In Go, in a type switch like switch t := 0; t := x.(type) the two variables named 't' are in different blocks; they are not a redefinition. This patch implements that in gccgo. Bootstrapped and ran Go testsuite on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. Committed to mainline.
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diff -r 725daf468f17 go/parse.cc --- a/go/parse.cc Tue Jan 24 11:31:26 2012 -0800 +++ b/go/parse.cc Tue Jan 24 12:49:40 2012 -0800 @@ -4057,6 +4057,7 @@ Expression* switch_val = NULL; bool saw_send_stmt; Type_switch type_switch; + bool have_type_switch_block = false; if (this->simple_stat_may_start_here()) { switch_val = this->simple_stat(false, &saw_send_stmt, NULL, @@ -4099,7 +4100,14 @@ id_loc)); if (is_coloneq) { - // This must be a TypeSwitchGuard. + // This must be a TypeSwitchGuard. It is in a + // different block from any initial SimpleStat. + if (saw_simple_stat) + { + this->gogo_->start_block(id_loc); + have_type_switch_block = true; + } + switch_val = this->simple_stat(false, &saw_send_stmt, NULL, &type_switch); if (!type_switch.found) @@ -4142,13 +4150,23 @@ if (this->peek_token()->is_op(OPERATOR_SEMICOLON)) this->advance_token(); if (!this->peek_token()->is_op(OPERATOR_LCURLY)) - return; + { + if (have_type_switch_block) + this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(location), + location); + this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(location), + location); + return; + } if (type_switch.found) type_switch.expr = Expression::make_error(location); } else { error_at(this->location(), "expected %<{%>"); + if (have_type_switch_block) + this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(this->location()), + location); this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(this->location()), location); return; @@ -4165,6 +4183,10 @@ if (statement != NULL) this->gogo_->add_statement(statement); + if (have_type_switch_block) + this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(this->location()), + location); + this->gogo_->add_block(this->gogo_->finish_block(this->location()), location); }