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go/types: better error message for "func f(f)" and similar declarations #25790

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griesemer opened this issue Jun 7, 2018 · 1 comment
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func f(f)

cmd/compile reports "f is not a type", but go/types (after https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/116815) reports: "illegal cycle in declaration of f", which is ok, but not as good.

The problem is that the new cycle detection code doesn't know that we're looking for a type. If it knew, it could avoid reporting the cycle in favor of the subsequent error. Fixing this will likely require that we pass around a "context" parameter during type-checking which states the expectation for the expression to be checked (similar to the "top" parameter in the compiler's type checker). Not hard to do but possibly pervasive.

@griesemer griesemer added NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. early-in-cycle A change that should be done early in the 3 month dev cycle. labels Jun 7, 2018
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Change https://golang.org/cl/135700 mentions this issue: go/types: don't report cycle error if clearer error follows

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