checker, cgen: allow for a shared variable, to be whole reassigned (k…

…eeping the same mutex state) (fix #15649) (#19751)

vlib/v/checker/assign.v

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 		is_blank_ident := left.is_blank_ident()
 		mut left_type := ast.void_type
 		mut var_option := false
+		mut is_shared_re_assign := false
 		if !is_decl && !is_blank_ident {
 			if left in [ast.Ident, ast.SelectorExpr] {
 				c.prevent_sum_type_unwrapping_once = true
@@ -137,6 +138,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 			left_type = c.expr(mut left)
 			c.is_index_assign = false
 			c.expected_type = c.unwrap_generic(left_type)
+			is_shared_re_assign = left is ast.Ident && left.info is ast.IdentVar
+				&& ((left.info as ast.IdentVar).share == .shared_t || left_type.has_flag(.shared_f))
+				&& c.table.sym(left_type).kind in [.array, .map, .struct_]
 		}
 		if c.inside_comptime_for_field && mut left is ast.ComptimeSelector {
 			left_type = c.comptime_fields_default_type
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 		} else if right is ast.ComptimeSelector {
 			right_type = c.comptime_fields_default_type
 		}
-		if is_decl {
+		if is_decl || is_shared_re_assign {
 			// check generic struct init and return unwrap generic struct type
 			if mut right is ast.StructInit {
 				if right.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 				} else if left.info !is ast.IdentVar {
 					c.error('cannot assign to ${left.kind} `${left.name}`', left.pos)
 				} else {
-					if is_decl {
+					if is_decl || is_shared_re_assign {
 						c.check_valid_snake_case(left.name, 'variable name', left.pos)
 						if reserved_type_names_chk.matches(left.name) {
 							c.error('invalid use of reserved type `${left.name}` as a variable name',
@@ -301,9 +305,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 						}
 					}
 					mut ident_var_info := left.info as ast.IdentVar
-					if ident_var_info.share == .shared_t {
+					if ident_var_info.share == .shared_t || is_shared_re_assign {
 						left_type = left_type.set_flag(.shared_f)
-						if is_decl {
+						if is_decl || is_shared_re_assign {
 							if left_type.nr_muls() > 1 {
 								c.error('shared cannot be multi level reference', left.pos)
 							}

vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v

@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ fn (mut g Gen) assign_stmt(node_ ast.AssignStmt) {
 			mut op_overloaded := false
 			mut op_expected_left := ast.Type(0)
 			mut op_expected_right := ast.Type(0)
+			is_shared_re_assign := !is_decl && node.left_types[i].has_flag(.shared_f)
+				&& left is ast.Ident && left_sym.kind in [.array, .map, .struct_]
 			if node.op == .plus_assign && unaliased_right_sym.kind == .string {
 				if mut left is ast.IndexExpr {
 					if g.table.sym(left.left_type).kind == .array_fixed {
@@ -608,11 +610,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) assign_stmt(node_ ast.AssignStmt) {
 				if left in [ast.Ident, ast.SelectorExpr] {
 					g.prevent_sum_type_unwrapping_once = true
 				}
-				if !is_fixed_array_var || is_decl {
+				if !is_fixed_array_var || is_decl || is_shared_re_assign {
 					if op_overloaded {
 						g.op_arg(left, op_expected_left, var_type)
 					} else {
-						if !is_decl && left.is_auto_deref_var() {
+						if !is_decl && !is_shared_re_assign && left.is_auto_deref_var() {
 							g.write('*')
 						}
 						g.expr(left)
@@ -728,7 +730,8 @@ fn (mut g Gen) assign_stmt(node_ ast.AssignStmt) {
 						if op_overloaded {
 							g.op_arg(val, op_expected_right, val_type)
 						} else {
-							exp_type := if left.is_auto_deref_var() || var_type.has_flag(.shared_f) {
+							exp_type := if var_type.is_ptr()
+								&& (left.is_auto_deref_var() || var_type.has_flag(.shared_f)) {
 								var_type.deref()
 							} else {
 								var_type

vlib/v/tests/shared_re_assign_test.v

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+fn test_re_assign_array() {
+	shared arr := [1, 2, 3]
+	lock arr {
+		arr[0] = 0
+		assert arr == [0, 2, 3]
+		arr = [0, 0, 0]
+		assert arr == [0, 0, 0]
+	}
+}
+
+struct Foo {
+mut:
+	a int
+}
+
+fn test_re_assign_struct() {
+	shared st := Foo{}
+	lock st {
+		st.a = 1
+		assert st.a == 1
+		st = Foo{2}
+		assert st.a == 2
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_re_assign_map() {
+	shared m := map[int]int{}
+	lock m {
+		m[0] = 0
+		assert m[0] == 0
+		m = {
+			0: 1
+		}
+		assert m[0] == 1
+	}
+}