go/src
Robert Griesemer ee402e9882 go/types, types2: use exact unification for component types
This change defines two unification modes used to control unification:

- assign  set when unifying types involved in an assignment
- exact   if set, types unify if they can be made identical

Currently, unification is inexact: when a defined type is compared
against a type literal, the underlying type of the defined type is
considered. When channel types are compared, the channel direction
is ignored. And when defined types are compared where one (or both)
are interfaces, interface unification is used.

By contrast, exact unification requires types to match exactly:
if they can be unified, the types must be identical (with suitable
type arguments).

Exact unification is required when comparing component types.
For instance, when unifying func(x P) with func(x Q), the two
signatures unify only if P is identical to Q per Go's assignment
rules.

Until now we have ignored exact unification and made due with inexact
unification everywhere, even for component types. In some cases this
led to infinite recursions in the unifier, which we guarded against
with a depth limit (and unification failure).

Go's assignmemt rules allow inexact matching at the top-level but
require exact matching for element types.

This change passes 'assign' to the unifier when unifying parameter
against argument types because those follow assignment rules.
When comparing constraints, inexact unification is used as before.

In 'assign' mode, when comparing element types, the unifyier is
called recursively, this time with the 'exact' mode set, causing
element types to be compared exactly. If unification succeeds for
element types, they are identical (with suitable type arguments).

This change fixes #60460. It also fixes a bug in the test for
issue #60377. We also don't need to rely anymore on the recursion
depth limit (a temporary fix) for #59740. Finally, because we use
exact unification when comparing element types which are channels,
errors caused by assignment failures (due to inexact inference which
succeeded when it shouldn't have) now produce the correct inference
error.

Fixes #60460.
For #60377.
For #59740.

Change-Id: Icb6a9b4dbd34294f99328a06d52135cb499cab85
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/498895
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>
Auto-Submit: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
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archive compress/flate, archive/zip: reduce memory allocations 2023-05-24 23:23:54 +00:00
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bytes internal/bytealg: fix alignment code in compare_riscv64.s 2023-05-30 16:05:30 +00:00
cmd go/types, types2: use exact unification for component types 2023-05-30 20:19:38 +00:00
cmp cmp: new package 2023-05-19 17:41:52 +00:00
compress compress/flate, archive/zip: reduce memory allocations 2023-05-24 23:23:54 +00:00
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context all: make safe for new vet analyzer 2023-05-08 20:18:40 +00:00
crypto crypto/tls: fix cipher suite check when doing 0-RTT resumption 2023-05-30 16:30:13 +00:00
database/sql database/sql: fix regression from earlier RawBytes fix 2023-05-26 03:06:19 +00:00
debug all: fix unavailable url 2023-05-24 15:02:49 +00:00
embed all: add String for fs.{FileInfo,DirEntry} implementations 2023-05-04 16:27:35 +00:00
encoding encoding/json: document unsupported float values 2023-05-25 00:04:56 +00:00
errors errors: add godoc links 2023-05-25 13:20:16 +00:00
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io io: clarify that Read(nil) can return 0, EOF 2023-05-26 17:03:12 +00:00
log log/slog: add link to handler-writing guide 2023-05-24 20:58:16 +00:00
maps maps: move test funcs to maps_test.go 2023-05-24 21:17:23 +00:00
math fmt,math/big,net/url: fixes to old Benchmarks 2023-05-23 20:25:13 +00:00
mime
net all: update vendored dependencies 2023-05-26 22:45:40 +00:00
os net: implement wasip1 FileListener and FileConn 2023-05-25 00:12:41 +00:00
path all: add String for fs.{FileInfo,DirEntry} implementations 2023-05-04 16:27:35 +00:00
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reflect reflect: make Value.IsZero not escape 2023-05-12 21:13:39 +00:00
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runtime runtime: clarify Pinner doc 2023-05-30 17:30:28 +00:00
slices slices: add sorting and comparison functions 2023-05-23 23:33:29 +00:00
sort slices: add sorting and comparison functions 2023-05-23 23:33:29 +00:00
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strings strings: correct NewReader documentation 2023-05-12 17:40:51 +00:00
sync syscall: avoid serializing forks on ForkLock 2023-05-23 17:25:09 +00:00
syscall syscall: fix ComputerName on Windows 2023-05-30 13:48:54 +00:00
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text text/template: reword uncover to unwrap 2023-05-01 15:57:43 +00:00
time time: update windows zoneinfo_abbrs 2023-05-12 20:01:59 +00:00
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README.vendor

Vendoring in std and cmd
========================

The Go command maintains copies of external packages needed by the
standard library in the src/vendor and src/cmd/vendor directories.

There are two modules, std and cmd, defined in src/go.mod and
src/cmd/go.mod. When a package outside std or cmd is imported
by a package inside std or cmd, the import path is interpreted
as if it had a "vendor/" prefix. For example, within "crypto/tls",
an import of "golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte" resolves to
"vendor/golang.org/x/crypto/cryptobyte". When a package with the
same path is imported from a package outside std or cmd, it will
be resolved normally. Consequently, a binary may be built with two
copies of a package at different versions if the package is
imported normally and vendored by the standard library.

Vendored packages are internally renamed with a "vendor/" prefix
to preserve the invariant that all packages have distinct paths.
This is necessary to avoid compiler and linker conflicts. Adding
a "vendor/" prefix also maintains the invariant that standard
library packages begin with a dotless path element.

The module requirements of std and cmd do not influence version
selection in other modules. They are only considered when running
module commands like 'go get' and 'go mod vendor' from a directory
in GOROOT/src.

Maintaining vendor directories
==============================

Before updating vendor directories, ensure that module mode is enabled.
Make sure that GO111MODULE is not set in the environment, or that it is
set to 'on' or 'auto'.

Requirements may be added, updated, and removed with 'go get'.
The vendor directory may be updated with 'go mod vendor'.
A typical sequence might be:

    cd src
    go get golang.org/x/net@latest
    go mod tidy
    go mod vendor

Use caution when passing '-u' to 'go get'. The '-u' flag updates
modules providing all transitively imported packages, not only
the module providing the target package.

Note that 'go mod vendor' only copies packages that are transitively
imported by packages in the current module. If a new package is needed,
it should be imported before running 'go mod vendor'.