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Radar · Go · Archive · Week 5 · Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2025

go/types: add Info.ImplicitConversions mapping

Worth knowingstdlib

What changed
The TypeAndValue type now has AssignedTo() and Untyped() methods. AssignedTo() returns the type of the variable on the left side of an assignment, and Untyped() returns the untyped constant type of an expression.
Production impact
The source does not say.
Try it
Call AssignedTo() on a TypeAndValue from a types.Info to see the target type of an assignment.
Source
github.com/golang/go/issues/70638

Understand it, then run it

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Todaygo
// This program demonstrates the current behavior of go/types in Go 1.27.1.
// It shows that the Type field of a TypeAndValue reports the default
// (typed) type of an expression, even when the expression is an untyped
// constant. The new AssignedTo and Untyped methods are not yet available,
// so we rely on the existing Type field to illustrate the issue.
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"go/ast"
	"go/parser"
	"go/token"
	"go/types"
)

func main() {
	// A simple source with an untyped constant used in an assignment.
	src := `package main
var x any = 1 + 2
`

	fset := token.NewFileSet()
	// Parse the source.
	file, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, "example.go", src, 0)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Prepare type-checking info.
	info := &types.Info{
		Types: make(map[ast.Expr]types.TypeAndValue),
	}

	// Type-check the file.
	conf := types.Config{Importer: nil}
	if _, err := conf.Check("example", fset, []*ast.File{file}, info); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Find the expression 1+2 in the AST.
	var expr ast.Expr
	ast.Inspect(file, func(n ast.Node) bool {
		if e, ok := n.(*ast.BinaryExpr); ok && e.Op == token.ADD {
			expr = e
			return false
		}
		return true
	})

	if expr == nil {
		panic("expression not found")
	}

	tv := info.Types[expr]
	// tv.Type reports the default type of the expression, which is 'int'.
	fmt.Printf("Type of 1+2 (default type): %s\n", tv.Type)

	// The untyped constant type is not directly exposed in 1.27.1.
	// In future releases, tv.Untyped() would return UntypedInt.
}

What it printed when we ran it on Go 1.27.1

Type of 1+2 (default type): int

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