make LUB/GLB of higher-ranked things actually do EQ

src/librustc/infer/glb.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use super::Subtype;
 
 use traits::ObligationCause;
 use ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt};
+use ty::error::TypeError;
 use ty::relate::{Relate, RelateResult, TypeRelation};
 
 /// "Greatest lower bound" (common subtype)
@@ -74,7 +75,29 @@ impl<'combine, 'infcx, 'gcx, 'tcx> TypeRelation<'infcx, 'gcx, 'tcx>
                   -> RelateResult<'tcx, ty::Binder<T>>
         where T: Relate<'tcx>
     {
-        self.fields.higher_ranked_glb(a, b, self.a_is_expected)
+        let was_error = self.infcx().probe(|_snapshot| {
+            // Subtle: use a fresh combine-fields here because we recover
+            // from Err. Doing otherwise could propagate obligations out
+            // through our `self.obligations` field.
+            self.infcx()
+                .combine_fields(self.fields.trace.clone(), self.fields.param_env)
+                .higher_ranked_glb(a, b, self.a_is_expected)
+                .is_err()
+        });
+
+        // When higher-ranked types are involved, computing the LUB is
+        // very challenging, switch to invariance. This is obviously
+        // overly conservative but works ok in practice.
+        match self.relate_with_variance(ty::Variance::Invariant, a, b) {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(a.clone()),
+            Err(err) => {
+                if !was_error {
+                    Err(TypeError::OldStyleLUB(Box::new(err)))
+                } else {
+                    Err(err)
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/librustc/infer/lub.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use super::Subtype;
 
 use traits::ObligationCause;
 use ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt};
+use ty::error::TypeError;
 use ty::relate::{Relate, RelateResult, TypeRelation};
 
 /// "Least upper bound" (common supertype)
@@ -74,7 +75,29 @@ impl<'combine, 'infcx, 'gcx, 'tcx> TypeRelation<'infcx, 'gcx, 'tcx>
                   -> RelateResult<'tcx, ty::Binder<T>>
         where T: Relate<'tcx>
     {
-        self.fields.higher_ranked_lub(a, b, self.a_is_expected)
+        let was_error = self.infcx().probe(|_snapshot| {
+            // Subtle: use a fresh combine-fields here because we recover
+            // from Err. Doing otherwise could propagate obligations out
+            // through our `self.obligations` field.
+            self.infcx()
+                .combine_fields(self.fields.trace.clone(), self.fields.param_env)
+                .higher_ranked_lub(a, b, self.a_is_expected)
+                .is_err()
+        });
+
+        // When higher-ranked types are involved, computing the LUB is
+        // very challenging, switch to invariance. This is obviously
+        // overly conservative but works ok in practice.
+        match self.relate_with_variance(ty::Variance::Invariant, a, b) {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(a.clone()),
+            Err(err) => {
+                if !was_error {
+                    Err(TypeError::OldStyleLUB(Box::new(err)))
+                } else {
+                    Err(err)
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/librustc/ty/error.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ pub enum TypeError<'tcx> {
     ProjectionBoundsLength(ExpectedFound<usize>),
     TyParamDefaultMismatch(ExpectedFound<type_variable::Default<'tcx>>),
     ExistentialMismatch(ExpectedFound<&'tcx ty::Slice<ty::ExistentialPredicate<'tcx>>>),
+
+    OldStyleLUB(Box<TypeError<'tcx>>),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
@@ -170,6 +172,9 @@ impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for TypeError<'tcx> {
                 report_maybe_different(f, format!("trait `{}`", values.expected),
                                        format!("trait `{}`", values.found))
             }
+            OldStyleLUB(ref err) => {
+                write!(f, "{}", err)
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs

@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Lift<'tcx> for ty::error::TypeError<'a> {
             TyParamDefaultMismatch(ref x) => {
                 return tcx.lift(x).map(TyParamDefaultMismatch)
             }
-            ExistentialMismatch(ref x) => return tcx.lift(x).map(ExistentialMismatch)
+            ExistentialMismatch(ref x) => return tcx.lift(x).map(ExistentialMismatch),
+            OldStyleLUB(ref x) => return tcx.lift(x).map(OldStyleLUB),
         })
     }
 }
@@ -1174,6 +1175,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for ty::error::TypeError<'tcx> {
             Sorts(x) => Sorts(x.fold_with(folder)),
             TyParamDefaultMismatch(ref x) => TyParamDefaultMismatch(x.fold_with(folder)),
             ExistentialMismatch(x) => ExistentialMismatch(x.fold_with(folder)),
+            OldStyleLUB(ref x) => OldStyleLUB(x.fold_with(folder)),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1191,6 +1193,7 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for ty::error::TypeError<'tcx> {
                 b.visit_with(visitor)
             },
             Sorts(x) => x.visit_with(visitor),
+            OldStyleLUB(ref x) => x.visit_with(visitor),
             TyParamDefaultMismatch(ref x) => x.visit_with(visitor),
             ExistentialMismatch(x) => x.visit_with(visitor),
             Mismatch |

src/test/run-pass/lub-glb-with-unbound-infer-var.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// Test for a specific corner case: when we compute the LUB of two fn
+// types and their parameters have unbound variables. In that case, we
+// wind up relating those two variables. This was causing an ICE in an
+// in-progress PR.
+
+fn main() {
+    let a_f: fn(_) = |_| ();
+    let b_f: fn(_) = |_| ();
+    let c_f = match 22 {
+        0 => a_f,
+        _ => b_f,
+    };
+    c_f(4);
+}