target datalayout = "e-m:e-p:32:32-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-f64:32:64-f80:32-n8:16:32-S128" target triple = "i686--linux" %runtime.typecodeID = type { %runtime.typecodeID*, i32, %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo*, %runtime.typecodeID*, i32 } %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo = type { i8*, i32 } @"reflect/types.type:named:error" = linkonce_odr constant %runtime.typecodeID { %runtime.typecodeID* @"reflect/types.type:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}", i32 0, %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo* null, %runtime.typecodeID* null, i32 ptrtoint (i1 (i32)* @"error.$typeassert" to i32) } @"reflect/types.type:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}" = linkonce_odr constant %runtime.typecodeID { %runtime.typecodeID* bitcast ([1 x i8*]* @"reflect/types.interface:interface{Error() string}$interface" to %runtime.typecodeID*), i32 0, %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo* null, %runtime.typecodeID* null, i32 ptrtoint (i1 (i32)* @"error.$typeassert" to i32) } @"reflect/methods.Error() string" = linkonce_odr constant i8 0 @"reflect/types.interface:interface{Error() string}$interface" = linkonce_odr constant [1 x i8*] [i8* @"reflect/methods.Error() string"] @"reflect/methods.Align() int" = linkonce_odr constant i8 0 @"reflect/methods.Implements(reflect.Type) bool" = linkonce_odr constant i8 0 @"reflect.Type$interface" = linkonce_odr constant [2 x i8*] [i8* @"reflect/methods.Align() int", i8* @"reflect/methods.Implements(reflect.Type) bool"] @"reflect/types.type:named:reflect.rawType" = linkonce_odr constant %runtime.typecodeID { %runtime.typecodeID* @"reflect/types.type:basic:uintptr", i32 0, %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo* getelementptr inbounds ([20 x %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo], [20 x %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo]* @"reflect.rawType$methodset", i32 0, i32 0), %runtime.typecodeID* null, i32 0 } @"reflect.rawType$methodset" = linkonce_odr constant [20 x %runtime.interfaceMethodInfo] zeroinitializer @"reflect/types.type:basic:uintptr" = linkonce_odr constant %runtime.typecodeID zeroinitializer ; var errorType = reflect.TypeOf((*error)(nil)).Elem() ; func isError(typ reflect.Type) bool { ; return typ.Implements(errorType) ; } ; The type itself is stored in %typ.value, %typ.typecode just refers to the ; type of reflect.Type. This function can be optimized because errorType is ; known at compile time (after the interp pass has run). define i1 @main.isError(i32 %typ.typecode, i8* %typ.value, i8* %context, i8* %parentHandle) { entry: %result = call i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8* %typ.value, i32 ptrtoint (%runtime.typecodeID* @"reflect/types.type:named:reflect.rawType" to i32), i8* bitcast (%runtime.typecodeID* @"reflect/types.type:named:error" to i8*), i32 %typ.typecode, i8* undef, i8* undef) ret i1 %result } ; This Implements method call can not be optimized because itf is not known at ; compile time. ; func isUnknown(typ, itf reflect.Type) bool { ; return typ.Implements(itf) ; } define i1 @main.isUnknown(i32 %typ.typecode, i8* %typ.value, i32 %itf.typecode, i8* %itf.value, i8* %context, i8* %parentHandle) { entry: %result = call i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8* %typ.value, i32 %itf.typecode, i8* %itf.value, i32 %typ.typecode, i8* undef, i8* undef) ret i1 %result } declare i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8*, i32, i8*, i32, i8*, i8*) #0 declare i1 @"error.$typeassert"(i32) #1 attributes #0 = { "tinygo-invoke"="reflect/methods.Implements(reflect.Type) bool" "tinygo-methods"="reflect/methods.Align() int; reflect/methods.Implements(reflect.Type) bool" } attributes #1 = { "tinygo-methods"="reflect/methods.Error() string" }