checker: fixed array cannot implicitly convert to fooptr (again) (#9302)

vlib/builtin/builtin_nix.c.v

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames(xskipframes int) bool {
 fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames_mac(skipframes int) bool {
 	$if macos {
 		buffer := [100]voidptr{}
-		nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(buffer, 100)
+		nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(&buffer[0], 100)
 		if nr_ptrs < 2 {
 			eprintln('C.backtrace returned less than 2 frames')
 			return false
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames_mac(skipframes int) bool {
 fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames_freebsd(skipframes int) bool {
 	$if freebsd {
 		buffer := [100]voidptr{}
-		nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(buffer, 100)
+		nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(&buffer[0], 100)
 		if nr_ptrs < 2 {
 			eprintln('C.backtrace returned less than 2 frames')
 			return false

vlib/builtin/builtin_windows.c.v

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames_msvc(skipframes int) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 
-		frames := int(C.CaptureStackBackTrace(skipframes + 1, 100, backtraces, 0))
+		frames := int(C.CaptureStackBackTrace(skipframes + 1, 100, &backtraces[0], 0))
 		if frames < 2 {
 			eprintln('C.CaptureStackBackTrace returned less than 2 frames')
 			return false

vlib/builtin/int.v

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ fn u64_to_hex(nn u64, len byte) string {
 		buf[i] = x
 		n = n >> 4
 	}
-	return unsafe { tos(memdup(buf, len + 1), len) }
+	return unsafe { tos(memdup(&buf[0], len + 1), len) }
 }
 
 // u64_to_hex_no_leading_zeros converts the number `nn` to hexadecimal `string`.

vlib/gg/text_rendering.v

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) text_width(s string) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	mut buf := [4]f32{}
-	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, buf)
+	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, &buf[0])
 	if s.ends_with(' ') {
 		return int((buf[2] - buf[0]) / ctx.scale) +
 			ctx.text_width('i') // TODO fix this in fontstash?
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) text_height(s string) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	mut buf := [4]f32{}
-	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, buf)
+	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, &buf[0])
 	return int((buf[3] - buf[1]) / ctx.scale)
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) text_size(s string) (int, int) {
 		return 0, 0
 	}
 	mut buf := [4]f32{}
-	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, buf)
+	C.fonsTextBounds(ctx.ft.fons, 0, 0, s.str, 0, &buf[0])
 	return int((buf[2] - buf[0]) / ctx.scale), int((buf[3] - buf[1]) / ctx.scale)
 }
 

vlib/net/tcp.v

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub fn (c &TcpConn) peer_ip() ?string {
 	peeraddr := C.sockaddr_in{}
 	speeraddr := sizeof(peeraddr)
 	socket_error(C.getpeername(c.sock.handle, unsafe { &C.sockaddr(&peeraddr) }, &speeraddr)) ?
-	cstr := charptr(C.inet_ntop(SocketFamily.inet, &peeraddr.sin_addr, buf, sizeof(buf)))
+	cstr := charptr(C.inet_ntop(SocketFamily.inet, &peeraddr.sin_addr, &buf[0], sizeof(buf)))
 	if cstr == 0 {
 		return error('net.peer_ip: inet_ntop failed')
 	}

vlib/net/tcp_read_line.v

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub fn (mut con TcpConn) read_line() string {
 	mut res := '' // The final result, including the ending \n.
 	for {
 		mut line := '' // The current line. Can be a partial without \n in it.
-		n := C.recv(con.sock.handle, buf, max_read - 1, msg_peek | msg_nosignal)
+		n := C.recv(con.sock.handle, &buf[0], max_read - 1, msg_peek | msg_nosignal)
 		if n == -1 {
 			return res
 		}
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ pub fn (mut con TcpConn) read_line() string {
 			// Ensure that the block till the first \n (including it)
 			// is removed from the socket's receive queue, so that it does
 			// not get read again.
-			C.recv(con.sock.handle, buf, eol_idx + 1, msg_nosignal)
+			C.recv(con.sock.handle, &buf[0], eol_idx + 1, msg_nosignal)
 			res += line
 			break
 		}
 		// recv returned a buffer without \n in it .
-		C.recv(con.sock.handle, buf, n, msg_nosignal)
+		C.recv(con.sock.handle, &buf[0], n, msg_nosignal)
 		res += line
 		res += crlf
 		break

