Diagnose use of an implicit cast as an argument for an `out` parameter (#516)

Work on #499

Two big fixes here:

* The logic for checking constraints on `out` arguments wasn't actually triggering because it relied on function parameters being given an `OutType` if they are marked `out`, but the code wasn't actually doing that. Fixing the computation of types for functions resolved that issue.

* Next, I added a specific diagnostic to follow up the "expected an l-value" error to let the user know that their argument was implicitly converted, and that is why it doesn't count as an l-value in Slang's rules.

I've added a test case to ensure that we retain this diagnostic until we can do a true fix for the issue.

The right long-term fix is to have an AST representation of all the implicit casts involved (e.g., in both directions for an `inout` parameter), and then have the IR generate explicit code for the conversions in each direction (the `LoweredVal` representation can handle this sort of thing).

3 files changed, 47 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/source/slang/check.cpp b/source/slang/check.cpp
index 67b628596..acf473998 100644
--- a/source/slang/check.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/check.cpp
@@ -6738,13 +6738,37 @@ namespace Slang
                         auto paramType = funcType->getParamType(pp);
                         if (auto outParamType = paramType->As<OutTypeBase>())
                         {
-                            if (pp < expr->Arguments.Count()
-                                && !expr->Arguments[pp]->type.IsLeftValue)
+                            if( pp < expr->Arguments.Count() )
                             {
-                                getSink()->diagnose(
-                                    expr->Arguments[pp],
-                                    Diagnostics::argumentExpectedLValue,
-                                    pp);
+                                auto argExpr = expr->Arguments[pp];
+                                if( !argExpr->type.IsLeftValue )
+                                {
+                                    getSink()->diagnose(
+                                        argExpr,
+                                        Diagnostics::argumentExpectedLValue,
+                                        pp);
+
+                                    if( auto implicitCastExpr = argExpr.As<ImplicitCastExpr>() )
+                                    {
+                                        getSink()->diagnose(
+                                            argExpr,
+                                            Diagnostics::implicitCastUsedAsLValue,
+                                            implicitCastExpr->Arguments[0]->type,
+                                            implicitCastExpr->type);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // This implies that the function had an `out`
+                                // or `inout` parameter and they gave it a default
+                                // argument expression. I'm not even sure what
+                                // that would mean.
+                                //
+                                // TODO: make sure this gets validated on the
+                                // declaring side.
+                                //
+                                SLANG_DIAGNOSE_UNEXPECTED(getSink(), invoke, "default argument expression for out/inout paameter");
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/source/slang/diagnostic-defs.h b/source/slang/diagnostic-defs.h
index f1aee496c..a3c51d67e 100644
--- a/source/slang/diagnostic-defs.h
+++ b/source/slang/diagnostic-defs.h
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ DIAGNOSTIC(30033, Error, invalidTypeForLocalVariable, "cannot declare a local va
 DIAGNOSTIC(30035, Error, componentOverloadTypeMismatch, "'$0': type of overloaded component mismatches previous definition.")
 DIAGNOSTIC(30041, Error, bitOperationNonIntegral, "bit operation: operand must be integral type.")
 DIAGNOSTIC(30047, Error, argumentExpectedLValue, "argument passed to parameter '$0' must be l-value.")
+DIAGNOSTIC(30048, Note,  implicitCastUsedAsLValue, "argument was implicitly cast from '$0' to '$1', and Slang does not support using an implicit cast as an l-value")
+
 DIAGNOSTIC(30051, Error, invalidValueForArgument, "invalid value for argument '$0'")
 DIAGNOSTIC(30052, Error, invalidSwizzleExpr, "invalid swizzle pattern '$0' on type '$1'")
 DIAGNOSTIC(33070, Error, expectedFunction, "expression preceding parenthesis of apparent call must have function type.")
diff --git a/source/slang/syntax.cpp b/source/slang/syntax.cpp
index 9d29e7d21..5e855de29 100644
--- a/source/slang/syntax.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/syntax.cpp
@@ -2081,9 +2081,22 @@ void Type::accept(IValVisitor* visitor, void* extra)
         funcType->setSession(session);
 
         funcType->resultType = GetResultType(declRef);
-        for (auto pp : GetParameters(declRef))
+        for (auto paramDeclRef : GetParameters(declRef))
         {
-            funcType->paramTypes.Add(GetType(pp));
+            auto paramDecl = paramDeclRef.getDecl();
+            auto paramType = GetType(paramDeclRef);
+            if( paramDecl->FindModifier<OutModifier>() )
+            {
+                if(paramDecl->FindModifier<InOutModifier>() || paramDecl->FindModifier<InModifier>())
+                {
+                    paramType = session->getInOutType(paramType);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    paramType = session->getOutType(paramType);
+                }
+            }
+            funcType->paramTypes.Add(paramType);
         }
 
         return funcType;