func describeType(qpos *queryPos, path []ast.Node) (*describeTypeResult, error) {
var description string
var t types.Type
switch n := path[0].(type) {
case *ast.Ident:
t = qpos.info.TypeOf(n)
switch t := t.(type) {
case *types.Basic:
description = "reference to built-in "
case *types.Named:
isDef := t.Obj().Pos() == n.Pos() // see caveats at isDef above
if isDef {
description = "definition of "
} else if _, ok := qpos.info.ObjectOf(n).(*types.Alias); ok {
description = "alias of "
} else {
description = "reference to "
}
}
case ast.Expr:
t = qpos.info.TypeOf(n)
default:
// Unreachable?
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected AST for type: %T", n)
}
description = description + "type " + qpos.typeString(t)
// Show sizes for structs and named types (it's fairly obvious for others).
switch t.(type) {
case *types.Named, *types.Struct:
szs := types.StdSizes{WordSize: 8, MaxAlign: 8} // assume amd64
description = fmt.Sprintf("%s (size %d, align %d)", description,
szs.Sizeof(t), szs.Alignof(t))
}
return &describeTypeResult{
qpos: qpos,
node: path[0],
description: description,
typ: t,
methods: accessibleMethods(t, qpos.info.Pkg),
fields: accessibleFields(t, qpos.info.Pkg),
}, nil
}
