This change re-introduces (temporarily) a work-around for recursive
alias type declarations, originally in https://golang.org/cl/35831/
(intended as fix for #18640). The work-around was removed later
for a more comprehensive cycle detection check. That check
contained a subtle error which made the code appear to work,
while in fact creating incorrect types internally. See #25838
for details.
By re-introducing the original work-around, we eliminate problems
with many simple recursive type declarations involving aliases;
specifically cases such as #27232 and #27267. However, the more
general problem remains.
This CL also fixes the subtle error (incorrect variable use when
analyzing a type cycle) mentioned above and now issues a fatal
error with a reference to the relevant issue (rather than crashing
later during the compilation). While not great, this is better
than the current status. The long-term solution will need to
address these cycles (see #25838).
As a consequence, several old test cases are not accepted anymore
by the compiler since they happened to work accidentally only.
This CL disables parts or all code of those test cases. The issues
are: #18640, #23823, and #24939.
One of the new test cases (fixedbugs/issue27232.go) exposed a
go/types issue. The test case is excluded from the go/types test
suite and an issue was filed (#28576).
Updates #18640.
Updates #23823.
Updates #24939.
Updates #25838.
Updates #28576.
Fixes#27232.
Fixes#27267.
Change-Id: I6c2d10da98bfc6f4f445c755fcaab17fc7b214c5
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/147286
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
The original fix (https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/35831)
for this issue was incorrect as it reported cycles in cases where
it shouldn't.
Instead, use a different approach: A type cycle containing aliases
is only a cycle if there are no type definitions. As soon as there
is a type definition, alias expansion terminates and there is no
cycle.
Approach: Split sprint_depchain into two non-recursive and more
easily understandable functions (cycleFor and cycleTrace),
and use those instead for cycle reporting. Analyze the cycle
returned by cycleFor before issueing an alias cycle error.
Also: Removed original fix (main.go) which introduced a separate
crash (#23823).
Fixes#18640.
Fixes#23823.
Fixes#24939.
Change-Id: Ic3707a9dec40a71dc928a3e49b4868c5fac3d3b7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/118078
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
