attributes: print typed nil values instead of panic (#6574)

Co-authored-by: Easwar Swaminathan <easwars@google.com>

attributes/attributes.go

@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ func (a *Attributes) String() string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
-func str(x any) string {
+func str(x any) (s string) {
 	if v, ok := x.(fmt.Stringer); ok {
-		return v.String()
+		return fmt.Sprint(v)
 	} else if v, ok := x.(string); ok {
 		return v
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("<%p>", x)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", x)
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON helps implement the json.Marshaler interface, thereby rendering

attributes/attributes_test.go

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ func (s stringVal) Equal(o any) bool {
 	return ok && s.s == os.s
 }
 
+type stringerVal struct {
+	s string
+}
+
+func (s stringerVal) String() string {
+	return s.s
+}
+
 func ExampleAttributes() {
 	type keyOne struct{}
 	type keyTwo struct{}
@@ -57,6 +65,36 @@ func ExampleAttributes_WithValue() {
 	// Key two: {two}
 }
 
+func ExampleAttributes_String() {
+	type key struct{}
+	var typedNil *stringerVal
+	a1 := attributes.New(key{}, typedNil)            // typed nil implements [fmt.Stringer]
+	a2 := attributes.New(key{}, (*stringerVal)(nil)) // typed nil implements [fmt.Stringer]
+	a3 := attributes.New(key{}, (*stringVal)(nil))   // typed nil not implements [fmt.Stringer]
+	a4 := attributes.New(key{}, nil)                 // untyped nil
+	a5 := attributes.New(key{}, 1)
+	a6 := attributes.New(key{}, stringerVal{s: "two"})
+	a7 := attributes.New(key{}, stringVal{s: "two"})
+	a8 := attributes.New(1, true)
+	fmt.Println("a1:", a1.String())
+	fmt.Println("a2:", a2.String())
+	fmt.Println("a3:", a3.String())
+	fmt.Println("a4:", a4.String())
+	fmt.Println("a5:", a5.String())
+	fmt.Println("a6:", a6.String())
+	fmt.Println("a7:", a7.String())
+	fmt.Println("a8:", a8.String())
+	// Output:
+	// a1: {"attributes_test.key{}": "<nil>" }
+	// a2: {"attributes_test.key{}": "<nil>" }
+	// a3: {"attributes_test.key{}": "(*attributes_test.stringVal)(nil)" }
+	// a4: {"attributes_test.key{}": "<nil>" }
+	// a5: {"attributes_test.key{}": "1" }
+	// a6: {"attributes_test.key{}": "two" }
+	// a7: {"attributes_test.key{}": "attributes_test.stringVal{s:\"two\"}" }
+	// a8: {"1": "true" }
+}
+
 // Test that two attributes with the same content are Equal.
 func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	type keyOne struct{}

resolver_test.go

@@ -142,3 +142,23 @@ func (s) TestResolverAddressesToEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for endpoints")
 	}
 }
+
+// Test ensures that there is no panic if the attributes within
+// resolver.State.Addresses contains a typed-nil value.
+func (s) TestResolverAddressesWithTypedNilAttribute(t *testing.T) {
+	r := manual.NewBuilderWithScheme(t.Name())
+	resolver.Register(r)
+
+	addrAttr := attributes.New("typed_nil", (*stringerVal)(nil))
+	r.InitialState(resolver.State{Addresses: []resolver.Address{{Addr: "addr1", Attributes: addrAttr}}})
+
+	cc, err := Dial(r.Scheme()+":///", WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()), WithResolvers(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error dialing: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer cc.Close()
+}
+
+type stringerVal struct{ s string }
+
+func (s stringerVal) String() string { return s.s }