Rollup merge of rust-lang#76641 - nox:pointee-random-stuff, r=eddyb

Some cleanup changes and commenting

r? @nikomatsakis
Cc @eddyb

compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/sty.rs

@@ -2280,6 +2280,12 @@ impl<'tcx> TyS<'tcx> {
     ///
     /// Returning true means the type is known to be sized. Returning
     /// `false` means nothing -- could be sized, might not be.
+    ///
+    /// Note that we could never rely on the fact that a type such as `[_]` is
+    /// trivially `!Sized` because we could be in a type environment with a
+    /// bound such as `[_]: Copy`. A function with such a bound obviously never
+    /// can be called, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't typecheck. This is why
+    /// this method doesn't return `Option<bool>`.
     pub fn is_trivially_sized(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> bool {
         match self.kind() {
             ty::Infer(ty::IntVar(_) | ty::FloatVar(_))

compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/mod.rs

@@ -1507,12 +1507,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InferCtxtPrivExt<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 // avoid inundating the user with unnecessary errors, but we now
                 // check upstream for type errors and don't add the obligations to
                 // begin with in those cases.
-                if self
-                    .tcx
-                    .lang_items()
-                    .sized_trait()
-                    .map_or(false, |sized_id| sized_id == trait_ref.def_id())
-                {
+                if self.tcx.lang_items().sized_trait() == Some(trait_ref.def_id()) {
                     self.need_type_info_err(body_id, span, self_ty, ErrorCode::E0282).emit();
                     return;
                 }

compiler/rustc_traits/src/chalk/db.rs

@@ -110,25 +110,15 @@ impl<'tcx> chalk_solve::RustIrDatabase<RustInterner<'tcx>> for RustIrDatabase<'t
             .map(|i| chalk_ir::AssocTypeId(i.def_id))
             .collect();
 
-        let well_known = if self
-            .interner
-            .tcx
-            .lang_items()
-            .sized_trait()
-            .map(|t| def_id == t)
-            .unwrap_or(false)
-        {
+        let well_known = if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().sized_trait() == Some(def_id) {
             Some(chalk_solve::rust_ir::WellKnownTrait::Sized)
-        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().copy_trait().map(|t| def_id == t).unwrap_or(false)
-        {
+        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().copy_trait() == Some(def_id) {
             Some(chalk_solve::rust_ir::WellKnownTrait::Copy)
-        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().clone_trait().map(|t| def_id == t).unwrap_or(false)
-        {
+        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().clone_trait() == Some(def_id) {
             Some(chalk_solve::rust_ir::WellKnownTrait::Clone)
-        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().drop_trait().map(|t| def_id == t).unwrap_or(false)
-        {
+        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().drop_trait() == Some(def_id) {
             Some(chalk_solve::rust_ir::WellKnownTrait::Drop)
-        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().fn_trait().map(|t| def_id == t).unwrap_or(false) {
+        } else if self.interner.tcx.lang_items().fn_trait() == Some(def_id) {
             Some(chalk_solve::rust_ir::WellKnownTrait::Fn)
         } else if self
             .interner

src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs

@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Clean<Generics> for (&'a ty::Generics, ty::GenericPredicates<'tcx
         let mut where_predicates =
             where_predicates.into_iter().flat_map(|p| p.clean(cx)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        // Type parameters and have a Sized bound by default unless removed with
+        // Type parameters have a Sized bound by default unless removed with
         // ?Sized. Scan through the predicates and mark any type parameter with
         // a Sized bound, removing the bounds as we find them.
         //