conversion bug

R=r
DELTA=24  (24 added, 0 deleted, 0 changed)
OCL=28451
CL=28508

diff --git a/test/bugs/bug149.go b/test/bugs/bug149.go
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..a40403b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/bug149.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// $G $D/$F.go || echo BUG: should compile
+
+// Copyright 2009 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 main
+
+func main() {
+       var b1 []byte;
+       s1 := string(b1);
+       println(len(s1));  // prints 0
+
+       b2 := ([]byte)(nil);
+       s2 := string(b2);
+       println(len(s2));  // prints 0
+
+       s3 := string(([]byte)(nil));  // does not compile (literal substitution of b2)
+       println(len(s3));
+}
+
+/*
+bug149.go:14: cannot convert []uint8 constant to string
+*/

diff --git a/test/golden.out b/test/golden.out
index 9ccb8ce678fb87a39a6ffd989f2a3a50188ac42a..92c2f8a43c1b3793135a18e199b19f120a9f426d 100644 (file)
--- a/test/golden.out
+++ b/test/golden.out
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ BUG should compile
 5 7
 BUG: should crash
 
+=========== bugs/bug149.go
+bugs/bug149.go:14: cannot convert []uint8 constant to string
+BUG: should compile
+
 =========== fixedbugs/bug016.go
 fixedbugs/bug016.go:7: constant -3 overflows uint