// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // This file implements type unification. package types import ( "bytes" "fmt" "strings" ) // The unifier maintains two separate sets of type parameters x and y // which are used to resolve type parameters in the x and y arguments // provided to the unify call. For unidirectional unification, only // one of these sets (say x) is provided, and then type parameters are // only resolved for the x argument passed to unify, not the y argument // (even if that also contains possibly the same type parameters). This // is crucial to infer the type parameters of self-recursive calls: // // func f[P any](a P) { f(a) } // // For the call f(a) we want to infer that the type argument for P is P. // During unification, the parameter type P must be resolved to the type // parameter P ("x" side), but the argument type P must be left alone so // that unification resolves the type parameter P to P. // // For bidirectional unification, both sets are provided. This enables // unification to go from argument to parameter type and vice versa. // For constraint type inference, we use bidirectional unification // where both the x and y type parameters are identical. This is done // by setting up one of them (using init) and then assigning its value // to the other. const ( // Upper limit for recursion depth. Used to catch infinite recursions // due to implementation issues (e.g., see issues #48619, #48656). unificationDepthLimit = 50 // Whether to panic when unificationDepthLimit is reached. Turn on when // investigating infinite recursion. panicAtUnificationDepthLimit = false // If enableCoreTypeUnification is set, unification will consider // the core types, if any, of non-local (unbound) type parameters. enableCoreTypeUnification = true // If traceInference is set, unification will print a trace of its operation. // Interpretation of trace: // x ≡ y attempt to unify types x and y // p ➞ y type parameter p is set to type y (p is inferred to be y) // p ⇄ q type parameters p and q match (p is inferred to be q and vice versa) // x ≢ y types x and y cannot be unified // [p, q, ...] ➞ [x, y, ...] mapping from type parameters to types traceInference = false ) // A unifier maintains the current type parameters for x and y // and the respective types inferred for each type parameter. // A unifier is created by calling newUnifier. type unifier struct { exact bool x, y tparamsList // x and y must initialized via tparamsList.init types []Type // inferred types, shared by x and y depth int // recursion depth during unification } // newUnifier returns a new unifier. // If exact is set, unification requires unified types to match // exactly. If exact is not set, a named type's underlying type // is considered if unification would fail otherwise, and the // direction of channels is ignored. // TODO(gri) exact is not set anymore by a caller. Consider removing it. func newUnifier(exact bool) *unifier { u := &unifier{exact: exact} u.x.unifier = u u.y.unifier = u return u } // unify attempts to unify x and y and reports whether it succeeded. func (u *unifier) unify(x, y Type) bool { return u.nify(x, y, nil) } func (u *unifier) tracef(format string, args ...interface{}) { fmt.Println(strings.Repeat(". ", u.depth) + sprintf(nil, nil, true, format, args...)) } // A tparamsList describes a list of type parameters and the types inferred for them. type tparamsList struct { unifier *unifier tparams []*TypeParam // For each tparams element, there is a corresponding type slot index in indices. // index < 0: unifier.types[-index-1] == nil // index == 0: no type slot allocated yet // index > 0: unifier.types[index-1] == typ // Joined tparams elements share the same type slot and thus have the same index. // By using a negative index for nil types we don't need to check unifier.types // to see if we have a type or not. indices []int // len(d.indices) == len(d.tparams) } // String returns a string representation for a tparamsList. For debugging. func (d *tparamsList) String() string { var buf bytes.Buffer w := newTypeWriter(&buf, nil) w.byte('[') for i, tpar := range d.tparams { if i > 0 { w.string(", ") } w.typ(tpar) w.string(": ") w.typ(d.at(i)) } w.byte(']') return buf.String() } // init initializes d with the given type parameters. // The type parameters must be in the order in which they