Fix scala#6635: Improve subtype tests for aliases and singleton types

 1. backtrack in more cases when we we fail after dealiasing
 2. fall back to atoms comparisons when comparing two singleton types

The widened criterion for (1) is still provisional. We need to come up
with a criterion that is sound and has a low risk of leading to
combinatorial explosion when comparing two long alias chains.

Author: odersky

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeComparer.scala

@@ -231,56 +231,69 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends ConstraintHandling[AbsentContext] w
       }
     }
 
+    def singleBounds(tp: Type): List[Type] = tp.widenExpr.dealias match
+      case tp1: SingletonType => tp1 :: Nil
+      case AndType(tp11, tp12) => singleBounds(tp1) ::: singleBounds(tp2)
+      case _ => Nil
+
+    def isSingletonAlias(tp: Type): Boolean = tp match
+      case tp: TermRef => singleBounds(tp).nonEmpty || isSingletonAlias(tp.prefix)
+      case _ => false
+
+    // THIS IS STILL PROVISIONAL
+    def canDropAlias(tp: NamedType): Boolean = !isSingletonAlias(tp.prefix)
+
     def firstTry: Boolean = tp2 match {
       case tp2: NamedType =>
-        def compareNamed(tp1: Type, tp2: NamedType): Boolean = {
+        def compareNamed(tp1: Type, tp2: NamedType): Boolean =
           implicit val ctx: Context = this.ctx
-          tp2.info match {
+          val info2 = tp2.info
+          info2 match
             case info2: TypeAlias =>
-              recur(tp1, info2.alias)
-            case _ => tp1 match {
-              case tp1: NamedType =>
-                tp1.info match {
-                  case info1: TypeAlias =>
-                    if (recur(info1.alias, tp2)) return true
-                    if (tp1.prefix.isStable) return false
-                      // If tp1.prefix is stable, the alias does contain all information about the original ref, so
-                      // there's no need to try something else. (This is important for performance).
-                      // To see why we cannot in general stop here, consider:
-                      //
-                      //     trait C { type A }
-                      //     trait D { type A = String }
-                      //     (C & D)#A <: C#A
-                      //
-                      // Following the alias leads to the judgment `String <: C#A` which is false.
-                      // However the original judgment should be true.
-                  case _ =>
-                }
-                val sym2 = tp2.symbol
-                var sym1 = tp1.symbol
-                if (sym1.is(ModuleClass) && sym2.is(ModuleVal))
-                  // For convenience we want X$ <:< X.type
-                  // This is safe because X$ self-type is X.type
-                  sym1 = sym1.companionModule
-                if ((sym1 ne NoSymbol) && (sym1 eq sym2))
-                  ctx.erasedTypes ||
-                  sym1.isStaticOwner ||
-                  isSubType(tp1.prefix, tp2.prefix) ||
-                  thirdTryNamed(tp2)
-                else
-                  (  (tp1.name eq tp2.name)
-                  && tp1.isMemberRef
-                  && tp2.isMemberRef
-                  && isSubType(tp1.prefix, tp2.prefix)
-                  && tp1.signature == tp2.signature
-                  && !(sym1.isClass && sym2.isClass)  // class types don't subtype each other
-                  ) ||
-                  thirdTryNamed(tp2)
-              case _ =>
-                secondTry
-            }
-          }
-        }
+              if recur(tp1, info2.alias) then return true
+              if canDropAlias(tp2) then return false
+            case _ =>
+          tp1 match
+            case tp1: NamedType =>
+              tp1.info match {
+                case info1: TypeAlias =>
+                  if recur(info1.alias, tp2) then return true
+                  if tp1.prefix.isStable && canDropAlias(tp1) then return false
+                    // If tp1.prefix is stable, the alias does contain all information about the original ref, so
+                    // there's no need to try something else. (This is important for performance).
+                    // To see why we cannot in general stop here, consider:
+                    //
+                    //     trait C { type A }
+                    //     trait D { type A = String }
+                    //     (C & D)#A <: C#A
+                    //
+                    // Following the alias leads to the judgment `String <: C#A` which is false.
+                    // However the original judgment should be true.
+                case _ =>
+              }
+              val sym2 = tp2.symbol
+              var sym1 = tp1.symbol
+              if (sym1.is(ModuleClass) && sym2.is(ModuleVal))
+                // For convenience we want X$ <:< X.type
+                // This is safe because X$ self-type is X.type
+                sym1 = sym1.companionModule
+              if ((sym1 ne NoSymbol) && (sym1 eq sym2))
+                ctx.erasedTypes ||
+                sym1.isStaticOwner ||
+                isSubType(tp1.prefix, tp2.prefix) ||
+                thirdTryNamed(tp2)
+              else
+                (  (tp1.name eq tp2.name)
+                && tp1.isMemberRef
+                && tp2.isMemberRef
+                && isSubType(tp1.prefix, tp2.prefix)
+                && tp1.signature == tp2.signature
+                && !(sym1.isClass && sym2.isClass)  // class types don't subtype each other
+                ) ||
+                thirdTryNamed(tp2)
+            case _ =>
+              secondTry
+        end compareNamed
         compareNamed(tp1, tp2)
       case tp2: ProtoType =>
         isMatchedByProto(tp2, tp1)
@@ -753,20 +766,12 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends ConstraintHandling[AbsentContext] w
       case tp1 @ AppliedType(tycon1, args1) =>
         compareAppliedType1(tp1, tycon1, args1)
       case tp1: SingletonType =>
-        /** if `tp2 == p.type` and `p: q.type` then try `tp1 <:< q.type` as a last effort.*/
-        def comparePaths = tp2 match {
+        def comparePaths = tp2 match
           case tp2: TermRef =>
-            tp2.info.widenExpr.dealias match {
-              case tp2i: SingletonType =>
-                recur(tp1, tp2i)
-                  // see z1720.scala for a case where this can arise even in typer.
-                  // Also, i1753.scala, to show why the dealias above is necessary.
-              case _ => false
-            }
+            compareAtoms(tp1, tp2, knownSingletons = true).getOrElse(false)
           case _ =>
             false
-        }
-        isNewSubType(tp1.underlying.widenExpr) || comparePaths
+        comparePaths || isNewSubType(tp1.underlying.widenExpr)
       case tp1: RefinedType =>
         isNewSubType(tp1.parent)
       case tp1: RecType =>
@@ -1174,8 +1179,18 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends ConstraintHandling[AbsentContext] w
 
