common/maps: Improve append in Scratch

This commit consolidates the reflective collections handling in `.Scratch` vs the `tpl` package so they use the same code paths.

This commit also adds support for a corner case where a typed slice is appended to a nil or empty `[]interface{}`.

Fixes #5275

5 files changed, 344 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/common/collections/append.go b/common/collections/append.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1008843b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/collections/append.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package collections
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// Append appends from to a slice to and returns the resulting slice.
+// If lenght of from is one and the only element is a slice of same type as to,
+// it will be appended.
+func Append(to interface{}, from ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	tov, toIsNil := indirect(reflect.ValueOf(to))
+
+	toIsNil = toIsNil || to == nil
+	var tot reflect.Type
+
+	if !toIsNil {
+		if tov.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected a slice, got %T", to)
+		}
+
+		tot = tov.Type().Elem()
+		toIsNil = tov.Len() == 0
+
+		if len(from) == 1 {
+			fromv := reflect.ValueOf(from[0])
+			if fromv.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+				if toIsNil {
+					// If we get nil []string, we just return the []string
+					return from[0], nil
+				}
+
+				fromt := reflect.TypeOf(from[0]).Elem()
+
+				// If we get []string []string, we append the from slice to to
+				if tot == fromt {
+					return reflect.AppendSlice(tov, fromv).Interface(), nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if toIsNil {
+		return Slice(from...), nil
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range from {
+		fv := reflect.ValueOf(f)
+		if tot != fv.Type() {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("append element type mismatch: expected %v, got %v", tot, fv.Type())
+		}
+		tov = reflect.Append(tov, fv)
+	}
+
+	return tov.Interface(), nil
+}
+
+// indirect is borrowed from the Go stdlib: 'text/template/exec.go'
+// TODO(bep) consolidate
+func indirect(v reflect.Value) (rv reflect.Value, isNil bool) {
+	for ; v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr || v.Kind() == reflect.Interface; v = v.Elem() {
+		if v.IsNil() {
+			return v, true
+		}
+		if v.Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.NumMethod() > 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return v, false
+}
diff --git a/common/collections/append_test.go b/common/collections/append_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3361fb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/collections/append_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package collections
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestAppend(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		start    interface{}
+		addend   []interface{}
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{[]string{"a", "b"}, []interface{}{"c"}, []string{"a", "b", "c"}},
+		{[]string{"a", "b"}, []interface{}{"c", "d", "e"}, []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}},
+		{[]string{"a", "b"}, []interface{}{[]string{"c", "d", "e"}}, []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}},
+		{nil, []interface{}{"a", "b"}, []string{"a", "b"}},
+		{nil, []interface{}{nil}, []interface{}{nil}},
+		{[]interface{}{}, []interface{}{[]string{"c", "d", "e"}}, []string{"c", "d", "e"}},
+		{tstSlicers{&tstSlicer{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}},
+			[]interface{}{&tstSlicer{"c"}},
+			tstSlicers{&tstSlicer{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}, &tstSlicer{"c"}}},
+		{&tstSlicers{&tstSlicer{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}},
+			[]interface{}{&tstSlicer{"c"}},
+			tstSlicers{&tstSlicer{"a"},
+				&tstSlicer{"b"},
+				&tstSlicer{"c"}}},
+		// Errors
+		{"", []interface{}{[]string{"a", "b"}}, false},
+		// No string concatenation.
+		{"ab",
+			[]interface{}{"c"},
+			false},
+	} {
+
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[%d]", i)
+
+		result, err := Append(test.start, test.addend...)
+
+		if b, ok := test.expected.(bool); ok && !b {
+			require.Error(t, err, errMsg)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		require.NoError(t, err, errMsg)
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, result) {
+			t.Fatalf("%s got\n%T: %v\nexpected\n%T: %v", errMsg, result, result, test.expected, test.expected)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/common/collections/collections.go b/common/collections/collections.go
index f2dd3071d..bb47c8acc 100644
--- a/common/collections/collections.go
+++ b/common/collections/collections.go
@@ -19,10 +19,3 @@ package collections
 type Grouper interface {
 	Group(key interface{}, items interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 }
-
-// Slicer definse a very generic way to create a typed slice. This is used