appear in their declaration // (this ensures that the tparams indices match the respective type parameter index). func (d *tparamsList) init(tparams []*TypeParam) { if len(tparams) == 0 { return } if debug { for i, tpar := range tparams { assert(i == tpar.index) } } d.tparams = tparams d.indices = make([]int, len(tparams)) } // join unifies the i'th type parameter of x with the j'th type parameter of y. // If both type parameters already have a type associated with them and they are // not joined, join fails and returns false. func (u *unifier) join(i, j int) bool { if traceInference { u.tracef("%s ⇄ %s", u.x.tparams[i], u.y.tparams[j]) } ti := u.x.indices[i] tj := u.y.indices[j] switch { case ti == 0 && tj == 0: // Neither type parameter has a type slot associated with them. // Allocate a new joined nil type slot (negative index). u.types = append(u.types, nil) u.x.indices[i] = -len(u.types) u.y.indices[j] = -len(u.types) case ti == 0: // The type parameter for x has no type slot yet. Use slot of y. u.x.indices[i] = tj case tj == 0: // The type parameter for y has no type slot yet. Use slot of x. u.y.indices[j] = ti // Both type parameters have a slot: ti != 0 && tj != 0. case ti == tj: // Both type parameters already share the same slot. Nothing to do. break case ti > 0 && tj > 0: // Both type parameters have (possibly different) inferred types. Cannot join. // TODO(gri) Should we check if types are identical? Investigate. return false case ti > 0: // Only the type parameter for x has an inferred type. Use x slot for y. u.y.setIndex(j, ti) // This case is handled like the default case. // case tj > 0: // // Only the type parameter for y has an inferred type. Use y slot for x. // u.x.setIndex(i, tj) default: // Neither type parameter has an inferred type. Use y slot for x // (or x slot for y, it doesn't matter). u.x.setIndex(i, tj) } return true } // If typ is a type parameter of d, index returns the type parameter index. // Otherwise, the result is < 0. func (d *tparamsList) index(typ Type) int { if tpar, ok := typ.(*TypeParam); ok { return tparamIndex(d.tparams, tpar) } return -1 } // If tpar is a type parameter in list, tparamIndex returns the type parameter index. // Otherwise, the result is < 0. tpar must not be nil. func tparamIndex(list []*TypeParam, tpar *TypeParam) int { // Once a type parameter is bound its index is >= 0. However, there are some // code paths (namely tracing and type hashing) by which it is possible to // arrive here with a type parameter that has not been bound, hence the check // for 0 <= i below. // TODO(rfindley): investigate a better approach for guarding against using // unbound type parameters. if i := tpar.index; 0 <= i && i < len(list) && list[i] == tpar { return i } return -1 } // setIndex sets the type slot index for the i'th type parameter // (and all its joined parameters) to tj. The type parameter // must have a (possibly nil) type slot associated with it. func (d *tparamsList) setIndex(i, tj int) { ti := d.indices[i] assert(ti != 0 && tj != 0) for k, tk := range d.indices { if tk == ti { d.indices[k] = tj } } } // at returns the type set for the i'th type parameter; or nil. func (d *tparamsList) at(i int) Type { if ti := d.indices[i]; ti > 0 { return d.unifier.types[ti-1] } return nil } // set sets the type typ for the i'th type parameter; // typ must not be nil and it must not have been set before. func (d *tparamsList) set(i int, typ Type) { assert(typ != nil) u := d.unifier if traceInference { u.tracef("%s ➞ %s", d.tparams[i], typ) } switch ti := d.indices[i]; { case ti < 0: u.types[-ti-1] = typ d.setIndex(i, -ti) case ti == 0: u.types = append(u.types, typ) d.indices[i] = len(u.types) default: panic("type already set") } } // unknowns returns the number of type parameters for which no type has been set yet. func (d *tparamsList) unknowns() int { n := 0 for _, ti := range d.indices { if ti <= 0 { n++ } } return n } // types returns the list of inferred types (via unification) for the type parameters // described by d, and an index. If all types were inferred, the returned index is < 0. // Otherwise, it is the index of the first type parameter which couldn't be inferred; // i.e., for which list[index] is nil. func (d *tparamsList) types() (list []Type, index int) { list = make([]Type, len(d.tparams)) index = -1 for i := range d.tparams { t := d.at(i) list[i] = t