Auto merge of rust-lang#109010 - compiler-errors:rtn, r=eholk

Initial support for return type notation (RTN)

See: https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2023/02/13/return-type-notation-send-bounds-part-2/

1. Only supports `T: Trait<method(): Send>` style bounds, not `<T as Trait>::method(): Send`. Checking validity and injecting an implicit binder for all of the late-bound method generics is harder to do for the latter.
    * I'd add this in a follow-up.
3. ~Doesn't support RTN in general type position, i.e. no `let x: <T as Trait>::method() = ...`~
    * I don't think we actually want this.
5. Doesn't add syntax for "eliding" the function args -- i.e. for now, we write `method(): Send` instead of `method(..): Send`.
    * May be a hazard if we try to add it in the future. I'll probably add it in a follow-up later, with a structured suggestion to change `method()` to `method(..)` once we add it.
7. ~I'm not in love with the feature gate name 😺~
    * I renamed it to `return_type_notation` ✔️

Follow-up PRs will probably add support for `where T::method(): Send` bounds. I'm not sure if we ever want to support return-type-notation in arbitrary type positions. I may also make the bounds require `..` in the args list later.

r? `@ghost`

compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs

@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ pub enum GenericArgs {
     AngleBracketed(AngleBracketedArgs),
     /// The `(A, B)` and `C` in `Foo(A, B) -> C`.
     Parenthesized(ParenthesizedArgs),
+    /// Associated return type bounds, like `T: Trait<method(..): Send>`
+    /// which applies the `Send` bound to the return-type of `method`.
+    ReturnTypeNotation(Span),
 }
 
 impl GenericArgs {
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ impl GenericArgs {
         match self {
             AngleBracketed(data) => data.span,
             Parenthesized(data) => data.span,
+            ReturnTypeNotation(span) => *span,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -231,15 +235,15 @@ impl AngleBracketedArg {
     }
 }
 
-impl Into<Option<P<GenericArgs>>> for AngleBracketedArgs {
-    fn into(self) -> Option<P<GenericArgs>> {
-        Some(P(GenericArgs::AngleBracketed(self)))
+impl Into<P<GenericArgs>> for AngleBracketedArgs {
+    fn into(self) -> P<GenericArgs> {
+        P(GenericArgs::AngleBracketed(self))
     }
 }
 
-impl Into<Option<P<GenericArgs>>> for ParenthesizedArgs {
-    fn into(self) -> Option<P<GenericArgs>> {
-        Some(P(GenericArgs::Parenthesized(self)))
+impl Into<P<GenericArgs>> for ParenthesizedArgs {
+    fn into(self) -> P<GenericArgs> {
+        P(GenericArgs::Parenthesized(self))
     }
 }
 

compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs

@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ pub fn noop_visit_generic_args<T: MutVisitor>(generic_args: &mut GenericArgs, vi
     match generic_args {
         GenericArgs::AngleBracketed(data) => vis.visit_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(data),
         GenericArgs::Parenthesized(data) => vis.visit_parenthesized_parameter_data(data),
+        GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(_span) => {}
     }
 }
 

compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs

@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ where
             walk_list!(visitor, visit_ty, &data.inputs);
             walk_fn_ret_ty(visitor, &data.output);
         }
+        GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(_span) => {}
     }
 }
 

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/messages.ftl

@@ -139,3 +139,15 @@ ast_lowering_trait_fn_async =
     .label = `async` because of this
     .note = `async` trait functions are not currently supported
     .note2 = consider using the `async-trait` crate: https://crates.io/crates/async-trait
+
+ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_inputs =
+    argument types not allowed with return type notation
+    .suggestion = remove the input types
+
+ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_needs_dots =
+    return type notation arguments must be elided with `..`
+    .suggestion = add `..`
+
+ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_output =
+    return type not allowed with return type notation
+    .suggestion = remove the return type

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/errors.rs

@@ -347,3 +347,25 @@ pub struct TraitFnAsync {
     #[label]
     pub span: Span,
 }
+
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+pub enum BadReturnTypeNotation {
+    #[diag(ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_inputs)]
+    Inputs {
+        #[primary_span]
+        #[suggestion(code = "(..)", applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
+        span: Span,
+    },
+    #[diag(ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_needs_dots)]
+    NeedsDots {
+        #[primary_span]
+        #[suggestion(code = "(..)", applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
+        span: Span,
+    },
+    #[diag(ast_lowering_bad_return_type_notation_output)]
+    Output {
+        #[primary_span]
+        #[suggestion(code = "", applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
+        span: Span,
+    },
+}