vlib/net/unix/stream_nix.v

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fn (mut s StreamSocket) connect(a string) ? {
 	mut addr := C.sockaddr_un{}
 	unsafe { C.memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(C.sockaddr_un)) }
 	addr.sun_family = C.AF_UNIX
-	unsafe { C.strncpy(addr.sun_path, a.str, max_sun_path) }
+	unsafe { C.strncpy(&addr.sun_path[0], a.str, max_sun_path) }
 	size := C.SUN_LEN(&addr)
 	sockaddr := unsafe { &C.sockaddr(&addr) }
 	res := C.connect(s.handle, sockaddr, size)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn listen_stream(sock string) ?&StreamListener {
 	mut addr := C.sockaddr_un{}
 	unsafe { C.memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(C.sockaddr_un)) }
 	addr.sun_family = C.AF_UNIX
-	unsafe { C.strncpy(addr.sun_path, sock.str, max_sun_path) }
+	unsafe { C.strncpy(&addr.sun_path[0], sock.str, max_sun_path) }
 	size := C.SUN_LEN(&addr)
 	sockaddr := unsafe { &C.sockaddr(&addr) }
 	net.socket_error(C.bind(s.handle, sockaddr, size)) ?

vlib/os/os_c.v

@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ pub fn cp(src string, dst string) ? {
 		for {
 			// FIXME: use sizeof, bug: 'os__buf' undeclared
 			// count = C.read(fp_from, buf, sizeof(buf))
-			count = C.read(fp_from, buf, 1024)
+			count = C.read(fp_from, &buf[0], 1024)
 			if count == 0 {
 				break
 			}
-			if C.write(fp_to, buf, count) < 0 {
+			if C.write(fp_to, &buf[0], count) < 0 {
 				return error_with_code('cp: failed to write to $dst', int(-1))
 			}
 		}

vlib/os/os_windows.c.v

@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ pub fn execute(cmd string) Result {
 	}
 	command_line := [32768]u16{}
 	C.ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(cmd.to_wide(), voidptr(&command_line), 32768)
-	create_process_ok := C.CreateProcessW(0, command_line, 0, 0, C.TRUE, 0, 0, 0, voidptr(&start_info),
+	create_process_ok := C.CreateProcessW(0, &command_line[0], 0, 0, C.TRUE, 0, 0, 0,
-		voidptr(&proc_info))
+		voidptr(&start_info), voidptr(&proc_info))
 	if !create_process_ok {
 		error_num := int(C.GetLastError())
 		error_msg := get_error_msg(error_num)
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ pub fn execute(cmd string) Result {
 	for {
 		mut result := false
 		unsafe {
-			result = C.ReadFile(child_stdout_read, buf, 1000, voidptr(&bytes_read), 0)
+			result = C.ReadFile(child_stdout_read, &buf[0], 1000, voidptr(&bytes_read),
+				0)
 			read_data.write_bytes(&buf[0], int(bytes_read))
 		}
 		if result == false || int(bytes_read) == 0 {

vlib/picohttpparser/request.v

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn (mut r Request) parse_request(s string, max_headers int) int {
 		&r.method.str, &method_len,
 		&r.path.str, &path_len,
 		&minor_version,
-		r.headers, &num_headers,
+		&r.headers[0], &num_headers,
 		0
 	)
 	if pret > 0 {

vlib/term/ui/input_windows.c.v

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn (mut ctx Context) parse_events() {
 	if nr_events < 1 { return }
 