if index < 0 && t == nil { index = i } } return } func (u *unifier) nifyEq(x, y Type, p *ifacePair) bool { return x == y || u.nify(x, y, p) } // nify implements the core unification algorithm which is an // adapted version of Checker.identical. For changes to that // code the corresponding changes should be made here. // Must not be called directly from outside the unifier. func (u *unifier) nify(x, y Type, p *ifacePair) (result bool) { if traceInference { u.tracef("%s ≡ %s", x, y) } // Stop gap for cases where unification fails. if u.depth >= unificationDepthLimit { if traceInference { u.tracef("depth %d >= %d", u.depth, unificationDepthLimit) } if panicAtUnificationDepthLimit { panic("unification reached recursion depth limit") } return false } u.depth++ defer func() { u.depth-- if traceInference && !result { u.tracef("%s ≢ %s", x, y) } }() if !u.exact { // If exact unification is known to fail because we attempt to // match a type name against an unnamed type literal, consider // the underlying type of the named type. // (We use !hasName to exclude any type with a name, including // basic types and type parameters; the rest are unamed types.) if nx, _ := x.(*Named); nx != nil && !hasName(y) { if traceInference { u.tracef("under %s ≡ %s", nx, y) } return u.nify(nx.under(), y, p) } else if ny, _ := y.(*Named); ny != nil && !hasName(x) { if traceInference { u.tracef("%s ≡ under %s", x, ny) } return u.nify(x, ny.under(), p) } } // Cases where at least one of x or y is a type parameter. switch i, j := u.x.index(x), u.y.index(y); { case i >= 0 && j >= 0: // both x and y are type parameters if u.join(i, j) { return true } // both x and y have an inferred type - they must match return u.nifyEq(u.x.at(i), u.y.at(j), p) case i >= 0: // x is a type parameter, y is not if tx := u.x.at(i); tx != nil { return u.nifyEq(tx, y, p) } // otherwise, infer type from y u.x.set(i, y) return true case j >= 0: // y is a type parameter, x is not if ty := u.y.at(j); ty != nil { return u.nifyEq(x, ty, p) } // otherwise, infer type from x u.y.set(j, x) return true } // If we get here and x or y is a type parameter, they are type parameters // from outside our declaration list. Try to unify their core types, if any // (see issue #50755 for a test case). if enableCoreTypeUnification && !u.exact { if isTypeParam(x) && !hasName(y) { // When considering the type parameter for unification // we look at the adjusted core term (adjusted core type // with tilde information). // If the adjusted core type is a named type N; the // corresponding core type is under(N). Since !u.exact // and y doesn't have a name, unification will end up // comparing under(N) to y, so we can just use the core // type instead. And we can ignore the tilde because we // already look at the underlying types on both sides // and we have known types on both sides. // Optimization. if cx := coreType(x); cx != nil { if traceInference { u.tracef("core %s ≡ %s", x, y) } return u.nify(cx, y, p) } } else if isTypeParam(y) && !hasName(x) { // see comment above if cy := coreType(y); cy != nil { if traceInference { u.tracef("%s ≡ core %s", x, y) } return u.nify(x, cy, p) } } } // For type unification, do not shortcut (x == y) for identical // types. Instead keep comparing them element-wise to unify the // matching (and equal type parameter types). A simple test case // where this matters is: func f[P any](a P) { f(a) } . switch x := x.(type) { case *Basic: // Basic types are singletons except for the rune and byte // aliases, thus we cannot solely rely on the x == y check // above. See also comment in TypeName.IsAlias. if y, ok := y.(*Basic); ok { return x.kind == y.kind } case *Array: // Two array types are identical if they have identical element types // and the same array length. if y, ok := y.(*Array); ok { // If one or both array lengths are unknown (< 0) due to some error, // assume they are the same to avoid spurious follow-on errors. return (x.len < 0 || y.len < 0 || x.len == y.len) && u.nify(x.elem, y.elem, p) } case *Slice: // Two slice types are identical if they have identical element types. if y, ok := y.(*Slice); ok { return u.nify(x.elem, y.elem, p) } case *Struct: // Two struct types are identical if they have the same sequence of fields, // and if corresponding fields have the same names, and identical types, // and identical tags. Two embedded fields are considered to have the same // name. Lower-case field names from different packages are always different. if y, ok := y.