checker: fix `map = {}` (#8435)

vlib/builtin/map_test.v

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ fn test_delete_size() {
 		for i in 0 .. 10 {
 			m[arr[i]] = i
 		}
-		assert (m.len == 10)
+		assert m.len == 10
 		println(m.len)
 		for i in 0 .. 10 {
 			m.delete(arr[i])
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ fn test_int_keys() {
 	m[5] += 24
 	m[5]++
 	assert m[5] == 25
-	m2 := {3:9 4:16 5:25}
+	m2 := {
+		3: 9
+		4: 16
+		5: 25
+	}
 	assert m2.len == 3
 	// clone
 	mc := m.clone()
@@ -513,7 +517,10 @@ fn test_voidptr_keys() {
 }
 
 fn test_rune_keys() {
-	mut m := {`!`:2 `%`:3}
+	mut m := {
+		`!`: 2
+		`%`: 3
+	}
 	assert typeof(m).name == 'map[rune]int'
 	assert m[`!`] == 2
 	m[`@`] = 7
@@ -593,7 +600,25 @@ fn test_eq() {
 }
 
 fn test_non_string_key_map_str() {
-	assert {23: 4}.str() == '{23: 4}'
+	assert {
-	assert {`a`: 12, `b`: 13}.str() == '{`a`: 12, `b`: 13}'
+		23: 4
-	assert {23: 'foo', 25: 'bar'}.str() == "{23: 'foo', 25: 'bar'}"
+	}.str() == '{23: 4}'
+	assert {
+		`a`: 12
+		`b`: 13
+	}.str() == '{`a`: 12, `b`: 13}'
+	assert {
+		23: 'foo'
+		25: 'bar'
+	}.str() == "{23: 'foo', 25: 'bar'}"
+}
+
+fn test_map_assign_empty_map_init() {
+	mut a := {
+		'one': 1
+	}
+	a = {}
+	println(a)
+	assert a == map[string]int{}
+	assert '$a' == '{}'
 }

vlib/v/ast/ast.v

@@ -784,12 +784,12 @@ pub:
 // variable assign statement
 pub struct AssignStmt {
 pub:
-	right        []Expr
 	op           token.Kind // include: =,:=,+=,-=,*=,/= and so on; for a list of all the assign operators, see vlib/token/token.v
 	pos          token.Position
 	comments     []Comment
 	end_comments []Comment
 pub mut:
+	right         []Expr
 	left          []Expr
 	left_types    []table.Type
 	right_types   []table.Type

vlib/v/checker/checker.v

@@ -2437,6 +2437,11 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut assign_stmt ast.AssignStmt) {
 			}
 			left_type = c.expr(left)
 			c.expected_type = c.unwrap_generic(left_type)
+			// `map = {}`
+			sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(left_type)
+			if sym.kind == .map && assign_stmt.right[i] is ast.StructInit {
+				assign_stmt.right[i] = ast.MapInit{}
+			}
 		}
 		if assign_stmt.right_types.len < assign_stmt.left.len { // first type or multi return types added above
 			right_type := c.expr(assign_stmt.right[i])
@@ -5065,6 +5070,17 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) check_dup_keys(node &ast.MapInit, i int) {
 }
 
 pub fn (mut c Checker) map_init(mut node ast.MapInit) table.Type {
+	// `map = {}`
+	if node.keys.len == 0 && node.vals.len == 0 && node.typ == 0 {
+		sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(c.expected_type)
+		if sym.kind == .map {
+			info := sym.map_info()
+			node.typ = c.expected_type
+			node.key_type = info.key_type
+			node.value_type = info.value_type
+			return node.typ
+		}
+	}
 	// `x := map[string]string` - set in parser
 	if node.typ != 0 {
 		info := c.table.get_type_symbol(node.typ).map_info()