Why does this code "compile" without error (but will always fail at runtime)?

[Danny Tuppeny]

I would expect this code to give warnings in the IDE, but it doesn't (yet it will always fail at runtime). Is this a bug, or is there some reason for it?

// DartPad: https://dartpad.dartlang.org/95b5a13473d4ea3e6c73

void main() {

  var name = "Danny";

  print(name());

}

If I change var to String, then I get the warning I expect. But I thought the analyser inferred types (this seems like a very simple case)?

[Lasse R.H. Nielsen]

Seems the analyzer doesn't recognize the call the same way it would recognize it if you wrote "name.x()". The latter does give a hint, but "name()" should as well (it's equivalent to "name.call()", which does cause a hint).

The analyzer has some issues with calls, I don't know if this is related: http://dartbug.com/12733

/L

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[Danny Tuppeny]

Ok, I'll re-post to the analyser list for discussion there; wasn't sure if I was overlooking something. Ta!

[Paul Berry]

In case anyone is curious and doesn't follow the analyzer list, I've filed a bug for this: https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/detail?id=23384