4.4BSD/usr/src/contrib/gcc-2.3.3/cp-class.h

/* The following structure is used when comparing various alternatives
   for overloading.  The unsigned quantity `strikes.i' is used
   for fast comparison of two possibilities.  This number is an
   aggregate of four constituents:

     EVIL: if this is non-zero, then the candidate should not be considered
     USER: if this is non-zero, then a user-defined type conversion is needed
     B_OR_D: if this is non-zero, then use a base pointer instead of the
             type of the pointer we started with.
     EASY: if this is non-zero, then we have a builtin conversion
           (such as int to long, int to float, etc) to do.

   If two candidates require user-defined type conversions, and the
   type conversions are not identical, then an ambiguity error
   is reported.

   If two candidates agree on user-defined type conversions,
   and one uses pointers of strictly higher type (derived where
   another uses base), then that alternative is silently chosen.

   If two candidates have a non-monotonic derived/base pointer
   relationship, and/or a non-monotonic easy conversion relationship,
   then a warning is emitted to show which paths are possible, and
   which one is being chosen.

   For example:

   int i;
   double x;

   overload f;
   int f (int, int);
   double f (double, double);

   f (i, x);	// draws a warning

   struct B
   {
     f (int);
   } *bb;
   struct D : B
   {
     f (double);
   } *dd;

   dd->f (x);	// exact match
   dd->f (i);	// draws warning

   Note that this technique really only works for 255 arguments.  Perhaps
   this is not enough.  */

struct candidate
{
  tree function;		/* A FUNCTION_DECL */

  unsigned char evil;		/* !0 if this will never convert.  */
  unsigned char user;		/* !0 if at least one user-defined type conv.  */
  unsigned short b_or_d;	/* count number of derived->base or
				   base->derived conv.  */
  unsigned short easy;		/* count number of builtin type conv.  */
  tree arg;			/* first parm to function.  */
  unsigned short *harshness;	/* Indexed by argument number, encodes
				   evil, user, d_to_b, and easy strikes for
				   that argument.
				   At end of array, we store the index+1
				   of where we started using default
				   parameters, or 0 if there are none.  */
  union
    {
      tree field;		/* If no evil strikes, the FUNCTION_DECL of
				   the function (if a member function).  */
      int bad_arg;		/* the index of the first bad argument:
				   0 if no bad arguments
				   > 0 is first bad argument
				   -1 if extra actual arguments
				   -2 if too few actual arguments.
				   -3 if const/non const method mismatch.
				   -4 if type unification failed.
				   -5 if contravariance violation.  */
    } u;
};
int rank_for_overload ();

/* Variables shared between cp-class.c and cp-call.c.  */

extern int n_vtables;
extern int n_vtable_entries;
extern int n_vtable_searches;
extern int n_vtable_elems;
extern int n_convert_harshness;
extern int n_compute_conversion_costs;
extern int n_build_method_call;
extern int n_inner_fields_searched;