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:type doesn't understand Unit #7132

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scabug opened this issue Feb 15, 2013 · 2 comments
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:type doesn't understand Unit #7132

scabug opened this issue Feb 15, 2013 · 2 comments
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scabug commented Feb 15, 2013

It's generally possible in the interpreter to find the type of an expression, even if the evaluation of that expression would diverge. For example:

scala> def ridiculous(n: Int): Int = ridiculous(n+1)
ridiculous: (n: Int)Int

scala> :t ridiculous(0)
Int

However, when the type of an expression is Unit, the interpreter appears to evaluate the expression instead of showing its type:

scala> def ridiculous(n: Int): Unit = ridiculous(n+1)
ridiculous: (n: Int)Unit

scala> :t ridiculous(0)
[ ... interpreter gets stuck ]

A simpler example:

scala> :t println("ridiculous")
ridiculous

In either case I'd expect no evaluation and no side effects to occur, and the interpreter to print "Unit". This worked in 2.9.x, and broke somewhere in 2.10 development.

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scabug commented Feb 15, 2013

Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-7132?orig=1
Reporter: Dan Rosen (mergeconflict)
Affected Versions: 2.10.0

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scabug commented Mar 2, 2013

Dan Rosen (mergeconflict) said:
Took a stab at this and broke stuff: scala/scala#2191

@scabug scabug closed this as completed Mar 13, 2013
@scabug scabug added the repl label Apr 7, 2017
@scabug scabug added this to the 2.10.2-RC1 milestone Apr 7, 2017
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