Generate an opcode_name() function.

This function returning a &'static str is more primitive that the Display
implementation. It allows the opcode strings to be reused by the parser.

cranelift/src/libcretonne/immediates.rs

@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 use std::mem;
 
-// The `Opcode` enum is generated from the meta instruction descriptions.
+// The `Opcode` enum and the `opcode_name` function are generated from the meta instruction
+// descriptions.
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/opcodes.rs"));
 
+impl Display for Opcode {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", opcode_name(*self))
+    }
+}
+
 /// 64-bit immediate integer operand.
 ///
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]

meta/gen_instr.py

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ def gen_opcodes(groups, out_dir):
                 # Enum variant itself.
                 fmt.line(i.camel_name + ',')
 
-    with fmt.indented('impl Display for Opcode {', '}'):
+    # Generate a private opcode_name function.
-        with fmt.indented('fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {', '}'):
+    with fmt.indented('fn opcode_name(opc: Opcode) -> &\'static str {', '}'):
-            with fmt.indented('f.write_str(match *self {', '})'):
+        with fmt.indented('match opc {', '}'):
-                for i in instrs:
+            for i in instrs:
-                    fmt.format('Opcode::{} => "{}",', i.camel_name, i.name)
+                fmt.format('Opcode::{} => "{}",', i.camel_name, i.name)
 
     fmt.update_file('opcodes.rs', out_dir)