[Merged by Bors] - Deprecate `ChangeTrackers<T>` in favor of `Ref<T>` #7306

JoJoJet · 2023-01-20T19:22:41Z

Objective

ChangeTrackers<> is a WorldQuery type that lets you access the change ticks for a component. #7097 has added Ref<>, which gives access to a component's value in addition to its change ticks. Since bevy's access model does not separate a component's value from its change ticks, there is no benefit to using ChangeTrackers<T> over Ref<T>.

Solution

Deprecate ChangeTrackers<>.

Changelog

ChangeTrackers<T> has been deprecated. It will be removed in Bevy 0.11.

Migration Guide

ChangeTrackers<T> has been deprecated, and will be removed in the next release. Any usage should be replaced with Ref<T>.

// Before (0.9)
fn my_system(q: Query<(&MyComponent, ChangeTrackers<MyComponent>)>) {
    for (value, trackers) in &q {
        if trackers.is_changed() {
            // Do something with `value`.
        }
    }
}

// After (0.10)
fn my_system(q: Query<Ref<MyComponent>>) {
    for value in &q {
        if value.is_changed() {
            // Do something with `value`.
        }
    }
}

alice-i-cecile · 2023-01-20T20:08:48Z

examples/ecs/component_change_detection.rs

-) {
-    for (entity, component, trackers) in &query {
-        info!("{:?}: {:?} -> {:?}", entity, component, trackers);
+// By using `Ref`, the query is not filtered but the information is available


This comment seems incorrect. I'm not sure that it was ever correct however.

I think the original intended meaning is that the query is not filtered based on change detection, but you can still access the change detection info. I tried to preserve that meaning when rewriting this section of code.

alice-i-cecile · 2023-01-21T16:03:22Z

This is a bit of a controversial decision. I think it's the right one, but there's a possibility that we split change ticks from the data in a meaningful way later. Ping @maniwani @BoxyUwU for a quick second opinion?

james7132 · 2023-01-21T19:59:06Z

A potentially more controversial option is just to have &T return Ref<T> instead. Though that might require some benchmarking to ensure there's no perf regression in doing so.

BoxyUwU · 2023-01-21T22:34:41Z

A nice thing about making &T return Ref<T> is that it would make the ReadOnly assoc type on &mut T have an "obvious answer", with this PR it could realistically be &T or Ref<T>. I think the only downside that Mut<T> has that Ref<T> would also have is the fact that you cant pattern match on it, the other issues (shoving mut everywhere and borrowck annoyances from disjoint borrows) dont apply to Ref<T> which is cool.

alice-i-cecile · 2023-01-22T00:22:52Z

Yeah, I think I'm sold on doing that, but it should be in a new PR. Are you two sold on deprecating ChangeTrackers then?

BoxyUwU · 2023-01-24T02:22:20Z

I was a bit concerned that someone might re-add this WorldQuery in the future as a "perf optimization for if you don't need the component data" but according to james, rust is able to optimize that use case fine as is.

I do think we should avoid actually removing the ChangeTrackers<T> type though, it doesn't have a lifetime like Ref does so it could be more flexible to pass around and store than Ref<'_, T> (for example it is not possible to store a Ref in a component, but you could store ChangeTrackers<T> in a component)

BoxyUwU · 2023-01-24T02:23:29Z

I guess there is also a code clarity question, is Query<ChangeTrackers<T>> clearer than Query<Ref<T>> if semantically all you care about is the change ticks 🤔

alice-i-cecile · 2023-01-24T02:49:01Z

It's a bit clearer, but it also adds yet another concept to learn.

JoJoJet · 2023-02-19T15:13:06Z

I'd like to consider this for 0.10 so we don't miss out on a deprecation cycle. Obviously it's not super important, though.

maniwani · 2023-02-19T16:08:41Z

A more controversial option is just to have &T return Ref<T> instead.

I want this tbh. Better symmetry.

Once we separate !Send resources from World, we have the option to remove Res(Mut)<T> (NonSend(Mut)<T> can go away). Getting resources in a system signature could just use Ref<T> and Mut<T>. Or maybe Res can be like Query.

alice-i-cecile · 2023-02-19T16:19:40Z

That's two SMEs: merging :)

bors r+

# Objective `ChangeTrackers<>` is a `WorldQuery` type that lets you access the change ticks for a component. #7097 has added `Ref<>`, which gives access to a component's value in addition to its change ticks. Since bevy's access model does not separate a component's value from its change ticks, there is no benefit to using `ChangeTrackers<T>` over `Ref<T>`. ## Solution Deprecate `ChangeTrackers<>`. --- ## Changelog * `ChangeTrackers<T>` has been deprecated. It will be removed in Bevy 0.11. ## Migration Guide `ChangeTrackers<T>` has been deprecated, and will be removed in the next release. Any usage should be replaced with `Ref<T>`. ```rust // Before (0.9) fn my_system(q: Query<(&MyComponent, ChangeTrackers<MyComponent>)>) { for (value, trackers) in &q { if trackers.is_changed() { // Do something with `value`. } } } // After (0.10) fn my_system(q: Query<Ref<MyComponent>>) { for value in &q { if value.is_changed() { // Do something with `value`. } } } ```

bors · 2023-02-19T16:35:30Z

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`ChangeTrackers<>` is a `WorldQuery` type that lets you access the change ticks for a component. bevyengine#7097 has added `Ref<>`, which gives access to a component's value in addition to its change ticks. Since bevy's access model does not separate a component's value from its change ticks, there is no benefit to using `ChangeTrackers<T>` over `Ref<T>`. Deprecate `ChangeTrackers<>`. --- * `ChangeTrackers<T>` has been deprecated. It will be removed in Bevy 0.11. `ChangeTrackers<T>` has been deprecated, and will be removed in the next release. Any usage should be replaced with `Ref<T>`. ```rust // Before (0.9) fn my_system(q: Query<(&MyComponent, ChangeTrackers<MyComponent>)>) { for (value, trackers) in &q { if trackers.is_changed() { // Do something with `value`. } } } // After (0.10) fn my_system(q: Query<Ref<MyComponent>>) { for value in &q { if value.is_changed() { // Do something with `value`. } } } ```

JoJoJet added 9 commits January 20, 2023 12:32

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Make Query<&T> return Ref<T> #7322

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Make ComponentTicks available from ChangeTrackers #7410

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