for it to be worth it
}
if cc[0].lo.Val().Kind() != constant.Int {
return false // e.g. float
}
if s.exprname.Type().Size() > int64(types.PtrSize) {
return false // 64-bit switches on 32-bit archs
}
min := cc[0].lo.Val()
max := cc[len(cc)-1].hi.Val()
width := constant.BinaryOp(constant.BinaryOp(max, token.SUB, min), token.ADD, constant.MakeInt64(1))
limit := constant.MakeInt64(int64(len(cc)) * minDensity)
if constant.Compare(width, token.GTR, limit) {
// We disable jump tables if we use less than a minimum fraction of the entries.
// i.e. for switch x {case 0: case 1000: case 2000:} we don't want to use a jump table.
return false
}
jt := ir.NewJumpTableStmt(base.Pos, s.exprname)
for _, c := range cc {
jmp := c.jmp.(*ir.BranchStmt)
if jmp.Op() != ir.OGOTO || jmp.Label == nil {
panic("bad switch case body")
}
for i := c.lo.Val(); constant.Compare(i, token.LEQ, c.hi.Val()); i = constant.BinaryOp(i, token.ADD, constant.MakeInt64(1)) {
jt.Cases = append(jt.Cases, i)
jt.Targets = append(jt.Targets, jmp.Label)
}
}
out.Append(jt)
return true
}
func (c *exprClause) test(exprname ir.Node) ir.Node {
// Integer range.
if c.hi != c.lo {
low := ir.NewBinaryExpr(c.pos, ir.OGE, exprname, c.lo)
high := ir.NewBinaryExpr(c.pos, ir.OLE, exprname, c.hi)
return ir.NewLogicalExpr(c.pos, ir.OANDAND, low, high)
}
// Optimize "switch true { ...}" and "switch false { ... }".
if ir.IsConst(exprname, constant.Bool) && !c.lo.Type().IsInterface() {
if ir.BoolVal(exprname) {
return c.lo
} else {
return ir.NewUnaryExpr(c.pos, ir.ONOT, c.lo)
}
}
n := ir.NewBinaryExpr(c.pos, ir.OEQ, exprname, c.lo)
n.RType = c.rtype
return n
}
func allCaseExprsAreSideEffectFree(sw *ir.SwitchStmt) bool {
// In theory, we could be more aggressive, allowing any
// side-effect-free expressions in cases, but it's a bit
// tricky because some of that information is unavailable due
// to the introduction of temporaries during order.
// Restricting to constants is simple and probably powerful
// enough.
for _, ncase := range sw.Cases {
for _, v := range ncase.List {
if v.Op() != ir.OLITERAL {
return false
}
}
}
return true
}
// endsInFallthrough reports whether stmts ends with a "fallthrough" statement.
func endsInFallthrough(stmts []ir.Node) (bool, src.XPos) {
if len(stmts) == 0 {
return false, src.NoXPos
}
i := len(stmts) - 1
return stmts[i].Op() == ir.OFALL, stmts[i].Pos()
}
// walkSwitchType generates an AST that implements sw, where sw is a
// type switch.
func walkSwitchType(sw *ir.SwitchStmt) {
var s typeSwitch
s.facename = sw.Tag.(*ir.TypeSwitchGuard).X
sw.Tag = nil
s.facename = walkExpr(s.facename, sw.PtrInit())
s.facename = copyExpr(s.facename, s.facename.Type(), &sw.Compiled)
s.okname = typecheck.Temp(types.Types[types.TBOOL])
// Get interface descriptor word.
// For empty interfaces this will be the type.
// For non-empty interfaces this will be the itab.
itab := ir.NewUnaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OITAB, s.facename)
// For empty interfaces, do:
// if e._type == nil {
// do nil case if it exists, otherwise default
// }
// h := e._type.hash
// Use a similar strategy for non-empty interfaces.
ifNil := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos, nil, nil, nil)
ifNil.Cond = ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OEQ, itab, typecheck.NodNil())
base.Pos = base.Pos.WithNotStmt() // disable statement marks after the first check.
ifNil.Cond = typecheck.Expr(ifNil.Cond)
ifNil.Cond = typecheck.DefaultLit(ifNil.Cond, nil)
// ifNil.Nbody assigned at end.
sw.Compiled.Append(ifNil)
// Load hash from type or itab.
dotHash := typeHashFieldOf(base.Pos, itab)
s.hashname = copyExpr(dotHash, dotHash.Type(), &sw.Compiled)
br := ir.NewBranchStmt(base.Pos, ir.OBREAK, nil)
var defaultGoto, nilGoto ir.Node
var body ir.Nodes
for _, ncase := range sw.Cases {
caseVar := ncase.Var
// For single-type cases with an interface type,
// we initialize the case variable as part of the type assertion.
