compiler: allow deferred panic

This is rare, but apparently some programs do this:

    defer panic("...")

This is emitted in the IR as a builtin function.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testdata/recover.go b/testdata/recover.go
index ced90cfae..c7c02c94a 100644
--- a/testdata/recover.go
+++ b/testdata/recover.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	println("\n# panic replace")
 	panicReplace()
+
+	println("\n# defer panic")
+	deferPanic()
 }
 
 func recoverSimple() {
@@ -89,6 +92,18 @@ func panicReplace() {
 	panic("panic 1")
 }
 
+func deferPanic() {
+	defer func() {
+		printitf("recovered from deferred call:", recover())
+	}()
+
+	// This recover should not do anything.
+	defer recover()
+
+	defer panic("deferred panic")
+	println("defer panic")
+}
+
 func printitf(msg string, itf interface{}) {
 	switch itf := itf.(type) {
 	case string:
diff --git a/testdata/recover.txt b/testdata/recover.txt
index d27649855..357505881 100644
--- a/testdata/recover.txt
+++ b/testdata/recover.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ recovered: panic
 panic 1
 panic 2
 recovered: panic 2
+
+# defer panic
+defer panic
+recovered from deferred call: deferred panic