go/analysis/passes/reflectvaluecompare/reflectvaluecompare.go

// Copyright 2021 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 reflectvaluecompare

import (
	_ "embed"
	"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/analysis/passes/internal/analysisutil"
	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/inspector"
	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types/typeutil"
)

//go:embed doc.go
var doc string

var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{
	Name:     "reflectvaluecompare",
	Doc:      analysisutil.MustExtractDoc(doc, "reflectvaluecompare"),
	URL:      "https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/reflectvaluecompare",
	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),
		(*ast.CallExpr)(nil),
	}
	inspect.Preorder(nodeFilter, func(n ast.Node) {
		switch n := n.(type) {
		case *ast.BinaryExpr:
			if n.Op != token.EQL && n.Op != token.NEQ {
				return
			}
			if isReflectValue(pass, n.X) || isReflectValue(pass, n.Y) {
				if n.Op == token.EQL {
					pass.ReportRangef(n, "avoid using == with reflect.Value")
				} else {
					pass.ReportRangef(n, "avoid using != with reflect.Value")
				}
			}
		case *ast.CallExpr:
			fn, ok := typeutil.Callee(pass.TypesInfo, n).(*types.Func)
			if !ok {
				return
			}
			if fn.FullName() == "reflect.DeepEqual" && (isReflectValue(pass, n.Args[0]) || isReflectValue(pass, n.Args[1])) {
				pass.ReportRangef(n, "avoid using reflect.DeepEqual with reflect.Value")
			}
		}
	})
	return nil, nil
}

// isReflectValue reports whether the type of e is reflect.Value.
func isReflectValue(pass *analysis.Pass, e ast.Expr) bool {
	tv, ok := pass.TypesInfo.Types[e]
	if !ok { // no type info, something else is wrong
		return false
	}
	// See if the type is reflect.Value
	named, ok := tv.Type.(*types.Named)
	if !ok {
		return false
	}
	if obj := named.Obj(); obj == nil || obj.Pkg() == nil || obj.Pkg().Path() != "reflect" || obj.Name() != "Value" {
		return false
	}
	if _, ok := e.(*ast.CompositeLit); ok {
		// This is reflect.Value{}. Don't treat that as an error.
		// Users should probably use x.IsValid() rather than x == reflect.Value{}, but the latter isn't wrong.
		return false
	}
	return true
}