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Source file src/go/types/lookup.go

Documentation: go/types

		 1  // Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
		 2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
		 3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
		 4  
		 5  // This file implements various field and method lookup functions.
		 6  
		 7  package types
		 8  
		 9  import "go/token"
		10  
		11  // LookupFieldOrMethod looks up a field or method with given package and name
		12  // in T and returns the corresponding *Var or *Func, an index sequence, and a
		13  // bool indicating if there were any pointer indirections on the path to the
		14  // field or method. If addressable is set, T is the type of an addressable
		15  // variable (only matters for method lookups).
		16  //
		17  // The last index entry is the field or method index in the (possibly embedded)
		18  // type where the entry was found, either:
		19  //
		20  //	1) the list of declared methods of a named type; or
		21  //	2) the list of all methods (method set) of an interface type; or
		22  //	3) the list of fields of a struct type.
		23  //
		24  // The earlier index entries are the indices of the embedded struct fields
		25  // traversed to get to the found entry, starting at depth 0.
		26  //
		27  // If no entry is found, a nil object is returned. In this case, the returned
		28  // index and indirect values have the following meaning:
		29  //
		30  //	- If index != nil, the index sequence points to an ambiguous entry
		31  //	(the same name appeared more than once at the same embedding level).
		32  //
		33  //	- If indirect is set, a method with a pointer receiver type was found
		34  //			but there was no pointer on the path from the actual receiver type to
		35  //	the method's formal receiver base type, nor was the receiver addressable.
		36  //
		37  func LookupFieldOrMethod(T Type, addressable bool, pkg *Package, name string) (obj Object, index []int, indirect bool) {
		38  	return (*Checker)(nil).lookupFieldOrMethod(T, addressable, pkg, name)
		39  }
		40  
		41  // Internal use of Checker.lookupFieldOrMethod: If the obj result is a method
		42  // associated with a concrete (non-interface) type, the method's signature
		43  // may not be fully set up. Call Checker.objDecl(obj, nil) before accessing
		44  // the method's type.
		45  // TODO(gri) Now that we provide the *Checker, we can probably remove this
		46  // caveat by calling Checker.objDecl from lookupFieldOrMethod. Investigate.
		47  
		48  // lookupFieldOrMethod is like the external version but completes interfaces
		49  // as necessary.
		50  func (check *Checker) lookupFieldOrMethod(T Type, addressable bool, pkg *Package, name string) (obj Object, index []int, indirect bool) {
		51  	// Methods cannot be associated to a named pointer type
		52  	// (spec: "The type denoted by T is called the receiver base type;
		53  	// it must not be a pointer or interface type and it must be declared
		54  	// in the same package as the method.").
		55  	// Thus, if we have a named pointer type, proceed with the underlying
		56  	// pointer type but discard the result if it is a method since we would
		57  	// not have found it for T (see also issue 8590).
		58  	if t := asNamed(T); t != nil {
		59  		if p, _ := t.underlying.(*Pointer); p != nil {
		60  			obj, index, indirect = check.rawLookupFieldOrMethod(p, false, pkg, name)
		61  			if _, ok := obj.(*Func); ok {
		62  				return nil, nil, false
		63  			}
		64  			return
		65  		}
		66  	}
		67  
		68  	return check.rawLookupFieldOrMethod(T, addressable, pkg, name)
		69  }
		70  
		71  // TODO(gri) The named type consolidation and seen maps below must be
		72  //					 indexed by unique keys for a given type. Verify that named
		73  //					 types always have only one representation (even when imported
		74  //					 indirectly via different packages.)
		75  
		76  // rawLookupFieldOrMethod should only be called by lookupFieldOrMethod and missingMethod.
		77  func (check *Checker) rawLookupFieldOrMethod(T Type, addressable bool, pkg *Package, name string) (obj Object, index []int, indirect bool) {
		78  	// WARNING: The code in this function is extremely subtle - do not modify casually!
		79  	//					This function and NewMethodSet should be kept in sync.
		80  
		81  	if name == "_" {
		82  		return // blank fields/methods are never found
		83  	}
		84  
		85  	typ, isPtr := deref(T)
		86  
		87  	// *typ where typ is an interface has no methods.
		88  	// Be cautious: typ may be nil (issue 39634, crash #3).
