12ea0f6112
Improve error msgs when found type is deref of expected
This improves help messages in two cases:
- When expected type is `T` and found type is `&T`, we now look through blocks
and suggest dereferencing the expression of the block, rather than the whole
block.
- In the above case, if the expression is an `&`, we not suggest removing the
`&` instead of adding `*`.
Both of these are demonstrated in the regression test. Before this patch the
first error in the test would be:
error[E0308]: `if` and `else` have incompatible types
--> test.rs:8:9
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5 | / if true {
6 | | a
| | - expected because of this
7 | | } else {
8 | | b
| | ^ expected `usize`, found `&usize`
9 | | };
| |_____- `if` and `else` have incompatible types
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help: consider dereferencing the borrow
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7 | } else *{
8 | b
9 | };
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Now:
error[E0308]: `if` and `else` have incompatible types
--> test.rs:8:9
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5 | / if true {
6 | | a
| | - expected because of this
7 | | } else {
8 | | b
| | ^
| | |
| | expected `usize`, found `&usize`
| | help: consider dereferencing the borrow: `*b`
9 | | };
| |_____- `if` and `else` have incompatible types
The second error:
error[E0308]: `if` and `else` have incompatible types
--> test.rs:14:9
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11 | / if true {
12 | | 1
| | - expected because of this
13 | | } else {
14 | | &1
| | ^^ expected integer, found `&{integer}`
15 | | };
| |_____- `if` and `else` have incompatible types
|
help: consider dereferencing the borrow
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13 | } else *{
14 | &1
15 | };
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now:
error[E0308]: `if` and `else` have incompatible types
--> test.rs:14:9
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11 | / if true {
12 | | 1
| | - expected because of this
13 | | } else {
14 | | &1
| | ^-
| | ||
| | |help: consider removing the `&`: `1`
| | expected integer, found `&{integer}`
15 | | };
| |_____- `if` and `else` have incompatible types
Fixes #82361
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README.md
For high-level intro to how type checking works in rustc, see the type checking chapter of the rustc dev guide.