// Copyright 2019 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 methods on type-parameterized types. package p // Parameterized types may have methods. type T1[A any] struct{ a A } // When declaring a method for a parameterized type, the "instantiated" // receiver type acts as an implicit declaration of the type parameters // for the receiver type. In the example below, method m1 on type T1 has // the receiver type T1[A] which declares the type parameter A for use // with this method. That is, within the method m1, A stands for the // actual type argument provided to an instantiated T1. func (t T1[A]) m1() A { return t.a } // For instance, if T1 is instantiated with the type int, the type // parameter A in m1 assumes that type (int) as well and we can write // code like this: var x T1[int] var _ int = x.m1() // Because the type parameter provided to a parameterized receiver type // is declared through that receiver declaration, it must be an identifier. // It cannot possibly be some other type because the receiver type is not // instantiated with concrete types, it is standing for the parameterized // receiver type. func (t T1[[ /* ERROR "must be an identifier" */ ]int]) m2() {} // Note that using what looks like a predeclared identifier, say int, // as type parameter in this situation is deceptive and considered bad // style. In m3 below, int is the name of the local receiver type parameter // and it shadows the predeclared identifier int which then cannot be used // anymore as expected. // This is no different from locally re-declaring a predeclared identifier // and usually should be avoided. There are some notable exceptions; e.g., // sometimes it makes sense to use the identifier "copy" which happens to // also be the name of a predeclared built-in function. func (t T1[int]) m3() { var _ int = 42 /* ERRORx `cannot use 42 .* as int` */ } // The names of the type parameters used in a parameterized receiver // type don't have to match the type parameter names in the declaration // of the type used for the receiver. In our example, even though T1 is // declared with type parameter named A, methods using that receiver type // are free to use their own name for that type parameter. That is, the // name of type parameters is always local to the declaration where they // are introduced. In our example we can write a method m2 and use the // name X instead of A for the type parameter w/o any difference. func (t T1[X]) m4() X { return t.a } // If the receiver type is parameterized, type parameters must always be // provided: this simply follows from the general rule that a parameterized // type must be instantiated before it can be used. A method receiver // declaration using a parameterized receiver type is no exception. It is // simply that such receiver type expressions perform two tasks simultaneously: // they declare the (local) type parameters and then use them to instantiate // the receiver type. Forgetting to provide a type parameter leads to an error. func (t T1 /* ERRORx `generic type .* without instantiation` */ ) m5() {} // However, sometimes we don't need the type parameter, and thus it is // inconvenient to have to choose a name. Since the receiver type expression // serves as a declaration for its type parameters, we are free to choose the // blank identifier: func (t T1[_]) m6() {} // Naturally, these rules apply to any number of type parameters on the receiver // type. Here are some more complex examples. type T2[A, B, C any] struct { a A b B c C } // Naming of the type parameters is local and has no semantic impact: func (t T2[A, B, C]) m1() (A, B, C) { return t.a, t.b, t.c } func (t T2[C, B, A]) m2() (C, B, A) { return t.a, t.b, t.c } func (t T2[X, Y, Z]) m3() (X, Y, Z) { return t.a, t.b, t.c } // Type parameters may be left blank if they are not needed: func (t T2[A, _, C]) m4() (A, C) { return t.a, t.c } func (t T2[_, _, X]) m5() X { return t.c } func (t T2[_, _, _]) m6() {} // As usual, blank names may be used for any object which we don't care about // using later. For instance, we may write an unnamed method with a receiver // that cannot be accessed: func (_ T2[_, _, _]) _() int { return 42 } // Because a receiver parameter list is simply a parameter list, we can // leave the receiver argument away for receiver types. type T0 struct{} func (T0) _() {} func (T1[A]) _() {} // For now, a lone type parameter is not permitted as RHS in a type declaration (issue #45639). // // A generic receiver type may constrain its type parameter such // // that it must be a pointer type. Such receiver types are not // // permitted. // type T3a[P interface{ ~int | ~string | ~float64 }] P // // func (T3a[_]) m() {} // this is ok // // type T3b[P interface{ ~unsafe.Pointer }] P // // func (T3b /* ERROR "invalid receiver" */ [_]) m() {} // // type T3c[P interface{ *int | *string }] P // // func (T3c /* ERROR "invalid receiver" */ [_]) m() {}