(*Struct); ok { if x.NumFields() == y.NumFields() { for i, f := range x.fields { g := y.fields[i] if f.embedded != g.embedded || x.Tag(i) != y.Tag(i) || !f.sameId(g.pkg, g.name) || !u.nify(f.typ, g.typ, p) { return false } } return true } } case *Pointer: // Two pointer types are identical if they have identical base types. if y, ok := y.(*Pointer); ok { return u.nify(x.base, y.base, p) } case *Tuple: // Two tuples types are identical if they have the same number of elements // and corresponding elements have identical types. if y, ok := y.(*Tuple); ok { if x.Len() == y.Len() { if x != nil { for i, v := range x.vars { w := y.vars[i] if !u.nify(v.typ, w.typ, p) { return false } } } return true } } case *Signature: // Two function types are identical if they have the same number of parameters // and result values, corresponding parameter and result types are identical, // and either both functions are variadic or neither is. Parameter and result // names are not required to match. // TODO(gri) handle type parameters or document why we can ignore them. if y, ok := y.(*Signature); ok { return x.variadic == y.variadic && u.nify(x.params, y.params, p) && u.nify(x.results, y.results, p) } case *Interface: // Two interface types are identical if they have the same set of methods with // the same names and identical function types. Lower-case method names from // different packages are always different. The order of the methods is irrelevant. if y, ok := y.(*Interface); ok { xset := x.typeSet() yset := y.typeSet() if xset.comparable != yset.comparable { return false } if !xset.terms.equal(yset.terms) { return false } a := xset.methods b := yset.methods if len(a) == len(b) { // Interface types are the only types where cycles can occur // that are not "terminated" via named types; and such cycles // can only be created via method parameter types that are // anonymous interfaces (directly or indirectly) embedding // the current interface. Example: // // type T interface { // m() interface{T} // } // // If two such (differently named) interfaces are compared, // endless recursion occurs if the cycle is not detected. // // If x and y were compared before, they must be equal // (if they were not, the recursion would have stopped); // search the ifacePair stack for the same pair. // // This is a quadratic algorithm, but in practice these stacks // are extremely short (bounded by the nesting depth of interface // type declarations that recur via parameter types, an extremely // rare occurrence). An alternative implementation might use a // "visited" map, but that is probably less efficient overall. q := &ifacePair{x, y, p} for p != nil { if p.identical(q) { return true // same pair was compared before } p = p.prev } if debug { assertSortedMethods(a) assertSortedMethods(b) } for i, f := range a { g := b[i] if f.Id() != g.Id() || !u.nify(f.typ, g.typ, q) { return false } } return true } } case *Map: // Two map types are identical if they have identical key and value types. if y, ok := y.(*Map); ok { return u.nify(x.key, y.key, p) && u.nify(x.elem, y.elem, p) } case *Chan: // Two channel types are identical if they have identical value types. if y, ok := y.(*Chan); ok { return (!u.exact || x.dir == y.dir) && u.nify(x.elem, y.elem, p) } case *Named: // TODO(gri) This code differs now from the parallel code in Checker.identical. Investigate. if y, ok := y.(*Named); ok { xargs := x.targs.list() yargs := y.targs.list() if len(xargs) != len(yargs) { return false } // TODO(gri) This is not always correct: two types may have the same names // in the same package if one of them is nested in a function. // Extremely unlikely but we need an always correct solution. if x.obj.pkg == y.obj.pkg && x.obj.name == y.obj.name { for i, x := range xargs { if !u.nify(x, yargs[i], p) { return false } } return true } } case *TypeParam: // Two type parameters (which are not part of the type parameters of the // enclosing type as those are handled in the beginning of this function) // are identical if they originate in the same declaration. return x == y case nil: // avoid a crash in case of nil type default: panic(sprintf(nil, nil, true, "u.nify(%s, %s), u.x.tparams = %s", x, y, u.x.tparams)) } return false }