[BUG] No support for enum `as` basetype

[dwmckee]

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Describe the bug If as is to be a uniform cast syntax, then I would expect to be able to get raw values from enums with it, but that is not currently the case.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

E: @enum<u8> type = {
   Value1;
   Value2;
   Value3;
}

main: () = {
     // v1 : u8 = E::Value1;               // ERROR: can't implicitly convert as expected
     v2 : u8 = E::Value2.get_raw_value();  // Expected working behavior
     v3 : u8 = E::Value3 as u8;            // ERROR: Uniform cast syntax doesn't work
}

Compilation environment:

• cppfront commit 76c2941b29e1e17f8086d3581df03d0bb12bc793
• g++ (SUSE Linux) 13.2.1 20230912 [revision b96e66fd4ef3e36983969fb8cdd1956f551a074b]
• Using meson with the official incantation

Discussion Obviously, with get_raw_value available this is not pressing from a "being able to get things done" point of view, but I found it surprising. I expected that being explicit about wanting the raw value was sufficient.

** Edit note ** The way meson handles subprojects seems to be confusing me. Originally posted quoting quite an old commit, but the error persists on the current leading edge.

[gregmarr]

@dwmckee Have you tried this branch? (I'm not sure if it adds this, but it's ongoing work.) https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront/pull/701

[dwmckee]

@dwmckee Have you tried this branch? (I'm not sure if it adds this, but it's ongoing work.) #701

I have now.

[4/5] Compiling C++ object enum_as_basetype.p/meson-generated_enum_as_basetype.cpp.o
FAILED: enum_as_basetype.p/meson-generated_enum_as_basetype.cpp.o
c++ -Ienum_as_basetype.p -I. -I.. -I../subprojects/cppfront/include -fdiagnostics-color=always -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -Winvalid-pch -std=c++20 -O0 -g -MD -MQ enum_as_basetype.p/meson-generated_enum_as_basetype.cpp.o -MF enum_as_basetype.p/meson-generated_enum_as_basetype.cpp.o.d -o enum_as_basetype.p/meson-generated_enum_as_basetype.cpp.o -c enum_as_basetype.p/enum_as_basetype.cpp
In file included from enum_as_basetype.p/enum_as_basetype.cpp:6:
../subprojects/cppfront/include/cpp2util.h: In instantiation of ‘decltype(auto) cpp2::as_(X&&) [with C = unsigned char; X = const E&]’:
../enum_as_basetype.cpp2:10:38:   required from here
../subprojects/cppfront/include/cpp2util.h:2022:13: error: static assertion failed: No safe 'as' cast available - please check your cast
 2022 |             program_violates_type_safety_guarantee<C, X>,
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../subprojects/cppfront/include/cpp2util.h:2022:13: note: ‘cpp2::program_violates_type_safety_guarantee<unsigned char, const E&>’ evaluates to false
../enum_as_basetype.cpp2: In function ‘int main()’:
../enum_as_basetype.cpp2:10:38: error: cannot convert ‘cpp2::nonesuch_<>’ to ‘cpp2::u8’ {aka ‘unsigned char’} in initialization
   10 |      v3 : u8 = E::Value3 as u8;            // ERROR: Uniform cast syntax doesn't work
      |                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                      |
      |                                      cpp2::nonesuch_<>
../enum_as_basetype.cpp2:9:15: warning: unused variable ‘v2’ [-Wunused-variable]
    9 |      v2 : u8 = E::Value2.get_raw_value();  // Expected working behavior
      |               ^~
../enum_as_basetype.cpp2:10:15: warning: unused variable ‘v3’ [-Wunused-variable]
   10 |      v3 : u8 = E::Value3 as u8;            // ERROR: Uniform cast syntax doesn't work
      |               ^~
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.