Auto merge of #45880 - arielb1:never-coerce, r=<try>

[needs crater] make coercions to `!` in unreachable code a hard error

This was added to cover up a lazy extra semicolon in #35849, but does
not actually make sense. This is removed as a part of the stabilization
of `never_type`.

Author: bors

src/librustc/lint/builtin.rs

@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ declare_lint! {
     "detect mut variables which don't need to be mutable"
 }
 
+declare_lint! {
+    pub COERCE_NEVER,
+    Deny,
+    "detect coercion to !"
+}
+
 /// Does nothing as a lint pass, but registers some `Lint`s
 /// which are used by other parts of the compiler.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
@@ -263,7 +269,8 @@ impl LintPass for HardwiredLints {
             LATE_BOUND_LIFETIME_ARGUMENTS,
             DEPRECATED,
             UNUSED_UNSAFE,
-            UNUSED_MUT
+            UNUSED_MUT,
+            COERCE_NEVER
         )
     }
 }

src/librustc_lint/lib.rs

@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ pub fn register_builtins(store: &mut lint::LintStore, sess: Option<&Session>) {
             id: LintId::of(LATE_BOUND_LIFETIME_ARGUMENTS),
             reference: "issue #42868 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42868>",
         },
+        FutureIncompatibleInfo {
+            id: LintId::of(COERCE_NEVER),
+            reference: "issue #42869 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42869>",
+        },
         ]);
 
     // Register renamed and removed lints

src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ use rustc::hir;
 use rustc::hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc::infer::{Coercion, InferResult, InferOk};
 use rustc::infer::type_variable::TypeVariableOrigin;
+use rustc::lint;
 use rustc::traits::{self, ObligationCause, ObligationCauseCode};
 use rustc::ty::adjustment::{Adjustment, Adjust, AutoBorrow};
 use rustc::ty::{self, LvaluePreference, TypeAndMut,
@@ -754,7 +755,15 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
         // type, but only if the source expression diverges.
         if target.is_never() && expr_diverges.always() {
             debug!("permit coercion to `!` because expr diverges");
-            return Ok(target);
+            if self.can_eq(self.param_env, source, target).is_err() {
+                self.tcx.lint_node(
+                    lint::builtin::COERCE_NEVER,
+                    expr.id,
+                    expr.span,
+                    &format!("cannot coerce `{}` to !", source)
+                );
+                return Ok(target);
+            }
         }
 
         let cause = self.cause(expr.span, ObligationCauseCode::ExprAssignable);

src/test/compile-fail/coerce-to-bang-cast.rs

@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 
 fn foo(x: usize, y: !, z: usize) { }
 
+#[deny(coerce_never)]
 fn cast_a() {
     let y = {return; 22} as !;
+    //~^ ERROR cannot coerce `i32` to !
+    //~| hard error
 }
 
 fn cast_b() {

src/test/compile-fail/coerce-to-bang.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #![feature(never_type)]
+#![deny(coerce_never)]
 
 fn foo(x: usize, y: !, z: usize) { }
 
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ fn call_foo_a() {
     // the coercion to `!`, but within same expression. Not clear that
     // these are the rules we want.
     foo(return, 22, 44);
+    //~^ ERROR cannot coerce `{integer}` to !
+    //~| hard error
 }
 
 fn call_foo_b() {
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ fn call_foo_d() {
     let b = 22;
     let c = 44;
     foo(a, b, c); // ... and hence a reference to `a` is expected to diverge.
+    //~^ ERROR cannot coerce `{integer}` to !
+    //~| hard error
 }
 
 fn call_foo_e() {
@@ -75,6 +80,8 @@ fn tuple_a() {
 fn tuple_b() {
     // Divergence happens before coercion: OK
     let x: (usize, !, usize) = (return, 44, 66);
+    //~^ ERROR cannot coerce `{integer}` to !
+    //~| hard error
 }
 
 fn tuple_c() {

src/test/compile-fail/diverging-fn-tail-35849.rs

@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-fn _converge() -> ! {
-    42 //~ ERROR mismatched types
+#[deny(coerce_never)]
+fn assert_sizeof() -> ! {
+    unsafe {
+        ::std::mem::transmute::<f64, [u8; 8]>(panic!())
+            //~^ ERROR cannot coerce `[u8; 8]` to !
+            //~| hard error
+    }
 }
 
 fn main() { }
-

src/test/run-pass/diverging-fn-tail-35849.rs

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#[allow(coerce_never)]
 fn assert_sizeof() -> ! {
     unsafe {
         ::std::mem::transmute::<f64, [u8; 8]>(panic!())
     }
 }
 
 fn main() { }
-

src/test/ui/reachable/expr_unary.stderr

@@ -10,11 +10,21 @@ note: lint level defined here
 14 | #![deny(unreachable_code)]
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+error: cannot coerce `{integer}` to !
+  --> $DIR/expr_unary.rs:18:28
+   |
+18 |     let x: ! = ! { return; 22 };
+   |                            ^^
+   |
+   = note: #[deny(coerce_never)] on by default
+   = warning: this was previously accepted by the compiler but is being phased out; it will become a hard error in a future release!
+   = note: for more information, see issue #42869 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42869>
+
 error[E0600]: cannot apply unary operator `!` to type `!`
   --> $DIR/expr_unary.rs:18:16
    |
 18 |     let x: ! = ! { return; 22 };
    |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors