Rework EnumParam to be a whole lot less sketchy

Now it no longer needs to do any unsound type punning. The internal
parameter that the wrapper has access to has been completely type
erased, and only the outer parameter knows about enum T. This also gets
rid of strum and replaces it with a custom trait.

src/lib.rs

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ pub use nih_plug_derive::Params;
 // And also re-export anything you'd need to build a plugin
 pub use buffer::Buffer;
 pub use context::{GuiContext, ParamSetter, ProcessContext};
+pub use param::enums::{Enum, EnumParam};
 pub use param::internals::Params;
 pub use param::range::Range;
 pub use param::smoothing::{Smoother, SmoothingStyle};
 pub use param::{BoolParam, FloatParam, IntParam, Param};
-// Importing all of the things exported from this module can be useful when using enum parmaeters
-pub use param::enums::{self, EnumParam};
 pub use plugin::{
     BufferConfig, BusConfig, Editor, NoteEvent, ParentWindowHandle, Plugin, ProcessStatus,
     Vst3Plugin,

src/param/enums.rs

@@ -1,41 +1,75 @@
 //! Enum parameters. `enum` is a keyword, so `enums` it is.
 
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::internals::ParamPtr;
 use super::range::Range;
 use super::{IntParam, Param};
 
-// Re-export for the [EnumParam]
+// TODO: Crate and re-export the derive macro
-// TODO: Consider re-exporting this from a non-root module to make it a bit less spammy:w
-pub use strum::{Display, EnumIter, EnumMessage, IntoEnumIterator as EnumIter};
 
-/// An [IntParam]-backed categorical parameter that allows convenient conversion to and from a
+/// An enum usable with `EnumParam`. This trait can be derived. Variants are identified by their
-/// simple enum. This enum must derive the re-exported [EnumIter] and [EnumMessage] and [Display]
+/// **declaration order**. You can freely rename the variant names, but reordering them will break
-/// traits. You can use the `#[strum(message = "Foo Bar")]` to override the name of the variant.
+/// compatibility with existing presets. The variatn's name is used as the display name by default.
-//
+/// If you want to override this, for instance, because it needs to contain spaces, then yo ucan use
-// TODO: Figure out a more sound way to get the same interface
+/// the `$[name = "..."]` attribute:
-pub struct EnumParam<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> {
+///
-    /// The integer parameter backing this enum parameter.
+/// ```
-    pub inner: IntParam,
+/// #[derive(Enum)]
-    /// An associative list of the variants converted to an i32 and their names. We need this
+/// enum Foo {
-    /// because we're doing some nasty type erasure things with [ParamPtr::EnumParam], so we can't
+///     Bar,
-    /// directly query the associated functions on `T` after the parameter when handling function
+///     Baz,
-    /// calls from the wrapper.
+///     #[name = "Contains Spaces"]
-    variants: Vec<(T, String)>,
+///     ContainsSpaces,
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub trait Enum {
+    /// The human readable names for the variants. These are displayed in the GUI or parameter list,
+    /// and also used for parsing text back to a parameter value. The length of this slice
+    /// determines how many variants there are.
+    fn variants() -> &'static [&'static str];
+
+    /// Get the variant index (which may not be the same as the discriminator) corresponding to the
+    /// active variant. The index needs to correspond to the name in [Self::variants()].
+    fn to_index(self) -> usize;
+
+    /// Get the variant corresponding to the variant with the same index in [Self::variants()]. This
+    /// must always return a value. If the index is out of range, return the first variatn.
+    fn from_index(index: usize) -> Self;
 }
 
-impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display + Default> Default for EnumParam<T> {
+/// An [IntParam]-backed categorical parameter that allows convenient conversion to and from a
+/// simple enum. This enum must derive the re-exported [Enum] trait. Check the trait's documentation
+/// for more information on how this works.
+pub struct EnumParam<T: Enum> {
+    /// A type-erased version of this parameter so the wrapper can do its thing without needing to
+    /// know about `T`.
+    inner: EnumParamInner,
+
+    /// `T` is only used on the plugin side to convert back to an enum variant. Internally
+    /// everything works through the variants field on [EnumParamInner].
+    _marker: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+/// The type-erased internals for [EnumParam] so that the wrapper can interact with it. Acts like an
+/// [IntParam] but with different conversions from strings to values.
+pub struct EnumParamInner {
+    /// The integer parameter backing this enum parameter.
+    pub(crate) inner: IntParam,
+    /// The human readable variant names, obtained from [Enum::variants()].
+    variants: &'static [&'static str],
+}
+
+impl<T: Enum + Default> Default for EnumParam<T> {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        let variants: Vec<_> = Self::build_variants();
+        let variants = T::variants();
-        let default = T::default();
 
