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._interface = type { i8*, i8* } @"reflect/types.type:named:error" = internal constant { i8, i8*, i8* } { i8 52, i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8* }, { i8, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:pointer:named:error", i32 0, i32 0), i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8* }, { i8, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}", i32 0, i32 0) }, align 4 @"reflect/types.type:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}" = internal constant { i8, i8* } { i8 20, i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8* }, { i8, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:pointer:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}", i32 0, i32 0) }, align 4 @"reflect/types.type:pointer:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}" = internal constant { i8, i8* } { i8 21, i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8* }, { i8, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}", i32 0, i32 0) }, align 4 @"reflect/types.type:pointer:named:error" = internal constant { i8, i8* } { i8 21, i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8*, i8* }, { i8, i8*, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:named:error", i32 0, i32 0) }, align 4 @"reflect/types.type:pointer:named:reflect.rawType" = internal constant { i8*, i8, i8* } { i8* null, i8 21, i8* null }, align 4 @"reflect/methods.Implements(reflect.Type) bool" = internal constant i8 0, align 1 ; 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(i8* %typ.typecode, i8* %typ.value, i8* %context) { entry: %result = call i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8* %typ.value, i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8*, i8, i8* }, { i8*, i8, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:pointer:named:reflect.rawType", i32 0, i32 1), i8* getelementptr inbounds ({ i8, i8*, i8* }, { i8, i8*, i8* }* @"reflect/types.type:named:error", i32 0, i32 0), i8* %typ.typecode, i8* undef) ret i1 %result } ; This Implements method call can not be optimized because itf is not known at ; compile time. ; func isUnknown(typ, itf reflect.Type) bool { ; return typ.Implements(itf) ; } define i1 @main.isUnknown(i8* %typ.typecode, i8* %typ.value, i8* %itf.typecode, i8* %itf.value, i8* %context) { entry: %result = call i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8* %typ.value, i8* %itf.typecode, i8* %itf.value, i8* %typ.typecode, i8* undef) ret i1 %result } declare i1 @"reflect.Type.Implements$invoke"(i8*, i8*, i8*, i8*, i8*) #0 declare i1 @"interface:{Error:func:{}{basic:string}}.$typeassert"(i8* %0) #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" }