| // 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 shadow defines an Analyzer that checks for shadowed variables. |
| package shadow |
| |
| 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" |
| ) |
| |
| // NOTE: Experimental. Not part of the vet suite. |
| |
| const Doc = `check for possible unintended shadowing of variables |
| |
| This analyzer check for shadowed variables. |
| A shadowed variable is a variable declared in an inner scope |
| with the same name and type as a variable in an outer scope, |
| and where the outer variable is mentioned after the inner one |
| is declared. |
| |
| (This definition can be refined; the module generates too many |
| false positives and is not yet enabled by default.) |
| |
| For example: |
| |
| func BadRead(f *os.File, buf []byte) error { |
| var err error |
| for { |
| n, err := f.Read(buf) // shadows the function variable 'err' |
| if err != nil { |
| break // causes return of wrong value |
| } |
| foo(buf) |
| } |
| return err |
| } |
| ` |
| |
| var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{ |
| Name: "shadow", |
| Doc: Doc, |
| Requires: []*analysis.Analyzer{inspect.Analyzer}, |
| Run: run, |
| } |
| |
| // flags |
| var strict = false |
| |
| func init() { |
| Analyzer.Flags.BoolVar(&strict, "strict", strict, "whether to be strict about shadowing; can be noisy") |
| } |
| |
| func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) { |
| inspect := pass.ResultOf[inspect.Analyzer].(*inspector.Inspector) |
| |
| spans := make(map[types.Object]span) |
| for id, obj := range pass.TypesInfo.Defs { |
| // Ignore identifiers that don't denote objects |
| // (package names, symbolic variables such as t |
| // in t := x.(type) of type switch headers). |
| if obj != nil { |
| growSpan(spans, obj, id.Pos(), id.End()) |
| } |
| } |
| for id, obj := range pass.TypesInfo.Uses { |
| growSpan(spans, obj, id.Pos(), id.End()) |
| } |
| for node, obj := range pass.TypesInfo.Implicits { |
| // A type switch with a short variable declaration |
| // such as t := x.(type) doesn't declare the symbolic |
| // variable (t in the example) at the switch header; |
| // instead a new variable t (with specific type) is |
| // declared implicitly for each case. Such variables |
| // are found in the types.Info.Implicits (not Defs) |
| // map. Add them here, assuming they are declared at |
| // the type cases' colon ":". |
| if cc, ok := node.(*ast.CaseClause); ok { |
| growSpan(spans, obj, cc.Colon, cc.Colon) |
| } |
| } |
| |
| nodeFilter := []ast.Node{ |
| (*ast.AssignStmt)(nil), |
| (*ast.GenDecl)(nil), |
| } |
| inspect.Preorder(nodeFilter, func(n ast.Node) { |
| switch n := n.(type) { |
| case *ast.AssignStmt: |
| checkShadowAssignment(pass, spans, n) |
| case *ast.GenDecl: |
| checkShadowDecl(pass, spans, n) |
| } |
| }) |
| return nil, nil |
| } |
| |
| // A span stores the minimum range of byte positions in the file in which a |
| // given variable (types.Object) is mentioned. It is lexically defined: it spans |
| // from the beginning of its first mention to the end of its last mention. |
| // A variable is considered shadowed (if strict is off) only if the |
| // shadowing variable is declared within the span of the shadowed variable. |
| // In other words, if a variable is shadowed but not used after the shadowed |
| // variable is declared, it is inconsequential and not worth complaining about. |
| // This simple check dramatically reduces the nuisance rate for the shadowing |
| // check, at least until something cleverer comes along. |
| // |
| // One wrinkle: A "naked return" is a silent use of a variable that the Span |
| // will not capture, but the compilers catch naked returns of shadowed |
| // variables so we don't need to. |
| // |
| // Cases this gets wrong (TODO): |
| // - If a for loop's continuation statement mentions a variable redeclared in |
| // the block, we should complain about it but don't. |
| // - A variable declared inside a function literal can falsely be identified |
| // as shadowing a variable in the outer function. |
| // |
| type span struct { |
| min token.Pos |
| max token.Pos |
| } |
| |
| // contains reports whether the position is inside the span. |
| func (s span) contains(pos token.Pos) bool { |
| return s.min <= pos && pos < s.max |
| } |
| |
| // growSpan expands the span for the object to contain the source range [pos, end). |
| func growSpan(spans map[types.Object]span, obj types.Object, pos, end token.Pos) { |
| if strict { |
| return // No need |
| } |
| s, ok := spans[obj] |
| if ok { |
| if s.min > pos { |
| s.min = pos |
| } |
