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Diffstat (limited to 'src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala')
-rw-r--r-- | src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala | 29 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala index 7490e88e9..86376356c 100644 --- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala +++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala @@ -673,7 +673,17 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer => def typeDefSig(tdef: TypeDef, sym: Symbol)(implicit ctx: Context): Type = { completeParams(tdef.tparams) - setDummyInfo(sym) + sym.info = TypeBounds.empty + // Temporarily set info of defined type T to ` >: Nothing <: Any. + // This is done to avoid cyclic reference errors for F-bounds. + // This is subtle: `sym` has now an empty TypeBounds, but is not automatically + // made an abstract type. If it had been made an abstract type, it would count as an + // abstract type of its enclosing class, which might make that class an invalid + // prefix. I verified this would lead to an error when compiling io.ClassPath. + // A distilled version is in pos/prefix.scala. + // + // The scheme critically relies on an implementation detail of isRef, which + // inspects a TypeRef's info, instead of simply dealiasing alias types. val tparamSyms = tdef.tparams map symbolOfTree val isDerived = tdef.rhs.isInstanceOf[untpd.DerivedTypeTree] val toParameterize = tparamSyms.nonEmpty && !isDerived @@ -690,21 +700,4 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer => sym.info = NoCompleter checkNonCyclic(sym, unsafeInfo, reportErrors = true) } - - /** Temporarily set info of defined type T to - * - * T >: dummyLo <: dummyHi - * type dummyLo, dummyHi - * - * This is done to avoid cyclic reference errors for F-bounds. - * The type is intentionally chosen so that it cannot possibly be - * elided when taking a union or intersection. - */ - private def setDummyInfo(sym: Symbol)(implicit ctx: Context): Unit = { - def dummyBound(name: TypeName) = - ctx.newSymbol(sym.owner, name, Synthetic | Deferred, TypeBounds.empty) - val dummyLo = dummyBound(tpnme.DummyLo) - val dummyHi = dummyBound(tpnme.DummyHi) - sym.info = TypeBounds(TypeRef(NoPrefix, dummyLo), TypeRef(NoPrefix, dummyHi)) - } }
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