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ use rustc_middle::{
     span_bug,
     ty::{ResolverAstLowering, TyCtxt},
 };
-use rustc_session::parse::feature_err;
+use rustc_session::parse::{add_feature_diagnostics, feature_err};
 use rustc_span::hygiene::MacroKind;
 use rustc_span::source_map::DesugaringKind;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym, Ident, Symbol};
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ enum ParamMode {
 }
 
 enum ParenthesizedGenericArgs {
-    Ok,
+    ParenSugar,
     Err,
 }
 
@@ -987,14 +987,56 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                 GenericArgs::AngleBracketed(data) => {
                     self.lower_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(data, ParamMode::Explicit, itctx).0
                 }
+                &GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(span) => GenericArgsCtor {
+                    args: Default::default(),
+                    bindings: &[],
+                    parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::ReturnTypeNotation,
+                    span,
+                },
                 GenericArgs::Parenthesized(data) => {
-                    self.emit_bad_parenthesized_trait_in_assoc_ty(data);
-                    self.lower_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(
-                        &data.as_angle_bracketed_args(),
-                        ParamMode::Explicit,
-                        itctx,
-                    )
-                    .0
+                    if let Some(start_char) = constraint.ident.as_str().chars().next()
+                        && start_char.is_ascii_lowercase()
+                    {
+                        let mut err = if !data.inputs.is_empty() {
+                            self.tcx.sess.create_err(errors::BadReturnTypeNotation::Inputs {
+                                span: data.inputs_span,
+                            })
+                        } else if let FnRetTy::Ty(ty) = &data.output {
+                            self.tcx.sess.create_err(errors::BadReturnTypeNotation::Output {
+                                span: data.inputs_span.shrink_to_hi().to(ty.span),
+                            })
+                        } else {
+                            self.tcx.sess.create_err(errors::BadReturnTypeNotation::NeedsDots {
+                                span: data.inputs_span,
+                            })
+                        };
+                        if !self.tcx.features().return_type_notation
+                            && self.tcx.sess.is_nightly_build()
+                        {
+                            add_feature_diagnostics(
+                                &mut err,
+                                &self.tcx.sess.parse_sess,
+                                sym::return_type_notation,
+                            );
+                        }
+                        err.emit();
+                        GenericArgsCtor {
+                            args: Default::default(),
+                            bindings: &[],
+                            parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::ReturnTypeNotation,
+                            span: data.span,
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        self.emit_bad_parenthesized_trait_in_assoc_ty(data);
+                        // FIXME(return_type_notation): we could issue a feature error
+                        // if the parens are empty and there's no return type.
+                        self.lower_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(
+                            &data.as_angle_bracketed_args(),
+                            ParamMode::Explicit,
+                            itctx,
+                        )
+                        .0
+                    }
                 }
             };
             gen_args_ctor.into_generic_args(self)
@@ -2075,7 +2117,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         let future_args = self.arena.alloc(hir::GenericArgs {
             args: &[],
             bindings: arena_vec![self; self.output_ty_binding(span, output_ty)],
-            parenthesized: false,
+            parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::No,
             span_ext: DUMMY_SP,
         });
 
@@ -2595,13 +2637,15 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
 struct GenericArgsCtor<'hir> {
     args: SmallVec<[hir::GenericArg<'hir>; 4]>,
     bindings: &'hir [hir::TypeBinding<'hir>],
-    parenthesized: bool,
+    parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses,
     span: Span,
 }
 
 impl<'hir> GenericArgsCtor<'hir> {
     fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.args.is_empty() && self.bindings.is_empty() && !self.parenthesized
+        self.args.is_empty()
+            && self.bindings.is_empty()
+            && self.parenthesized == hir::GenericArgsParentheses::No
     }
 
     fn into_generic_args(self, this: &LoweringContext<'_, 'hir>) -> &'hir hir::GenericArgs<'hir> {

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/path.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym, Ident};
 use rustc_span::{BytePos, Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
 use smallvec::{smallvec, SmallVec};
+use thin_vec::ThinVec;
 
 impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
     #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
@@ -51,18 +52,18 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                     let parenthesized_generic_args = match base_res {
                         // `a::b::Trait(Args)`
                         Res::Def(DefKind::Trait, _) if i + 1 == proj_start => {
-                            ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Ok
+                            ParenthesizedGenericArgs::ParenSugar
                         }
                         // `a::b::Trait(Args)::TraitItem`
                         Res::Def(DefKind::AssocFn, _)
                         | Res::Def(DefKind::AssocConst, _)
                         | Res::Def(DefKind::AssocTy, _)
                             if i + 2 == proj_start =>
                         {
-                            ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Ok
+                            ParenthesizedGenericArgs::ParenSugar
                         }
                         // Avoid duplicated errors.
-                        Res::Err => ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Ok,
+                        Res::Err => ParenthesizedGenericArgs::ParenSugar,
                         // An error
                         _ => ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Err,
                     };
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                     self.lower_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(data, param_mode, itctx)
                 }
                 GenericArgs::Parenthesized(data) => match parenthesized_generic_args {
-                    ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Ok => {
+                    ParenthesizedGenericArgs::ParenSugar => {
                         self.lower_parenthesized_parameter_data(data, itctx)
                     }
                     ParenthesizedGenericArgs::Err => {
@@ -218,13 +219,25 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                         )
                     }
                 },
+                &GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(span) => {
+                    self.tcx.sess.emit_err(GenericTypeWithParentheses { span, sub: None });
+                    (
+                        self.lower_angle_bracketed_parameter_data(
+                            &AngleBracketedArgs { span, args: ThinVec::default() },
+                            param_mode,
+                            itctx,
+                        )
+                        .0,
+                        false,
+                    )
+                }
             }
         } else {
             (
                 GenericArgsCtor {
                     args: Default::default(),
                     bindings: &[],
-                    parenthesized: false,
+                    parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::No,
                     span: path_span.shrink_to_hi(),
                 },
                 param_mode == ParamMode::Optional,
@@ -233,7 +246,9 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
 