-// in collections.Slice template func to get types such as Pages, PageGroups etc.
-// instead of the less useful []interface{}.
-type Slicer interface {
-	Slice(items interface{}) (interface{}, error)
-}
diff --git a/common/collections/slice.go b/common/collections/slice.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..380d3d329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/collections/slice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package collections
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// Slicer definse a very generic way to create a typed slice. This is used
+// in collections.Slice template func to get types such as Pages, PageGroups etc.
+// instead of the less useful []interface{}.
+type Slicer interface {
+	Slice(items interface{}) (interface{}, error)
+}
+
+// Slice returns a slice of all passed arguments.
+func Slice(args ...interface{}) interface{} {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return args
+	}
+
+	first := args[0]
+	firstType := reflect.TypeOf(first)
+
+	if firstType == nil {
+		return args
+	}
+
+	if g, ok := first.(Slicer); ok {
+		v, err := g.Slice(args)
+		if err == nil {
+			return v
+		}
+
+		// If Slice fails, the items are not of the same type and
+		// []interface{} is the best we can do.
+		return args
+	}
+
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		// This can be a mix of types.
+		for i := 1; i < len(args); i++ {
+			if firstType != reflect.TypeOf(args[i]) {
+				// []interface{} is the best we can do
+				return args
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	slice := reflect.MakeSlice(reflect.SliceOf(firstType), len(args), len(args))
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		slice.Index(i).Set(reflect.ValueOf(arg))
+	}
+	return slice.Interface()
+}
diff --git a/common/collections/slice_test.go b/common/collections/slice_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1103e2fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/collections/slice_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package collections
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/alecthomas/assert"
+)
+
+var _ Slicer = (*tstSlicer)(nil)
+var _ Slicer = (*tstSlicerIn1)(nil)
+var _ Slicer = (*tstSlicerIn2)(nil)
+var _ testSlicerInterface = (*tstSlicerIn1)(nil)
+var _ testSlicerInterface = (*tstSlicerIn1)(nil)
+
+type testSlicerInterface interface {
+	Name() string
+}
+
+type testSlicerInterfaces []testSlicerInterface
+
+type tstSlicerIn1 struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+type tstSlicerIn2 struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+type tstSlicer struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+func (p *tstSlicerIn1) Slice(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	items := in.([]interface{})
+	result := make(testSlicerInterfaces, len(items))
+	for i, v := range items {
+		switch vv := v.(type) {
+		case testSlicerInterface:
+			result[i] = vv
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid type")
+		}
+
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (p *tstSlicerIn2) Slice(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	items := in.([]interface{})
+	result := make(testSlicerInterfaces, len(items))
+	for i, v := range items {
+		switch vv := v.(type) {
+		case testSlicerInterface:
+			result[i] = vv
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid type")
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (p *tstSlicerIn1) Name() string {
+	return p.Name()
+}
+
+func (p *tstSlicerIn2) Name() string {
+	return p.Name()
+}
+
+func (p *tstSlicer) Slice(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	items := in.([]interface{})
+	result := make(tstSlicers, len(items))
+	for i, v := range items {
+		switch vv := v.(type) {
+		case *tstSlicer:
+			result[i] = vv
+		default:
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid type")
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+type tstSlicers []*tstSlicer
+
+func TestSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		args     []interface{}
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{[]interface{}{"a", "b"}, []string{"a", "b"}},
+		{[]interface{}{&tstSlicer{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}}, tstSlicers{&tstSlicer{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}}},
+		{[]interface{}{&tstSlicer{"a"}, "b"}, []interface{}{&tstSlicer{"a"}, "b"}},
+		{[]interface{}{}, []interface{}{}},
+		{[]interface{}{nil}, []interface{}{nil}},
+		{[]interface{}{5, "b"}, []interface{}{5, "b"}},
+		{[]interface{}{&tstSlicerIn1{"a"}, &tstSlicerIn2{"b"}}, testSlicerInterfaces{&tstSlicerIn1{"a"}, &tstSlicerIn2{"b"}}},
+		{[]interface{}{&tstSlicerIn1{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}}, []interface{}{&tstSlicerIn1{"a"}, &tstSlicer{"b"}}},
+	} {
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %v", i, test.args)
+
+		result := Slice(test.args...)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expected, result, errMsg)
+	}
+
+	assert.Len(t, Slice(), 0)
+}