Type inference: consider `ignoreAnnotations` in `equals` and `hashCode` by mernst · Pull Request #7979 · typetools/checker-framework

mernst · 2026-08-14T09:58:11Z

ProperType.equals compared only the annotated type, and InferenceType.equals compared only the map and the annotated type. Neither considered ignoreAnnotations, even though it changes behavior: checkAnnotationSubtype returns TRUE without comparing qualifiers when either type sets it. Two such types are therefore not interchangeable, and treating them as equal caused one of them to be discarded when both were added to a set of bounds -- as UseOfVariable.addBound does for a use with a primary annotation.

Both methods now use sameInferenceProblem and inferenceProblemHashCode, as UseOfVariable does and as the contract in AbstractType suggests.

`ProperType.equals` compared only the annotated type, and `InferenceType.equals` compared only the map and the annotated type. Neither considered `ignoreAnnotations`, even though it changes behavior: `checkAnnotationSubtype` returns TRUE without comparing qualifiers when either type sets it. Two such types are therefore not interchangeable, and treating them as equal caused one of them to be discarded when both were added to a set of bounds -- as `UseOfVariable.addBound` does for a use with a primary annotation. Both methods now use `sameInferenceProblem` and `inferenceProblemHashCode`, as `UseOfVariable` does and as the contract in `AbstractType` suggests. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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InferenceType, ProperType, and UseOfVariable now include inference state and qualifier-variable mappings in equality and hash codes. InferenceFactory.lub preserves annotations when operand modes differ. VariableBounds compares annotated type arguments. LubGlbChecker adds regression tests for these behaviors.

Possibly related PRs

typetools/checker-framework#7797: Both PRs modify type-inference equality, hashing, LUB behavior, and bound comparison.
typetools/checker-framework#7849: Both PRs modify InferenceType to preserve inference-related state.
typetools/checker-framework#7960: Both PRs modify equality and hashing in AbstractType subclasses, including UseOfVariable.

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The change makes type equality and hashing account for ignoreAnnotations, while a localized raw-type filtering issue remains in bound comparison. That issue could cause incorrect type-argument inspection for raw types, but it is bounded and suitable for owner follow-up; the PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit awareness.

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A bound set can hold two bounds that differ only in `ignoreAnnotations`, which is what commit a19b87b intends. Three places were not ready for that. `VariableBounds.hasLowerBoundDifferentParam` compared type arguments with `AbstractType.equals`, which also compares `ignoreAnnotations`. That is a property of a bound rather than of a parameterization, so two lower bounds that are the same parameterization were reported as different, sending `InvocationTypeInference` down the compatibility-constraint branch. It now compares the annotated types. `InferenceFactory.lub` took `ignoreAnnotations` from only the first element of the set, so a mixed set in the wrong order yielded an instantiation marked as ignoring annotations, making `checkAnnotationSubtype` unconditionally return TRUE. It now ANDs, as `glb` does; that also makes the result independent of the set's iteration order. `ProperType`, `InferenceType`, and `UseOfVariable` omitted `qualifierVars` from `equals` and `hashCode`, the same gap that a19b87b fixed for `ignoreAnnotations`: two types with different `qualifierVars` have different qualifiers, as `getQualifiers()` shows, so a bound carrying a distinct `QualifierVar` could be dropped as a duplicate. `LubGlbChecker` tests all three. Like the other tests there, they need a `Java8InferenceContext`, which needs a `TreePath`, so they cannot be ordinary JUnit tests. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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211-212: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make equals match hashCode.

hashCode() includes inferenceProblemHashCode() and qualifierVars, but equals() compares only map and type. Two InferenceType instances can therefore compare equal with different hash codes. Hash-based bound collections can retain duplicates or fail to find an equal type.

Include sameInferenceProblem(that) and qualifierVars.equals(that.qualifierVars) in equals().
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     InferenceType that = (InferenceType) o;
-    return map == that.map && type.equals(that.type);
+    return sameInferenceProblem(that)
+        && map == that.map
+        && qualifierVars.equals(that.qualifierVars)
+        && type.equals(that.type);
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equals() must call sameInferenceProblem(that) and compare qualifierVars before comparing map and type. Otherwise, equal instances can have different hash codes. Also add import java.util.Objects; hashCode() currently uses Objects without an import.
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