         Self {
+            inner: EnumParamInner {
                 inner: IntParam {
-                value: variants
+                    value: T::default().to_index() as i32,
-                    .iter()
-                    .position(|(v, _)| v == &default)
-                    .expect("Invalid variant in init") as i32,
                     range: Range::Linear {
                         min: 0,
                         max: variants.len() as i32 - 1,
@@ -43,17 +77,25 @@ impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display + Default> Default for Enum
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 variants,
+            },
+            _marker: PhantomData,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> Display for EnumParam<T> {
+impl<T: Enum> Display for EnumParam<T> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", self.variants[self.inner.plain_value() as usize].1)
+        self.inner.fmt(f)
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> Param for EnumParam<T> {
+impl Display for EnumParamInner {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.variants[self.inner.plain_value() as usize])
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Enum> Param for EnumParam<T> {
     type Plain = T;
 
     fn update_smoother(&mut self, sample_rate: f32, reset: bool) {
@@ -61,9 +103,58 @@ impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> Param for EnumParam<T> {
     }
 
     fn set_from_string(&mut self, string: &str) -> bool {
-        match self.variants.iter().find(|(_, repr)| repr == string) {
+        self.inner.set_from_string(string)
-            Some((variant, _)) => {
+    }
-                self.inner.set_plain_value(self.to_index(*variant));
+
+    fn plain_value(&self) -> Self::Plain {
+        T::from_index(self.inner.plain_value() as usize)
+    }
+
+    fn set_plain_value(&mut self, plain: Self::Plain) {
+        self.inner.set_plain_value(T::to_index(plain) as i32)
+    }
+
+    fn normalized_value(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.inner.normalized_value()
+    }
+
+    fn set_normalized_value(&mut self, normalized: f32) {
+        self.inner.set_normalized_value(normalized)
+    }
+
+    fn normalized_value_to_string(&self, normalized: f32, include_unit: bool) -> String {
+        self.inner
+            .normalized_value_to_string(normalized, include_unit)
+    }
+
+    fn string_to_normalized_value(&self, string: &str) -> Option<f32> {
+        self.inner.string_to_normalized_value(string)
+    }
+
+    fn preview_normalized(&self, plain: Self::Plain) -> f32 {
+        self.inner.preview_normalized(T::to_index(plain) as i32)
+    }
+
+    fn preview_plain(&self, normalized: f32) -> Self::Plain {
+        T::from_index(self.inner.preview_plain(normalized) as usize)
+    }
+
+    fn as_ptr(&self) -> ParamPtr {
+        self.inner.as_ptr()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Param for EnumParamInner {
+    type Plain = i32;
+
+    fn update_smoother(&mut self, sample_rate: f32, reset: bool) {
+        self.inner.update_smoother(sample_rate, reset)
+    }
+
+    fn set_from_string(&mut self, string: &str) -> bool {
+        match self.variants.iter().position(|n| n == &string) {
+            Some(idx) => {
+                self.inner.set_plain_value(idx as i32);
                 true
             }
             None => false,
@@ -71,11 +162,11 @@ impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> Param for EnumParam<T> {
     }
 
     fn plain_value(&self) -> Self::Plain {
-        self.from_index(self.inner.plain_value())
+        self.inner.plain_value()
     }
 
     fn set_plain_value(&mut self, plain: Self::Plain) {
-        self.inner.set_plain_value(self.to_index(plain))
+        self.inner.set_plain_value(plain)
     }
 
     fn normalized_value(&self) -> f32 {
@@ -87,49 +178,40 @@ impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> Param for EnumParam<T> {
     }
 
     fn normalized_value_to_string(&self, normalized: f32, _include_unit: bool) -> String {
-        // XXX: As mentioned below, our type punning would cause `.to_string()` to print the
+        let index = self.preview_plain(normalized);
-        //      incorect value. Because of that, we already stored the string representations for
+        self.variants[index as usize].to_string()
-        //      variants values in this struct.
-        let plain = self.preview_plain(normalized);
-        let index = self.to_index(plain);
-        self.variants[index as usize].1.clone()
     }
 
