rust/src/test/compile-fail/match-ref-mut-invariance.rs
Niko Matsakis 45fae88256 When matching against a pattern (either via match or let) that
contains ref-bindings, do not permit any upcasting from the type of
the value being matched. Similarly, do not permit coercion in a `let`.

This is a [breaking-change] in that it closes a type hole that
previously existed, and in that coercion is not performed. You should
be able to work around the latter by converting:

```rust
let ref mut x: T = expr;
```

into

```rust
let x: T = expr;
let ref mut x = x;
```

Restricting coercion not to apply in the case of `let ref` or `let ref mut` is sort
of unexciting to me, but seems the best solution:

1. Mixing coercion and `let ref` or `let ref mut` is a bit odd, because you are taking
   the address of a (coerced) temporary, but only sometimes. It's not syntactically evident,
   in other words, what's going on. When you're doing a coercion, you're kind of

2. Put another way, I would like to preserve the relationship that
   `equality <= subtyping <= coercion <= as-coercion`, where this is
   an indication of the number of `(T1,T2)` pairs that are accepted by
   the various relations. Trying to mix `let ref mut` and coercion
   would create another kind of relation that is like coercion, but
   acts differently in the case where a precise match is needed.

3. In any case, this is strictly more conservative than what we had
   before and we can undo it in the future if we find a way to make
   coercion mix with type equality.

The change to match I feel ok about but similarly unthrilled. There is
some subtle text already concerning whether to use eqtype or subtype
for identifier bindings. The best fix I think would be to always have
match use strict equality but use subtyping on identifier bindings,
but the comment `(*)` explains why that's not working at the moment.
As above, I think we can change this as we clean up the code there.
2015-03-23 05:30:43 -04:00

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// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.
// Check that when making a ref mut binding with type `&mut T`, the
// type `T` must match precisely the type `U` of the value being
// matched, and in particular cannot be some supertype of `U`. Issue
// #23116. This test focuses on a `match`.
#![allow(dead_code)]
struct S<'b>(&'b i32);
impl<'b> S<'b> {
fn bar<'a>(&'a mut self) -> &'a mut &'a i32 {
match self.0 { ref mut x => x } //~ ERROR mismatched types
}
}
fn main() {}