   /** If both `tp1` and `tp2` have atoms information, compare the atoms
    *  in a Some, otherwise None.
+   *  @param knownSingletons  If true, we are coming from a comparison of two singleton types
+   *                          This influences the comparison as shown below:
+   *
+   *  Say you have singleton types p.type and q.type the atoms of p.type are `{p.type}..{p.type}`,
+   *  and the atoms of `q.type` are `{}..{p.type}`. Normally the atom comparison between p's
+   *  atoms and q's atoms gives false. But in this case we know that `q.type` is an alias of `p.type`
+   *  so we are still allowed to conclude that `p.type <:< q.type`. A situation where this happens
+   *  is in i6635.scala. Here,
+   *
+   *     p: A, q: B & p.type   and we want to conclude that p.type <: q.type.
    */
-  def compareAtoms(tp1: Type, tp2: Type): Option[Boolean] =
+  def compareAtoms(tp1: Type, tp2: Type, knownSingletons: Boolean = false): Option[Boolean] =
 
     /** Check whether we can compare the given set of atoms with another to determine
      *  a subtype test between OrTypes. There is one situation where this is not
@@ -1209,9 +1224,12 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends ConstraintHandling[AbsentContext] w
       case Atoms.Range(lo2, hi2) if canCompareAtoms && canCompare(hi2) =>
         tp1.atoms match
           case Atoms.Range(lo1, hi1) =>
-            if hi1.subsetOf(lo2) then Some(verified(true))
-            else if !lo1.subsetOf(hi2) then Some(verified(false))
-            else None
+            if hi1.subsetOf(lo2) || knownSingletons && hi2.size == 1 && hi1 == hi2 then
+              Some(verified(true))
+            else if !lo1.subsetOf(hi2) then
+              Some(verified(false))
+            else
+              None
           case _ => Some(verified(recur(tp1, NothingType)))
       case _ => None
 

tests/pos/i6635.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+object Test {
+  abstract class ExprBase { s =>
+    type A
+  }
+
+  abstract class Lit extends ExprBase { s =>
+    type A = Int
+    val n: A
+  }
+
+  abstract class LitU extends ExprBase { s =>
+    type A <: Int
+    val n: A
+  }
+
+  abstract class LitL extends ExprBase { s =>
+    type A <: Int
+    val n: A
+  }
+
+  def castTest1(e1: ExprBase)(e2: e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+  def castTest2(e1: ExprBase { type A = Int })(e2: e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+  def castTest3(e1: ExprBase)(e2: ExprBase with e1.type)(x: e2.A): e1.A = x
+
+  def castTest4(e1: ExprBase { type A = Int })(e2: ExprBase with e1.type)(x: e2.A): e1.A = x
+
+  def castTest5a(e1: ExprBase)(e2: LitU with e1.type)(x: e2.A): e1.A = x
+  def castTest5b(e1: ExprBase)(e2: LitL with e1.type)(x: e2.A): e1.A = x
+
+  //fail:
+  def castTestFail1(e1: ExprBase)(e2: Lit with e1.type)(x: e2.A): e1.A = x // this is like castTest5a/b, but with Lit instead of LitU/LitL
+  // the other direction never works:
+  def castTestFail2a(e1: ExprBase)(e2: Lit with e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+  def castTestFail2b(e1: ExprBase)(e2: LitL with e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+  def castTestFail2c(e1: ExprBase)(e2: LitU with e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+
+  // the problem isn't about order of intersections.
+  def castTestFail2bFlip(e1: ExprBase)(e2: e1.type with LitL)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+  def castTestFail2cFlip(e1: ExprBase)(e2: e1.type with LitU)(x: e1.A): e2.A = x
+
+  def castTestFail3(e1: ExprBase)(e2: Lit with e1.type)(x: e1.A): e2.A = {
+    val y: e1.type with e2.type = e2
+    val z = x: y.A
+    z
+  }
+}