Fix QVariant/QMetaType::compare APIs

std::optional<int> is the wrong datatype to use for compare.

First and foremost, it can't be used in the idiomatic form of

  auto r = a.compare(b);
  if (r < 0) ~~~ // a is less than b
  if (r > 0) ~~~ // a is greater than b

which we *already* feature in Qt (QString, QByteArray).

Also, std::optional<int> (explicitly) converts to bool, which is
a trap, because the result of the comparison can be accidentally
tested as a bool:

  if (a.compare(b)) ~~~ // oops! does NOT mean a<b

Not to mention extending this to algorithms:

  auto lessThan = [](QVariant a, QVariant b) { return a.compare(b); }; // oops!
  std::ranges::sort(vectorOfVariants, lessThan);

which thankfully doesn't compile as is -- std::optional has
an *explicit* operator bool, and the Compare concept requires an
implicit conversion. However, the error the user is going to face
will be "cannot convert to bool because the operator is explicit",
which is deceiving because the fix is NOT supposed to be:

  auto lessThan = [](QVariant a, QVariant b) { return (bool)a.compare(b); }; // big oops!

Instead: backport to Qt the required subset of C++20's <compare>
API, and use that. This commits just adds the necessary parts
for compare() (i.e. partial ordering), the rest of <compare>
(classes, functions, conversions) can be added to 6.1.

Change-Id: I2b5522da47854da39f79993e1207fad033786f00
Reviewed-by: Volker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 3e59c97c3453926fc66479d9ceca03901df55f90)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>

1 files changed, 143 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qcompare.h b/src/corelib/global/qcompare.h
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+
+#ifndef QCOMPARE_H
+#define QCOMPARE_H
+
+#if 0
+#pragma qt_class(QtCompare)
+#endif
+
+#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+namespace QtPrivate {
+using CompareUnderlyingType = qint8;
+
+// [cmp.categories.pre] / 1
+enum class Ordering : CompareUnderlyingType
+{
+    Equal = 0,
+    Equivalent = Equal,
+    Less = -1,
+    Greater = 1
+};
+
+enum class Uncomparable : CompareUnderlyingType
+{
+    Unordered = -127
+};
+
+// [cmp.categories.pre] / 3, but using a safe bool trick
+// and also rejecting std::nullptr_t (unlike the example)
+class CompareAgainstLiteralZero {
+public:
+    using SafeZero = void (CompareAgainstLiteralZero::*)();
+    Q_IMPLICIT constexpr CompareAgainstLiteralZero(SafeZero) noexcept {}
+
+    template <typename T, std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<T, int>, bool> = false>
+    CompareAgainstLiteralZero(T) = delete;
+};
+} // namespace QtPrivate
+
+// [cmp.partialord]
+class QPartialOrdering
+{
+public:
+    static const QPartialOrdering Less;
+    static const QPartialOrdering Equivalent;
+    static const QPartialOrdering Greater;
+    static const QPartialOrdering Unordered;
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order == 0; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator!=(QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order != 0; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator< (QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order <  0; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator<=(QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order <= 0; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator> (QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order >  0; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator>=(QPartialOrdering p, QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && p.m_order >= 0; }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 == p.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator!=(QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 != p.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator< (QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 <  p.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator<=(QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 <= p.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator> (QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 >  p.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator>=(QtPrivate::CompareAgainstLiteralZero, QPartialOrdering p) noexcept
+    { return p.isOrdered() && 0 >= p.m_order; }
+
+    friend constexpr bool operator==(QPartialOrdering p1, QPartialOrdering p2) noexcept
+    { return p1.m_order == p2.m_order; }
+    friend constexpr bool operator!=(QPartialOrdering p1, QPartialOrdering p2) noexcept
+    { return p1.m_order != p2.m_order; }
+
+private:
+    constexpr explicit QPartialOrdering(QtPrivate::Ordering order) noexcept
+        : m_order(static_cast<QtPrivate::CompareUnderlyingType>(order))
+    {}
+    constexpr explicit QPartialOrdering(QtPrivate::Uncomparable order) noexcept
+        : m_order(static_cast<QtPrivate::CompareUnderlyingType>(order))
+    {}
+
+    // instead of the exposition only is_ordered member in [cmp.partialord],
+    // use a private function
+    constexpr bool isOrdered() noexcept
+    { return m_order != static_cast<QtPrivate::CompareUnderlyingType>(QtPrivate::Uncomparable::Unordered); }
+
+    QtPrivate::CompareUnderlyingType m_order;
+};
+
+inline constexpr QPartialOrdering QPartialOrdering::Less(QtPrivate::Ordering::Less);
+inline constexpr QPartialOrdering QPartialOrdering::Equivalent(QtPrivate::Ordering::Equivalent);
+inline constexpr QPartialOrdering QPartialOrdering::Greater(QtPrivate::Ordering::Greater);
+inline constexpr QPartialOrdering QPartialOrdering::Unordered(QtPrivate::Uncomparable::Unordered);
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // QCOMPARE_H