go/types, types2: consider methods when unifying type parameters and …

…constraints

An inferred type argument must implement its type parameter's constraint's
methods whether or not a core type exists. This allows us to infer type
parameters used in method signatures.

Fixes #51593.

Change-Id: I1fddb05a71d442641b4311d8e30a13ea9bdb4db5
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/472298
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Auto-Submit: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>

src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/check_test.go

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestCheck(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestSpec(t *testing.T) { testDirFiles(t, "../../../../internal/types/testdata/spec", 0, false) }
 func TestExamples(t *testing.T) {
-	testDirFiles(t, "../../../../internal/types/testdata/examples", 60, false)
+	testDirFiles(t, "../../../../internal/types/testdata/examples", 125, false)
 } // TODO(gri) narrow column tolerance
 func TestFixedbugs(t *testing.T) {
 	testDirFiles(t, "../../../../internal/types/testdata/fixedbugs", 100, false)

src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/infer.go

@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ func (check *Checker) infer(pos syntax.Pos, tparams []*TypeParam, targs []Type,
 		u.tracef("type parameters: %s", tparams)
 	}
 
-	// Repeatedly apply constraint type inference as long as
-	// progress is being made.
+	// Unify type parameters with their constraints as long
+	// as progress is being made.
 	//
 	// This is an O(n^2) algorithm where n is the number of
 	// type parameters: if there is progress, at least one
-	// type argument is inferred per iteration and we have
+	// type argument is inferred per iteration, and we have
 	// a doubly nested loop.
 	//
 	// In practice this is not a problem because the number
@@ -205,14 +205,18 @@ func (check *Checker) infer(pos syntax.Pos, tparams []*TypeParam, targs []Type,
 		nn := u.unknowns()
 
 		for _, tpar := range tparams {
+			tx := u.at(tpar)
+			if traceInference && tx != nil {
+				u.tracef("%s = %s", tpar, tx)
+			}
+
 			// If there is a core term (i.e., a core type with tilde information)
 			// unify the type parameter with the core type.
 			if core, single := coreTerm(tpar); core != nil {
 				if traceInference {
 					u.tracef("core(%s) = %s (single = %v)", tpar, core, single)
 				}
 				// A type parameter can be unified with its core type in two cases.
-				tx := u.at(tpar)
 				switch {
 				case tx != nil:
 					// The corresponding type argument tx is known. There are 2 cases:
@@ -239,6 +243,17 @@ func (check *Checker) infer(pos syntax.Pos, tparams []*TypeParam, targs []Type,
 				if traceInference {
 					u.tracef("core(%s) = nil", tpar)
 				}
+				if tx != nil {
+					// We don't have a core type, but the type argument tx is known.
+					// It must have (at least) all the methods of the type constraint,
+					// and the method signatures must unify; otherwise tx cannot satisfy
+					// the constraint.
+					constraint := tpar.iface()
+					if m, wrong := check.missingMethod(tx, constraint, true, u.unify); m != nil {
+						check.errorf(pos, CannotInferTypeArgs, "%s does not satisfy %s %s", tx, constraint, check.missingMethodCause(tx, constraint, m, wrong))
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -273,7 +288,7 @@ func (check *Checker) infer(pos syntax.Pos, tparams []*TypeParam, targs []Type,
 			j++
 		}
 	}
-	// untyped[:j] are the undices of parameters without a type yet
+	// untyped[:j] are the indices of parameters without a type yet
 	for _, i := range untyped[:j] {
 		tpar := params.At(i).typ.(*TypeParam)
 		arg := args[i]

src/internal/types/testdata/examples/inference.go

@@ -114,3 +114,38 @@ func _() {
 	// List[Elem].
 	related3 /* ERROR "cannot infer Slice" */ [int]()
 }
+
+func wantsMethods[P interface{ m1(Q); m2() R }, Q, R any](P) {}
+
+type hasMethods1 struct{}
+
+func (hasMethods1) m1(int)
+func (hasMethods1) m2() string
+
+type hasMethods2 struct{}
+
+func (*hasMethods2) m1(int)
+func (*hasMethods2) m2() string
+
+type hasMethods3 interface{
+	m1(float64)
+	m2() complex128
+}
+
+type hasMethods4 interface{
+	m1()
+}
+
+func _() {
+	// wantsMethod can be called with arguments that have the relevant methods
+	// and wantsMethod's type arguments are inferred from those types' method
+	// signatures.
+	wantsMethods(hasMethods1{})
+	wantsMethods(&hasMethods1{})
+	// TODO(gri) improve error message (the cause is ptr vs non-pointer receiver)
+	wantsMethods /* ERROR "hasMethods2 does not satisfy interface{m1(Q); m2() R} (wrong type for method m1)" */ (hasMethods2{})
+	wantsMethods(&hasMethods2{})
+	wantsMethods(hasMethods3(nil))
+	wantsMethods /* ERROR "any does not satisfy interface{m1(Q); m2() R} (missing method m1)" */ (any(nil))
+	wantsMethods /* ERROR "hasMethods4 does not satisfy interface{m1(Q); m2() R} (wrong type for method m1)" */ (hasMethods4(nil))
+}

src/internal/types/testdata/fixedbugs/issue51593.go

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ func f[P interface{ m(R) }, R any]() {}
 type T = interface { m(int) }
 
 func _() {
-	_ = f /* ERROR "cannot infer R" */ [T] // don't crash in type inference
+	_ = f[T]
 }