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| author | Paul Phillips <paulp@improving.org> | 2011-11-11 01:35:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Phillips <paulp@improving.org> | 2011-11-11 01:35:21 +0000 |
| commit | 7f4fa0ec6f303c4ec535865a6cc5f117df221980 (patch) | |
| tree | 864050d01c7629801a3e71d9128c70b20a6eb40f /src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala | |
| parent | d01ab1ba466c1c4778505ff4aa1747dde7309052 (diff) | |
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A comment answering one of adriaan's philosophi...
A comment answering one of adriaan's philosophical musings on why
programs fail, and a test case informed by the comment. Review by moors.
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diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala index 251d6e6f5c..e758c8960a 100644 --- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala +++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala @@ -2246,6 +2246,12 @@ trait Typers extends Modes with Adaptations with PatMatVirtualiser { // now fixed by using isWeaklyCompatible in exprTypeArgs // TODO: understand why exactly -- some types were not inferred anymore (`ant clean quick.bin` failed) // (I had expected inferMethodAlternative to pick up the slack introduced by using WildcardType here) + // + // @PP responds: I changed it to pass WildcardType instead of pt and only one line in + // trunk (excluding scalacheck, which had another) failed to compile. It was this line in + // Types: "refs = Array(Map(), Map())". I determined that inference fails if there are at + // least two invariant type parameters. See the test case I checked in to help backstop: + // pos/isApplicableSafe.scala. isApplicableSafe(context.undetparams, followApply(pre.memberType(alt)), argtypes, pt) } if (sym.isOverloaded) { |