Re: git: 86326398b73b - main - Merge commit 63c29df8eceb from llvm git (by Dmitry Polukhin):

From: Dimitry Andric <dim_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:47:26 UTC
On 4 Jun 2026, at 13:38, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> On 4 Jun 2026, at 12:53, Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Not sure if it is related but I'm seing some ports failing recently with errors bellow.
>> ( error: no viable conversion from ... to 'bool' )
>> 
>> Similar fails appears at pkg-fallout:
>> 
>> https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy24/data/main-amd64-default/p226b23044ee7_s67df3130159/logs/binaryen-130.log
>> https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy24/data/main-amd64-default/p226b23044ee7_s67df3130159/logs/encryptpad-0.5.0.4_6.log
>> 
>> From node24 on main-n286352-73e0d6b44038:
>> ```
>> c++ -o /wrkdirs/usr/ports/www/node24/work/node-v24.16.0/out/Release/obj.target/node_mksnapshot/tools/snapshot/node_mksnapshot.o ../tools/snapshot/node_mksnapshot.cc '-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1' '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' '-DNODE_OPENSSL_CONF_NAME=nodejs_conf' '-DNODE_OPENSSL_CERT_STORE' '-DICU_NO_USER_DATA_OVERRIDE' '-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS' '-DNODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1' '-DNODE_MKSNAPSHOT_USE_ARRAY_LITERALS=1' '-DHAVE_OPENSSL=1' '-DNODE_USE_NODE_CODE_CACHE=1' '-DHAVE_INSPECTOR=1' '-D__POSIX__' '-DNODE_USE_V8_PLATFORM=1' '-DNODE_HAVE_I18N_SUPPORT=1' '-DHAVE_AMARO=1' '-DHAVE_SQLITE=1' '-DHAVE_QUIC=0' -I../src -I../tools/msvs/genfiles
>> -I../deps/v8/include -I../deps/cares/include -I../deps/uv/include -I../deps/ncrypto -I../deps/v8/third_party/simdutf  -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror=undefined-inline -Werror=extra-semi -Werror=ctad-maybe-unsupported -m64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-strict-aliasing -std=gnu++20 -MMD -MF /wrkdirs/usr/ports/www/node24/work/node-v24.16.0/out/Release/.deps//wrkdirs/usr/ports/www/node24/work/node-v24.16.0/out/Release/obj.target/node_mksnapshot/tools/snapshot/node_mksnapshot.o.d.raw -isystem /usr/local/include -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -isystem /usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing   -isystem /usr/local/include  -c
>> ../test/embedding/embedtest.cc:138:12: error: no viable conversion from 'node::EmbedderSnapshotData::Pointer' (aka 'unique_ptr<const EmbedderSnapshotData, DeleteSnapshotData>') to 'bool'
>>  138 |     assert(snapshot);
>>      |            ^~~~~~~~
>> /usr/include/c++/v1/__memory/unique_ptr.h:276:64: note: explicit conversion function is not a candidate
>>  276 |   _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI _LIBCPP_CONSTEXPR_SINCE_CXX23 explicit operator bool() const _NOEXCEPT {
>>      |                                                                ^
>> ../test/embedding/embedtest.cc:216:14: error: no viable conversion from 'node::EmbedderSnapshotData::Pointer' (aka 'unique_ptr<const EmbedderSnapshotData, DeleteSnapshotData>') to 'bool'
>>  216 |       assert(snapshot);
>>      |              ^~~~~~~~
>> /usr/include/c++/v1/__memory/unique_ptr.h:276:64: note: explicit conversion function is not a candidate
>>  276 |   _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI _LIBCPP_CONSTEXPR_SINCE_CXX23 explicit operator bool() const _NOEXCEPT {
>>      |                                                                ^
>> 2 errors generated.
>> ```
>> 
>> Any clues?
> 
> This is because converting a std::unique_ptr to bool requires an explicit conversion, i.e. "if (my_unique_ptr)" will work, but using it with assert() will not.
> 
> At least, our assert() as defined in /usr/include/assert.h in -CURRENT, has this contorted definition:
> 
> #if __cplusplus < 202002L
> /*
> * C++ modes prior to C++20 cannot simultaneously satisfy all three
> * desirable properties of the sanitiser:
> *
> *   Approach                       No double-eval  Lambda support  Arity check
> *   -----------------------------  --------------  --------------  -----------
> *   sizeof(cast(expression))       yes             no              yes
> *   static_cast<bool>(expression)  no              yes             no
> *   (void)bool(expression)         no              yes             no
> *
> *   NOTE: C++20 introduced lambdas in unevaluated contexts; see P0315R4.
> *
> * Since no approach satisfies all three below C++20, the least harmful
> * choice is to forgo the check entirely rather than silently break one
> * of the remaining guarantees.
> *
> */
> #define __assert_sanitize(...)  ((void)0)
> #else
> #define __assert_sanitize(...)  (void)sizeof(((bool(*)(bool))0)(__VA_ARGS__))
> #endif /* __cplusplus < 202002L */
> #else
> #define __assert_sanitize(...)  (void)sizeof(((_Bool(*)(_Bool))0)(__VA_ARGS__))
> #endif /* __cplusplus */
> #define assert(...)     (__assert_sanitize(__VA_ARGS__),       \
>                            (__VA_ARGS__) ? (void)0 :          \
>                            __assert(__func__, __FILE__,       \
>                            __LINE__, #__VA_ARGS__))
> 
> which clearly does not work as intended. I would probalby be simpler to to use "!!" to force an explicit boolean conversion.
> 
> For now, the ports could be fixed by changing the asserts to "ptr != nulltr", or adding an explicit static_cast<bool>. Or we should probably fix our assert macro.

That is, the following C++20 program should really successfully compile with our assert():

#include <cassert>
#include <memory>

void f(std::unique_ptr<int> p)
{
  assert(p);
}

but at the moment it does not:

unique-ptr-assert.cpp:6:10: error: no viable conversion from 'std::unique_ptr<int>' to 'bool'
    6 |   assert(p);
      |          ^
/usr/include/c++/v1/__memory/unique_ptr.h:276:64: note: explicit conversion function is not a candidate
  276 |   _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI _LIBCPP_CONSTEXPR_SINCE_CXX23 explicit operator bool() const _NOEXCEPT {
      |                                                                ^

When compiled with -save-temps, it shows the eventual expression it dies on:

unique-ptr-assert.cpp:6:36: error: no viable conversion from 'std::unique_ptr<int>' to 'bool'
    6 |   ((void)sizeof(((bool(*)(bool))0)(p)), (p) ? (void)0 : __assert(__func__, "unique-ptr-assert.cpp", 6, "p"));
      |                                    ^

So it seems the recent changes to assert.h broke C++20 behavior.

-Dimitry