From 11820899a58094be1afa22987ce080cb2fb66b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:11:59 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] text/template: improve the error reporting for unexported
 fields. Changes suggested by rsc after last CL.

R=golang-dev, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6117044
---
 src/pkg/text/template/exec.go | 25 ++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/text/template/exec.go b/src/pkg/text/template/exec.go
index b8d23d43f9..0c633e6bab 100644
--- a/src/pkg/text/template/exec.go
+++ b/src/pkg/text/template/exec.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template/parse"
-	"unicode"
-	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
 // state represents the state of an execution. It's not part of the
@@ -426,17 +424,16 @@ func (s *state) evalField(dot reflect.Value, fieldName string, args []parse.Node
 		tField, ok := receiver.Type().FieldByName(fieldName)
 		if ok {
 			field := receiver.FieldByIndex(tField.Index)
-			if tField.PkgPath == "" { // field is exported
-				// If it's a function, we must call it.
-				if hasArgs {
-					s.errorf("%s has arguments but cannot be invoked as function", fieldName)
-				}
-				return field
+			if tField.PkgPath != "" { // field is unexported
+				s.errorf("%s is an unexported field of struct type %s", fieldName, typ)
 			}
+			// If it's a function, we must call it.
+			if hasArgs {
+				s.errorf("%s has arguments but cannot be invoked as function", fieldName)
+			}
+			return field
 		}
-		if !isExported(fieldName) {
-			s.errorf("%s is not an exported field of struct type %s", fieldName, typ)
-		}
+		s.errorf("%s is not a field of struct type %s", fieldName, typ)
 	case reflect.Map:
 		// If it's a map, attempt to use the field name as a key.
 		nameVal := reflect.ValueOf(fieldName)
@@ -451,12 +448,6 @@ func (s *state) evalField(dot reflect.Value, fieldName string, args []parse.Node
 	panic("not reached")
 }
 
-// isExported reports whether the field name (which starts with a period) can be accessed.
-func isExported(fieldName string) bool {
-	r, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(fieldName[1:]) // drop the period
-	return unicode.IsUpper(r)
-}
-
 var (
 	errorType       = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem()
 	fmtStringerType = reflect.TypeOf((*fmt.Stringer)(nil)).Elem()
-- 
2.48.1