cmd/compile: always accept 1.18 syntax but complain if not 1.18

This CL configures the parser to always accept 1.18 syntax
(type parameters, type instantiations, interface elements),
even when -lang is set to an earlier release.

Instead, the type checker looks for 1.18 operations and
complains if the language version is set to an earlier
release.

Doing these checks during type checking is necessary because it
it is possible to write "generic" code using pre-1.18 syntax;
for instance, an imported generic function may be implicitly
instantiated (as in imported.Max(2, 3)), or an imported constraint
interface may be embedded in an "ordinary" interface.

Fixes #47818.

Change-Id: I83ec302b3f4ba7196c0a4743c03670cfb901310d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/344871
Trust: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/testdata/fixedbugs/issue47818.go2 b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/testdata/fixedbugs/issue47818.go2
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index 0000000000..5334695b5e
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+// Copyright 2021 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.
+
+// Parser accepts type parameters but the type checker
+// needs to report any operations that are not permitted
+// before Go 1.18.
+
+package go1_17
+
+type T[P /* ERROR type parameters require go1\.18 or later */ any] struct{}
+
+// for init (and main, but we're not in package main) we should only get one error
+func init[P /* ERROR func init must have no type parameters */ any]()   {}
+func main[P /* ERROR type parameters require go1\.18 or later */ any]() {}
+
+func f[P /* ERROR type parameters require go1\.18 or later */ any](x P) {
+	var _ T[ /* ERROR type instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int]
+	var _ (T[ /* ERROR type instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int])
+	_ = T[ /* ERROR type instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int]{}
+	_ = T[ /* ERROR type instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int](struct{}{})
+}
+
+func (T[ /* ERROR type instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ P]) g(x int) {
+	f[ /* ERROR function instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int](0)     // explicit instantiation
+	(f[ /* ERROR function instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ int])(0)   // parentheses (different code path)
+	f( /* ERROR implicit function instantiation requires go1\.18 or later */ x) // implicit instantiation
+}
+
+type C1 interface {
+	comparable // ERROR undeclared name: comparable \(requires version go1\.18 or later\)
+}
+
+type C2 interface {
+	comparable // ERROR undeclared name: comparable \(requires version go1\.18 or later\)
+	int        // ERROR embedding non-interface type int requires go1\.18 or later
+	~ /* ERROR embedding interface element ~int requires go1\.18 or later */ int
+	int /* ERROR embedding interface element int\|~string requires go1\.18 or later */ | ~string
+}
+
+type _ interface {
+	// errors for these were reported with their declaration
+	C1
+	C2
+}
+
+type (
+	_ comparable // ERROR undeclared name: comparable \(requires version go1\.18 or later\)
+	// errors for these were reported with their declaration
+	_ C1
+	_ C2
+
+	_ = comparable // ERROR undeclared name: comparable \(requires version go1\.18 or later\)
+	// errors for these were reported with their declaration
+	_ = C1
+	_ = C2
+)
+
+// TODO(gri) need test cases for imported constraint types (see also issue #47967)
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