Source file src/go/types/alias.go
1 // Code generated by "go test -run=Generate -write=all"; DO NOT EDIT. 2 // Source: ../../cmd/compile/internal/types2/alias.go 3 4 // Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. 5 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style 6 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. 7 8 package types 9 10 import ( 11 "go/token" 12 ) 13 14 // An Alias represents an alias type. 15 // 16 // Alias types are created by alias declarations such as: 17 // 18 // type A = int 19 // 20 // The type on the right-hand side of the declaration can be accessed 21 // using [Alias.Rhs]. This type may itself be an alias. 22 // Call [Unalias] to obtain the first non-alias type in a chain of 23 // alias type declarations. 24 // 25 // Like a defined ([Named]) type, an alias type has a name. 26 // Use the [Alias.Obj] method to access its [TypeName] object. 27 type Alias struct { 28 obj *TypeName // corresponding declared alias object 29 orig *Alias // original, uninstantiated alias 30 tparams *TypeParamList // type parameters, or nil 31 targs *TypeList // type arguments, or nil 32 fromRHS Type // RHS of type alias declaration; may be an alias 33 actual Type // actual (aliased) type; never an alias 34 check *Checker // for cycle detection and cleanup; nil after cleanup 35 } 36 37 // NewAlias creates a new Alias type with the given type name and rhs. 38 // If rhs is nil, the alias is incomplete. 39 func NewAlias(obj *TypeName, rhs Type) *Alias { 40 alias := (*Checker)(nil).newAlias(obj, rhs) 41 // Ensure that alias.actual is set (go.dev/issue/65455). 42 if rhs != nil { 43 alias.cleanup() 44 } 45 return alias 46 } 47 48 // Obj returns the type name for the declaration defining the alias type a. 49 // For instantiated types, this is same as the type name of the origin type. 50 func (a *Alias) Obj() *TypeName { return a.orig.obj } 51 52 func (a *Alias) String() string { return TypeString(a, nil) } 53 54 // Underlying returns the [underlying type] of the alias type a, which is the 55 // underlying type of the aliased type. Underlying types are never Named, 56 // TypeParam, or Alias types. 57 // 58 // [underlying type]: https://go.dev/ref/spec#Underlying_types. 59 func (a *Alias) Underlying() Type { 60 u := unalias(a) 61 if u == nil { 62 // Before CL 825744, Underlying() returned unalias(a).Underlying(). If the alias 63 // was incomplete (its RHS had not yet been set or resolved), unalias(a) returned 64 // nil, causing an immediate unhandled nil-pointer dereference panic. 65 // 66 // Callers must ensure an alias has been completed before querying its underlying type. 67 panic("Underlying() called on incomplete Alias") 68 } 69 return u.Underlying() 70 } 71 72 // Origin returns the generic Alias type of which a is an instance. 73 // If a is not an instance of a generic alias, Origin returns a. 74 func (a *Alias) Origin() *Alias { return a.orig } 75 76 // TypeParams returns the type parameters of the alias type a, or nil. 77 // A generic Alias and its instances have the same type parameters. 78 func (a *Alias) TypeParams() *TypeParamList { return a.tparams } 79 80 // SetTypeParams sets the type parameters of the alias type a. 81 // The alias a must not have type arguments. 82 func (a *Alias) SetTypeParams(tparams []*TypeParam) { 83 assert(a.targs == nil) 84 a.tparams = bindTParams(tparams) 85 } 86 87 // TypeArgs returns the type arguments used to instantiate the Alias type. 88 // If a is not an instance of a generic alias, the result is nil. 89 func (a *Alias) TypeArgs() *TypeList { return a.targs } 90 91 // Rhs returns the type R on the right-hand side of an alias 92 // declaration "type A = R", which may be another alias. 93 func (a *Alias) Rhs() Type { 94 if a.fromRHS == nil { 95 // Before CL 825744, Rhs() returned a.fromRHS directly without checking for nil. 96 // If the alias was incomplete, callers expecting a non-nil Type could panic. 