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cmd/go: use slice expression a[x : x] where cap(a) is x should cause panic #31377

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choleraehyq opened this issue Apr 10, 2019 · 1 comment
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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
1.12.3

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output
$ go env
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/Users/cholerae/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/cholerae/Documents/gopath"
GOPROXY=""
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/Users/cholerae/Documents/gopath/go"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/Users/cholerae/Documents/gopath/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/Users/cholerae/Documents/gocode/ByteGraph/go.mod"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/1q/bn5v_zpd5qzc4dlg3bbp2psm0000gn/T/go-build647264484=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

https://play.golang.org/p/XT4xCSpIylL

What did you expect to see?

Panic at line 9.

What did you see instead?

Panic at line 10.

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robpike commented Apr 10, 2019

Working as intended. If cap(x) is N, then the slice expression [0:N] gives the whole slice since the indexing is open on the right. [N:N] is just a special case that slices off the empty slice at the end.

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