		89  	if typ == nil || isPtr && IsInterface(typ) {
		90  		return
		91  	}
		92  
		93  	// Start with typ as single entry at shallowest depth.
		94  	current := []embeddedType{{typ, nil, isPtr, false}}
		95  
		96  	// Named types that we have seen already, allocated lazily.
		97  	// Used to avoid endless searches in case of recursive types.
		98  	// Since only Named types can be used for recursive types, we
		99  	// only need to track those.
	 100  	// (If we ever allow type aliases to construct recursive types,
	 101  	// we must use type identity rather than pointer equality for
	 102  	// the map key comparison, as we do in consolidateMultiples.)
	 103  	var seen map[*Named]bool
	 104  
	 105  	// search current depth
	 106  	for len(current) > 0 {
	 107  		var next []embeddedType // embedded types found at current depth
	 108  
	 109  		// look for (pkg, name) in all types at current depth
	 110  		var tpar *_TypeParam // set if obj receiver is a type parameter
	 111  		for _, e := range current {
	 112  			typ := e.typ
	 113  
	 114  			// If we have a named type, we may have associated methods.
	 115  			// Look for those first.
	 116  			if named := asNamed(typ); named != nil {
	 117  				if seen[named] {
	 118  					// We have seen this type before, at a more shallow depth
	 119  					// (note that multiples of this type at the current depth
	 120  					// were consolidated before). The type at that depth shadows
	 121  					// this same type at the current depth, so we can ignore
	 122  					// this one.
	 123  					continue
	 124  				}
	 125  				if seen == nil {
	 126  					seen = make(map[*Named]bool)
	 127  				}
	 128  				seen[named] = true
	 129  
	 130  				// look for a matching attached method
	 131  				if i, m := lookupMethod(named.methods, pkg, name); m != nil {
	 132  					// potential match
	 133  					// caution: method may not have a proper signature yet
	 134  					index = concat(e.index, i)
	 135  					if obj != nil || e.multiples {
	 136  						return nil, index, false // collision
	 137  					}
	 138  					obj = m
	 139  					indirect = e.indirect
	 140  					continue // we can't have a matching field or interface method
	 141  				}
	 142  
	 143  				// continue with underlying type, but only if it's not a type parameter
	 144  				// TODO(gri) is this what we want to do for type parameters? (spec question)
	 145  				// TODO(#45639) the error message produced as a result of skipping an
	 146  				//							underlying type parameter should be improved.
	 147  				typ = named.under()
	 148  				if asTypeParam(typ) != nil {
	 149  					continue
	 150  				}
	 151  			}
	 152  
	 153  			tpar = nil
	 154  			switch t := typ.(type) {
	 155  			case *Struct:
	 156  				// look for a matching field and collect embedded types
	 157  				for i, f := range t.fields {
	 158  					if f.sameId(pkg, name) {
	 159  						assert(f.typ != nil)
	 160  						index = concat(e.index, i)
	 161  						if obj != nil || e.multiples {
	 162  							return nil, index, false // collision
	 163  						}
	 164  						obj = f
	 165  						indirect = e.indirect
	 166  						continue // we can't have a matching interface method
	 167  					}
	 168  					// Collect embedded struct fields for searching the next
	 169  					// lower depth, but only if we have not seen a match yet
	 170  					// (if we have a match it is either the desired field or
	 171  					// we have a name collision on the same depth; in either
	 172  					// case we don't need to look further).
	 173  					// Embedded fields are always of the form T or *T where
	 174  					// T is a type name. If e.typ appeared multiple times at
	 175  					// this depth, f.typ appears multiple times at the next
	 176  					// depth.
	 177  					if obj == nil && f.embedded {
	 178  						typ, isPtr := deref(f.typ)
	 179  						// TODO(gri) optimization: ignore types that can't
	 180  						// have fields or methods (only Named, Struct, and
	 181  						// Interface types need to be considered).
