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+// Copyright 2013 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.
+
+package ssa
+
+// This file defines a number of miscellaneous utility functions.
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "go/ast"
+ "go/token"
+ "go/types"
+ "io"
+ "os"
+
+ "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil"
+)
+
+//// AST utilities
+
+func unparen(e ast.Expr) ast.Expr { return astutil.Unparen(e) }
+
+// isBlankIdent returns true iff e is an Ident with name "_".
+// They have no associated types.Object, and thus no type.
+//
+func isBlankIdent(e ast.Expr) bool {
+ id, ok := e.(*ast.Ident)
+ return ok && id.Name == "_"
+}
+
+//// Type utilities. Some of these belong in go/types.
+
+// isPointer returns true for types whose underlying type is a pointer.
+func isPointer(typ types.Type) bool {
+ _, ok := typ.Underlying().(*types.Pointer)
+ return ok
+}
+
+func isInterface(T types.Type) bool { return types.IsInterface(T) }
+
+// deref returns a pointer's element type; otherwise it returns typ.
+func deref(typ types.Type) types.Type {
+ if p, ok := typ.Underlying().(*types.Pointer); ok {
+ return p.Elem()
+ }
+ return typ
+}
+
+// recvType returns the receiver type of method obj.
+func recvType(obj *types.Func) types.Type {
+ return obj.Type().(*types.Signature).Recv().Type()
+}
+
+// logStack prints the formatted "start" message to stderr and
+// returns a closure that prints the corresponding "end" message.
+// Call using 'defer logStack(...)()' to show builder stack on panic.
+// Don't forget trailing parens!
+//
+func logStack(format string, args ...interface{}) func() {
+ msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
+ io.WriteString(os.Stderr, msg)
+ io.WriteString(os.Stderr, "\n")
+ return func() {
+ io.WriteString(os.Stderr, msg)
+ io.WriteString(os.Stderr, " end\n")
+ }
+}
+
+// newVar creates a 'var' for use in a types.Tuple.
+func newVar(name string, typ types.Type) *types.Var {
+ return types.NewParam(token.NoPos, nil, name, typ)
+}
+
+// anonVar creates an anonymous 'var' for use in a types.Tuple.
+func anonVar(typ types.Type) *types.Var {
+ return newVar("", typ)
+}
+
+var lenResults = types.NewTuple(anonVar(tInt))
+
+// makeLen returns the len builtin specialized to type func(T)int.
+func makeLen(T types.Type) *Builtin {
+ lenParams := types.NewTuple(anonVar(T))
+ return &Builtin{
+ name: "len",
+ sig: types.NewSignature(nil, lenParams, lenResults, false),
+ }
+}