TypeAssigner#avoid: don't miss escaping refs in complex types

Author: smarter

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

@@ -40,22 +40,17 @@ trait TypeAssigner {
   def avoid(tp: Type, symsToAvoid: => List[Symbol])(implicit ctx: Context): Type = {
     val widenMap = new TypeMap {
       lazy val forbidden = symsToAvoid.toSet
-      def toAvoid(tp: Type): Boolean = tp match {
-        case tp: TermRef =>
-          val sym = tp.symbol
-          sym.exists && (
-               sym.owner.isTerm && (forbidden contains sym)
-            || !(sym.owner is Package) && toAvoid(tp.prefix)
-            )
-        case tp: TypeRef =>
-          forbidden contains tp.symbol
-        case _ =>
-          false
-      }
+      def toAvoid(tp: Type): Boolean =
+        tp existsPart {
+          case tp: NamedType =>
+            forbidden contains tp.symbol
+          case _ =>
+            false
+        }
       def apply(tp: Type): Type = tp match {
         case tp: TermRef if toAvoid(tp) && variance > 0 =>
           apply(tp.info.widenExpr)
-        case tp: TypeRef if (forbidden contains tp.symbol) || toAvoid(tp.prefix) =>
+        case tp: TypeRef if toAvoid(tp) =>
           tp.info match {
             case TypeAlias(ref) =>
               apply(ref)
@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@ trait TypeAssigner {
           }
         case tp: RefinedType =>
           val tp1 @ RefinedType(parent1, _) = mapOver(tp)
-          if (tp1.refinedInfo.existsPart(toAvoid) && variance > 0) {
+          if (toAvoid(tp1.refinedInfo) && variance > 0) {
             typr.println(s"dropping refinement from $tp1")
             parent1
           }

tests/pos/escapingRefs.scala

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 class Outer {
-  class Inner
+  class Inner {
+    class Inner2
+  }
 }
 
 object Test {
@@ -8,5 +10,11 @@ object Test {
       val o = new Outer
       new o.Inner
     }
+
+    val b: Outer#Inner#Inner2 = {
+      val o = new Outer
+      val i = new o.Inner
+      new i.Inner2
+    }
   }
 }