// Copyright 2023 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 shows some examples of "reverse" type inference // where the type arguments for generic functions are determined // from assigning the functions. package p func f1[P any](P) {} func f2[P any]() P { var x P; return x } func f3[P, Q any](P) Q { var x Q; return x } func f4[P any](P, P) {} func f5[P any](P) []P { return nil } func f6[P any](int) P { var x P; return x } func f7[P any](P) string { return "" } // initialization expressions var ( v1 = f1 // ERROR "cannot use generic function f1 without instantiation" v2 func(int) = f2 // ERROR "cannot infer P" v3 func(int) = f1 v4 func() int = f2 v5 func(int) int = f3 _ func(int) int = f3[int] v6 func(int, int) = f4 v7 func(int, string) = f4 // ERROR "inferred type func(int, int) for func(P, P) does not match type func(int, string) of v7" v8 func(int) []int = f5 v9 func(string) []int = f5 // ERROR "inferred type func(string) []string for func(P) []P does not match type func(string) []int of v9" _, _ func(int) = f1, f1 _, _ func(int) = f1, f2 // ERROR "cannot infer P" ) // Regular assignments func _() { v1 = f1 // no error here because v1 is invalid (we don't know its type) due to the error above var v1_ func() int _ = v1_ v1_ = f1 // ERROR "cannot infer P" v2 = f2 // ERROR "cannot infer P" v3 = f1 v4 = f2 v5 = f3 v5 = f3[int] v6 = f4 v7 = f4 // ERROR "inferred type func(int, int) for func(P, P) does not match type func(int, string) of v7" v8 = f5 v9 = f5 // ERROR "inferred type func(string) []string for func(P) []P does not match type func(string) []int of v9" // non-trivial LHS var a [2]func(string) []int a[0] = f5 // ERROR "inferred type func(string) []string for func(P) []P does not match type func(string) []int of a[0]" } // Return statements func _() func(int) { return f1 } func _() func() int { return f2 } func _() func(int) int { return f3 } func _() func(int) int { return f3[int] } func _() func(int, int) { return f4 } func _() func(int, string) { return f4 /* ERROR "inferred type func(int, int) for func(P, P) does not match type func(int, string) of result variable" */ } func _() func(int) []int { return f5 } func _() func(string) []int { return f5 /* ERROR "inferred type func(string) []string for func(P) []P does not match type func(string) []int of result variable" */ } func _() (_, _ func(int)) { return f1, f1 } func _() (_, _ func(int)) { return f1, f2 /* ERROR "cannot infer P" */ } // Argument passing func g1(func(int)) {} func g2(func(int, int)) {} func g3(func(int) string) {} func g4[P any](func(P) string) {} func g5[P, Q any](func(P) string, func(P) Q) {} func g6(func(int), func(string)) {} func _() { g1(f1) g1(f2 /* ERROR "cannot infer P" */) g2(f4) g4(f6) g5(f6, f7) g6(f1, f1) } // Argument passing of partially instantiated functions func h(func(int, string), func(string, int)) {} func p[P, Q any](P, Q) {} func _() { h(p, p) h(p[int], p[string]) }