Improve parser

compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs

@@ -3250,6 +3250,7 @@ pub enum ItemKind {
 }
 
 impl ItemKind {
+    /// "a" or "an"
     pub fn article(&self) -> &'static str {
         use ItemKind::*;
         match self {

compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub(crate) struct IncorrectSemicolon<'a> {
     #[suggestion(style = "short", code = "", applicability = "machine-applicable")]
     pub span: Span,
     #[help]
-    pub opt_help: Option<()>,
+    pub show_help: bool,
     pub name: &'a str,
 }
 

compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/tokentrees.rs

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl<'psess, 'src> TokenTreesReader<'psess, 'src> {
         // we have no way of tracking this in the lexer itself, so we piggyback on the parser
         let mut in_cond = false;
         while parser.token != token::Eof {
-            if let Err(diff_err) = parser.err_diff_marker() {
+            if let Err(diff_err) = parser.err_vcs_conflict_marker() {
                 diff_errs.push(diff_err);
             } else if parser.is_keyword_ahead(0, &[kw::If, kw::While]) {
                 in_cond = true;

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs

@@ -1817,34 +1817,31 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         Ok(P(T::recovered(Some(P(QSelf { ty, path_span, position: 0 })), path)))
     }
 
-    pub fn maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(&mut self, items: &[P<Item>]) -> bool {
-        if self.token.kind == TokenKind::Semi {
-            self.bump();
-
-            let mut err =
-                IncorrectSemicolon { span: self.prev_token.span, opt_help: None, name: "" };
+    /// This function gets called in places where a semicolon is NOT expected and if there's a
+    /// semicolon it emits the appropriate error and returns true.
+    pub fn maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(&mut self, previous_item: Option<&Item>) -> bool {
+        if self.token.kind != TokenKind::Semi {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-            if !items.is_empty() {
-                let previous_item = &items[items.len() - 1];
-                let previous_item_kind_name = match previous_item.kind {
+        // Check previous item to add it to the diagnostic, for example to say
+        // `enum declarations are not followed by a semicolon`
+        let err = match previous_item {
+            Some(previous_item) => {
+                let name = match previous_item.kind {
                     // Say "braced struct" because tuple-structs and
                     // braceless-empty-struct declarations do take a semicolon.
-                    ItemKind::Struct(..) => Some("braced struct"),
-                    ItemKind::Enum(..) => Some("enum"),
-                    ItemKind::Trait(..) => Some("trait"),
-                    ItemKind::Union(..) => Some("union"),
-                    _ => None,
+                    ItemKind::Struct(..) => "braced struct",
+                    _ => previous_item.kind.descr(),
                 };
-                if let Some(name) = previous_item_kind_name {
-                    err.opt_help = Some(());
-                    err.name = name;
-                }
+                IncorrectSemicolon { span: self.token.span, name, show_help: true }
             }
-            self.dcx().emit_err(err);
-            true
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
+            None => IncorrectSemicolon { span: self.token.span, name: "", show_help: false },
+        };
+        self.dcx().emit_err(err);
+
+        self.bump();
+        true
     }
 
     /// Creates a `Diag` for an unexpected token `t` and tries to recover if it is a
@@ -2957,13 +2954,23 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         err
     }
 
-    pub fn is_diff_marker(&mut self, long_kind: &TokenKind, short_kind: &TokenKind) -> bool {
+    /// This checks if this is a conflict marker, depending of the parameter passed.
+    ///
+    /// * `>>>>>`
+    /// * `=====`
+    /// * `<<<<<`
+    ///
+    pub fn is_vcs_conflict_marker(
+        &mut self,
+        long_kind: &TokenKind,
+        short_kind: &TokenKind,
+    ) -> bool {
         (0..3).all(|i| self.look_ahead(i, |tok| tok == long_kind))
             && self.look_ahead(3, |tok| tok == short_kind)
     }
 
-    fn diff_marker(&mut self, long_kind: &TokenKind, short_kind: &TokenKind) -> Option<Span> {
-        if self.is_diff_marker(long_kind, short_kind) {
+    fn conflict_marker(&mut self, long_kind: &TokenKind, short_kind: &TokenKind) -> Option<Span> {
+        if self.is_vcs_conflict_marker(long_kind, short_kind) {
             let lo = self.token.span;
             for _ in 0..4 {
                 self.bump();
@@ -2973,15 +2980,16 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         None
     }
 
