PR# 19984 Conversion queries: generic convert types with same base class
Problem Report Summary
Submitter: gobobe
Category: Compiler
Priority: Low
Date: 2026/05/25
Class: Bug
Severity: Non-critical
Number: 19984
Release: 25.12.9.8922
Confidential: No
Status: Open
Responsible:
Environment: win
Synopsis: Conversion queries: generic convert types with same base class
Description
The validity rule VYCQ-4 does not allow two convert types from conversion queries to have the same base class.
But EiffelStudio fails to report this validity rule.
In the example below, class `BB [G]` declares two conversion queries of the form `f: {CC [INTEGER]}` and `g: {CC [G]}`, but the two convert types have the same base class. This violates VYCQ-4. Indeed, for the actual generic derivation `BB [INTEGER]` there is an ambiguity between `f` and `g`.
--
Eric Bezault
To Reproduce
class AA
create
make
feature
make
local
b: BB [INTEGER]
c: CC [INTEGER]
do
create b
c := b
end
end
~~~~
class BB [G]
convert
f: {CC [INTEGER]},
g: {CC [G]}
feature
f: CC [INTEGER]
do
create Result
end
g: CC [G]
do
create Result
end
end
~~~~
class CC [G]
end
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