genbindings: accurate type alias tracking for static_cast<> overload resolution

cmd/genbindings/clang2il.go

@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ func parseSingleTypeString(p string) CppParameter {
 
 		} else if tok == "WId" {
 			// Transform typedef
+			insert.TypeAlias = tok
 			insert.ParameterType += " uintptr_t"
 
 		} else if tok == "Q_PID" {
@@ -562,6 +563,7 @@ func parseSingleTypeString(p string) CppParameter {
 			// This is a uint64 PID on Linux/mac and a PROCESS_INFORMATION* on Windows
 			// A uintptr should be tolerable for both cases until we do better
 			// @ref https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qprocess.html#Q_PID-typedef
+			insert.TypeAlias = tok
 			insert.ParameterType += " uintptr_t"
 
 		} else if tok == "QStringList" {
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ func parseSingleTypeString(p string) CppParameter {
 			// Classes ending in --List are usually better represented as a QList
 			// type directly, so that the binding uses proper Go slices
 			// Typedef e.g. QObjectList
+			insert.TypeAlias = tok
 			switch tok {
 			case "QModelIndexList":
 				// These types are defined as a QList of values

cmd/genbindings/emitcabi.go

@@ -70,23 +70,29 @@ func emitReturnTypeCabi(p CppParameter) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p CppParameter) RenderTypeQtCpp() string {
+	cppType := p.ParameterType
+	if len(p.TypeAlias) > 0 {
+		cppType = p.TypeAlias // replace
+	}
+	if p.Const {
+		cppType = "const " + cppType
+	}
+	if p.Pointer {
+		cppType += "*"
+	}
+	if p.ByRef {
+		cppType += "&"
+	}
+
+	return cppType
+}
+
 // emitParametersCpp emits the parameter definitions exactly how Qt C++ defines them.
 func emitParametersCpp(m CppMethod) string {
 	tmp := make([]string, 0, len(m.Parameters))
 	for _, p := range m.Parameters {
-
-		cppType := p.ParameterType
-		if p.Const {
-			cppType = "const " + cppType
-		}
-		if p.Pointer {
-			cppType += "*"
-		}
-		if p.ByRef {
-			cppType += "&"
-		}
-
-		tmp = append(tmp, cppType+" "+p.ParameterName)
+		tmp = append(tmp, p.RenderTypeQtCpp()+" "+p.ParameterName)
 	}
 
 	return strings.Join(tmp, `, `)
@@ -95,19 +101,7 @@ func emitParametersCpp(m CppMethod) string {
 func emitParameterTypesCpp(m CppMethod) string {
 	tmp := make([]string, 0, len(m.Parameters))
 	for _, p := range m.Parameters {
-
-		cppType := p.ParameterType
-		if p.Const {
-			cppType = "const " + cppType
-		}
-		if p.Pointer {
-			cppType += "*"
-		}
-		if p.ByRef {
-			cppType += "&"
-		}
-
-		tmp = append(tmp, cppType)
+		tmp = append(tmp, p.RenderTypeQtCpp())
 	}
 
 	return strings.Join(tmp, `, `)

cmd/genbindings/intermediate.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 type CppParameter struct {
 	ParameterName string
 	ParameterType string
+	TypeAlias     string // If we rewrote QStringList->QList<String>, this field contains the original QStringList
 	Const         bool
 	Pointer       bool
 	ByRef         bool