| if s.max < end { |
| s.max = end |
| } |
| } else { |
| s = span{pos, end} |
| } |
| spans[obj] = s |
| } |
| |
| // checkShadowAssignment checks for shadowing in a short variable declaration. |
| func checkShadowAssignment(pass *analysis.Pass, spans map[types.Object]span, a *ast.AssignStmt) { |
| if a.Tok != token.DEFINE { |
| return |
| } |
| if idiomaticShortRedecl(pass, a) { |
| return |
| } |
| for _, expr := range a.Lhs { |
| ident, ok := expr.(*ast.Ident) |
| if !ok { |
| pass.ReportRangef(expr, "invalid AST: short variable declaration of non-identifier") |
| return |
| } |
| checkShadowing(pass, spans, ident) |
| } |
| } |
| |
| // idiomaticShortRedecl reports whether this short declaration can be ignored for |
| // the purposes of shadowing, that is, that any redeclarations it contains are deliberate. |
| func idiomaticShortRedecl(pass *analysis.Pass, a *ast.AssignStmt) bool { |
| // Don't complain about deliberate redeclarations of the form |
| // i := i |
| // Such constructs are idiomatic in range loops to create a new variable |
| // for each iteration. Another example is |
| // switch n := n.(type) |
| if len(a.Rhs) != len(a.Lhs) { |
| return false |
| } |
| // We know it's an assignment, so the LHS must be all identifiers. (We check anyway.) |
| for i, expr := range a.Lhs { |
| lhs, ok := expr.(*ast.Ident) |
| if !ok { |
| pass.ReportRangef(expr, "invalid AST: short variable declaration of non-identifier") |
| return true // Don't do any more processing. |
| } |
| switch rhs := a.Rhs[i].(type) { |
| case *ast.Ident: |
| if lhs.Name != rhs.Name { |
| return false |
| } |
| case *ast.TypeAssertExpr: |
| if id, ok := rhs.X.(*ast.Ident); ok { |
| if lhs.Name != id.Name { |
| return false |
| } |
| } |
| default: |
| return false |
| } |
| } |
| return true |
| } |
| |
| // idiomaticRedecl reports whether this declaration spec can be ignored for |
| // the purposes of shadowing, that is, that any redeclarations it contains are deliberate. |
| func idiomaticRedecl(d *ast.ValueSpec) bool { |
| // Don't complain about deliberate redeclarations of the form |
| // var i, j = i, j |
| // Don't ignore redeclarations of the form |
| // var i = 3 |
| if len(d.Names) != len(d.Values) { |
| return false |
| } |
| for i, lhs := range d.Names { |
| rhs, ok := d.Values[i].(*ast.Ident) |
| if !ok || lhs.Name != rhs.Name { |
| return false |
| } |
| } |
| return true |
| } |
| |
| // checkShadowDecl checks for shadowing in a general variable declaration. |
| func checkShadowDecl(pass *analysis.Pass, spans map[types.Object]span, d *ast.GenDecl) { |
| if d.Tok != token.VAR { |
| return |
| } |
| for _, spec := range d.Specs { |
| valueSpec, ok := spec.(*ast.ValueSpec) |
| if !ok { |
| pass.ReportRangef(spec, "invalid AST: var GenDecl not ValueSpec") |
| return |
| } |
| // Don't complain about deliberate redeclarations of the form |
| // var i = i |
| if idiomaticRedecl(valueSpec) { |
| return |
| } |
| for _, ident := range valueSpec.Names { |
| checkShadowing(pass, spans, ident) |
| } |
| } |
| } |
| |
| // checkShadowing checks whether the identifier shadows an identifier in an outer scope. |
| func checkShadowing(pass *analysis.Pass, spans map[types.Object]span, ident *ast.Ident) { |
| if ident.Name == "_" { |
| // Can't shadow the blank identifier. |
| return |
| } |
| obj := pass.TypesInfo.Defs[ident] |
| if obj == nil { |
| return |
| } |
| // obj.Parent.Parent is the surrounding scope. If we can find another declaration |
| // starting from there, we have a shadowed identifier. |
| _, shadowed := obj.Parent().Parent().LookupParent(obj.Name(), obj.Pos()) |
| if shadowed == nil { |
| return |
| } |
| // Don't complain if it's shadowing a universe-declared identifier; that's fine. |
| if shadowed.Parent() == types.Universe { |
| return |
| } |
| if strict { |
| // The shadowed identifier must appear before this one to be an instance of shadowing. |
| if shadowed.Pos() > ident.Pos() { |
| return |
| } |
| } else { |
| // Don't complain if the span of validity of the shadowed identifier doesn't include |
| // the shadowing identifier. |
| span, ok := spans[shadowed] |
| if !ok { |
| pass.ReportRangef(ident, "internal error: no range for %q", ident.Name) |
| return |
| } |
| if !span.contains(ident.Pos()) { |
| return |
| } |
| } |
| // Don't complain if the types differ: that implies the programmer really wants two different things. |
| if types.Identical(obj.Type(), shadowed.Type()) { |
| line := pass.Fset.Position(shadowed.Pos()).Line |
| pass.ReportRangef(ident, "declaration of %q shadows declaration at line %d", obj.Name(), line) |
| } |
| } |