fmt: fix internal unknownType function

This thing should never be called, but before
151960044 it was being called, incorrectly.
This is now just a precaution but let's pretend it
Fixes issue 8843
even though that was fixed by 151960044.
The test case was already there and ran, another mystery.

LGTM=rsc
R=rsc
CC=golang-codereviews
https://codereview.appspot.com/151970043

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/fmt/print.go b/src/fmt/print.go
index 679c577db..de69e90fb 100644
--- a/src/fmt/print.go
+++ b/src/fmt/print.go
@@ -297,13 +297,13 @@ func parsenum(s string, start, end int) (num int, isnum bool, newi int) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (p *pp) unknownType(v interface{}) {
-	if v == nil {
+func (p *pp) unknownType(v reflect.Value) {
+	if !v.IsValid() {
 		p.buf.Write(nilAngleBytes)
 		return
 	}
 	p.buf.WriteByte('?')
-	p.buf.WriteString(reflect.TypeOf(v).String())
+	p.buf.WriteString(v.Type().String())
 	p.buf.WriteByte('?')
 }