// +build ignore package main import "reflect" import "unsafe" var a, b int var unknown bool func reflectIndirect() { ptr := &a // Pointer: print(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(&ptr)).Interface().(*int)) // @pointsto main.a // Non-pointer: print(reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf([]*int{ptr})).Interface().([]*int)[0]) // @pointsto main.a } func reflectNewAt() { var x [8]byte print(reflect.NewAt(reflect.TypeOf(3), unsafe.Pointer(&x)).Interface()) // @types *int } // @warning "unsound: main.reflectNewAt contains a reflect.NewAt.. call" func reflectTypeOf() { t := reflect.TypeOf(3) if unknown { t = reflect.TypeOf("foo") } // TODO(adonovan): make types.Eval let us refer to unexported types. print(t) // #@types *reflect.rtype print(reflect.Zero(t).Interface()) // @types int | string newint := reflect.New(t).Interface() // @line rtonew print(newint) // @types *int | *string print(newint.(*int)) // @pointsto print(newint.(*string)) // @pointsto } func reflectTypeElem() { print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(&a).Elem()).Interface()) // @types int print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf([]string{}).Elem()).Interface()) // @types string print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(make(chan bool)).Elem()).Interface()) // @types bool print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(make(map[string]float64)).Elem()).Interface()) // @types float64 print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf([3]complex64{}).Elem()).Interface()) // @types complex64 print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(3).Elem()).Interface()) // @types print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(new(interface{})).Elem())) // @types interface{} print(reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(new(interface{})).Elem()).Interface()) // @types } // reflect.Values within reflect.Values. func metareflection() { // "box" a *int twice, unbox it twice. v0 := reflect.ValueOf(&a) print(v0) // @types *int v1 := reflect.ValueOf(v0) // box print(v1) // @types reflect.Value v2 := reflect.ValueOf(v1) // box print(v2) // @types reflect.Value v1a := v2.Interface().(reflect.Value) // unbox print(v1a) // @types reflect.Value v0a := v1a.Interface().(reflect.Value) // unbox print(v0a) // @types *int print(v0a.Interface().(*int)) // @pointsto main.a // "box" an interface{} lvalue twice, unbox it twice. var iface interface{} = 3 x0 := reflect.ValueOf(&iface).Elem() print(x0) // @types interface{} x1 := reflect.ValueOf(x0) // box print(x1) // @types reflect.Value x2 := reflect.ValueOf(x1) // box print(x2) // @types reflect.Value x1a := x2.Interface().(reflect.Value) // unbox print(x1a) // @types reflect.Value x0a := x1a.Interface().(reflect.Value) // unbox print(x0a) // @types interface{} print(x0a.Interface()) // @types int } type T struct{} // When the output of a type constructor flows to its input, we must // bound the set of types created to ensure termination of the algorithm. func typeCycle() { t := reflect.TypeOf(0) u := reflect.TypeOf("") v := reflect.TypeOf(T{}) for unknown { t = reflect.PtrTo(t) t = reflect.SliceOf(t) u = reflect.SliceOf(u) if unknown { v = reflect.ChanOf(reflect.BothDir, v) } else { v = reflect.PtrTo(v) } } // Type height is bounded to about 4 map/slice/chan/pointer constructors. print(reflect.Zero(t).Interface()) // @types int | []*int | []*[]*int print(reflect.Zero(u).Interface()) // @types string | []string | [][]string | [][][]string | [][][][]string print(reflect.Zero(v).Interface()) // @types T | *T | **T | ***T | ****T | chan T | *chan T | **chan T | chan *T | *chan *T | chan **T | chan ***T | chan chan T | chan *chan T | chan chan *T } func main() { reflectIndirect() reflectNewAt() reflectTypeOf() reflectTypeElem() metareflection() typeCycle() }