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+// run
+
+// Copyright 2020 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.
+
+// Check to make sure that we compare fields in order. See issue 8606.
+
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+ type A [2]interface{}
+ type S struct{ x, y interface{} }
+
+ for _, test := range []struct {
+ panic bool
+ a, b interface{}
+ }{
+ {false, A{1, []byte{1}}, A{2, []byte{1}}},
+ {true, A{[]byte{1}, 1}, A{[]byte{1}, 2}},
+ {false, S{1, []byte{1}}, S{2, []byte{1}}},
+ {true, S{[]byte{1}, 1}, S{[]byte{1}, 2}},
+ } {
+ f := func() {
+ if test.a == test.b {
+ panic(fmt.Sprintf("values %#v and %#v should not be equal", test.a, test.b))
+ }
+ }
+ if test.panic {
+ shouldPanic(fmt.Sprintf("comparing %#v and %#v did not panic", test.a, test.b), f)
+ } else {
+ f() // should not panic
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+func shouldPanic(name string, f func()) {
+ defer func() {
+ if recover() == nil {
+ panic(name)
+ }
+ }()
+ f()
+}