src/go/types/object_test.go

// Copyright 2016 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 types

import "testing"

func TestIsAlias(t *testing.T) {
	check := func(obj *TypeName, want bool) {
		if got := obj.IsAlias(); got != want {
			t.Errorf("%v: got IsAlias = %v; want %v", obj, got, want)
		}
	}

	// predeclared types
	for _, name := range Universe.Names() {
		if obj, _ := Universe.Lookup(name).(*TypeName); obj != nil {
			check(obj, name == "byte" || name == "rune")
		}
	}

	// various other types
	pkg := NewPackage("p", "p")
	t1 := NewTypeName(0, pkg, "t1", nil)
	n1 := NewNamed(t1, new(Struct), nil)
	for _, test := range []struct {
		name  *TypeName
		alias bool
	}{
		{NewTypeName(0, nil, "t0", nil), false}, // no type yet
		{NewTypeName(0, pkg, "t0", nil), false}, // no type yet
		{t1, false},                             // type name refers to named type and vice versa
		{NewTypeName(0, nil, "t2", new(Interface)), true}, // type name refers to unnamed type
		{NewTypeName(0, pkg, "t3", n1), true},             // type name refers to named type with different type name
		{NewTypeName(0, nil, "t4", Typ[Int32]), true},     // type name refers to basic type with different name
		{NewTypeName(0, nil, "int32", Typ[Int32]), false}, // type name refers to basic type with same name
		{NewTypeName(0, pkg, "int32", Typ[Int32]), true},  // type name is declared in user-defined package (outside Universe)
		{NewTypeName(0, nil, "rune", Typ[Rune]), true},    // type name refers to basic type rune which is an alias already
	} {
		check(test.name, test.alias)
	}
}