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cmd/compile: align formal parameters with actual argument when reporting incorrect number of arguments #34138

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tumdum opened this issue Sep 6, 2019 · 2 comments
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tumdum commented Sep 6, 2019

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.13 linux/amd64

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
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/klak/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/klak/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/klak"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD=""
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 -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build664638301=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

What did you do?

https://play.golang.org/p/Jgg2p681cOG

What did you expect to see?

./prog.go:7:5: not enough arguments in call to foo
	have (number, number, number, number)
	want (int,    int,    int,    int, int, int)

What did you see instead?

./prog.go:7:5: not enough arguments in call to foo
	have (number, number, number, number)
	want (int, int, int, int, int, int)
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor changed the title Align formal parameters with actual argument when reporting incorrect number of arguments cmd/compile: align formal parameters with actual argument when reporting incorrect number of arguments Sep 6, 2019
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added FeatureRequest NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. labels Sep 6, 2019
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Unplanned milestone Sep 6, 2019
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CC @griesemer @mdempsky

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There may be better ways to report this error, but aligning the output will only cause more problems (one can easily imagine overlong lines that are harder to decipher than what's here now).

Not urgent.

@griesemer griesemer removed the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Sep 6, 2019
@FiloSottile FiloSottile added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Sep 10, 2019
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