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paranoiacblack opened this issue Feb 19, 2014 · 12 comments
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reflect: CanSet returns true for unexported embedded struct fields. #7363

paranoiacblack opened this issue Feb 19, 2014 · 12 comments
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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. http://play.golang.org/p/P5IJiLANVg


What is the expected output?
No output.

What do you see instead?
panic: B.a is an unexported embedded struct field

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g

Which operating system are you using?
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Which version are you using?  (run 'go version')
go version go1.2 linux/amd64

Please provide any additional information below.
According to http://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Value.CanSet, "A Value can be changed
only if it is addressable and was not obtained by the use of unexported struct
fields." The first clause holds in the example, but the current behavior violates
the second clause.
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Comment 1:

Labels changed: added repo-main, release-go1.3.

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This issue was closed by revision a8a7f18.

Status changed to Fixed.

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rsc commented Apr 11, 2014

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I am going to send out a CL to roll back this fix. It is causing too much subtlety to
resolve in 1.3.

Labels changed: added release-go1.4, removed release-go1.3.

Status changed to Accepted.

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Comment 4:

CL https://golang.org/cl/85580046 mentions this issue.

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Comment 5:

CL https://golang.org/cl/85580046 mentions this issue.

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rsc commented Apr 14, 2014

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This issue was closed by revision c48db9a.

Status changed to Fixed.

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rsc commented Apr 14, 2014

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Actually it was reopened.

Status changed to Accepted.

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Comment 8:

CL https://golang.org/cl/91010047 mentions this issue.

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rsc commented Sep 15, 2014

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Labels changed: added release-go1.5, removed release-go1.4.

@bradfitz bradfitz modified the milestone: Go1.5 Dec 16, 2014
@rsc rsc removed accepted labels Apr 14, 2015
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rsc commented Jul 15, 2015

@mpvl has a plan!

@rsc rsc assigned mpvl Jul 15, 2015
@rsc rsc modified the milestones: Go1.6Early, Go1.5 Jul 15, 2015
@mpvl mpvl added the Started label Aug 26, 2015
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CL https://golang.org/cl/14010 mentions this issue.

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CL https://golang.org/cl/14085 mentions this issue.

mpvl added a commit that referenced this issue Oct 26, 2015
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reflect: adjust access to unexported embedded structs
adf9b30 
This CL changes reflect to allow access to exported fields and
methods in unexported embedded structs for gccgo and after gc
has been adjusted to disallow access to embedded unexported structs.

Adresses #12367, #7363, #11007, and #7247.

Change-Id: If80536eab35abcd25300d8ddc2d27d5c42d7e78e
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/14010
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <[email protected]>
@mpvl mpvl closed this as completed in afe9837 Oct 26, 2015
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