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cmd/compile: failing type inference produces unclear error message #60542

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griesemer opened this issue May 31, 2023 · 2 comments
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cmd/compile: failing type inference produces unclear error message #60542

griesemer opened this issue May 31, 2023 · 2 comments
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compiler/runtime Issues related to the Go compiler and/or runtime. NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. TypeInference Issue is related to generic type inference
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Taken from #60434:

package p

func Clip[S ~[]E, E any](s S) S {
	return s
}

var versions func()
var _ = Clip(versions)

produces:

/tmp/x.go:8:13: S does not match []E

which is not helpful.

Suggestion by @rsc :

It would be helpful to say what function is being called and what S is, as in:

/tmp/x.go:8:13: in call to slices.Clip, S (type func()) does not match []E
@griesemer griesemer added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label May 31, 2023
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Change https://go.dev/cl/499639 mentions this issue: go/typs, types2: better error message for some inference failures

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@rsc The CL above gets us halfway there. We can do a whole lot better but probably not for Go 1.21.

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go/types, types2: better error message for some inference failures
1079a5c 
For a unification failure involving a constraint, rather than just
reporting (for instance)

        S does not match []E

now report the inferred type for the type parameter, use spec
terminology when referring to the constraint, and print the
constraint in full:

        S (type func()) does not satisfy ~[]E

There's more we can do, but this is better than what we had.

For #60542.

Change-Id: I033369fa0dfc475f0ec0da0582e8cbefb109f3cf
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/499639
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Auto-Submit: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>
@griesemer griesemer modified the milestones: Go1.21, Go1.22 Jun 1, 2023
Nasfame pushed a commit to golangFame/go that referenced this issue Jun 4, 2023
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go/types, types2: better error message for some inference failures
66bb9c5 
For a unification failure involving a constraint, rather than just
reporting (for instance)

        S does not match []E

now report the inferred type for the type parameter, use spec
terminology when referring to the constraint, and print the
constraint in full:

        S (type func()) does not satisfy ~[]E

There's more we can do, but this is better than what we had.

For golang#60542.

Change-Id: I033369fa0dfc475f0ec0da0582e8cbefb109f3cf
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/499639
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Auto-Submit: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>
@griesemer griesemer added the TypeInference Issue is related to generic type inference label Aug 16, 2023
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