	 182  						next = append(next, embeddedType{typ, concat(e.index, i), e.indirect || isPtr, e.multiples})
	 183  					}
	 184  				}
	 185  
	 186  			case *Interface:
	 187  				// look for a matching method
	 188  				// TODO(gri) t.allMethods is sorted - use binary search
	 189  				check.completeInterface(token.NoPos, t)
	 190  				if i, m := lookupMethod(t.allMethods, pkg, name); m != nil {
	 191  					assert(m.typ != nil)
	 192  					index = concat(e.index, i)
	 193  					if obj != nil || e.multiples {
	 194  						return nil, index, false // collision
	 195  					}
	 196  					obj = m
	 197  					indirect = e.indirect
	 198  				}
	 199  
	 200  			case *_TypeParam:
	 201  				// only consider explicit methods in the type parameter bound, not
	 202  				// methods that may be common to all types in the type list.
	 203  				if i, m := lookupMethod(t.Bound().allMethods, pkg, name); m != nil {
	 204  					assert(m.typ != nil)
	 205  					index = concat(e.index, i)
	 206  					if obj != nil || e.multiples {
	 207  						return nil, index, false // collision
	 208  					}
	 209  					tpar = t
	 210  					obj = m
	 211  					indirect = e.indirect
	 212  				}
	 213  			}
	 214  		}
	 215  
	 216  		if obj != nil {
	 217  			// found a potential match
	 218  			// spec: "A method call x.m() is valid if the method set of (the type of) x
	 219  			//				contains m and the argument list can be assigned to the parameter
	 220  			//				list of m. If x is addressable and &x's method set contains m, x.m()
	 221  			//				is shorthand for (&x).m()".
	 222  			if f, _ := obj.(*Func); f != nil {
	 223  				// determine if method has a pointer receiver
	 224  				hasPtrRecv := tpar == nil && ptrRecv(f)
	 225  				if hasPtrRecv && !indirect && !addressable {
	 226  					return nil, nil, true // pointer/addressable receiver required
	 227  				}
	 228  			}
	 229  			return
	 230  		}
	 231  
	 232  		current = check.consolidateMultiples(next)
	 233  	}
	 234  
	 235  	return nil, nil, false // not found
	 236  }
	 237  
	 238  // embeddedType represents an embedded type
	 239  type embeddedType struct {
	 240  	typ			 Type
	 241  	index		 []int // embedded field indices, starting with index at depth 0
	 242  	indirect	bool	// if set, there was a pointer indirection on the path to this field
	 243  	multiples bool	// if set, typ appears multiple times at this depth
	 244  }
	 245  
	 246  // consolidateMultiples collects multiple list entries with the same type
	 247  // into a single entry marked as containing multiples. The result is the
	 248  // consolidated list.
	 249  func (check *Checker) consolidateMultiples(list []embeddedType) []embeddedType {
	 250  	if len(list) <= 1 {
	 251  		return list // at most one entry - nothing to do
	 252  	}
	 253  
	 254  	n := 0										 // number of entries w/ unique type
	 255  	prev := make(map[Type]int) // index at which type was previously seen
	 256  	for _, e := range list {
	 257  		if i, found := check.lookupType(prev, e.typ); found {
	 258  			list[i].multiples = true
	 259  			// ignore this entry
	 260  		} else {
	 261  			prev[e.typ] = n
	 262  			list[n] = e
	 263  			n++
	 264  		}
	 265  	}
	 266  	return list[:n]
	 267  }
	 268  
	 269  func (check *Checker) lookupType(m map[Type]int, typ Type) (int, bool) {
	 270  	// fast path: maybe the types are equal
	 271  	if i, found := m[typ]; found {
	 272  		return i, true
	 273  	}
	 274  
	 275  	for t, i := range m {
	 276  		if check.identical(t, typ) {
	 277  			return i, true
	 278  		}
	 279  	}
	 280  
	 281  	return 0, false
	 282  }
	 283  
	 284  // MissingMethod returns (nil, false) if V implements T, otherwise it
	 285  // returns a missing method required by T and whether it is missing or
	 286  // just has the wrong type.
	 287  //
	 288  // For non-interface types V, or if static is set, V implements T if all
	 289  // methods of T are present in V. Otherwise (V is an interface and static
	 290  // is not set), MissingMethod only checks that methods of T which are also
	 291  // present in V have matching types (e.g., for a type assertion x.(T) where
	 292  // x is of interface type V).
