rpc: allow non-struct args and reply (they must still be pointers)

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1722046

src/pkg/rpc/server.go

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 	Only methods that satisfy these criteria will be made available for remote access;
 	other methods will be ignored:
 
-		- the method name is publicly visible, that is, begins with an upper case letter.
-		- the method has two arguments, both pointers to publicly visible structs.
+		- the method receiver and name are publicly visible, that is, begin with an upper case letter.
+		- the method has two arguments, both pointers to publicly visible types.
 		- the method has return type os.Error.
 
 	The method's first argument represents the arguments provided by the caller; the
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	NewClient on the connection.  The convenience function Dial (DialHTTP) performs
 	both steps for a raw network connection (an HTTP connection).  The resulting
 	Client object has two methods, Call and Go, that specify the service and method to
-	call, a structure containing the arguments, and a structure to receive the result
+	call, a pointer containing the arguments, and a pointer to receive the result
 	parameters.
 
 	Call waits for the remote call to complete; Go launches the call asynchronously
@@ -46,22 +46,23 @@
 			A, B int
 		}
 
-		type Reply struct {
-			C int
+		type Quotient struct {
+			Quo, Rem int
 		}
 
 		type Arith int
 
-		func (t *Arith) Multiply(args *Args, reply *Reply) os.Error {
-			reply.C = args.A * args.B
+		func (t *Arith) Multiply(args *Args, reply *int) os.Error {
+			*reply = args.A * args.B
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		func (t *Arith) Divide(args *Args, reply *Reply) os.Error {
+		func (t *Arith) Divide(args *Args, quo *Quotient) os.Error {
 			if args.B == 0 {
 				return os.ErrorString("divide by zero")
 			}
-			reply.C = args.A / args.B
+			quo.Quo = args.A / args.B
+			quo.Rem = args.A % args.B
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -88,17 +89,18 @@
 
 		// Synchronous call
 		args := &server.Args{7,8}
-		reply := new(server.Reply)
-		err = client.Call("Arith.Multiply", args, reply)
+		var reply int
+		err = client.Call("Arith.Multiply", args, &reply)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Exit("arith error:", err)
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("Arith: %d*%d=%d", args.A, args.B, reply.C)
+		fmt.Printf("Arith: %d*%d=%d", args.A, args.B, *reply)
 
 	or
 
 		// Asynchronous call
-		divCall := client.Go("Arith.Divide", args, reply, nil)
+		quotient := new(Quotient)
+		divCall := client.Go("Arith.Divide", args, &quotient, nil)
 		replyCall := <-divCall.Done	// will be equal to divCall
 		// check errors, print, etc.
 
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ func (server *serverType) register(rcvr interface{}) os.Error {
 	if sname == "" {
 		log.Exit("rpc: no service name for type", s.typ.String())
 	}
-	if !isPublic(sname) {
+	if s.typ.PkgPath() != "" && !isPublic(sname) {
 		s := "rpc Register: type " + sname + " is not public"
 		log.Stderr(s)
 		return os.ErrorString(s)
@@ -209,11 +211,10 @@ func (server *serverType) register(rcvr interface{}) os.Error {
 		method := s.typ.Method(m)
 		mtype := method.Type
 		mname := method.Name
-		if !isPublic(mname) {
+		if mtype.PkgPath() != "" && !isPublic(mname) {
 			continue
 		}
 		// Method needs three ins: receiver, *args, *reply.
-		// The args and reply must be structs until gobs are more general.
 		if mtype.NumIn() != 3 {
 			log.Stderr("method", mname, "has wrong number of ins:", mtype.NumIn())
 			continue
@@ -223,24 +224,16 @@ func (server *serverType) register(rcvr interface{}) os.Error {
 			log.Stderr(mname, "arg type not a pointer:", mtype.In(1))
 			continue
 		}
-		if _, ok := argType.Elem().(*reflect.StructType); !ok {
-			log.Stderr(mname, "arg type not a pointer to a struct:", argType)
-			continue
-		}
 		replyType, ok := mtype.In(2).(*reflect.PtrType)
 		if !ok {
 			log.Stderr(mname, "reply type not a pointer:", mtype.In(2))
 			continue
 		}
-		if _, ok := replyType.Elem().(*reflect.StructType); !ok {
-			log.Stderr(mname, "reply type not a pointer to a struct:", replyType)
-			continue
-		}
-		if !isPublic(argType.Elem().Name()) {
+		if argType.Elem().PkgPath() != "" && !isPublic(argType.Elem().Name()) {
 			log.Stderr(mname, "argument type not public:", argType)
 			continue
 		}
-		if !isPublic(replyType.Elem().Name()) {
+		if replyType.Elem().PkgPath() != "" && !isPublic(replyType.Elem().Name()) {
 			log.Stderr(mname, "reply type not public:", replyType)
 			continue
 		}