// 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. /* This file contains the code to check for useless function comparisons. A useless comparison is one like f == nil as opposed to f() == nil. */ package main import ( "go/ast" "go/token" "go/types" ) func init() { register("nilfunc", "check for comparisons between functions and nil", checkNilFuncComparison, binaryExpr) } func checkNilFuncComparison(f *File, node ast.Node) { e := node.(*ast.BinaryExpr) // Only want == or != comparisons. if e.Op != token.EQL && e.Op != token.NEQ { return } // Only want comparisons with a nil identifier on one side. var e2 ast.Expr switch { case f.isNil(e.X): e2 = e.Y case f.isNil(e.Y): e2 = e.X default: return } // Only want identifiers or selector expressions. var obj types.Object switch v := e2.(type) { case *ast.Ident: obj = f.pkg.uses[v] case *ast.SelectorExpr: obj = f.pkg.uses[v.Sel] default: return } // Only want functions. if _, ok := obj.(*types.Func); !ok { return } f.Badf(e.Pos(), "comparison of function %v %v nil is always %v", obj.Name(), e.Op, e.Op == token.NEQ) } // isNil reports whether the provided expression is the built-in nil // identifier. func (f *File) isNil(e ast.Expr) bool { return f.pkg.types[e].Type == types.Typ[types.UntypedNil] }