// In other cases, we initialize it in the body.
var singleType *types.Type
if len(ncase.List) == 1 && ncase.List[0].Op() == ir.OTYPE {
singleType = ncase.List[0].Type()
}
caseVarInitialized := false
label := typecheck.AutoLabel(".s")
jmp := ir.NewBranchStmt(ncase.Pos(), ir.OGOTO, label)
if len(ncase.List) == 0 { // default:
if defaultGoto != nil {
base.Fatalf("duplicate default case not detected during typechecking")
}
defaultGoto = jmp
}
for _, n1 := range ncase.List {
if ir.IsNil(n1) { // case nil:
if nilGoto != nil {
base.Fatalf("duplicate nil case not detected during typechecking")
}
nilGoto = jmp
continue
}
if singleType != nil && singleType.IsInterface() {
s.Add(ncase.Pos(), n1, caseVar, jmp)
caseVarInitialized = true
} else {
s.Add(ncase.Pos(), n1, nil, jmp)
}
}
body.Append(ir.NewLabelStmt(ncase.Pos(), label))
if caseVar != nil && !caseVarInitialized {
val := s.facename
if singleType != nil {
// We have a single concrete type. Extract the data.
if singleType.IsInterface() {
base.Fatalf("singleType interface should have been handled in Add")
}
val = ifaceData(ncase.Pos(), s.facename, singleType)
}
if len(ncase.List) == 1 && ncase.List[0].Op() == ir.ODYNAMICTYPE {
dt := ncase.List[0].(*ir.DynamicType)
x := ir.NewDynamicTypeAssertExpr(ncase.Pos(), ir.ODYNAMICDOTTYPE, val, dt.RType)
x.ITab = dt.ITab
x.SetType(caseVar.Type())
x.SetTypecheck(1)
val = x
}
l := []ir.Node{
ir.NewDecl(ncase.Pos(), ir.ODCL, caseVar),
ir.NewAssignStmt(ncase.Pos(), caseVar, val),
}
typecheck.Stmts(l)
body.Append(l...)
}
body.Append(ncase.Body...)
body.Append(br)
}
sw.Cases = nil
if defaultGoto == nil {
defaultGoto = br
}
if nilGoto == nil {
nilGoto = defaultGoto
}
ifNil.Body = []ir.Node{nilGoto}
s.Emit(&sw.Compiled)
sw.Compiled.Append(defaultGoto)
sw.Compiled.Append(body.Take()...)
walkStmtList(sw.Compiled)
}
// typeHashFieldOf returns an expression to select the type hash field
// from an interface's descriptor word (whether a *runtime._type or
// *runtime.itab pointer).
func typeHashFieldOf(pos src.XPos, itab *ir.UnaryExpr) *ir.SelectorExpr {
if itab.Op() != ir.OITAB {
base.Fatalf("expected OITAB, got %v", itab.Op())
}
var hashField *types.Field
if itab.X.Type().IsEmptyInterface() {
// runtime._type's hash field
if rtypeHashField == nil {
rtypeHashField = runtimeField("hash", int64(2*types.PtrSize), types.Types[types.TUINT32])
}
hashField = rtypeHashField
} else {
// runtime.itab's hash field
if itabHashField == nil {
itabHashField = runtimeField("hash", int64(2*types.PtrSize), types.Types[types.TUINT32])
}
hashField = itabHashField
}
return boundedDotPtr(pos, itab, hashField)
}
var rtypeHashField, itabHashField *types.Field
// A typeSwitch walks a type switch.