97 // 98 // An incomplete alias has no defined RHS. Rhs panics if called on an incomplete 99 // alias. Users must complete the alias first. 100 panic("Rhs() called on incomplete Alias") 101 } 102 return a.fromRHS 103 } 104 105 // Unalias returns t if it is not an alias type; 106 // otherwise it follows t's alias chain until it 107 // reaches a non-alias type which is then returned. 108 // Consequently, the result is never an alias type. 109 // Returns nil if the alias is incomplete. 110 func Unalias(t Type) Type { 111 if a0, _ := t.(*Alias); a0 != nil { 112 return unalias(a0) 113 } 114 return t 115 } 116 117 func unalias(a0 *Alias) Type { 118 if a0.actual != nil { 119 return a0.actual 120 } 121 var t Type 122 for a := a0; a != nil; a, _ = t.(*Alias) { 123 t = a.fromRHS 124 } 125 // Memoize during type checking (single-threaded) avoids future 126 // quadratic chain traversal. Once a0.check becomes nil, unalias 127 // is a pure getter to prevent concurrent write races (go.dev/issue/81138). 128 if a0.check != nil && t != nil { 129 a0.actual = t 130 } 131 return t 132 } 133 134 // asNamed returns t as *Named if that is t's 135 // actual type. It returns nil otherwise. 136 func asNamed(t Type) *Named { 137 n, _ := Unalias(t).(*Named) 138 return n 139 } 140 141 // newAlias creates a new Alias type with the given type name and rhs. 142 // If rhs is nil, the alias is incomplete. 143 func (check *Checker) newAlias(obj *TypeName, rhs Type) *Alias { 144 a := new(Alias) 145 a.obj = obj 146 a.orig = a 147 a.fromRHS = rhs 148 a.check = check 149 if obj.typ == nil { 150 obj.typ = a 151 } 152 153 // Ensure that a.actual is set at the end of type checking. 154 if check != nil { 155 check.needsCleanup(a) 156 } 157 158 return a 159 } 160 161 // newAliasInstance creates a new alias instance for the given origin and type 162 // arguments, recording pos as the position of its synthetic object (for error 163 // reporting). 164 func (check *Checker) newAliasInstance(pos token.Pos, orig *Alias, targs []Type, expanding *Named, ctxt *Context) *Alias { 165 assert(len(targs) > 0) 166 obj := NewTypeName(pos, orig.obj.pkg, orig.obj.name, nil) 167 rhs := check.subst(pos, orig.fromRHS, makeSubstMap(orig.TypeParams().list(), targs), expanding, ctxt) 168 res := check.newAlias(obj, rhs) 169 res.orig = orig 170 res.tparams = orig.tparams 171 res.targs = newTypeList(targs) 172 // Ensure that res.actual is set before returning an instance constructed 173 // outside of package type checking (e.g. via types.Instantiate). When check != nil, 174 // res was added to check.cleanups by newAlias and will be cleaned up at the end 175 // of checking. But when check == nil, no cleanup pass will run, so we must clean 176 // up eagerly to prevent concurrent calls to Unalias from racing on res.actual (go.dev/issue/81138). 177 if check == nil { 178 res.cleanup() 179 } 180 return res 181 } 182 183 func (a *Alias) cleanup() { 184 // Before CL 825744, an incomplete alias produced during type checking (e.g. 185 // due to a cycle or syntax error) could be left with fromRHS == nil and 186 // actual == nil. Callers traversing the published types would then panic 187 // when inspecting the alias. 188 // 189 // Here, we normalize incomplete aliases to Typ[Invalid] so the published 190 // package graph never contains buried nils. 191 // 192 // Invariant: The type checker must never return Typ[Invalid] unless an error was 193 // reported. If an alias created during package checking has a nil RHS at 194 // cleanup time, ensure an error is reported. 195 if a.fromRHS == nil { 196 if a.check != nil && a.check.firstErr == nil { 197 a.check.internalErrorf(a.obj, "alias %v has nil RHS", a.obj.name) 198 } 199 a.fromRHS = Typ[Invalid] 200 } 201 // Ensure a.actual is set before types are published, 202 // so unalias is a pure "getter", not a "setter". 203 a.actual = unalias(a) 204 a.check = nil 205 } 206