Add a TypeDocumenter for Cretonne types.

Use the autodoc Sphinx module to add a .. autoctontype:: directive which
generates documentation for one of the types in the cretonne.types module.

cranelift/docs/cton_domain.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import re
 
 from docutils import nodes
+from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
 
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.directives import ObjectDescription
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ from sphinx.roles import XRefRole
 from sphinx.util.docfields import Field, GroupedField, TypedField
 from sphinx.util.nodes import make_refnode
 
+import sphinx.ext.autodoc
+
 class CtonObject(ObjectDescription):
     """
     Any kind of Cretonne IL object.
@@ -29,6 +32,11 @@ class CtonObject(ObjectDescription):
     This is a shared base class for the different kinds of indexable objects
     in the Cretonne IL reference.
     """
+    option_spec = {
+        'noindex': directives.flag,
+        'module': directives.unchanged,
+        'annotation': directives.unchanged,
+    }
 
     def add_target_and_index(self, name, sig, signode):
         """
@@ -209,7 +217,33 @@ class CretonneDomain(Domain):
                  make_refnode(builder, fromdocname, obj[0],
                               obj[1] + '-' + target, contnode, target))]
 
+
+class TypeDocumenter(sphinx.ext.autodoc.Documenter):
+    # Invoke with .. autoctontype::
+    objtype = 'ctontype'
+    # Convert into cton:type directives
+    domain = 'cton'
+    directivetype = 'type'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def can_document_member(cls, member, membername, isattr, parent):
+        return False
+
+    def resolve_name(self, modname, parents, path, base):
+        return 'cretonne.types', [ base ]
+
+    def add_content(self, more_content, no_docstring=False):
+        super(TypeDocumenter, self).add_content(more_content, no_docstring)
+        sourcename = self.get_sourcename()
+        membytes = self.object.membytes
+        if membytes:
+            self.add_line(u':bytes: {}'.format(membytes), sourcename)
+        else:
+            self.add_line(u':bytes: Can\'t be stored in memory', sourcename)
+
+
 def setup(app):
     app.add_domain(CretonneDomain)
+    app.add_autodocumenter(TypeDocumenter)
 
     return { 'version' : '0.1' }

cranelift/docs/langref.rst

@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ All SSA values have a type which determines the size and shape (for SIMD
 vectors) of the value. Many instructions are polymorphic -- they can operate on
 different types.
 
-.. type:: bool
-
-    A boolean value that is either true or false. Booleans can't be stored in
-    memory.
+.. autoctontype:: bool
 
 Integer types
 -------------
@@ -99,21 +96,10 @@ Integer values have a fixed size and can be interpreted as either signed or
 unsigned. Some instructions will interpret an operand as a signed or unsigned
 number, others don't care.
 
-.. type:: i8
-
-    A 8-bit integer value taking up 1 byte in memory.
-
-.. type:: i16
-
-    A 16-bit integer value taking up 2 bytes in memory.
-
-.. type:: i32
-
-    A 32-bit integer value taking up 4 bytes in memory.
-
-.. type:: i64
-
-    A 64-bit integer value taking up 8 bytes in memory.
+.. autoctontype:: i8
+.. autoctontype:: i16
+.. autoctontype:: i32
+.. autoctontype:: i64
 
 Floating point types
 --------------------
@@ -122,17 +108,8 @@ The floating point types have the IEEE semantics that are supported by most
 hardware. There is no support for higher-precision types like quads or
 double-double formats.
 
-.. type:: f32
-
-    A 32-bit floating point type represented in the IEEE 754 *single precision*
-    format. This corresponds to the :c:type:`float` type in most C
-    implementations.
-
-.. type:: f64
-
-    A 64-bit floating point type represented in the IEEE 754 *double precision*
-    format. This corresponds to the :c:type:`double` type in most C
-    implementations.
+.. autoctontype:: f32
+.. autoctontype:: f64
 
 SIMD vector types
 -----------------
@@ -201,7 +178,7 @@ in this reference.
 
 .. type:: fB
 
-    Either of the floating point scalar types: :type:`f32` or :type:`f64.
+    Either of the floating point scalar types: :type:`f32` or :type:`f64`.
 
 .. type:: Float