Changes to overloading

Fix #1381: Overloading is now changed so that we first try without implicit searches.
Only if that leaves no applicable alternatives we try again with implicit search turned on.
This also fixes test case t2660, which got moved from neg to pos.

Author: odersky

src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/tpd.scala

@@ -854,8 +854,7 @@ object tpd extends Trees.Instance[Type] with TypedTreeInfo {
         var allAlts = denot.alternatives
           .map(_.termRef).filter(tr => typeParamCount(tr) == targs.length)
         if (targs.isEmpty) allAlts = allAlts.filterNot(_.widen.isInstanceOf[PolyType])
-        val alternatives =
-          ctx.typer.resolveOverloaded(allAlts, proto, Nil)
+        val alternatives = ctx.typer.resolveOverloaded(allAlts, proto)
         assert(alternatives.size == 1,
           i"${if (alternatives.isEmpty) "no" else "multiple"} overloads available for " +
           i"$method on ${receiver.tpe.widenDealias} with targs: $targs%, %; args: $args%, % of types ${args.tpes}%, %; expectedType: $expectedType." +

src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Applications.scala

@@ -1042,31 +1042,7 @@ trait Applications extends Compatibility { self: Typer =>
    *  to form the method type.
    *  todo: use techniques like for implicits to pick candidates quickly?
    */
-  def resolveOverloaded(alts: List[TermRef], pt: Type, targs: List[Type] = Nil)(implicit ctx: Context): List[TermRef] = track("resolveOverloaded") {
-
-    def isDetermined(alts: List[TermRef]) = alts.isEmpty || alts.tail.isEmpty
-
-    /** The shape of given tree as a type; cannot handle named arguments. */
-    def typeShape(tree: untpd.Tree): Type = tree match {
-      case untpd.Function(args, body) =>
-        defn.FunctionOf(args map Function.const(defn.AnyType), typeShape(body))
-      case _ =>
-        defn.NothingType
-    }
-
-    /** The shape of given tree as a type; is more expensive than
-     *  typeShape but can can handle named arguments.
-     */
-    def treeShape(tree: untpd.Tree): Tree = tree match {
-      case NamedArg(name, arg) =>
-        val argShape = treeShape(arg)
-        cpy.NamedArg(tree)(name, argShape).withType(argShape.tpe)
-      case _ =>
-        dummyTreeOfType(typeShape(tree))
-    }
-
-    def narrowByTypes(alts: List[TermRef], argTypes: List[Type], resultType: Type): List[TermRef] =
-      alts filter (isApplicable(_, argTypes, resultType))
+  def resolveOverloaded(alts: List[TermRef], pt: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): List[TermRef] = track("resolveOverloaded") {
 
     /** Is `alt` a method or polytype whose result type after the first value parameter
      *  section conforms to the expected type `resultType`? If `resultType`
@@ -1095,23 +1071,63 @@ trait Applications extends Compatibility { self: Typer =>
      *  probability of pruning the search. result type comparisons are neither cheap nor
      *  do they prune much, on average.
      */
-    def adaptByResult(alts: List[TermRef], chosen: TermRef) = {
-        def nestedCtx = ctx.fresh.setExploreTyperState
-        pt match {
-          case pt: FunProto if !resultConforms(chosen, pt.resultType)(nestedCtx) =>
-            alts.filter(alt =>
-              (alt ne chosen) && resultConforms(alt, pt.resultType)(nestedCtx)) match {
-              case Nil => chosen
-              case alt2 :: Nil => alt2
-              case alts2 =>
-                resolveOverloaded(alts2, pt) match {
-                  case alt2 :: Nil => alt2
-                  case _ => chosen
-                }
-            }
-          case _ => chosen
-        }
+    def adaptByResult(chosen: TermRef) = {
+      def nestedCtx = ctx.fresh.setExploreTyperState
+      pt match {
+        case pt: FunProto if !resultConforms(chosen, pt.resultType)(nestedCtx) =>
+          alts.filter(alt =>
+            (alt ne chosen) && resultConforms(alt, pt.resultType)(nestedCtx)) match {
+            case Nil => chosen
+            case alt2 :: Nil => alt2
+            case alts2 =>
+              resolveOverloaded(alts2, pt) match {
+                case alt2 :: Nil => alt2
+                case _ => chosen
+              }
+          }
+        case _ => chosen
       }
+    }
+
+    var found = resolveOverloaded(alts, pt, Nil)(ctx.retractMode(Mode.ImplicitsEnabled))
+    if (found.isEmpty && ctx.mode.is(Mode.ImplicitsEnabled))
+      found = resolveOverloaded(alts, pt, Nil)
+    found match {
+      case alt :: Nil => adaptByResult(alt) :: Nil
+      case _ => found
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** This private version of `resolveOverloaded` does the bulk of the work of
+   *  overloading resolution, but does not do result adaptation. It might be
+   *  called twice from the public `resolveOverloaded` method, once with
+   *  implicits enabled, and once without.
+   */
+  private def resolveOverloaded(alts: List[TermRef], pt: Type, targs: List[Type])(implicit ctx: Context): List[TermRef] = track("resolveOverloaded") {
+
+    def isDetermined(alts: List[TermRef]) = alts.isEmpty || alts.tail.isEmpty
+
+    /** The shape of given tree as a type; cannot handle named arguments. */
+    def typeShape(tree: untpd.Tree): Type = tree match {
+      case untpd.Function(args, body) =>
+        defn.FunctionOf(args map Function.const(defn.AnyType), typeShape(body))
+      case _ =>
+        defn.NothingType
+    }
+
+    /** The shape of given tree as a type; is more expensive than
+     *  typeShape but can can handle named arguments.
+     */
+    def treeShape(tree: untpd.Tree): Tree = tree match {
+      case NamedArg(name, arg) =>
+        val argShape = treeShape(arg)
+        cpy.NamedArg(tree)(name, argShape).withType(argShape.tpe)
+      case _ =>
+        dummyTreeOfType(typeShape(tree))
+    }
+
+    def narrowByTypes(alts: List[TermRef], argTypes: List[Type], resultType: Type): List[TermRef] =
+      alts filter (isApplicable(_, argTypes, resultType))
 
