Brad Fitzpatrick 86f42ea87b cmd/cloner, cmd/viewer: handle named map/slice types with Clone/View methods
The cloner and viewer code generators didn't handle named types
with basic underlying types (map/slice) that have their own Clone
or View methods. For example, a type like:

    type Map map[string]any
    func (m Map) Clone() Map { ... }
    func (m Map) View() MapView { ... }

When used as a struct field, the cloner would descend into the
underlying map[string]any and fail because it can't clone the any
(interface{}) value type. Similarly, the viewer would try to create
a MapFnOf view and fail.

Fix the cloner to check for a Clone method on the named type
before falling through to the underlying type handling.

Fix the viewer to check for a View method on named map/slice types,
so the type author can provide a purpose-built safe view that
doesn't leak raw any values. Named map/slice types without a View
method fall through to normal handling, which correctly rejects
types like map[string]any as unsupported.

Updates tailscale/corp#39502 (needed by tailscale/corp#39594)

Change-Id: Iaef0192a221e02b4b8e409c99ef8398090327744
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2026-04-05 20:20:32 -07:00
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