New Issue: Strange behavior in record init when defining a proc= overload as a primary method

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16984, “dlongnecke-cray”, “Strange behavior in record init when defining a proc= overload as a primary method”, “2021-01-22T00:17:29Z”

Summary of Problem

When writing a test, I accidentally defined a proc= overload as a primary method of a record, instead of as a freestanding function. This caused the record’s copy init method to issue strange errors referencing this.complete().

This code works fine if the proc= method is removed or is turned into a function.

Steps to Reproduce

Source Code:

record r {
  var c: int;

  proc init() {
    this.complete();
  }

  proc init(other: r) {
    this.c = other.c; // <-- Error is: "cannot call a method on a record before this.complete()"
    this.complete();
  }

  proc =(ref lhs: r, const ref rhs: r) {}
}

Test Output:

Test.chpl:8: In initializer:
Test.chpl:9: error: cannot call a method on a record before this.complete()
Test.chpl:9: error: field "c" used before it is initialized