     val candidates = pt match {
       case pt @ FunProto(args, resultType, _) =>
@@ -1171,33 +1187,27 @@ trait Applications extends Compatibility { self: Typer =>
           }
         }
 
-      case pt @ PolyProto(targs, pt1) =>
+      case pt @ PolyProto(targs1, pt1) =>
+        assert(targs.isEmpty)
         val alts1 = alts filter pt.isMatchedBy
-        resolveOverloaded(alts1, pt1, targs)
+        resolveOverloaded(alts1, pt1, targs1)
 
       case defn.FunctionOf(args, resultType) =>
         narrowByTypes(alts, args, resultType)
 
       case pt =>
         alts filter (normalizedCompatible(_, pt))
     }
-    narrowMostSpecific(candidates) match {
-      case Nil => Nil
-      case alt :: Nil =>
-        adaptByResult(alts, alt) :: Nil
-        // why `alts` and not `candidates`? pos/array-overload.scala gives a test case.
-        // Here, only the Int-apply is a candidate, but it is not compatible with the result
-        // type. Picking the Byte-apply as the only result-compatible solution then forces
-        // the arguments (which are constants) to be adapted to Byte. If we had picked
-        // `candidates` instead, no solution would have been found.
-      case alts =>
-        val noDefaults = alts.filter(!_.symbol.hasDefaultParams)
-        if (noDefaults.length == 1) noDefaults // return unique alternative without default parameters if it exists
-        else {
-          val deepPt = pt.deepenProto
-          if (deepPt ne pt) resolveOverloaded(alts, deepPt, targs)
-          else alts
-        }
+    val found = narrowMostSpecific(candidates)
+    if (found.length <= 1) found
+    else {
+      val noDefaults = alts.filter(!_.symbol.hasDefaultParams)
+      if (noDefaults.length == 1) noDefaults // return unique alternative without default parameters if it exists
+      else {
+        val deepPt = pt.deepenProto
+        if (deepPt ne pt) resolveOverloaded(alts, deepPt, targs)
+        else alts
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -1300,11 +1310,3 @@ trait Applications extends Compatibility { self: Typer =>
     harmonizeWith(tpes)(identity, (tp, pt) => pt)
 }
 
-/*
-  def typedApply(app: untpd.Apply, fun: Tree, methRef: TermRef, args: List[Tree], resultType: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree = track("typedApply") {
-    new ApplyToTyped(app, fun, methRef, args, resultType).result
-  }
-
-  def typedApply(fun: Tree, methRef: TermRef, args: List[Tree], resultType: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree =
-    typedApply(untpd.Apply(untpd.TypedSplice(fun), args), fun, methRef, args, resultType)
-*/

tests/neg/t2660.scala renamed to tests/pos/t2660.scala

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Dotty deviation. The calls here now are classified as ambiguous.
-
 package hoho
 
 class G
@@ -22,9 +20,7 @@ class A[T](x: T) {
 object T {
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
     implicit def g2h(g: G): H = new H
-    new A[Int](new H, 23)                             // error
-      // in the context here, either secondary constructor is applicable
-      // to the other, due to the implicit in scope. So the call is ambiguous.
+    new A[Int](new H, 23)
   }
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ object X {
 object T2 {
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
     implicit def g2h(g: G): H = new H
-    X.f(new H, 23)                                    // error
+    X.f(new H, 23)
   }
 }