// 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 nilfunc defines an Analyzer that checks for useless // comparisons against nil. package nilfunc import ( "go/ast" "go/token" "go/types" "golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis" "golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/inspect" "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/inspector" ) const Doc = `check for useless comparisons between functions and nil A useless comparison is one like f == nil as opposed to f() == nil.` var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{ Name: "nilfunc", Doc: Doc, Requires: []*analysis.Analyzer{inspect.Analyzer}, Run: run, } func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) { inspect := pass.ResultOf[inspect.Analyzer].(*inspector.Inspector) nodeFilter := []ast.Node{ (*ast.BinaryExpr)(nil), } inspect.Preorder(nodeFilter, func(n ast.Node) { e := n.(*ast.BinaryExpr) // Only want == or != comparisons. if e.Op != token.EQL && e.Op != token.NEQ { return } // Only want comparisons with a nil identifier on one side. var e2 ast.Expr switch { case pass.TypesInfo.Types[e.X].IsNil(): e2 = e.Y case pass.TypesInfo.Types[e.Y].IsNil(): e2 = e.X default: return } // Only want identifiers or selector expressions. var obj types.Object switch v := e2.(type) { case *ast.Ident: obj = pass.TypesInfo.Uses[v] case *ast.SelectorExpr: obj = pass.TypesInfo.Uses[v.Sel] default: return } // Only want functions. if _, ok := obj.(*types.Func); !ok { return } pass.ReportRangef(e, "comparison of function %v %v nil is always %v", obj.Name(), e.Op, e.Op == token.NEQ) }) return nil, nil }