Give compilation error when -Yprofile-trace is used without -Yprofile-enabled. Allow to define dependencies in String/Phase settings (previously unused)

Author: WojciechMazur

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala

@@ -441,13 +441,13 @@ private sealed trait YSettings:
   val YlegacyLazyVals: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ylegacy-lazy-vals", "Use legacy (pre 3.3.0) implementation of lazy vals.")
   val YcompileScala2Library: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ycompile-scala2-library", "Used when compiling the Scala 2 standard library.")
   val YprofileEnabled: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-enabled", "Enable profiling.")
-  val YprofileDestination: Setting[String] = StringSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-destination", "file", "Where to send profiling output - specify a file, default is to the console.", "")
+  val YprofileDestination: Setting[String] = StringSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-destination", "file", "Where to send profiling output - specify a file, default is to the console.", "", depends = List(YprofileEnabled -> true))
       //.withPostSetHook( _ => YprofileEnabled.value = true )
-  val YprofileExternalTool: Setting[List[String]] = PhasesSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-external-tool", "Enable profiling for a phase using an external tool hook. Generally only useful for a single phase.", "typer")
+  val YprofileExternalTool: Setting[List[String]] = PhasesSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-external-tool", "Enable profiling for a phase using an external tool hook. Generally only useful for a single phase.", "typer", depends = List(YprofileEnabled -> true))
       //.withPostSetHook( _ => YprofileEnabled.value = true )
-  val YprofileRunGcBetweenPhases: Setting[List[String]] = PhasesSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-run-gc", "Run a GC between phases - this allows heap size to be accurate at the expense of more time. Specify a list of phases, or *", "_")
+  val YprofileRunGcBetweenPhases: Setting[List[String]] = PhasesSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-run-gc", "Run a GC between phases - this allows heap size to be accurate at the expense of more time. Specify a list of phases, or *", "_", depends = List(YprofileEnabled -> true))
       //.withPostSetHook( _ => YprofileEnabled.value = true )
-  val YprofileTrace: Setting[String]  = StringSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-trace", "file", "Capture trace of compilation in Chrome Trace format", "profile.trace")
+  val YprofileTrace: Setting[String]  = StringSetting(ForkSetting, "Yprofile-trace", "file", s"Capture trace of compilation in Chrome Trace format, requires ${YprofileEnabled.name}", "", depends = List(YprofileEnabled -> true))
       //.withPostSetHook( _ => YprofileEnabled.value = true )
 
   val YbestEffort: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting(ForkSetting, "Ybest-effort", "Enable best-effort compilation attempting to produce betasty to the META-INF/best-effort directory, regardless of errors, as part of the pickler phase.")

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/Settings.scala

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ object Settings:
   def validateSettingString(name: String): Unit =
     assert(settingCharacters.matches(name), s"Setting string $name contains invalid characters")
 
+  type SettingDependencies = List[(Setting[?], Any)]
 
   case class Setting[T: ClassTag] private[Settings] (
     category: SettingCategory,
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ object Settings:
     choices: Option[Seq[?]] = None,
     prefix: Option[String] = None,
     aliases: List[String] = Nil,
-    depends: List[(Setting[?], Any)] = Nil,
+    depends: SettingDependencies = Nil,
     ignoreInvalidArgs: Boolean = false,
     preferPrevious: Boolean = false,
     propertyClass: Option[Class[?]] = None,
@@ -381,8 +382,8 @@ object Settings:
     def BooleanSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, descr: String, initialValue: Boolean = false, aliases: List[String] = Nil, preferPrevious: Boolean = false, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None, ignoreInvalidArgs: Boolean = false): Setting[Boolean] =
       publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, initialValue, aliases = aliases, preferPrevious = preferPrevious, deprecation = deprecation, ignoreInvalidArgs = ignoreInvalidArgs))
 
-    def StringSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, helpArg: String, descr: String, default: String, aliases: List[String] = Nil, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None): Setting[String] =
-      publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, default, helpArg, aliases = aliases, deprecation = deprecation))
+    def StringSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, helpArg: String, descr: String, default: String, aliases: List[String] = Nil): Setting[String] =
+      publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, default, helpArg, aliases = aliases))
 
     def ChoiceSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, helpArg: String, descr: String, choices: List[String], default: String, aliases: List[String] = Nil, legacyArgs: Boolean = false, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None): Setting[String] =
       publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, default, helpArg, Some(choices), aliases = aliases, legacyArgs = legacyArgs, deprecation = deprecation))
@@ -408,8 +409,8 @@ object Settings:
     def PathSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, descr: String, default: String, aliases: List[String] = Nil, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None): Setting[String] =
       publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, default, aliases = aliases, deprecation = deprecation))
 
-    def PhasesSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, descr: String, default: String = "", aliases: List[String] = Nil, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None): Setting[List[String]] =
-      publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, if (default.isEmpty) Nil else List(default), aliases = aliases, deprecation = deprecation))
+    def PhasesSetting(category: SettingCategory, name: String, descr: String, default: String = "", aliases: List[String] = Nil): Setting[List[String]] =
+      publish(Setting(category, prependName(name), descr, if (default.isEmpty) Nil else List(default), aliases = aliases))
 
     def PrefixSetting(category: SettingCategory, name0: String, descr: String, deprecation: Option[Deprecation] = None): Setting[List[String]] =
       val name = prependName(name0)