From cf55db2ad13e5029b8c5dad1e14412df9f26ee21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Gomez Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:05:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve E0119 error explanation --- src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs index 73ee3bbbe5b..0ac6f7ef097 100644 --- a/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs +++ b/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ impl From for i32 { // or you use a type from your crate as E0119: r##" There are conflicting trait implementations for the same type. -Erroneous code example: +Example of erroneous code: ``` trait MyTrait { @@ -1285,7 +1285,10 @@ impl MyTrait for Foo { // error: conflicting implementations for trait } ``` -When you write: +When looking for the implementation for the trait, the compiler finds +both the `impl MyTrait for T` where T is all types and the `impl +MyTrait for Foo`. Since a trait cannot be implemented multiple times, +this is an error. So, when you write: ``` impl MyTrait for T {