     fn string_to_normalized_value(&self, string: &str) -> Option<f32> {
         self.variants
             .iter()
-            .find(|(_, repr)| repr == string)
+            .position(|n| n == &string)
-            .map(|(variant, _)| self.preview_normalized(*variant))
+            .map(|idx| self.preview_normalized(idx as i32))
     }
 
     fn preview_normalized(&self, plain: Self::Plain) -> f32 {
-        self.inner.preview_normalized(self.to_index(plain))
+        self.inner.preview_normalized(plain)
     }
 
     fn preview_plain(&self, normalized: f32) -> Self::Plain {
-        self.from_index(self.inner.preview_plain(normalized))
+        self.inner.preview_plain(normalized)
     }
 
     fn as_ptr(&self) -> ParamPtr {
-        ParamPtr::EnumParam(
+        ParamPtr::EnumParam(self as *const EnumParamInner as *mut EnumParamInner)
-            self as *const EnumParam<T> as *mut EnumParam<T>
-                as *mut EnumParam<super::internals::AnyEnum>,
-        )
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> EnumParam<T> {
+impl<T: Enum + 'static> EnumParam<T> {
     /// Build a new [Self]. Use the other associated functions to modify the behavior of the
     /// parameter.
     pub fn new(name: &'static str, default: T) -> Self {
-        let variants: Vec<_> = Self::build_variants();
+        let variants = T::variants();
 
         Self {
+            inner: EnumParamInner {
                 inner: IntParam {
-                value: variants
+                    value: T::to_index(default) as i32,
-                    .iter()
-                    .position(|(v, _)| v == &default)
-                    .expect("Invalid variant in init") as i32,
                     range: Range::Linear {
                         min: 0,
                         max: variants.len() as i32 - 1,
@@ -138,63 +220,32 @@ impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> EnumParam<T> {
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 variants,
+            },
+            _marker: PhantomData,
         }
     }
 
-    // We currently don't implement callbacks here. If we want to do that, then we'll need to add
+    /// Run a callback whenever this parameter's value changes. The argument passed to this function
-    // the IntParam fields to the parameter itself.
+    /// is the parameter's new value. This should not do anything expensive as it may be called
-    // TODO: Do exactly that
+    /// multiple times in rapid succession, and it can be run from both the GUI and the audio
+    /// thread.
+    pub fn with_callback(mut self, callback: Arc<dyn Fn(T) + Send + Sync>) -> Self {
+        self.inner.inner.value_changed = Some(Arc::new(move |value| {
+            callback(T::from_index(value as usize))
+        }));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Get the active enum variant.
+    pub fn value(&self) -> T {
+        self.plain_value()
+    }
 }
 
-impl<T: EnumIter + EnumMessage + Eq + Copy + Display> EnumParam<T> {
+impl EnumParamInner {
-    // TODO: There doesn't seem to be a single enum crate that gives you a dense [0, n_variatns)
+    /// Get the number of variants for this enum.
-    //       mapping between integers and enum variants. So far linear search over this variants has
-    //       been the best approach. We should probably replace this with our own macro at some
-    //       point.
-
-    /// The number of variants for this parameter
-    //
-    // This is part of the magic sauce that lets [ParamPtr::Enum] work. The type parmaeter there is
-    // a dummy type, acting as a somewhat unsound way to do type erasure. Because all data is stored
-    // in the struct after initialization (i.e. we no longer rely on T's specifics) and AnyParam is
-    // represented by an i32 this EnumParam behaves correctly even when casted between Ts.
-    //
-    // TODO: Come up with a sounder way to do this.
     #[allow(clippy::len_without_is_empty)]
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.variants.len()
     }
-
-    /// Get the index associated to an enum variant.
-    fn to_index(&self, variant: T) -> i32 {
-        self.variants
-            .iter()
-            // This is somewhat shady, as `T` is going to be `AnyEnum` when this is indirectly
-            // called from the wrapper.
-            .position(|(v, _)| v == &variant)
-            .expect("Invalid enum variant") as i32
-    }
-
-    /// Get a variant from a index.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// indices `>= Self::len()` will trigger a panic.
-    #[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
-    fn from_index(&self, index: i32) -> T {
-        self.variants[index as usize].0
-    }
-
-    fn build_variants() -> Vec<(T, String)> {
-        T::iter()
-            .map(|v| {
-                (
-                    v,
-                    v.get_message()
-                        .map(|custom_name| custom_name.to_string())
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|| v.to_string()),
-                )
-            })
-            .collect()
-    }
 }

src/param/internals.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
-use super::enums::{Display, EnumIter, EnumMessage};
 use super::Param;
 
