Bug: `stream()` causes random behavior / internal compiler error

[honzasp]

Updated bug report

fn sum_halves1() -> u64 {
    let mut buf: u64 = 0;
    for i in range(0u64, 50_000_000) {
        buf = buf + (i / 2);
    }
    buf
}

#[cfg(variant1)]
fn sum_halves2() -> u64 {
    use std::comm::{stream};

    let (_port,_chan): (Port<u64>,Chan<u64>) = stream();

    let mut buf: u64 = 0;
    for j in range(0u64, 50_000_000) {
        buf = buf + (j / 2);
    }

    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));

    buf
}

#[cfg(variant2)]
fn sum_halves2() -> u64 {
    use std::comm::{stream};

    let (_port,_chan) = stream();

    let mut buf: u64 = 0;
    for j in range(0u64, 50_000_000) {
        buf = buf + (j / 2);
    }

    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));

    buf
}

#[cfg(variant3)]
fn sum_halves2() -> u64 {
    use std::comm::{stream};

    let mut buf: u64 = 0;
    for j in range(0u64, 50_000_000) {
        buf = buf + (j / 2);
    }

    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));
    println(fmt!("buf  %s", buf.to_str()));

    buf
}

fn main() {
    do 1.times {
        println(fmt!("res1 %s", sum_halves1().to_str()));
        let res = sum_halves2();
        println(fmt!("res2 %s", res.to_str()));
        println(fmt!("res2 %s", res.to_str()));
    }
}

Invoke via rustc --cfg variant1 /tmp/sum.rs && /tmp/sum for (or variant2 or variant3).

Original bug report

Hi,

I found a strange behavior of the compiler, which seems to modify a variable by random. The inputs and outputs are here: https://gist.github.com/honzasp/5689535.

The program sum_halvesA.rs computes a correct value in sum_halves1() and prints it, then it computes the same value in sum_halves2(), but this value is mysterously modified somewhere between the caller and callee.

A small change (removing stream() or some println) makes it work as expected.

If I remove the type signature for (port,chan), as in sum_halvesB.rs, rustc fails with internal compiler error.

Original reported output

~/prog/benchrust $ rustc sum.rs -o sum_rust -O && ./sum_rust
sum.rs:12:7: 12:11 warning: unused variable: `port` [-W unused_variable]
sum.rs:12 let (port,chan): (Port<u64>,Chan<u64>) = stream();
^~~~
sum.rs:12:12: 12:16 warning: unused variable: `chan` [-W unused_variable]
sum.rs:12 let (port,chan): (Port<u64>,Chan<u64>) = stream();
^~~~
res1 624999975000000
buf 624999975000000
buf 624999975000000
buf 624999975000000
res2 593020068061681600
res2 593020068061681600

[catamorphism]

The fact that inserting/deleting unrelated code changes behavior makes me think of #4127. I wonder if there's another type_use bug.

[pnkfelix]

Visiting for triage, email from 2013-08-05

• I had to update the code in various ways (we've changed our iterator protocol, the range method lives elsewhere, etc). I'll post the updated version in the description shortly.
• The change in behavior over time seems to have gone away.
• The ICE has been replaced with the following sensible error from rustc:

/tmp/sum.rs:13:8: 13:32 error: cannot determine a type for this local variable: unconstrained type
/tmp/sum.rs:13     let (_port,_chan) = stream();
                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: aborting due to previous error

[pnkfelix]

I cannot reproduce the problem.