go/types, types2: pointer base types cannot be type constraints

Pointer types may appear in expressions *P and we don't know if
we have an indirection (P is a pointer value) or a pointer type
(P is a type) until we type-check P. Don't forget to check that
a type P must be an ordinary (not a constraint) type in this
special case.

Fixes #51578.

Change-Id: If782cc6dd2a602a498574c78c99e40c3b72274a5
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/391275
Trust: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Findley <rfindley@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>

src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/expr.go

@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ func (check *Checker) exprInternal(x *operand, e syntax.Expr, hint Type) exprKin
 				case invalid:
 					goto Error
 				case typexpr:
+					check.validVarType(e.X, x.typ)
 					x.typ = &Pointer{base: x.typ}
 				default:
 					var base Type

src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/testdata/fixedbugs/issue51578.go2

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2022 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
+
+var _ = (*interface /* ERROR interface contains type constraints */ {int})(nil)
+
+// abbreviated test case from issue
+
+type TypeSet interface{ int | string }
+
+func _() {
+	f((*TypeSet /* ERROR interface contains type constraints */)(nil))
+}
+
+func f(any) {}

src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/typexpr.go

@@ -147,10 +147,16 @@ func (check *Checker) typ(e syntax.Expr) Type {
 // constraint interface.
 func (check *Checker) varType(e syntax.Expr) Type {
 	typ := check.definedType(e, nil)
+	check.validVarType(e, typ)
+	return typ
+}
 
+// validVarType reports an error if typ is a constraint interface.
+// The expression e is used for error reporting, if any.
+func (check *Checker) validVarType(e syntax.Expr, typ Type) {
 	// If we have a type parameter there's nothing to do.
 	if isTypeParam(typ) {
-		return typ
+		return
 	}
 
 	// We don't want to call under() or complete interfaces while we are in
@@ -169,8 +175,6 @@ func (check *Checker) varType(e syntax.Expr) Type {
 			}
 		}
 	})
-
-	return typ
 }
 
 // definedType is like typ but also accepts a type name def.

src/go/types/expr.go

@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ func (check *Checker) exprInternal(x *operand, e ast.Expr, hint Type) exprKind {
 		case invalid:
 			goto Error
 		case typexpr:
+			check.validVarType(e.X, x.typ)
 			x.typ = &Pointer{base: x.typ}
 		default:
 			var base Type

src/go/types/testdata/fixedbugs/issue51578.go2

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2022 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
+
+var _ = (*interface /* ERROR interface contains type constraints */ {int})(nil)
+
+// abbreviated test case from issue
+
+type TypeSet interface{ int | string }
+
+func _() {
+	f((*TypeSet /* ERROR interface contains type constraints */)(nil))
+}
+
+func f(any) {}

src/go/types/typexpr.go

@@ -144,10 +144,16 @@ func (check *Checker) typ(e ast.Expr) Type {
 // constraint interface.
 func (check *Checker) varType(e ast.Expr) Type {
 	typ := check.definedType(e, nil)
+	check.validVarType(e, typ)
+	return typ
+}
 
+// validVarType reports an error if typ is a constraint interface.
+// The expression e is used for error reporting, if any.
+func (check *Checker) validVarType(e ast.Expr, typ Type) {
 	// If we have a type parameter there's nothing to do.
 	if isTypeParam(typ) {
-		return typ
+		return
 	}
 
 	// We don't want to call under() or complete interfaces while we are in
@@ -165,8 +171,6 @@ func (check *Checker) varType(e ast.Expr) Type {
 			}
 		}
 	})
-
-	return typ
 }
 
 // definedType is like typ but also accepts a type name def.