 /// Re-export for use in the [Params] proc-macro.
@@ -49,24 +48,15 @@ pub trait Params {
     fn deserialize_fields(&self, serialized: &HashMap<String, String>);
 }
 
-/// Dummy enum for in [ParamPtr]. This type needs an explicit representation size so we can compare
-/// the discriminants.
-#[derive(Display, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, EnumIter, EnumMessage)]
-#[repr(i32)]
-pub enum AnyEnum {
-    Foo,
-    Bar,
-}
-
 /// Internal pointers to parameters. This is an implementation detail used by the wrappers.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Hash)]
 pub enum ParamPtr {
     FloatParam(*mut super::FloatParam),
     IntParam(*mut super::IntParam),
     BoolParam(*mut super::BoolParam),
-    /// The enum type parameter is used only as a phantom type, so we can safely cast between these
+    /// Since we can't encode the actual enum here, this inner parameter struct contains all of the
-    /// pointers.
+    /// relevant information from the enum so it can be type erased.
-    EnumParam(*mut super::EnumParam<AnyEnum>),
+    EnumParam(*mut super::enums::EnumParamInner),
 }
 
 // These pointers only point to fields on pinned structs, and the caller always needs to make sure
@@ -197,7 +187,7 @@ impl ParamPtr {
             ParamPtr::FloatParam(p) => (**p).preview_normalized(plain),
             ParamPtr::IntParam(p) => (**p).preview_normalized(plain as i32),
             ParamPtr::BoolParam(_) => plain,
-            ParamPtr::EnumParam(p) => (**p).inner.preview_normalized(plain as i32),
+            ParamPtr::EnumParam(p) => (**p).preview_normalized(plain as i32),
         }
     }
 
@@ -213,7 +203,7 @@ impl ParamPtr {
             ParamPtr::FloatParam(p) => (**p).preview_plain(normalized),
             ParamPtr::IntParam(p) => (**p).preview_plain(normalized) as f32,
             ParamPtr::BoolParam(_) => normalized,
-            ParamPtr::EnumParam(p) => (**p).inner.preview_plain(normalized) as f32,
+            ParamPtr::EnumParam(p) => (**p).preview_plain(normalized) as f32,
         }
     }
 

src/wrapper/state.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ pub(crate) enum ParamValue {
     F32(f32),
     I32(i32),
     Bool(bool),
-    EnumVariant(String),
 }
 
 /// A plugin's state so it can be restored at a later point.

src/wrapper/vst3/wrapper.rs

@@ -265,15 +265,10 @@ impl<P: Plugin> IComponent for Wrapper<P> {
                 (ParamPtr::FloatParam(p), ParamValue::F32(v)) => (**p).set_plain_value(v),
                 (ParamPtr::IntParam(p), ParamValue::I32(v)) => (**p).set_plain_value(v),
                 (ParamPtr::BoolParam(p), ParamValue::Bool(v)) => (**p).set_plain_value(v),
-                (ParamPtr::EnumParam(p), ParamValue::EnumVariant(s)) => {
+                // Enums are serialized based on the active variant's index (which may not be the
-                    if !(**p).set_from_string(&s) {
+                // same as the discriminator)
-                        nih_debug_assert_failure!(
+                (ParamPtr::EnumParam(p), ParamValue::I32(variant_idx)) => {
-                            "Invalid stored value '{}' for parameter \"{}\" ({:?})",
+                    (**p).set_plain_value(variant_idx)
-                            s,
-                            param_id_str,
-                            param_ptr,
-                        );
-                    }
                 }
                 (param_ptr, param_value) => {
                     nih_debug_assert_failure!(
@@ -340,14 +335,10 @@ impl<P: Plugin> IComponent for Wrapper<P> {
                     ParamValue::Bool((*p).plain_value()),
                 ),
                 ParamPtr::EnumParam(p) => (
+                    // Enums are serialized based on the active variant's index (which may not be
+                    // the same as the discriminator)
                     param_id_str.to_string(),
-                    // XXX: This works, but it's a bit of a roundabout conversion
+                    ParamValue::I32((*p).plain_value()),
-                    // TODO: Consider serializing as index or as variant field name instead of the
-                    //       display value (i.e. message). Right now it's impossible to rename
-                    //       variants while preserving the valu assignment.
-                    ParamValue::EnumVariant(
-                        (*p).normalized_value_to_string((*p).normalized_value(), false),
-                    ),
                 ),
             })
             .collect();