reflect: MakeFunc: allow assignment conversions on values returned from the wrapped function

Instead of requiring exact type match, allow assignment conversions
(those conversions allowed in the language spec without a cast) on the
returned values.

Particularly useful when the type being returned is an interface type,
but the Value actually returned is a concrete value implementing that
type (as it is tricky to return a Value which has interface type).

RELNOTE=y

Fixes #28761

Change-Id: I69eef07ca51690b2086dfa1eb549db5e4724c657
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/174531
Run-TryBot: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

src/reflect/all_test.go

@@ -1934,6 +1934,91 @@ func TestMakeFuncVariadic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Dummy type that implements io.WriteCloser
+type WC struct {
+}
+
+func (w *WC) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return 0, nil
+}
+func (w *WC) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestMakeFuncValidReturnAssignments(t *testing.T) {
+	// reflect.Values returned from the wrapped function should be assignment-converted
+	// to the types returned by the result of MakeFunc.
+
+	// Concrete types should be promotable to interfaces they implement.
+	var f func() error
+	f = MakeFunc(TypeOf(f), func([]Value) []Value {
+		return []Value{ValueOf(io.EOF)}
+	}).Interface().(func() error)
+	f()
+
+	// Super-interfaces should be promotable to simpler interfaces.
+	var g func() io.Writer
+	g = MakeFunc(TypeOf(g), func([]Value) []Value {
+		var w io.WriteCloser = &WC{}
+		return []Value{ValueOf(&w).Elem()}
+	}).Interface().(func() io.Writer)
+	g()
+
+	// Channels should be promotable to directional channels.
+	var h func() <-chan int
+	h = MakeFunc(TypeOf(h), func([]Value) []Value {
+		return []Value{ValueOf(make(chan int))}
+	}).Interface().(func() <-chan int)
+	h()
+
+	// Unnamed types should be promotable to named types.
+	type T struct{ a, b, c int }
+	var i func() T
+	i = MakeFunc(TypeOf(i), func([]Value) []Value {
+		return []Value{ValueOf(struct{ a, b, c int }{a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})}
+	}).Interface().(func() T)
+	i()
+}
+
+func TestMakeFuncInvalidReturnAssignments(t *testing.T) {
+	// Type doesn't implement the required interface.
+	shouldPanic(func() {
+		var f func() error
+		f = MakeFunc(TypeOf(f), func([]Value) []Value {
+			return []Value{ValueOf(int(7))}
+		}).Interface().(func() error)
+		f()
+	})
+	// Assigning to an interface with additional methods.
+	shouldPanic(func() {
+		var f func() io.ReadWriteCloser
+		f = MakeFunc(TypeOf(f), func([]Value) []Value {
+			var w io.WriteCloser = &WC{}
+			return []Value{ValueOf(&w).Elem()}
+		}).Interface().(func() io.ReadWriteCloser)
+		f()
+	})
+	// Directional channels can't be assigned to bidirectional ones.
+	shouldPanic(func() {
+		var f func() chan int
+		f = MakeFunc(TypeOf(f), func([]Value) []Value {
+			var c <-chan int = make(chan int)
+			return []Value{ValueOf(c)}
+		}).Interface().(func() chan int)
+		f()
+	})
+	// Two named types which are otherwise identical.
+	shouldPanic(func() {
+		type T struct{ a, b, c int }
+		type U struct{ a, b, c int }
+		var f func() T
+		f = MakeFunc(TypeOf(f), func([]Value) []Value {
+			return []Value{ValueOf(U{a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})}
+		}).Interface().(func() T)
+		f()
+	})
+}
+
 type Point struct {
 	x, y int
 }

src/reflect/value.go

@@ -560,11 +560,6 @@ func callReflect(ctxt *makeFuncImpl, frame unsafe.Pointer, retValid *bool) {
 		}
 		for i, typ := range ftyp.out() {
 			v := out[i]
-			if v.typ != typ {
-				panic("reflect: function created by MakeFunc using " + funcName(f) +
-					" returned wrong type: have " +
-					out[i].typ.String() + " for " + typ.String())
-			}
 			if v.flag&flagRO != 0 {
 				panic("reflect: function created by MakeFunc using " + funcName(f) +
 					" returned value obtained from unexported field")
@@ -574,6 +569,12 @@ func callReflect(ctxt *makeFuncImpl, frame unsafe.Pointer, retValid *bool) {
 				continue
 			}
 			addr := add(ptr, off, "typ.size > 0")
+
+			// Convert v to type typ if v is assignable to a variable
+			// of type t in the language spec.
+			// See issue 28761.
+			v = v.assignTo("reflect.MakeFunc", typ, addr)
+
 			// We are writing to stack. No write barrier.
 			if v.flag&flagIndir != 0 {
 				memmove(addr, v.ptr, typ.size)