         let has_lifetimes =
             generic_args.args.iter().any(|arg| matches!(arg, GenericArg::Lifetime(_)));
-        if !generic_args.parenthesized && !has_lifetimes {
+
+        // FIXME(return_type_notation): Is this correct? I think so.
+        if generic_args.parenthesized != hir::GenericArgsParentheses::ParenSugar && !has_lifetimes {
             self.maybe_insert_elided_lifetimes_in_path(
                 path_span,
                 segment.id,
@@ -328,7 +343,12 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
             AngleBracketedArg::Constraint(c) => Some(self.lower_assoc_ty_constraint(c, itctx)),
             AngleBracketedArg::Arg(_) => None,
         }));
-        let ctor = GenericArgsCtor { args, bindings, parenthesized: false, span: data.span };
+        let ctor = GenericArgsCtor {
+            args,
+            bindings,
+            parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::No,
+            span: data.span,
+        };
         (ctor, !has_non_lt_args && param_mode == ParamMode::Optional)
     }
 
@@ -376,7 +396,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
             GenericArgsCtor {
                 args,
                 bindings: arena_vec![self; binding],
-                parenthesized: true,
+                parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::ParenSugar,
                 span: data.inputs_span,
             },
             false,
@@ -396,7 +416,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         let gen_args = self.arena.alloc(hir::GenericArgs {
             args,
             bindings,
-            parenthesized: false,
+            parenthesized: hir::GenericArgsParentheses::No,
             span_ext: DUMMY_SP,
         });
         hir::TypeBinding {

compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/ast_validation.rs

@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for AstValidator<'a> {
                     self.with_impl_trait(None, |this| this.visit_ty(ty));
                 }
             }
+            GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(_span) => {}
         }
     }
 
@@ -1387,16 +1388,19 @@ fn deny_equality_constraints(
                                     match &mut assoc_path.segments[len].args {
                                         Some(args) => match args.deref_mut() {
                                             GenericArgs::Parenthesized(_) => continue,
+                                            GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(_span) => continue,
                                             GenericArgs::AngleBracketed(args) => {
                                                 args.args.push(arg);
                                             }
                                         },
                                         empty_args => {
-                                            *empty_args = AngleBracketedArgs {
-                                                span: ident.span,
-                                                args: thin_vec![arg],
-                                            }
-                                            .into();
+                                            *empty_args = Some(
+                                                AngleBracketedArgs {
+                                                    span: ident.span,
+                                                    args: thin_vec![arg],
+                                                }
+                                                .into(),
+                                            );
                                         }
                                     }
                                     err.assoc = Some(errors::AssociatedSuggestion {

compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/feature_gate.rs

@@ -482,12 +482,28 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
 
     fn visit_assoc_constraint(&mut self, constraint: &'a AssocConstraint) {
         if let AssocConstraintKind::Bound { .. } = constraint.kind {
-            gate_feature_post!(
-                &self,
-                associated_type_bounds,
-                constraint.span,
-                "associated type bounds are unstable"
-            )
+            if let Some(args) = constraint.gen_args.as_ref()
+                && matches!(
+                    args,
+                    ast::GenericArgs::ReturnTypeNotation(..) | ast::GenericArgs::Parenthesized(..)
+                )
+            {
+                // RTN is gated elsewhere, and parenthesized args will turn into
+                // another error.
+                if matches!(args, ast::GenericArgs::Parenthesized(..)) {
+                    self.sess.delay_span_bug(
+                        constraint.span,
+                        "should have emitted a parenthesized generics error",
+                    );
+                }
+            } else {
+                gate_feature_post!(
+                    &self,
+                    associated_type_bounds,
+                    constraint.span,
+                    "associated type bounds are unstable"
+                )
+            }
         }
         visit::walk_assoc_constraint(self, constraint)
     }
@@ -577,6 +593,7 @@ pub fn check_crate(krate: &ast::Crate, sess: &Session) {
     gate_all!(yeet_expr, "`do yeet` expression is experimental");
     gate_all!(dyn_star, "`dyn*` trait objects are experimental");
     gate_all!(const_closures, "const closures are experimental");
+    gate_all!(return_type_notation, "return type notation is experimental");
 
     // All uses of `gate_all!` below this point were added in #65742,
     // and subsequently disabled (with the non-early gating readded).