Landing: 20347e8075b1
Project / Subsystem
gcc / gccrs
Date
2026-09-04
Author
Philip Herron
Commit
20347e8075b1341bff8e8da2e56103339db48d02
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github
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- gccrs: Improve deferred operator overload handling.
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- Enhances operator overload resolution by deferring finalization until more type information is available.
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- • gccrs
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- • operator overloading
- • type inference
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- 2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
This commit refactors gccrs to better handle operator overloads, particularly when type inference is involved, as seen in libcore. When operator symbols like + or * are ambiguous due to inference variables, the compiler now defers the final resolution of the specific implementation. This allows type-checking to proceed, deferring the specialization until sufficient type hints are gathered, improving the handling of complex expressions and resolving a new test case.