Matthias Krüger 1d9fe9cd06
Rollup merge of #90627 - camelid:suggest-box-deref, r=davidtwco
Suggest dereference of `Box` when inner type is expected

For example:

    enum Ty {
        Unit,
        List(Box<Ty>),
    }

    fn foo(x: Ty) -> Ty {
        match x {
            Ty::Unit => Ty::Unit,
            Ty::List(elem) => foo(elem),
        }
    }

Before, the only suggestion was to rewrap `inner` with `Ty::Wrapper`,
which is unhelpful and confusing:

    error[E0308]: mismatched types
     --> src/test/ui/suggestions/boxed-variant-field.rs:9:31
      |
    9 |         Ty::List(elem) => foo(elem),
      |                               ^^^^
      |                               |
      |                               expected enum `Ty`, found struct `Box`
      |                               help: try using a variant of the expected enum: `Ty::List(elem)`
      |
      = note: expected enum `Ty`
               found struct `Box<Ty>`

Now, rustc will first suggest dereferencing the `Box`, which is most
likely what the user intended:

    error[E0308]: mismatched types
     --> src/test/ui/suggestions/boxed-variant-field.rs:9:31
      |
    9 |         Ty::List(elem) => foo(elem),
      |                               ^^^^ expected enum `Ty`, found struct `Box`
      |
      = note: expected enum `Ty`
               found struct `Box<Ty>`
    help: try dereferencing the `Box`
      |
    9 |         Ty::List(elem) => foo(*elem),
      |                               +
    help: try using a variant of the expected enum
      |
    9 |         Ty::List(elem) => foo(Ty::List(elem)),
      |                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

r? ``@davidtwco``
2021-11-06 23:12:04 +01:00
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