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Evaluate both operands of floating-point <=> exactly once. [GH #520] - #519
Fix to discussion #354. No issue exists yet, tell me if I should retag. This is a follow up to EDGcpfe/28822 aa51a44, which added support for handling the NaN case in the lowering of <=> with floating point operands.
Problem
For floating-point operands, lower_cpp20_spaceship (src/lower_il.c) lowers x <=> y for the C-generating back end to:
The left operand can be skipped.x is evaluated only in the right operand of ||. When y is a NaN, x is never evaluated, so its side effects are lost.
An operand can be read at two different times. An operand without side effects gets no temporary. It is read in the NaN test before the other operand is evaluated, and in the < tests after it. In h() <=> g, where h() stores a NaN into g, the NaN test sees the old g, both < tests are false, and the result is equivalent. That result is impossible with a single read of g.
Fix
Each operand is now evaluated exactly once, and the NaN test and the comparisons use the same operand values. An operand that needs a temporary is assigned to it in a comma expression ahead of the NaN test, and the test and the comparisons read only the copies:
New test tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp (rp, --c++20 --g++). It checks that:
each operand is evaluated exactly once when the other is a NaN, in both operand orders;
when one operand changes the other (set_g_to_nan() <=> g and g <=> set_g_to_nan()), the result is consistent with a single read of g (less/greater or unordered, never equivalent).
The test fails without the fix and passes with it, on edg_x86_64 and edg_x86_64_cp.
Full edg-docker-test run: no regressions. (but there are a number of test failures also without my changes).
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Bug Fixes
Floating-point three-way comparisons now use consistent operand values for NaN checks and ordering comparisons, avoiding short-circuit evaluation and repeated reads.
Tests
Added regression coverage for operand evaluation order, side effects, NaN values, and finite comparison results.
Documentation
Added a note describing the floating-point comparison behavior change.
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The floating-point <=> lowering now reuses operand values for NaN checks and comparisons. A C++20 regression test checks operand evaluation counts and comparison results.
Changes: Floating-point spaceship evaluation
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Reuse operands in NaN checks src/lower_il.c
The lowering uses reusable operand copies for the NaN test and comparisons. When a copy requires a temporary, the lowering evaluates that operand before the NaN test.
Test operand evaluation and results tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp, tests/tests/regressions/.spaceship-nan-eval-order.rto/*, src/pending_changes/gh-520-spaceship-nan-eval-order.txt
The regression test checks operand evaluation counts and comparison results. The test fixtures configure and run the test, and the pending-changes note describes the lowering change.
Issue 520 reports skipped or repeated floating-point <=> operand evaluation. This change updates the lowering and adds a regression test for that behavior.
The change makes floating-point spaceship lowering evaluate each operand once. The earlier test and changelog concerns no longer apply at the current head, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.
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Every assertion in this test accepts unordered. A lowering that evaluates both operands but always returns unordered would pass. Add finite cases that require less, equivalent, and greater.
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Review comment at @tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp around lines 39 - 40:
Update the regression test’s assertions around the comparison result to include finite operand cases that require std::partial_ordering::less, equivalent, and greater. Retain the existing NaN evaluation-order coverage, and ensure the new finite cases reject an implementation that always returns unordered.
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Review comments at @src/pending_changes/gh-354-spaceship-nan-eval-order.txt:
- Line 22: Update the statement about operand evaluation in
lower_cpp20_spaceship to describe how operands are preserved for the NaN test
without claiming they are evaluated left to right or in any other guaranteed
order.
Review comments at @tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp:
- Line 10: Update nan_value() to construct its NaN using
std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN() on targets that support it, replacing
the division by zero while preserving the regression’s intended NaN value.
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Review comments at @tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp:
- Around line 39-40: Update the regression test’s assertions around the
comparison result to include finite operand cases that require
std::partial_ordering::less, equivalent, and greater. Retain the existing NaN
evaluation-order coverage, and ensure the new finite cases reject an
implementation that always returns unordered.
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- Around line 16403-16405: Update the lowering around make_isnan_call so the
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jonatanlinden
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Evaluate both operands of floating-point <=> before the NaN test. [GH #354]
Evaluate both operands of floating-point <=> exactly once. [GH #354]
Nov 11, 2026
jonatanlinden
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Evaluate both operands of floating-point <=> exactly once. [GH #354]
Evaluate both operands of floating-point <=> exactly once. [GH #520]
Nov 11, 2026
@nv-cmeerw Thanks. It seems the pending changes entries check failed due to a spurious Ubuntu hiccup, similar to #477. Also it seems that it isn't possible for me to retry/restart a specific check; is that something you can help with?
Please tell me if I've missed something, I'm new to this project.
@nv-cmeerw Thanks. It seems the pending changes entries check failed due to a spurious Ubuntu hiccup, similar to #477. Also it seems that it isn't possible for me to retry/restart a specific check; is that something you can help with?
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Fix to discussion #354. No issue exists yet, tell me if I should retag. This is a follow up to EDGcpfe/28822 aa51a44, which added support for handling the NaN case in the lowering of <=> with floating point operands.
Problem
For floating-point operands,
lower_cpp20_spaceship(src/lower_il.c) lowersx <=> yfor the C-generating back end to:This has two problems:
xis evaluated only in the right operand of||. Whenyis a NaN,xis never evaluated, so its side effects are lost.<tests after it. Inh() <=> g, whereh()stores a NaN intog, the NaN test sees the oldg, both<tests are false, and the result isequivalent. That result is impossible with a single read ofg.Fix
Each operand is now evaluated exactly once, and the NaN test and the comparisons use the same operand values. An operand that needs a temporary is assigned to it in a comma expression ahead of the NaN test, and the test and the comparisons read only the copies:
Testing
tests/tests/regressions/spaceship-nan-eval-order.sft.cpp(rp,--c++20 --g++). It checks that:set_g_to_nan() <=> gandg <=> set_g_to_nan()), the result is consistent with a single read ofg(less/greaterorunordered, neverequivalent).edg_x86_64andedg_x86_64_cp.edg-docker-testrun: no regressions. (but there are a number of test failures also without my changes).Summary by CodeRabbit
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