 	// print('$nr_events | ')
-	if !C.ReadConsoleInput(ctx.stdin_handle, ctx.read_buf, buf_size, &nr_events) {
+	if !C.ReadConsoleInput(ctx.stdin_handle, &ctx.read_buf[0], buf_size, &nr_events) {
 		panic('could not read from stdin')
 	}
 	for i in 0 .. nr_events {

vlib/v/checker/check_types.v

@@ -79,16 +79,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) check_basic(got table.Type, expected table.Type) bool {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
-	// e.g. [4096]byte vs byteptr || [4096]char vs charptr
+	if !got_.is_ptr() && got_sym.kind == .array_fixed && (exp_.is_pointer() || exp_.is_ptr()) {
-	// should charptr be allowed as byteptr etc?
+		// fixed array needs to be a struct, not a pointer
-	// TODO: clean this up (why was it removed?)
+		return false
-	if got_sym.kind == .array_fixed {
-		info := got_sym.info as table.ArrayFixed
-		if !info.elem_type.is_ptr() && (info.elem_type.idx() == expected.idx()
-			|| (info.elem_type.idx() in [table.byte_type_idx, table.char_type_idx]
-			&& expected.idx() in [table.byteptr_type_idx, table.charptr_type_idx])) {
-			return true
-		}
 	}
 	if exp_sym.kind in [.voidptr, .any] || got_sym.kind in [.voidptr, .any] {
 		return true
@@ -266,6 +259,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) check_types(got table.Type, expected table.Type) bool {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
+	if expected == table.charptr_type && got == table.char_type.to_ptr() {
+		return true
+	}
 	if !c.check_basic(got, expected) { // TODO: this should go away...
 		return false
 	}

vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.out

@@ -11,8 +11,31 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv:5:4: error: mismatched types `&int` and
     5 | ip = arr
       |    ^
     6 | _ = &int(arr)
+    7 |
 vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv:6:6: error: cannot cast a fixed array (use e.g. `&arr[0]` instead)
     4 | mut ip := &int(0)
     5 | ip = arr
     6 | _ = &int(arr)
       |      ~~~~~~~~
+    7 | 
+    8 | unsafe {
+vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv:9:13: error: cannot use `[2]int` as `voidptr` in argument 1 to `memdup`
+    7 | 
+    8 | unsafe {
+    9 |     _ = memdup(arr, 1)
+      |                ~~~
+   10 |     _ = tos(arr, 1)
+   11 |     fn (p &int){}(arr)
+vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv:10:10: error: cannot use `[2]int` as `byteptr` in argument 1 to `tos`
+    8 | unsafe {
+    9 |     _ = memdup(arr, 1)
+   10 |     _ = tos(arr, 1)
+      |             ~~~
+   11 |     fn (p &int){}(arr)
+   12 | }
+vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv:11:16: error: cannot use `[2]int` as `&int` in argument 1 to `anon`
+    9 |     _ = memdup(arr, 1)
+   10 |     _ = tos(arr, 1)
+   11 |     fn (p &int){}(arr)
+      |                   ~~~
+   12 | }

vlib/v/checker/tests/fixed_array_conv.vv

@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ p = arr
 mut ip := &int(0)
 ip = arr
 _ = &int(arr)
+
+unsafe {
+	_ = memdup(arr, 1)
+	_ = tos(arr, 1)
+	fn (p &int){}(arr)
+}

vlib/v/tests/type_voidptr_test.v

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-[direct_array_access]
 [unsafe]
 fn memcpy(mut dest voidptr, src voidptr, len u32) voidptr {
 	mut d := byteptr(dest)
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ fn memcpy(mut dest voidptr, src voidptr, len u32) voidptr {
 fn test_mut_voidptr_arg() {
 	mut a := [1, 2]!
 	b := [3, 4]!
-	unsafe { memcpy(mut a, b, sizeof(int)) }
+	mut aptr := voidptr(&a[0])
+	unsafe { memcpy(mut aptr, &b[0], sizeof(int)) }
 	assert a == [3, 2]!
 }