go/types, types2: better error message for bad assignment

If the LHS of an assignment is neither addressable nor a map expression
(and not the blank identifier), explicitly say so for a better error
message.

For #3117.

Change-Id: I4bffc35574fe390a0567e89182b23585eb5a90de
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/492875
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@google.com>
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Robert Griesemer 2023-05-04 17:01:53 -07:00 committed by Gopher Robot
parent a5350558e6
commit 26899ef3ee
3 changed files with 15 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (check *Checker) lhsVar(lhs syntax.Expr) Type {
return Typ[Invalid]
}
}
check.errorf(&x, UnassignableOperand, "cannot assign to %s", &x)
check.errorf(&x, UnassignableOperand, "cannot assign to %s (neither addressable nor a map index expression)", x.expr)
return Typ[Invalid]
}

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@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (check *Checker) lhsVar(lhs ast.Expr) Type {
return Typ[Invalid]
}
}
check.errorf(&x, UnassignableOperand, "cannot assign to %s", &x)
check.errorf(&x, UnassignableOperand, "cannot assign to %s (neither addressable nor a map index expression)", x.expr)
return Typ[Invalid]
}

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@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
// Copyright 2023 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 p
type S struct {
a [1]int
}
func _(m map[int]S, key int) {
m /* ERROR "cannot assign to m[key].a[0] (neither addressable nor a map index expression)" */ [key].a[0] = 0
}