From 26439e8d81646959903b2904e02dbf3ab12eb122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Symonds <dsymonds@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:56:09 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/vet: return nil from importType if it fails.

This permits vet to not panic during init if fmt.a is unavailable.

LGTM=r
R=gri, r
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/153590043
---
 cmd/vet/types.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/vet/types.go b/cmd/vet/types.go
index 45c20b03..9f762dd5 100644
--- a/cmd/vet/types.go
+++ b/cmd/vet/types.go
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ func init() {
 func importType(path, name string) types.Type {
 	pkg, err := types.DefaultImport(imports, path)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("import failed: " + err.Error())
+		warnf("import failed: %v", err)
+		return nil
 	}
 	if obj, ok := pkg.Scope().Lookup(name).(*types.TypeName); ok {
 		return obj.Type()
 	}
-	panic("invalid type name: " + name)
+	warnf("invalid type name %q", name)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (pkg *Package) check(fs *token.FileSet, astFiles []*ast.File) error {