Veikka Tuominen e323cf1264 stage2: change how defers are stored in Zir
Storing defers this way has the benefits that the defer doesn't get
analyzed multiple times in AstGen, it takes up less space, and it
makes Sema aware of defers allowing for 'unreachable else prong'
error on error sets in generic code.

The disadvantage is that it is a bit more complex and errdefers with
payloads now emit a placeholder instruction (but those are rare).

Sema.zig before:
  Total ZIR bytes:    3.7794370651245117MiB
  Instructions:       238996 (2.051319122314453MiB)
  String Table Bytes: 89.2802734375KiB
  Extra Data Items:   430144 (1.640869140625MiB)
Sema.zig after:
  Total ZIR bytes:    3.3344192504882812MiB
  Instructions:       211829 (1.8181428909301758MiB)
  String Table Bytes: 89.2802734375KiB
  Extra Data Items:   374611 (1.4290275573730469MiB)
2022-09-12 01:52:44 -04:00
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Test Case Quick Reference

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Compile Error Test

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// error
// is_test=1
//
// :4:13: error: 'try' outside function scope

Execution

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// run

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hello.0.zig
hello.1.zig
hello.2.zig

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// run
// backend=stage2,llvm
// target=x86_64-linux,x86_64-macos

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