The information that was contained in `schema.yml` is now in
`swift/schema.py`, which allows a more integrated IDE experience
for writing and navigating it.
Another minor change is that `schema.Class` now has a `str` `group`
field instead of a `pathlib.Path` `dir` one.
This makes the result of code generation independent of the order
in which classes are defined in the schema, and makes additional
topological sorting not required.
Being independent from schema order will be important for reviewing the
move to a pure python schema, as generated code will be left untouched.
Some fields of base classes pose some problems with diamond hierarchies,
and we don't use them any way as we are emitting them using directly
trap entries instead of structured C++ classes.
This introduces a `cpp_skip` pragma to skip generation of those fields
in structured generated C++ classes, and applies it to `is_unknown` and
`location`.
This adds:
* a base `README.md` file to `codegen`
* module docstrings for the modules in `generators`
* help strings on all command line flags
Moreover some unneeded command line flags (`--namespace`,
`--include-dir` and `--trap-affix`) have been dropped.
Python code was simplified, and now a `--generate` option can be used
to drive what can be generated.
The extractor pack creation now will use an internally generated
dbscheme. This should be the same as the checked in one, but doing so
allows `bazel run create-extractor-pack` and `bazel run codegen` to be
run independently from one another, while previously the former had to
follow the latter in case of a schema change. This is the change that
triggered the above simplification, as in order for the two dbscheme
files to be identical, the first `// generated` line had to state the
same generator script.
This is solving a papercut, where the C++ build was relying on the
local dbscheme file to be up-to-date, even if all the information for
building is actually in `schema.yml`. This made a pure C++ development
cycle with changes to `schema.yml` clumsy, as it required a further
dbscheme generation step.
Now for C++ the dbscheme is generated internally in the build files, and
thus a change in `schema.yml` is reflected immediately in the C++ build.
A `swift/codegen` step for checked in generated code (including the
dbscheme) is still required, but a developer can do it just before
running QL tests or committing, instead of during each C++
recompilation.
Some directory reorganization was also carried out, moving specific
generator modules to a new `generators` python package, and only leaving
the two drivers at the top level.
