Go to file
Emmanuel Odeke 2d573eee8a cmd/compile: improve error message for wrong number of arguments to return
Fixes #4215.
Fixes #6750.

Improves the error message for wrong number of arguments by comparing
the signature of the return call site arguments, versus the function's
expected return arguments.

In this CL, the signature representation of:
+ ideal numbers(TIDEAL) ie float*, complex*, rune, int is
"number" instead of "untyped number".
+ idealstring is "string" instead of "untyped string".
+ idealbool is "bool" instead of "untyped bool".

However, the representation of other types remains as the compiler
would produce.

* Example 1(in the error messages, if all lines were printed):
$ cat main.go && go run main.go
package main

func foo() (int, int) {
  return 2.3
}

func foo2() {
  return int(2), 2
}

func foo3(v int) (a, b, c, d int) {
  if v >= 5 {
    return 1
  }
  return 2, 3
}

func foo4(name string) (string, int) {
  switch name {
  case "cow":
    return "moo"
  case "dog":
    return "dog", 10, true
  case "fish":
    return ""
  default:
    return "lizard", 10
  }
}

type S int
type T string
type U float64

func foo5() (S, T, U) {
  if false {
    return ""
  } else {
    ptr := new(T)
    return ptr
  }
  return new(S), 12.34, 1 + 0i, 'r', true
}

func foo6() (T, string) {
  return "T"
}

./issue4215.go:4: not enough arguments to return, got (number) want (int, int)
./issue4215.go:8: too many arguments to return, got (int, number) want ()
./issue4215.go:13: not enough arguments to return, got (number) want (int, int, int, int)
./issue4215.go:15: not enough arguments to return, got (number, number) want (int, int, int, int)
./issue4215.go:21: not enough arguments to return, got (string) want (string, int)
./issue4215.go:23: too many arguments to return, got (string, number, bool) want (string, int)
./issue4215.go:25: not enough arguments to return, got (string) want (string, int)
./issue4215.go:37: not enough arguments to return, got (string) want (S, T, U)
./issue4215.go:40: not enough arguments to return, got (*T) want (S, T, U)
./issue4215.go:42: too many arguments to return, got (*S, number, number, number, bool) want (S, T, U)
./issue4215.go:46: not enough arguments to return, got (string) want (T, string)
./issue4215.go:46: too many errors

* Example 2:
$ cat 6750.go && go run 6750.go
package main

import "fmt"

func printmany(nums ...int) {
  for i, n := range nums {
    fmt.Printf("%d: %d\n", i, n)
  }
  fmt.Printf("\n")
}

func main() {
  printmany(1, 2, 3)
  printmany([]int{1, 2, 3}...)
  printmany(1, "abc", []int{2, 3}...)
}
./issue6750.go:15: too many arguments in call to printmany, got (number, string, []int) want (...int)

Change-Id: I6fdce78553ae81770840070e2c975d3e3c83d5d8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/25156
Run-TryBot: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
2016-10-02 16:28:02 +00:00
.github doc: improve issue template 2016-08-29 03:33:28 +00:00
api unicode: upgrade to version 9.0.0 2016-06-28 15:08:11 +00:00
doc doc: add testing Name method to go1.8.txt 2016-09-28 16:06:39 +00:00
lib/time lib/time: update to IANA release 2016f (July 2016) 2016-07-07 16:15:13 +00:00
misc misc/cgo/testplugin: add test of -buildmode=plugin 2016-09-16 17:55:24 +00:00
src cmd/compile: improve error message for wrong number of arguments to return 2016-10-02 16:28:02 +00:00
test cmd/compile: improve error message for wrong number of arguments to return 2016-10-02 16:28:02 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: prevent all magic line ending changes 2014-12-12 23:14:54 +00:00
.gitignore cmd/go: fail with nice error message on bad GOOS/GOARCH pair 2016-05-06 01:18:07 +00:00
AUTHORS A+C: automated updates 2016-06-24 02:21:02 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md doc: use new Gerrit URL and mention our instance in CONTRIBUTING.md 2016-03-09 00:52:42 +00:00
CONTRIBUTORS A+C: automated updates 2016-06-24 02:21:02 +00:00
favicon.ico website: recreate 16px and 32px favicon 2016-08-25 15:43:32 +00:00
LICENSE doc: revert copyright date to 2009 2016-06-01 22:40:04 +00:00
PATENTS LICENSE: separate, change PATENTS text 2010-12-06 16:31:59 -05:00
README.md readme: emphasize issue tracker is for bugs/proposals 2015-10-02 18:44:14 +00:00
robots.txt godoc: serve robots.txt raw 2011-02-19 05:46:20 +11:00

The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Gopher image

For documentation about how to install and use Go, visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html in your web browser.

Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.

Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help!

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines: https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html

Note that we do not accept pull requests and that we use the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. Please ask questions on https://forum.golangbridge.org or https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-nuts.

Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.

--

Binary Distribution Notes

If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html). You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin to your shell's path.

For example, if you extracted the tar file into $HOME/go, you might put the following in your .profile:

export GOROOT=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

See https://golang.org/doc/install or doc/install.html for more details.