implemented strictCaseObjects (#20608)

* implemented strictCaseObjects

* changelog update

changelog.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# v1.8.x - yyyy-mm-dd
+# v2.0.0 - yyyy-mm-dd
 
 
 ## Changes affecting backward compatibility
-- `httpclient.contentLength` default to `-1` if the Content-Length header is not set in the response, it followed Apache HttpClient(Java), http(go) and .Net HttpWebResponse(C#) behavior. Previously raise `ValueError`.
+- `httpclient.contentLength` default to `-1` if the Content-Length header is not set in the response, it followed Apache HttpClient(Java), http(go) and .Net HttpWebResponse(C#) behavior. Previously it raised `ValueError`.
 
 - `addr` is now available for all addressable locations,
   `unsafeAddr` is now deprecated and an alias for `addr`.
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@
   need to convert to `string`. On the JS backend, this is translated directly
   to a `switch` statement.
 
+- Nim now supports `out` parameters and ["strict definitions"](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-definitions-and-nimout-parameters).
+- Nim now offers a [strict mode](https://nim-lang.github.io/Nim/manual_experimental.html#strict-case-objects) for `case objects`.
+
+
 ## Compiler changes
 
 - The `gc` switch has been renamed to `mm` ("memory management") in order to reflect the

compiler/guards.nim

@@ -1054,8 +1054,12 @@ proc buildProperFieldCheck(access, check: PNode; o: Operators): PNode =
     assert check.getMagic == mNot
     result = buildProperFieldCheck(access, check[1], o).neg(o)
 
-proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef) =
+proc checkFieldAccess*(m: TModel, n: PNode; conf: ConfigRef; produceError: bool) =
   for i in 1..<n.len:
     let check = buildProperFieldCheck(n[0], n[i], m.g.operators)
     if check != nil and m.doesImply(check) != impYes:
-      message(conf, n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n[0])); break
+      if produceError:
+        localError(conf, n.info, "field access outside of valid case branch: " & renderTree(n[0]))
+      else:
+        message(conf, n.info, warnProveField, renderTree(n[0]))
+      break

compiler/options.nim

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ type
     strictEffects,
     unicodeOperators, # deadcode
     flexibleOptionalParams,
-    strictDefs
+    strictDefs,
+    strictCaseObjects
 
   LegacyFeature* = enum
     allowSemcheckedAstModification,

compiler/sempass2.nim

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ proc trackCase(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   let stringCase = n[0].typ != nil and skipTypes(n[0].typ,
         abstractVarRange-{tyTypeDesc}).kind in {tyFloat..tyFloat128, tyString, tyCstring}
   let interesting = not stringCase and interestingCaseExpr(n[0]) and
-        tracked.config.hasWarn(warnProveField)
+        (tracked.config.hasWarn(warnProveField) or strictCaseObjects in tracked.c.features)
   var inter: TIntersection = @[]
   var toCover = 0
   for i in 1..<n.len:
@@ -1049,8 +1049,8 @@ proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
     for i in 0..<n.len: track(tracked, n[i])
   of nkCheckedFieldExpr:
     track(tracked, n[0])
-    if tracked.config.hasWarn(warnProveField):
-      checkFieldAccess(tracked.guards, n, tracked.config)
+    if tracked.config.hasWarn(warnProveField) or strictCaseObjects in tracked.c.features:
+      checkFieldAccess(tracked.guards, n, tracked.config, strictCaseObjects in tracked.c.features)
   of nkTryStmt: trackTryStmt(tracked, n)
   of nkPragma: trackPragmaStmt(tracked, n)
   of nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn:

doc/manual_experimental.md

@@ -1941,3 +1941,39 @@ constructors that take inheritance into account.
 
 **Note**: The implementation of "strict definitions" and "out parameters" is experimental but the concept
 is solid and it is expected that eventually this mode becomes the default in later versions.
+
+
+Strict case objects
+===================
+
+With `experimental: "strictCaseObjects"` *every* field access is checked to be valid at compile-time.
+The field is within a `case` section of an `object`.
+
+  ```nim
+  {.experimental: "strictCaseObjects".}
+
+  type
+    Foo = object
+      case b: bool
+      of false:
+        s: string
+      of true:
+        x: int
+
+  var x = Foo(b: true, x: 4)
+  case x.b
+  of true:
+    echo x.x # valid
+  of false:
+    echo "no"
+
+  case x.b
+  of false:
+    echo x.x # error: field access outside of valid case branch: x.x
+  of true:
+    echo "no"
+
+  ```
+
+**Note**: The implementation of "strict case objects" is experimental but the concept
+is solid and it is expected that eventually this mode becomes the default in later versions.

tests/effects/tstrict_caseobjects.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+discard """
+  errormsg: "field access outside of valid case branch: x.x"
+  line: 25
+"""
+
+{.experimental: "strictCaseObjects".}
+
+type
+  Foo = object
+    case b: bool
+    of false:
+      s: string
+    of true:
+      x: int
+
+var x = Foo(b: true, x: 4)
+case x.b
+of true:
+  echo x.x
+of false:
+  echo "no"
+
+case x.b
+of false:
+  echo x.x
+of true:
+  echo "no"