2 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp b/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
index a5e21bbb96c..c94aec0d2da 100644
--- a/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
+++ b/src/glsl/glsl_types.cpp
@@ -523,3 +523,19 @@ glsl_type::component_slots() const
       return 0;
    }
 }
+
+bool
+glsl_type::can_implicitly_convert_to(const glsl_type *desired) const
+{
+   if (this == desired)
+      return true;
+
+   /* There is no conversion among matrix types. */
+   if (this->matrix_columns > 1 || desired->matrix_columns > 1)
+      return false;
+
+   /* int and uint can be converted to float. */
+   return desired->is_float()
+          && this->is_integer()
+          && this->vector_elements == desired->vector_elements;
+}
diff --git a/src/glsl/glsl_types.h b/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
index 87f57e7c756..048696693be 100644
--- a/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
+++ b/src/glsl/glsl_types.h
@@ -224,6 +224,41 @@ struct glsl_type {
     */
    unsigned component_slots() const;
 
+   /**
+    * \brief Can this type be implicitly converted to another?
+    *
+    * \return True if the types are identical or if this type can be converted
+    *         to \c desired according to Section 4.1.10 of the GLSL spec.
+    *
+    * \verbatim
+    * From page 25 (31 of the pdf) of the GLSL 1.50 spec, Section 4.1.10
+    * Implicit Conversions:
+    *
+    *     In some situations, an expression and its type will be implicitly
+    *     converted to a different type. The following table shows all allowed
+    *     implicit conversions:
+    *
+    *     Type of expression | Can be implicitly converted to
+    *     --------------------------------------------------
+    *     int                  float
+    *     uint
+    *
+    *     ivec2                vec2
+    *     uvec2
+    *
+    *     ivec3                vec3
+    *     uvec3
+    *
+    *     ivec4                vec4
+    *     uvec4
+    *
+    *     There are no implicit array or structure conversions. For example,
+    *     an array of int cannot be implicitly converted to an array of float.
+    *     There are no implicit conversions between signed and unsigned
+    *     integers.
+    * \endverbatim
+    */
+   bool can_implicitly_convert_to(const glsl_type *desired) const;
 
    /**
     * Query whether or not a type is a scalar (non-vector and non-matrix).