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Config enhancements. #7649

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@ehuss ehuss commented Dec 3, 2019

This is a collection of changes to config handling. I intended to split this into separate PRs, but they all built on one another so I decided to do it as one. However, I can still split this up if desired.

High level overview:

  • Refactorings, mainly to remove pub from Config::get_table and use serde API instead.
  • Add --config CLI option.
  • Add config include to include other files.

This makes some progress on #5416.
Closes #6699.

This makes a minor user-visible change in regards to StringList types. If an array is specified in a config as a list, and also as an env var, they will now be merged. Previously the environment variable overrode the file value. But if it is a string, then it won't join (env var takes precedence). I can probably change this, but I'm not sure if the old behavior is desired, or if it should merge all the time?

Future plans
This lays the groundwork for some more changes:

  • Work on Can't set debug-assertions via -Z config-profile #7253 (debug-assertions and debug fails in environment vars). I have some ideas to try.
  • Consider removing use of get_list for paths, and use a Vec<ConfigRelativePath>. This will require some non-trivial changes to how ConfigSeqAccess works. This is one of the last parts that does not use the serde API.
  • Possibly change [source] to load config values in a lazy fashion. This will unlock the ability to use environment variables with source definitions (like CARGO_SOURCE_CRATES_IO_REPLACE_WITH).
  • Possibly change [profile] to load config profiles in a lazy fashion. This will make it easier to use environment variables with profiles, particularly with arbitrarily named profiles.
  • Possibly remove the case-sensitive environment variables in -Zadvanced-env. I think they are just too awkward, and prone to problems. Instead, drive people towards using --config instead of env vars.
  • Add support for TOML tables in env vars (like CARGO_PROFILES={my-profile={opt-level=1}})). I started implementing it, but then looking at the use cases, it didn't seem as useful as I initially thought. However, it's still an option to try.

Refactoring overview

  • [source] table now uses the serde API.
  • [target] table now uses the serde API. This is complicated since the 'cfg()' entries are different from the triple entries. The 'cfg()' tables are loaded separately, and are accessed from Config::target_cfgs. Otherwise, it just uses config.get of the specific target.TRIPLE.
    • Moved the target config stuff into config/target.rs.
  • Various changes to make this work:
    • Added PathAndArgs type which replaces config.get_path_and_args.
    • Changed ConfigKey to track the key parts as a list (instead of a string). This fixes an issue where quoted keys weren't handled properly (like [foo.'a.b'.bar]). This also seems to make a little more sense (it was joining parts into a string only to immediately call split on it). Changed various APIs to take a ConfigKey object instead of a string to avoid that splitting behavior.
    • ValueDeserializer now pre-computes the Definition so that it can provide a better error message when a value fails to deserialize.

Overall, there shouldn't be significant user-visible changes. Some error messages have changed and warnings have been added for some ignored keys. -Zadvanced-env now works for source and target tables, though I'm not really happy with that feature.

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☔ The latest upstream changes (presumably #7699) made this pull request unmergeable. Please resolve the merge conflicts.

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Ok talked about this with @ehuss over video today and I'm quite happy with this change. Everything here looks great! I didn't do a super-close code review but I'm relatively certain that any behavior changes right now are backwards compatible and desired. In light of all that I'm gonna...

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📌 Commit 7f14aeaaba4165d0465bc212b95b7dd5b01f7f8e has been approved by alexcrichton

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ehuss commented Dec 19, 2019

@bors retry

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📌 Commit d2b25cf3a6026fc487b21bdbd4ec1296318f2196 has been approved by alexcrichton

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⌛ Testing commit d2b25cf3a6026fc487b21bdbd4ec1296318f2196 with merge 137e18f617bc21be68882dfd7b71375cfbbd3506...

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💔 Test failed - checks-azure

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📌 Commit ce7fd68 has been approved by alexcrichton

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Config enhancements.

This is a collection of changes to config handling. I intended to split this into separate PRs, but they all built on one another so I decided to do it as one. However, I can still split this up if desired.

High level overview:

- Refactorings, mainly to remove `pub` from `Config::get_table` and use serde API instead.
- Add `--config` CLI option.
- Add config `include` to include other files.

This makes some progress on #5416.
Closes #6699.

This makes a minor user-visible change in regards to `StringList` types. If an array is specified in a config as a list, and also as an env var, they will now be merged. Previously the environment variable overrode the file value. But if it is a string, then it won't join (env var takes precedence). I can probably change this, but I'm not sure if the old behavior is desired, or if it should merge all the time?

**Future plans**
This lays the groundwork for some more changes:
- Work on #7253 (`debug-assertions` and `debug` fails in environment vars). I have some ideas to try.
- Consider removing use of `get_list` for `paths`, and use a `Vec<ConfigRelativePath>`. This will require some non-trivial changes to how `ConfigSeqAccess` works. This is one of the last parts that does not use the serde API.
- Possibly change `[source]` to load config values in a lazy fashion. This will unlock the ability to use environment variables with source definitions (like CARGO_SOURCE_CRATES_IO_REPLACE_WITH).
- Possibly change `[profile]` to load config profiles in a lazy fashion. This will make it easier to use environment variables with profiles, particularly with arbitrarily named profiles.
- Possibly remove the case-sensitive environment variables in `-Zadvanced-env`. I think they are just too awkward, and prone to problems. Instead, drive people towards using `--config` instead of env vars.
- Add support for TOML tables in env vars (like `CARGO_PROFILES={my-profile={opt-level=1}})`). I started implementing it, but then looking at the use cases, it didn't seem as useful as I initially thought. However, it's still an option to try.

**Refactoring overview**

- `[source]` table now uses the serde API.
- `[target]` table now uses the serde API. This is complicated since the 'cfg()' entries are different from the triple entries. The 'cfg()' tables are loaded separately, and are accessed from `Config::target_cfgs`. Otherwise, it just uses `config.get` of the specific target.TRIPLE.
    - Moved the target config stuff into `config/target.rs`.
- Various changes to make this work:
    - Added `PathAndArgs` type which replaces `config.get_path_and_args`.
    - Changed `ConfigKey` to track the key parts as a list (instead of a string). This fixes an issue where quoted keys weren't handled properly (like `[foo.'a.b'.bar]`). This also seems to make a little more sense (it was joining parts into a string only to immediately call `split` on it). Changed various APIs to take a `ConfigKey` object instead of a string to avoid that splitting behavior.
    - `ValueDeserializer` now pre-computes the `Definition` so that it can provide a better error message when a value fails to deserialize.

Overall, there shouldn't be significant user-visible changes. Some error messages have changed and warnings have been added for some ignored keys. `-Zadvanced-env` now works for source and target tables, though I'm not really happy with that feature.
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⌛ Testing commit ce7fd68 with merge e37f62f...

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☀️ Test successful - checks-azure
Approved by: alexcrichton
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Fix CARGO_TARGET_triple_LINKER environment variable.

#7649 caused an unfortunate regression where the `CARGO_TARGET_triple_LINKER` environment variable stopped working. I did not realize `serde(flatten)` caused serde to switch to `deserialize_map` which does not support environment variables.

The solution here is to essentially revert back to how the `[target]` table used to be loaded by loading each key individually.

This also removes the `ar` field which is not used by `rustc`.
@ehuss ehuss added this to the 1.42.0 milestone Feb 6, 2022
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