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x/tools/go/packages: go list emits no CompiledGoFiles for packages that depend on one with an error #28755

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alandonovan opened this issue Nov 13, 2018 · 0 comments
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alandonovan commented Nov 13, 2018

The TestLoadSyntaxError test case establishes an import graph a->b->c->d->e->f where e contains an error:

$ head $(find src -name \*.go)
==> src/golang.org/fake/d/d.go <==
package d; import "golang.org/fake/e"; const D = "d" + e.E
==> src/golang.org/fake/c/c.go <==
package c; import "golang.org/fake/d"; const C = "c" + d.D
==> src/golang.org/fake/f/f.go <==
package f; const F = "f"
==> src/golang.org/fake/e/e.go <==
package e; import "golang.org/fake/f"; const E = "e" + f.F + 1
==> src/golang.org/fake/b/b.go <==
package b; import "golang.org/fake/c"; const B = "b" + c.C
==> src/golang.org/fake/a/a.go <==
package a; import "golang.org/fake/b"; const A = "a" + b.B

If you run tip go list on a and c (as in the test), the reported set of CompiledGoFiles is accurate only for e and f, but not for any package above them, presumably because no build was attempted for those packages:

$ go list -compiled -f '{{.ImportPath}} {{.GoFiles}} {{.CompiledGoFiles}}' -deps -export golang.org/fake/a golang.org/fake/c 
# golang.org/fake/e
src/golang.org/fake/e/e.go:1:60: cannot convert "ef" (type untyped string) to type int
src/golang.org/fake/e/e.go:1:60: invalid operation: "ef" + 1 (mismatched types string and int)
golang.org/fake/f [f.go] [f.go]
golang.org/fake/e [e.go] [e.go]
golang.org/fake/d [d.go] []
golang.org/fake/c [c.go] []
golang.org/fake/b [b.go] []
golang.org/fake/a [a.go] []

Eliminating the type error cause go list to report CompiledGoFiles all the way up:

$ GOPATH=$(pwd) go list -compiled -f '{{.ImportPath}} {{.GoFiles}} {{.CompiledGoFiles}}' -deps -export golang.org/fake/a golang.org/fake/c 
golang.org/fake/f [f.go] [f.go]
golang.org/fake/e [e.go] [e.go]
golang.org/fake/d [d.go] [d.go]
golang.org/fake/c [c.go] [c.go]
golang.org/fake/b [b.go] [b.go]
golang.org/fake/a [a.go] [a.go]

This is arguably a bug in go list, but it suggests we need better test coverage and a more complex and better documented workaround for missing CompiledGoFiles than go/packages has today.

@gopherbot gopherbot added this to the Unreleased milestone Nov 13, 2018
@alandonovan alandonovan changed the title x/tools/go/packages: subtle bugs related to CompiledGoFiles x/tools/go/packages: go list emits no CompiledGoFiles for packages that depend on one with an error Nov 13, 2018
@dmitshur dmitshur added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Feb 20, 2019
@gopherbot gopherbot added the Tools This label describes issues relating to any tools in the x/tools repository. label Sep 12, 2019
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