Commit `a257e33fff`

Jacob Young <jacobly0@users.noreply.github.com>

2023-06-20 19:12:15

Type: remove arbitrary restrictions on param and return types

Opaque and `noreturn` makes sense since they don't represent real values, but `null` and `undefined` are perfectly normal comptime-only values. Closes #16088

master

1 parent e2eabbb

Changed files (4)

src

type.zig

test

behavior

fn.zig

cases

compile_errors

function_parameter_is_opaque.zig

function_returning_opaque_type.zig

@@ -2405,14 +2405,14 @@ pub const Type = struct {
 
     pub fn isValidParamType(self: Type, mod: *const Module) bool {
         return switch (self.zigTypeTagOrPoison(mod) catch return true) {
-            .Undefined, .Null, .Opaque, .NoReturn => false,
+            .Opaque, .NoReturn => false,
             else => true,
         };
     }
 
     pub fn isValidReturnType(self: Type, mod: *const Module) bool {
         return switch (self.zigTypeTagOrPoison(mod) catch return true) {
-            .Undefined, .Null, .Opaque => false,
+            .Opaque => false,
             else => true,
         };
     }

@@ -580,3 +580,17 @@ test "lazy values passed to anytype parameter" {
     const D = struct {};
     try expect(@sizeOf(D) << 1 == 0);
 }
+
+test "pass and return comptime-only types" {
+    const S = struct {
+        fn returnNull(comptime x: @Type(.Null)) @Type(.Null) {
+            return x;
+        }
+        fn returnUndefined(comptime x: @Type(.Undefined)) @Type(.Undefined) {
+            return x;
+        }
+    };
+
+    try expectEqual(null, S.returnNull(null));
+    try expectEqual(@as(u0, 0), S.returnUndefined(undefined));
+}

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ export fn entry1() void {
     _ = someFuncPtr;
 }
 
-export fn entry2() void {
-    const someFuncPtr: fn (@TypeOf(null)) void = undefined;
-    _ = someFuncPtr;
-}
-
 fn foo(p: FooType) void {
     _ = p;
 }
@@ -16,20 +11,11 @@ export fn entry3() void {
     _ = foo;
 }
 
-fn bar(p: @TypeOf(null)) void {
-    _ = p;
-}
-export fn entry4() void {
-    _ = bar;
-}
-
 // error
 // backend=stage2
 // target=native
 //
 // :3:28: error: parameter of opaque type 'tmp.FooType' not allowed
 // :1:17: note: opaque declared here
-// :8:28: error: parameter of type '@TypeOf(null)' not allowed
-// :12:8: error: parameter of opaque type 'tmp.FooType' not allowed
+// :7:8: error: parameter of opaque type 'tmp.FooType' not allowed
 // :1:17: note: opaque declared here
-// :19:8: error: parameter of type '@TypeOf(null)' not allowed

@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ const FooType = opaque {};
 export fn bar() FooType {
     return error.InvalidValue;
 }
-export fn bav() @TypeOf(null) {
-    return error.InvalidValue;
-}
-export fn baz() @TypeOf(undefined) {
-    return error.InvalidValue;
-}
 
 // error
 // backend=stage2
@@ -15,5 +9,3 @@ export fn baz() @TypeOf(undefined) {
 //
 // :2:17: error: opaque return type 'tmp.FooType' not allowed
 // :1:17: note: opaque declared here
-// :5:17: error: return type '@TypeOf(null)' not allowed
-// :8:17: error: return type '@TypeOf(undefined)' not allowed

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