	 293  //
	 294  func MissingMethod(V Type, T *Interface, static bool) (method *Func, wrongType bool) {
	 295  	m, typ := (*Checker)(nil).missingMethod(V, T, static)
	 296  	return m, typ != nil
	 297  }
	 298  
	 299  // missingMethod is like MissingMethod but accepts a *Checker as
	 300  // receiver and an addressable flag.
	 301  // The receiver may be nil if missingMethod is invoked through
	 302  // an exported API call (such as MissingMethod), i.e., when all
	 303  // methods have been type-checked.
	 304  // If the type has the correctly named method, but with the wrong
	 305  // signature, the existing method is returned as well.
	 306  // To improve error messages, also report the wrong signature
	 307  // when the method exists on *V instead of V.
	 308  func (check *Checker) missingMethod(V Type, T *Interface, static bool) (method, wrongType *Func) {
	 309  	check.completeInterface(token.NoPos, T)
	 310  
	 311  	// fast path for common case
	 312  	if T.Empty() {
	 313  		return
	 314  	}
	 315  
	 316  	if ityp := asInterface(V); ityp != nil {
	 317  		check.completeInterface(token.NoPos, ityp)
	 318  		// TODO(gri) allMethods is sorted - can do this more efficiently
	 319  		for _, m := range T.allMethods {
	 320  			_, f := lookupMethod(ityp.allMethods, m.pkg, m.name)
	 321  
	 322  			if f == nil {
	 323  				// if m is the magic method == we're ok (interfaces are comparable)
	 324  				if m.name == "==" || !static {
	 325  					continue
	 326  				}
	 327  				return m, f
	 328  			}
	 329  
	 330  			ftyp := f.typ.(*Signature)
	 331  			mtyp := m.typ.(*Signature)
	 332  			if len(ftyp.tparams) != len(mtyp.tparams) {
	 333  				return m, f
	 334  			}
	 335  
	 336  			// If the methods have type parameters we don't care whether they
	 337  			// are the same or not, as long as they match up. Use unification
	 338  			// to see if they can be made to match.
	 339  			// TODO(gri) is this always correct? what about type bounds?
	 340  			// (Alternative is to rename/subst type parameters and compare.)
	 341  			u := newUnifier(check, true)
	 342  			u.x.init(ftyp.tparams)
	 343  			if !u.unify(ftyp, mtyp) {
	 344  				return m, f
	 345  			}
	 346  		}
	 347  
	 348  		return
	 349  	}
	 350  
	 351  	// A concrete type implements T if it implements all methods of T.
	 352  	Vd, _ := deref(V)
	 353  	Vn := asNamed(Vd)
	 354  	for _, m := range T.allMethods {
	 355  		// TODO(gri) should this be calling lookupFieldOrMethod instead (and why not)?
	 356  		obj, _, _ := check.rawLookupFieldOrMethod(V, false, m.pkg, m.name)
	 357  
	 358  		// Check if *V implements this method of T.
	 359  		if obj == nil {
	 360  			ptr := NewPointer(V)
	 361  			obj, _, _ = check.rawLookupFieldOrMethod(ptr, false, m.pkg, m.name)
	 362  			if obj != nil {
	 363  				return m, obj.(*Func)
	 364  			}
	 365  		}
	 366  
	 367  		// we must have a method (not a field of matching function type)
	 368  		f, _ := obj.(*Func)
	 369  		if f == nil {
	 370  			// if m is the magic method == and V is comparable, we're ok
	 371  			if m.name == "==" && Comparable(V) {
	 372  				continue
	 373  			}
	 374  			return m, nil
	 375  		}
	 376  
	 377  		// methods may not have a fully set up signature yet
	 378  		if check != nil {
	 379  			check.objDecl(f, nil)
	 380  		}
	 381  
	 382  		// both methods must have the same number of type parameters
	 383  		ftyp := f.typ.(*Signature)
	 384  		mtyp := m.typ.(*Signature)
	 385  		if len(ftyp.tparams) != len(mtyp.tparams) {
	 386  			return m, f
	 387  		}
	 388  
	 389  		// If V is a (instantiated) generic type, its methods are still
	 390  		// parameterized using the original (declaration) receiver type
	 391  		// parameters (subst simply copies the existing method list, it
	 392  		// does not instantiate the methods).
	 393  		// In order to compare the signatures, substitute the receiver
	 394  		// type parameters of ftyp with V's instantiation type arguments.
