Merge pull request #236 from scala/backport-lts-3.3-22368

Backport "Check if a prefix is valid before selecting from a type" to 3.3 LTS

Author: tgodzik

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/TypeAssigner.scala

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ trait TypeAssigner {
           else
             qualType.findMember(name, pre)
 
-        if reallyExists(mbr) then qualType.select(name, mbr)
+        if reallyExists(mbr) && NamedType.validPrefix(qualType) then qualType.select(name, mbr)
         else if qualType.isErroneous || name.toTermName == nme.ERROR then UnspecifiedErrorType
         else NoType
   end selectionType

tests/neg/i22357.check

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Error: tests/neg/i22357.scala:1:0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+1 |@([A] =>> Int) // error
+  |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  |[A] =>> Int does not have a constructor

tests/neg/i22357.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@([A] =>> Int) // error
+def i = 1

tests/neg/i22357a.check

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Error: tests/neg/i22357a.scala:2:6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+2 |  new ([A] =>> Int)(2) // error
+  |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+  |      [A] =>> Int does not have a constructor

tests/neg/i22357a.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def main =
+  new ([A] =>> Int)(2) // error