[llvm][ADT] Add getSingleElement helper

Author: matthias-springer

llvm/include/llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h

@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ template <typename ContainerTy> bool hasSingleElement(ContainerTy &&C) {
   return B != E && std::next(B) == E;
 }
 
+/// Asserts that the given container has a single element and returns that
+/// element.
+template <typename ContainerTy>
+decltype(auto) getSingleElement(ContainerTy &&C) {
+  assert(hasSingleElement(C) && "expected container with single element");
+  return *adl_begin(C);
+}
+
 /// Return a range covering \p RangeOrContainer with the first N elements
 /// excluded.
 template <typename T> auto drop_begin(T &&RangeOrContainer, size_t N = 1) {

llvm/unittests/ADT/STLExtrasTest.cpp

@@ -1016,6 +1016,28 @@ TEST(STLExtrasTest, hasSingleElement) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(hasSingleElement(S));
 }
 
+TEST(STLExtrasTest, getSingleElement) {
+  // Note: Asserting behavior of getSingleElement cannot be tested because the
+  // program would crash.
+  const std::vector<int> V1 = {7};
+  EXPECT_EQ(getSingleElement(V1), 7);
+
+  std::vector<int> V2 = {8};
+  EXPECT_EQ(getSingleElement(V2), 8);
+
+  SmallVector<int> V3 {9};
+  EXPECT_EQ(getSingleElement(V3), 9);
+
+  std::list<int> L1 = {10};
+  EXPECT_EQ(getSingleElement(L1), 10);
+
+  // Make sure that we use the `begin`/`end` functions from `some_namespace`,
+  // using ADL.
+  some_namespace::some_struct S;
+  S.data = V2;
+  EXPECT_EQ(getSingleElement(S), 8);
+}
+
 TEST(STLExtrasTest, hasNItems) {
   const std::list<int> V0 = {}, V1 = {1}, V2 = {1, 2};
   const std::list<int> V3 = {1, 3, 5};