type typeSwitch struct {
// Temporary variables (i.e., ONAMEs) used by type switch dispatch logic:
facename ir.Node // value being type-switched on
hashname ir.Node // type hash of the value being type-switched on
okname ir.Node // boolean used for comma-ok type assertions
done ir.Nodes
clauses []typeClause
}
type typeClause struct {
hash uint32
body ir.Nodes
}
func (s *typeSwitch) Add(pos src.XPos, n1 ir.Node, caseVar *ir.Name, jmp ir.Node) {
typ := n1.Type()
var body ir.Nodes
if caseVar != nil {
l := []ir.Node{
ir.NewDecl(pos, ir.ODCL, caseVar),
ir.NewAssignStmt(pos, caseVar, nil),
}
typecheck.Stmts(l)
body.Append(l...)
} else {
caseVar = ir.BlankNode.(*ir.Name)
}
// cv, ok = iface.(type)
as := ir.NewAssignListStmt(pos, ir.OAS2, nil, nil)
as.Lhs = []ir.Node{caseVar, s.okname} // cv, ok =
switch n1.Op() {
case ir.OTYPE:
// Static type assertion (non-generic)
dot := ir.NewTypeAssertExpr(pos, s.facename, typ) // iface.(type)
as.Rhs = []ir.Node{dot}
case ir.ODYNAMICTYPE:
// Dynamic type assertion (generic)
dt := n1.(*ir.DynamicType)
dot := ir.NewDynamicTypeAssertExpr(pos, ir.ODYNAMICDOTTYPE, s.facename, dt.RType)
dot.ITab = dt.ITab
dot.SetType(typ)
dot.SetTypecheck(1)
as.Rhs = []ir.Node{dot}
default:
base.Fatalf("unhandled type case %s", n1.Op())
}
appendWalkStmt(&body, as)
// if ok { goto label }
nif := ir.NewIfStmt(pos, nil, nil, nil)
nif.Cond = s.okname
nif.Body = []ir.Node{jmp}
body.Append(nif)
if n1.Op() == ir.OTYPE && !typ.IsInterface() {
// Defer static, noninterface cases so they can be binary searched by hash.
s.clauses = append(s.clauses, typeClause{
hash: types.TypeHash(n1.Type()),
body: body,
})
return
}
s.flush()
s.done.Append(body.Take()...)
}
func (s *typeSwitch) Emit(out *ir.Nodes) {
s.flush()
out.Append(s.done.Take()...)
}
func (s *typeSwitch) flush() {
cc := s.clauses
s.clauses = nil
if len(cc) == 0 {
return
}
sort.Slice(cc, func(i, j int) bool { return cc[i].hash < cc[j].hash })
// Combine adjacent cases with the same hash.
merged := cc[:1]
for _, c := range cc[1:] {
last := &merged[len(merged)-1]
if last.hash == c.hash {
last.body.Append(c.body.Take()...)
} else {
merged = append(merged, c)
}
}
cc = merged
// TODO: figure out if we could use a jump table using some low bits of the type hashes.
binarySearch(len(cc), &s.done,
func(i int) ir.Node {
return ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OLE, s.hashname, ir.NewInt(int64(cc[i-1].hash)))
},
func(i int, nif *ir.IfStmt) {
// TODO(mdempsky): Omit hash equality check if
// there's only one type.
c := cc[i]
nif.Cond = ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OEQ, s.hashname, ir.NewInt(int64(c.hash)))
nif.Body.Append(c.body.Take()...)
},
)
}
// binarySearch constructs a binary search tree for handling n cases,
// and appends it to out. It's used for efficiently implementing
// switch statements.
//
// less(i) should return a boolean expression. If it evaluates true,
// then cases before i will be tested; otherwise, cases i and later.
