Initial take on virtual see-through memberssee_through_member

Notes:

1. Probably better to have a separate marker, like transient.
2. No reason to limit this to virtual members.
3. Probably makes sense to also automatically set column to empty.

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/odb/common-query.cxx b/odb/common-query.cxx
index 22407fc..df2e92f 100644
--- a/odb/common-query.cxx
+++ b/odb/common-query.cxx
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ struct query_nested_types: object_columns_base, virtual context
   virtual void
   traverse_composite (semantics::data_member* m, semantics::class_& c)
   {
-    if (m != 0)
+    // Virtual data members that start with an underscore are "see-through".
+    //
+    if (m != 0 && (!m->count ("virtual") || m->name ()[0] != '_'))
     {
       string name (prefix_ + public_name (*m));
       name += in_ptr_ ? "_column_class" : "_class";
@@ -172,9 +174,10 @@ traverse_object (semantics::class_& c)
 void query_tags::
 traverse_composite (semantics::data_member* m, semantics::class_& c)
 {
-  // Base type.
+  // Base type or a virtual data member that starts with an underscore
+  // ("see-through").
   //
-  if (m == 0)
+  if (m == 0 || (m->count ("virtual") && m->name ()[0] == '_'))
   {
     object_columns_base::traverse_composite (m, c);
     return;
@@ -242,9 +245,10 @@ traverse_object (semantics::class_& c)
 void query_alias_traits::
 traverse_composite (semantics::data_member* m, semantics::class_& c)
 {
-  // Base type.
+  // Base type or a virtual data member that starts with an underscore
+  // ("see-through").
   //
-  if (m == 0)
+  if (m == 0 || (m->count ("virtual") && m->name ()[0] == '_'))
   {
     object_columns_base::traverse_composite (m, c);
     return;
@@ -361,9 +365,10 @@ traverse_object (semantics::class_& c)
 void query_columns_base::
 traverse_composite (semantics::data_member* m, semantics::class_& c)
 {
-  // Base type.
+  // Base type or a virtual data member that starts with an underscore
+  // ("see-through").
   //
-  if (m == 0)
+  if (m == 0 || (m->count ("virtual") && m->name ()[0] == '_'))
   {
     object_columns_base::traverse_composite (m, c);
     return;
@@ -516,9 +521,10 @@ traverse_object (semantics::class_& c)
 void query_columns::
 traverse_composite (semantics::data_member* m, semantics::class_& c)
 {
-  // Base type.
+  // Base type or a virtual data member that starts with an underscore
+  // ("see-through").
   //
-  if (m == 0)
+  if (m == 0 || (m->count ("virtual") && m->name ()[0] == '_'))
   {
     object_columns_base::traverse_composite (m, c);
     return;
diff --git a/odb/relational/source.cxx b/odb/relational/source.cxx
index e9ddd77..d32a52a 100644
--- a/odb/relational/source.cxx
+++ b/odb/relational/source.cxx
@@ -5881,8 +5881,6 @@ namespace relational
         }
 
         expression e (vo);
-        r += "::";
-        r += ctx.public_name (*m);
 
         // Assemble the member path if we may need to return a pointer
         // expression.
@@ -5894,6 +5892,7 @@ namespace relational
 
         // Finally, resolve nested members if any.
         //
+        bool first (true);
         for (; tt == CPP_DOT; ptt = tt, tt = l.next (tl, &tn))
         {
           // Check if this member is actually of a composite value type.
@@ -5904,9 +5903,19 @@ namespace relational
           //
           semantics::class_* comp (
             context::composite_wrapper (context::utype (*m)));
+
           if (comp == 0)
             break;
 
+          // Handle "see-through" virtual data members.
+          //
+          if (!m->count ("virtual") || m->name ()[0] != '_')
+          {
+            r += (first ? "::" : ".");
+            r += ctx.public_name (*m);
+            first = false;
+          }
+
           ptt = tt;
           tt = l.next (tl, &tn);
 
@@ -5919,13 +5928,13 @@ namespace relational
 
           m = &comp->lookup<data_member> (tl, scope::include_hidden);
 
-          r += '.';
-          r += ctx.public_name (*m);
-
           if (check_ptr)
             e.member_path.push_back (m);
         }
 
+        r += (first ? "::" : ".");
+        r += ctx.public_name (*m);
+
         // If requested, check if this member is a pointer. We only do this
         // if there is nothing after this name.
         //