RFR: 8341901: Using 'var' keyword switch pattern matching causes compiler error
Jan Lahoda
jlahoda at openjdk.org
Mon Oct 14 14:04:30 UTC 2024
Consider code like:
public class T {
record R(N.I i) {}
int test(Object o) {
return switch (o) {
case R(var nested) -> 0;
default -> 0;
};
}
static class N<T> {
interface I {}
}
}
This fails to compile since JDK 23, due to:
$ javac T.java
error: cannot select a static class from a parameterized type
1 error
The reason for the error is this: the type of `nested` is inferred to `T.N.I`. This is correct. javac will then construct a synthetic AST for it, and the AST will be structurally correct as well: `T.N.I`. But a) the `Type` attached to `T.N` will be `T.N<T>` (which by itself is not correct), and b) after the synthetic AST is created, `Check.validate` is called on the type's AST, and fails, as the types is sees correspond to `T.N<T>.I`, which is illegal.
Note the synthetic AST is also set for local variable type inference, but the `validate` is called *before* the synthetic AST is created.
This PR proposes to do two things:
- move the `validate` call before the synthetic AST creation for `visitBindingPattern`, to mimic the behavior for `var`s.
- the `TreeMaker` is tweaked to inject erased types instead of parameterized types when generating qualified identifiers for classes or interfaces. This should correspond more closely to what happens when one types `T.N.I` in the source code.
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Commit messages:
- Removing trailing whitespace.
- Only erase in QualIdent
- Only erase types for classes
- 8341901: Using 'var' keyword switch pattern matching causes compiler error
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21495/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=21495&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341901
Stats: 102 lines in 3 files changed: 99 ins; 1 del; 2 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21495.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/21495/head:pull/21495
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21495
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