//
// leaf(i, nif) should setup nif (an OIF node) to test case i. In
// particular, it should set nif.Cond and nif.Body.
func binarySearch(n int, out *ir.Nodes, less func(i int) ir.Node, leaf func(i int, nif *ir.IfStmt)) {
const binarySearchMin = 4 // minimum number of cases for binary search
var do func(lo, hi int, out *ir.Nodes)
do = func(lo, hi int, out *ir.Nodes) {
n := hi - lo
if n < binarySearchMin {
for i := lo; i < hi; i++ {
nif := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos, nil, nil, nil)
leaf(i, nif)
base.Pos = base.Pos.WithNotStmt()
nif.Cond = typecheck.Expr(nif.Cond)
nif.Cond = typecheck.DefaultLit(nif.Cond, nil)
out.Append(nif)
out = &nif.Else
}
return
}
half := lo + n/2
nif := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos, nil, nil, nil)
nif.Cond = less(half)
base.Pos = base.Pos.WithNotStmt()
nif.Cond = typecheck.Expr(nif.Cond)
nif.Cond = typecheck.DefaultLit(nif.Cond, nil)
do(lo, half, &nif.Body)
do(half, hi, &nif.Else)
out.Append(nif)
}
do(0, n, out)
}
func stringSearch(expr ir.Node, cc []exprClause, out *ir.Nodes) {
if len(cc) < 4 {
// Short list, just do brute force equality checks.
for _, c := range cc {
nif := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos.WithNotStmt(), typecheck.DefaultLit(typecheck.Expr(c.test(expr)), nil), []ir.Node{c.jmp}, nil)
out.Append(nif)
out = &nif.Else
}
return
}
// The strategy here is to find a simple test to divide the set of possible strings
// that might match expr approximately in half.
// The test we're going to use is to do an ordered comparison of a single byte
// of expr to a constant. We will pick the index of that byte and the value we're
// comparing against to make the split as even as possible.
// if expr[3] <= 'd' { ... search strings with expr[3] at 'd' or lower ... }
// else { ... search strings with expr[3] at 'e' or higher ... }
//
// To add complication, we will do the ordered comparison in the signed domain.
// The reason for this is to prevent CSE from merging the load used for the
// ordered comparison with the load used for the later equality check.
// if expr[3] <= 'd' { ... if expr[0] == 'f' && expr[1] == 'o' && expr[2] == 'o' && expr[3] == 'd' { ... } }
// If we did both expr[3] loads in the unsigned domain, they would be CSEd, and that
// would in turn defeat the combining of expr[0]...expr[3] into a single 4-byte load.
// See issue 48222.
// By using signed loads for the ordered comparison and unsigned loads for the
// equality comparison, they don't get CSEd and the equality comparisons will be
// done using wider loads.
n := len(ir.StringVal(cc[0].lo)) // Length of the constant strings.
bestScore := int64(0) // measure of how good the split is.
bestIdx := 0 // split using expr[bestIdx]
bestByte := int8(0) // compare expr[bestIdx] against bestByte
for idx := 0; idx < n; idx++ {
for b := int8(-128); b < 127; b++ {
le := 0
for _, c := range cc {
s := ir.StringVal(c.lo)
if int8(s[idx]) <= b {
le++
}
}
score := int64(le) * int64(len(cc)-le)
if score > bestScore {
bestScore = score
bestIdx = idx
bestByte = b
}
}
}
// The split must be at least 1:n-1 because we have at least 2 distinct strings; they
// have to be different somewhere.
// TODO: what if the best split is still pretty bad?
if bestScore == 0 {
base.Fatalf("unable to split string set")
}
// Convert expr to a []int8
slice := ir.NewConvExpr(base.Pos, ir.OSTR2BYTESTMP, types.NewSlice(types.Types[types.TINT8]), expr)
slice.SetTypecheck(1) // legacy typechecker doesn't handle this op
// Load the byte we're splitting on.
load := ir.NewIndexExpr(base.Pos, slice, ir.NewInt(int64(bestIdx)))
// Compare with the value we're splitting on.
cmp := ir.Node(ir.NewBinaryExpr(base.Pos, ir.OLE, load, ir.NewInt(int64(bestByte))))
cmp = typecheck.DefaultLit(typecheck.Expr(cmp), nil)
nif := ir.NewIfStmt(base.Pos, cmp, nil, nil)
var le []exprClause
var gt []exprClause
for _, c := range cc {
s := ir.StringVal(c.lo)
if int8(s[bestIdx]) <= bestByte {
le = append(le, c)
} else {
gt = append(gt, c)
}
}
stringSearch(expr, le, &nif.Body)
stringSearch(expr, gt, &nif.Else)
out.Append(nif)
// TODO: if expr[bestIdx] has enough different possible values, use a jump table.
}