Merge pull request scala#8840 from dotty-staging/allow-inline-vals-wi…

…th-alias-to-constant-type

Allow inline vals with alias to constant type

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/TreeInfo.scala

@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ trait TypedTreeInfo extends TreeInfo[Type] { self: Trees.Instance[Type] =>
    */
   def constToLiteral(tree: Tree)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree = {
     val tree1 = ConstFold(tree)
-    tree1.tpe.widenTermRefExpr match {
+    tree1.tpe.widenTermRefExpr.dealias match {
       case ConstantType(value) =>
         if (isIdempotentExpr(tree1)) Literal(value).withSpan(tree.span)
         else tree1 match {

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala

@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ trait Checking {
     if sym.is(Inline, butNot = DeferredOrTermParamOrAccessor) && !ctx.erasedTypes && !ctx.inInlineMethod then
       // final vals can be marked inline even if they're not pure, see Typer#patchFinalVals
       val purityLevel = if (sym.is(Final)) Idempotent else Pure
-      tpt.tpe.widenTermRefExpr match
+      tpt.tpe.widenTermRefExpr.dealias match
         case tp: ConstantType if exprPurity(tree) >= purityLevel => // ok
         case _ =>
           ctx.error(em"type of inline must be a known value", tree.sourcePos)

tests/pos/inline-val-constValue-1.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import compiletime._
+
+class C:
+  type X <: Tuple
+
+def test: Unit =
+  val a: C { type X = Tuple1[Any] } = ???
+  f(a)
+
+inline def f(c: C): Unit = {
+  inline val size = constValue[Tuple.Size[c.X]]
+  val n = size
+  val m: Int = n
+  ???
+}

tests/pos/inline-val-constValue-2.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import compiletime._
+
+class C:
+  type N <: Int
+
+def test: Unit =
+  val a: C { type N = 3 } = ???
+  f(a)
+
+inline def f(c: C): Unit = {
+  inline val size = constValue[c.N]
+  val n = size
+  val m: Int = n
+  ???
+}

tests/pos/inline-val-constValue-3.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+inline def f[N <: Int]: Unit = {
+  inline val size = compiletime.constValue[N]
+  inline val n = size
+  val m: Int = n
+  ???
+}
+
+type N = 4
+def test: Unit = f[N]