runtime: print unknown types in panic

R=r
CC=golang-dev
http://codereview.appspot.com/2683041

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/error.go b/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
index 673e77b2c..289d78f49 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ type stringer interface {
 	String() string
 }
 
+func typestring(interface{}) string
+
 // For calling from C.
 // Prints an argument passed to panic.
 // There's room for arbitrary complexity here, but we keep it
@@ -126,6 +128,6 @@ func printany(i interface{}) {
 	case string:
 		print(v)
 	default:
-		print(i)
+		print("(", typestring(i), ") ", i)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/print.c b/src/pkg/runtime/print.c
index aa207e312..cf3788618 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/print.c
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/print.c
@@ -348,3 +348,11 @@ void
 {
 	write(fd, "\n", 1);
 }
+
+void
+·typestring(Eface e, String s)
+{
+	s = *e.type->string;
+	FLUSH(&s);
+}
+