reflect: add Value.CanConvert

For #395
For #46746

Change-Id: I4bfc094cf1cecd27ce48e31f92384cf470f371a6
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/334669
Trust: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/reflect/all_test.go b/src/reflect/all_test.go
index 0db5e13217..eac27e886f 100644
--- a/src/reflect/all_test.go
+++ b/src/reflect/all_test.go
@@ -4304,6 +4304,9 @@ func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// vout1 represents the in value converted to the in type.
 		v1 := tt.in
+		if !v1.CanConvert(t1) {
+			t.Errorf("ValueOf(%T(%[1]v)).CanConvert(%s) = false, want true", tt.in.Interface(), t1)
+		}
 		vout1 := v1.Convert(t1)
 		out1 := vout1.Interface()
 		if vout1.Type() != tt.in.Type() || !DeepEqual(out1, tt.in.Interface()) {
@@ -4311,6 +4314,9 @@ func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// vout2 represents the in value converted to the out type.
+		if !v1.CanConvert(t2) {
+			t.Errorf("ValueOf(%T(%[1]v)).CanConvert(%s) = false, want true", tt.in.Interface(), t2)
+		}
 		vout2 := v1.Convert(t2)
 		out2 := vout2.Interface()
 		if vout2.Type() != tt.out.Type() || !DeepEqual(out2, tt.out.Interface()) {
@@ -4371,6 +4377,9 @@ func TestConvertPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	if !v.Type().ConvertibleTo(pt) {
 		t.Errorf("[]byte should be convertible to *[8]byte")
 	}
+	if v.CanConvert(pt) {
+		t.Errorf("slice with length 4 should not be convertible to *[8]byte")
+	}
 	shouldPanic("reflect: cannot convert slice with length 4 to pointer to array with length 8", func() {
 		_ = v.Convert(pt)
 	})