rustc: Comments only - explain the invariant about ty_err and ty_bot a little

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Tim Chevalier 2013-03-21 11:32:57 -07:00
parent db00362313
commit f36f9fc91c

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@ -1127,6 +1127,16 @@ pub fn break_here() {
debug!("break here!");
}
/// Invariant:
/// If an expression has any sub-expressions that result in a type error,
/// inspecting that expression's type with `ty::type_is_error` will return
/// true. Likewise, if an expression is known to diverge, inspecting its
/// type with `ty::type_is_bot` will return true (n.b.: since Rust is
/// strict, _|_ can appear in the type of an expression that does not,
/// itself, diverge: for example, fn() -> _|_.)
/// Note that inspecting a type's structure *directly* may expose the fact
/// that there are actually multiple representations for both `ty_err` and
/// `ty_bot`, so avoid that when err and bot need to be handled differently.
pub fn check_expr_with_unifier(fcx: @mut FnCtxt,
expr: @ast::expr,
expected: Option<ty::t>,