fix issue 386: Incorrectly identifies channel draining as "empty code… (#415)

* fix issue 386: Incorrectly identifies channel draining as "empty code block"

* updates doc of empty-block rule

README.md

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ List of all available rules. The rules ported from `golint` are left unchanged a
 | [`cyclomatic`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#cyclomatic)          |  int   | Sets restriction for maximum Cyclomatic complexity.              |    no    |  no   |
 | [`max-public-structs`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#max-public-structs)  |  int   | The maximum number of public structs in a file.                  |    no    |  no   |
 | [`file-header`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#file-header)         | string | Header which each file should have.                              |    no    |  no   |
-| [`empty-block`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#empty-block)         |  n/a   | Warns on empty code blocks                                       |    no    |  no   |
+| [`empty-block`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#empty-block)         |  n/a   | Warns on empty code blocks                                       |    no    |  yes   |
 | [`superfluous-else`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#superfluous-else)    |  n/a   | Prevents redundant else statements (extends [`indent-error-flow`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#indent-error-flow)) |    no    |  no   |
 | [`confusing-naming`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#confusing-naming)    |  n/a   | Warns on methods with names that differ only by capitalization   |    no    |  no   |
 | [`get-return`](./RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#get-return)          |  n/a   | Warns on getters that do not yield any result                    |    no    |  no   |

rule/empty-block.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package rule
 
 import (
 	"go/ast"
+	"go/types"
 
 	"github.com/mgechev/revive/lint"
 )
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ func (r *EmptyBlockRule) Apply(file *lint.File, _ lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure
 		failures = append(failures, failure)
 	}
 
-	w := lintEmptyBlock{make([]*ast.BlockStmt, 0), onFailure}
+	err := file.Pkg.TypeCheck()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("unable to type check " + file.Name + ":" + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	w := lintEmptyBlock{make(map[*ast.BlockStmt]bool, 0), file.Pkg, onFailure}
 	ast.Walk(w, file.AST)
 	return failures
 }
@@ -28,49 +34,35 @@ func (r *EmptyBlockRule) Name() string {
 }
 
 type lintEmptyBlock struct {
-	ignore    []*ast.BlockStmt
+	ignore    map[*ast.BlockStmt]bool
+	pkg       *lint.Package
 	onFailure func(lint.Failure)
 }
 
 func (w lintEmptyBlock) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
-	fd, ok := node.(*ast.FuncDecl)
+	switch n := node.(type) {
-	if ok {
+	case *ast.FuncDecl:
-		w.ignore = append(w.ignore, fd.Body)
+		w.ignore[n.Body] = true
 		return w
-	}
+	case *ast.FuncLit:
-
+		w.ignore[n.Body] = true
-	fl, ok := node.(*ast.FuncLit)
-	if ok {
-		w.ignore = append(w.ignore, fl.Body)
 		return w
-	}
+	case *ast.RangeStmt:
+		t := w.pkg.TypeOf(n.X)
 
-	block, ok := node.(*ast.BlockStmt)
+		if _, ok := t.(*types.Chan); ok {
-	if !ok {
+			w.ignore[n.Body] = true
-		return w
 		}
-
+	case *ast.BlockStmt:
-	if mustIgnore(block, w.ignore) {
+		if !w.ignore[n] && len(n.List) == 0 {
-		return w
-	}
-
-	if len(block.List) == 0 {
 			w.onFailure(lint.Failure{
 				Confidence: 1,
-			Node:       block,
+				Node:       n,
 				Category:   "logic",
 				Failure:    "this block is empty, you can remove it",
 			})
 		}
+	}
 
 	return w
 }
-
-func mustIgnore(block *ast.BlockStmt, blackList []*ast.BlockStmt) bool {
-	for _, b := range blackList {
-		if b == block {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}

testdata/empty-block.go

@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 
 package fixtures
 
-func f(x int) bool {} // Must not match
+func f(x int) {} // Must not match
 
 type foo struct{}
 
-func (f foo) f(x *int) string {} // Must not match
+func (f foo) f(x *int)  {} // Must not match
-func (f *foo) g(y *int) string {} // Must not match
+func (f *foo) g(y *int) {} // Must not match
 
-func g(f func() bool) string {
+func g(f func() bool) {
 	{ // MATCH /this block is empty, you can remove it/
 	}
 
-	a := func(e error){} // Must not match
+	_ = func(e error) {} // Must not match
 
 	if ok := f(); ok { // MATCH /this block is empty, you can remove it/
 		// only a comment
@@ -35,4 +35,13 @@ func g(f func() bool) string {
 
 	}
 
+	// issue 386
+	var c = make(chan int)
+	for range c {
+	}
+
+	var s = "a string"
+	for range s { // MATCH /this block is empty, you can remove it/
+	}
+
 }