Merge pull request #18483 from jketema/extractor-fixes

C++: Fix types of struct/union templates and fix assumptions on proxy classes

cpp/downgrades/a01d8f91b8d49259e509b574962dec90719f69a6/upgrade.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description: Improve user types and proxy classes
+compatibility: full
+usertypes.rel: run usertypes.qlo

cpp/downgrades/a01d8f91b8d49259e509b574962dec90719f69a6/usertypes.ql

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class UserType extends @usertype {
+  string toString() { none() }
+}
+
+bindingset[kind]
+int getKind(int kind) { if kind in [15, 16, 17] then result = 6 else result = kind }
+
+from UserType usertype, string name, int kind
+where usertypes(usertype, name, kind)
+select usertype, name, getKind(kind)

cpp/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-01-13-struct-proxy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: feature
+---
+* A new predicate `getDecltype`was added to the `ProxyClass` class, which yields the decltype for the proxy class.
+* Template classes that are of `struct` type are now also instances of the `Struct` class.
+* Template classes that are of `union` type are now also instances of the `Union` class.

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/Class.qll

@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class AbstractClass extends Class {
  * `FullClassTemplateSpecialization`.
  */
 class TemplateClass extends Class {
-  TemplateClass() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 6) }
+  TemplateClass() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [15, 16, 17]) }
 
   /**
    * Gets a class instantiated from this template.
@@ -1076,13 +1076,19 @@ class VirtualBaseClass extends Class {
 }
 
 /**
- * The proxy class (where needed) associated with a template parameter, as
- * in the following code:
- * ```
+ * The proxy class (where needed) associated with a template parameter or a
+ * decltype, as in the following code:
+ * ```cpp
  * template <typename T>
  * struct S : T { // the type of this T is a proxy class
  *   ...
  * };
+ *
+ * template <typename T>
+ * concept C =
+ *   decltype(std::span{std::declval<T&>()})::extent
+ *     != std::dynamic_extent;
+ *   // the type of decltype(std::span{std::declval<T&>()}) is a proxy class
  * ```
  */
 class ProxyClass extends UserType {
@@ -1093,10 +1099,13 @@ class ProxyClass extends UserType {
   /** Gets the location of the proxy class. */
   override Location getLocation() { result = this.getTemplateParameter().getDefinitionLocation() }
 
-  /** Gets the template parameter for which this is the proxy class. */
+  /** Gets the template parameter for which this is the proxy class, if any. */
   TypeTemplateParameter getTemplateParameter() {
     is_proxy_class_for(underlyingElement(this), unresolveElement(result))
   }
+
+  /** Gets the decltype for which this is the proxy class, if any. */
+  Decltype getDecltype() { is_proxy_class_for(underlyingElement(this), unresolveElement(result)) }
 }
 
 // Unpacks "array of ... of array of t" into t.

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/Struct.qll

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import semmle.code.cpp.Class
  * ```
  */
 class Struct extends Class {
-  Struct() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 1) or usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 3) }
+  Struct() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [1, 3, 15, 17]) }
 
   override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "Struct" }
 

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/TemplateParameter.qll

@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ deprecated class TemplateParameter = TypeTemplateParameter;
  * ```
  */
 class TypeTemplateParameter extends UserType, TemplateParameterImpl {
-  TypeTemplateParameter() {
-    usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 7) or usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 8)
-  }
+  TypeTemplateParameter() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [7, 8]) }
 
   override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "TypeTemplateParameter" }
 

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/Type.qll

@@ -406,10 +406,7 @@ class IntegralOrEnumType extends Type {
     isIntegralType(underlyingElement(this), _)
     or
     // Enum type
-    (
-      usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 4) or
-      usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 13)
-    )
+    usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [4, 13])
   }
 }
 

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/TypedefType.qll

@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ private import semmle.code.cpp.internal.ResolveClass
  * ```
  */
 class TypedefType extends UserType {
-  TypedefType() {
-    usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 5) or
-    usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 14)
-  }
+  TypedefType() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [5, 14]) }
 
   /**
    * Gets the base type of this typedef type.

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/Union.qll

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import semmle.code.cpp.Struct
  * ```
  */
 class Union extends Struct {
-  Union() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, 3) }
+  Union() { usertypes(underlyingElement(this), _, [3, 17]) }
 
   override string getAPrimaryQlClass() { result = "Union" }
 

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/QualifiedName.qll

@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ class ProxyClass extends UserType {
 }
 
 class TypeTemplateParameter extends UserType {
-  TypeTemplateParameter() { usertypes(this, _, 7) or usertypes(this, _, 8) }
+  TypeTemplateParameter() { usertypes(this, _, [7, 8]) }
 }
 
 class TemplateClass extends UserType {
-  TemplateClass() { usertypes(this, _, 6) }
+  TemplateClass() { usertypes(this, _, [15, 16, 17]) }
 
   UserType getAnInstantiation() {
     class_instantiation(result, this) and

cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/internal/ResolveClass.qll

@@ -114,15 +114,7 @@ private module Cached {
    * Holds if `t` is a struct, class, union, or template.
    */
   cached
-  predicate isClass(@usertype t) {
-    usertypes(t, _, 1) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 2) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 3) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 6) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 10) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 11) or
-    usertypes(t, _, 12)
-  }
+  predicate isClass(@usertype t) { usertypes(t, _, [1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17]) }
 
   cached
   predicate isType(@type t) {

cpp/ql/lib/semmlecode.cpp.dbscheme

@@ -771,12 +771,13 @@ decltypes(
 
 /*
 case @usertype.kind of
-   1 = @struct
+|  0 = @unknown_usertype
+|  1 = @struct
 |  2 = @class
 |  3 = @union
 |  4 = @enum
 |  5 = @typedef                       // classic C: typedef typedef type name
-|  6 = @template
+// ... 6 = @template deprecated
 |  7 = @template_parameter
 |  8 = @template_template_parameter
 |  9 = @proxy_class                   // a proxy class associated with a template parameter
@@ -785,6 +786,9 @@ case @usertype.kind of
 // ... 12 objc_category deprecated
 | 13 = @scoped_enum
 | 14 = @using_alias                  // a using name = type style typedef
+| 15 = @template_struct
+| 16 = @template_class
+| 17 = @template_union
 ;
 */
 
@@ -843,9 +847,11 @@ class_template_argument_value(
     int arg_value: @expr ref
 );
 
+@user_or_decltype = @usertype | @decltype;
+
 is_proxy_class_for(
     unique int id: @usertype ref,
-    unique int templ_param_id: @usertype ref
+    int templ_param_id: @user_or_decltype ref
 );
 
 type_mentions(