	 395  		// This lazily instantiates the signature of method f.
	 396  		if Vn != nil && len(Vn.tparams) > 0 {
	 397  			// Be careful: The number of type arguments may not match
	 398  			// the number of receiver parameters. If so, an error was
	 399  			// reported earlier but the length discrepancy is still
	 400  			// here. Exit early in this case to prevent an assertion
	 401  			// failure in makeSubstMap.
	 402  			// TODO(gri) Can we avoid this check by fixing the lengths?
	 403  			if len(ftyp.rparams) != len(Vn.targs) {
	 404  				return
	 405  			}
	 406  			ftyp = check.subst(token.NoPos, ftyp, makeSubstMap(ftyp.rparams, Vn.targs)).(*Signature)
	 407  		}
	 408  
	 409  		// If the methods have type parameters we don't care whether they
	 410  		// are the same or not, as long as they match up. Use unification
	 411  		// to see if they can be made to match.
	 412  		// TODO(gri) is this always correct? what about type bounds?
	 413  		// (Alternative is to rename/subst type parameters and compare.)
	 414  		u := newUnifier(check, true)
	 415  		u.x.init(ftyp.tparams)
	 416  		if !u.unify(ftyp, mtyp) {
	 417  			return m, f
	 418  		}
	 419  	}
	 420  
	 421  	return
	 422  }
	 423  
	 424  // assertableTo reports whether a value of type V can be asserted to have type T.
	 425  // It returns (nil, false) as affirmative answer. Otherwise it returns a missing
	 426  // method required by V and whether it is missing or just has the wrong type.
	 427  // The receiver may be nil if assertableTo is invoked through an exported API call
	 428  // (such as AssertableTo), i.e., when all methods have been type-checked.
	 429  // If the global constant forceStrict is set, assertions that are known to fail
	 430  // are not permitted.
	 431  func (check *Checker) assertableTo(V *Interface, T Type) (method, wrongType *Func) {
	 432  	// no static check is required if T is an interface
	 433  	// spec: "If T is an interface type, x.(T) asserts that the
	 434  	//				dynamic type of x implements the interface T."
	 435  	if asInterface(T) != nil && !forceStrict {
	 436  		return
	 437  	}
	 438  	return check.missingMethod(T, V, false)
	 439  }
	 440  
	 441  // deref dereferences typ if it is a *Pointer and returns its base and true.
	 442  // Otherwise it returns (typ, false).
	 443  func deref(typ Type) (Type, bool) {
	 444  	if p, _ := typ.(*Pointer); p != nil {
	 445  		return p.base, true
	 446  	}
	 447  	return typ, false
	 448  }
	 449  
	 450  // derefStructPtr dereferences typ if it is a (named or unnamed) pointer to a
	 451  // (named or unnamed) struct and returns its base. Otherwise it returns typ.
	 452  func derefStructPtr(typ Type) Type {
	 453  	if p := asPointer(typ); p != nil {
	 454  		if asStruct(p.base) != nil {
	 455  			return p.base
	 456  		}
	 457  	}
	 458  	return typ
	 459  }
	 460  
	 461  // concat returns the result of concatenating list and i.
	 462  // The result does not share its underlying array with list.
	 463  func concat(list []int, i int) []int {
	 464  	var t []int
	 465  	t = append(t, list...)
	 466  	return append(t, i)
	 467  }
	 468  
	 469  // fieldIndex returns the index for the field with matching package and name, or a value < 0.
	 470  func fieldIndex(fields []*Var, pkg *Package, name string) int {
	 471  	if name != "_" {
	 472  		for i, f := range fields {
	 473  			if f.sameId(pkg, name) {
	 474  				return i
	 475  			}
	 476  		}
	 477  	}
	 478  	return -1
	 479  }
	 480  
	 481  // lookupMethod returns the index of and method with matching package and name, or (-1, nil).
	 482  func lookupMethod(methods []*Func, pkg *Package, name string) (int, *Func) {
	 483  	if name != "_" {
	 484  		for i, m := range methods {
	 485  			if m.sameId(pkg, name) {
	 486  				return i, m
	 487  			}
	 488  		}
	 489  	}
	 490  	return -1, nil
	 491  }
	 492  

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