rust/src/test/compile-fail/recursion.rs

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//~^^^^^^^^^^ ERROR overflow
//
// We also get a second error message at the top of file (dummy
// span). This is not helpful, but also kind of annoying to prevent,
// so for now just live with it, since we also get a second message
// that is more helpful.

enum Nil {NilValue}
struct Cons<T> {head:int, tail:T}
trait Dot {fn dot(&self, other:Self) -> int;}
impl Dot for Nil {
  fn dot(&self, _:Nil) -> int {0}
}
impl<T:Dot> Dot for Cons<T> {
  fn dot(&self, other:Cons<T>) -> int {
    self.head * other.head + self.tail.dot(other.tail)
  }
}
fn test<T:Dot> (n:int, i:int, first:T, second:T) ->int {
  match n {    0 => {first.dot(second)}
      //~^ ERROR: reached the recursion limit during monomorphization
      // Error message should be here. It should be a type error
      // to instantiate `test` at a type other than T. (See #4287)
    _ => {test (n-1, i+1, Cons {head:2*i+1, tail:first}, Cons{head:i*i, tail:second})}
  }
}
pub fn main() {
  let n = test(1, 0, Nil::NilValue, Nil::NilValue);
  println!("{}", n);
}