interp: don't panic in the Store method

Instead return an error, which indicates where it goes wrong. That's
less user unfriendly than panicking.

Author: aykevl

interp/frame.go

@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ func (fr *frame) evalBasicBlock(bb, incoming llvm.BasicBlock, indent string) (re
 			if inst.IsVolatile() {
 				fr.builder.CreateStore(value.Value(), ptr.Value())
 			} else {
-				ptr.Store(value.Value())
+				err := ptr.Store(value.Value())
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, fr.errorAt(inst, err)
+				}
 			}
 		case !inst.IsAGetElementPtrInst().IsNil():
 			value := fr.getLocal(inst.Operand(0))
@@ -422,7 +425,10 @@ func (fr *frame) evalBasicBlock(bb, incoming llvm.BasicBlock, indent string) (re
 					if err != nil {
 						return nil, nil, fr.errorAt(inst, err)
 					}
-					dstArray.Store(val)
+					err = dstArray.Store(val)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, nil, fr.errorAt(inst, err)
+					}
 					// dst++
 					dstArrayValue, err := dstArray.GetElementPtr([]uint32{1})
 					if err != nil {

interp/values.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Value interface {
 	Type() llvm.Type                       // equal to Value().Type()
 	IsConstant() bool                      // returns true if this value is a constant value
 	Load() (llvm.Value, error)             // dereference a pointer
-	Store(llvm.Value)                      // store to a pointer
+	Store(llvm.Value) error                // store to a pointer
 	GetElementPtr([]uint32) (Value, error) // returns an interior pointer
 	String() string                        // string representation, for debugging
 }
@@ -68,38 +68,37 @@ func (v *LocalValue) Load() (llvm.Value, error) {
 }
 
 // Store stores to the underlying value if the value type is a pointer type,
-// otherwise it panics.
-func (v *LocalValue) Store(value llvm.Value) {
+// otherwise it returns an error.
+func (v *LocalValue) Store(value llvm.Value) error {
 	if !v.Underlying.IsAGlobalVariable().IsNil() {
 		if !value.IsConstant() {
 			v.MarkDirty()
 			v.Eval.builder.CreateStore(value, v.Underlying)
 		} else {
 			v.Underlying.SetInitializer(value)
 		}
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	if !value.IsConstant() {
 		v.MarkDirty()
 		v.Eval.builder.CreateStore(value, v.Underlying)
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	switch v.Underlying.Opcode() {
 	case llvm.GetElementPtr:
 		indices := v.getConstGEPIndices()
 		if indices[0] != 0 {
-			panic("invalid GEP")
+			return errors.New("invalid GEP")
 		}
 		global := &LocalValue{v.Eval, v.Underlying.Operand(0)}
 		agg, err := global.Load()
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err) // TODO
+			return err
 		}
 		agg = llvm.ConstInsertValue(agg, value, indices[1:])
-		global.Store(agg)
-		return
+		return global.Store(agg)
 	default:
-		panic("interp: store on a constant")
+		return errors.New("interp: store on a constant")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -313,9 +312,11 @@ func (v *MapValue) Load() (llvm.Value, error) {
 	panic("interp: load from a map")
 }
 
-// Store panics: maps are of reference type so cannot be stored to.
-func (v *MapValue) Store(value llvm.Value) {
-	panic("interp: store on a map")
+// Store returns an error: maps are of reference type so cannot be stored to.
+func (v *MapValue) Store(value llvm.Value) error {
+	// This must be a bug, but it might be helpful to indicate the location
+	// anyway.
+	return errors.New("interp: store on a map")
 }
 
 // GetElementPtr panics: maps are of reference type so their (interior)