Modular•9mo ago

Why doesn't bool allow explicit conversion?

I am playing with "Low level IR" level and it works great. However when i try to print out OurBool i get errors stating that OurBool can not be converted to Bool despite having a __bool__ method. I am using Mojo 6.1

@register_passable("trivial")
struct OurBool:
    var value: __mlir_type.i1

    fn __init__(value: __mlir_type.i1) -> Self:
        return Self {value: value}

    fn __bool__(self) -> Bool:
        return Bool(self.value)


fn main():
    let a = OurBool(__mlir_attr.`true`)
    if a:
        print('a is True')
        # This works
    
    print(a)
    # This does not:
    # /home/danil/source/mjtest/main.mojo:37:10: error: no matching function in call to 'print':
    # print(a)
    # ...
    # /home/danil/source/mjtest/main.mojo:1:1: note: candidate not viable: argument #0 cannot be converted from 'OurBool' to 'Bool'
    # alias OurTrue = OurBool(__mlir_attr.`true`)
    
    print(Bool(a))
    # The explicit conversion does not work too

@register_passable("trivial")
struct OurBool:
    var value: __mlir_type.i1

    fn __init__(value: __mlir_type.i1) -> Self:
        return Self {value: value}

    fn __bool__(self) -> Bool:
        return Bool(self.value)


fn main():
    let a = OurBool(__mlir_attr.`true`)
    if a:
        print('a is True')
        # This works
    
    print(a)
    # This does not:
    # /home/danil/source/mjtest/main.mojo:37:10: error: no matching function in call to 'print':
    # print(a)
    # ...
    # /home/danil/source/mjtest/main.mojo:1:1: note: candidate not viable: argument #0 cannot be converted from 'OurBool' to 'Bool'
    # alias OurTrue = OurBool(__mlir_attr.`true`)
    
    print(Bool(a))
    # The explicit conversion does not work too

4 Replies

Xcur•9mo ago

Try doing bool(a) instead with a lower case b. Bool should be a SIMD type im pretty sure

Dania•9mo ago

It throws "use of unknown declaration 'bool'" error. I guess there is no lowercase bool() in mojo yet

Xcur•9mo ago

Ahhh okay I think it’s because traits aren’t complete yet and they don’t have a boolable trait. They talked about doing implicit conformance for traits in the newest newsletter, so my guess is in the next major release bool(a) will work

Dania•9mo ago

Thanks! That's what it was. Works as expected(provided explicit declaration) with already implemented Stringable trait and corresponding __str__

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Why doesn't __bool__ allow explicit conversion?

Why doesn't bool allow explicit conversion?