-    pub fn recover_diff_marker(&mut self) {
-        if let Err(err) = self.err_diff_marker() {
+    pub fn recover_vcs_conflict_marker(&mut self) {
+        if let Err(err) = self.err_vcs_conflict_marker() {
             err.emit();
             FatalError.raise();
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn err_diff_marker(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ()> {
-        let Some(start) = self.diff_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt) else {
+    pub fn err_vcs_conflict_marker(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ()> {
+        let Some(start) = self.conflict_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt)
+        else {
             return Ok(());
         };
         let mut spans = Vec::with_capacity(3);
@@ -2993,13 +3001,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             if self.token.kind == TokenKind::Eof {
                 break;
             }
-            if let Some(span) = self.diff_marker(&TokenKind::OrOr, &TokenKind::BinOp(token::Or)) {
+            if let Some(span) = self.conflict_marker(&TokenKind::OrOr, &TokenKind::BinOp(token::Or))
+            {
                 middlediff3 = Some(span);
             }
-            if let Some(span) = self.diff_marker(&TokenKind::EqEq, &TokenKind::Eq) {
+            if let Some(span) = self.conflict_marker(&TokenKind::EqEq, &TokenKind::Eq) {
                 middle = Some(span);
             }
-            if let Some(span) = self.diff_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shr), &TokenKind::Gt) {
+            if let Some(span) = self.conflict_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shr), &TokenKind::Gt)
+            {
                 spans.push(span);
                 end = Some(span);
                 break;

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs

@@ -3734,7 +3734,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Parses `ident (COLON expr)?`.
     fn parse_expr_field(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ExprField> {
         let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         self.collect_tokens_trailing_token(attrs, ForceCollect::No, |this, attrs| {
             let lo = this.token.span;
 

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Parses the contents of a module (inner attributes followed by module items).
+    /// We exit once we hit `term`
     pub fn parse_mod(
         &mut self,
         term: &TokenKind,
@@ -59,13 +60,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let post_attr_lo = self.token.span;
         let mut items = ThinVec::new();
         while let Some(item) = self.parse_item(ForceCollect::No)? {
+            self.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(Some(&item));
             items.push(item);
-            self.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(&items);
         }
 
         if !self.eat(term) {
             let token_str = super::token_descr(&self.token);
-            if !self.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(&items) {
+            if !self.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(items.last().map(|x| &**x)) {
                 let msg = format!("expected item, found {token_str}");
                 let mut err = self.dcx().struct_span_err(self.token.span, msg);
                 let span = self.token.span;
@@ -101,9 +102,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         fn_parse_mode: FnParseMode,
         force_collect: ForceCollect,
     ) -> PResult<'a, Option<Item>> {
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         self.parse_item_common(attrs, true, false, fn_parse_mode, force_collect)
     }
 
@@ -194,12 +195,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         fn_parse_mode: FnParseMode,
         case: Case,
     ) -> PResult<'a, Option<ItemInfo>> {
-        let def_final = def == &Defaultness::Final;
+        let check_pub = def == &Defaultness::Final;
         let mut def_ = || mem::replace(def, Defaultness::Final);
 
         let info = if self.eat_keyword_case(kw::Use, case) {
             self.parse_use_item()?
-        } else if self.check_fn_front_matter(def_final, case) {
+        } else if self.check_fn_front_matter(check_pub, case) {
             // FUNCTION ITEM
             let (ident, sig, generics, body) =
                 self.parse_fn(attrs, fn_parse_mode, lo, vis, case)?;
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         Ok(Some(info))
     }
 
-    fn recover_import_as_use(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, Option<(Ident, ItemKind)>> {
+    fn recover_import_as_use(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, Option<ItemInfo>> {
         let span = self.token.span;
         let token_name = super::token_descr(&self.token);
         let snapshot = self.create_snapshot_for_diagnostic();
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn parse_use_item(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, (Ident, ItemKind)> {
+    fn parse_use_item(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ItemInfo> {
         let tree = self.parse_use_tree()?;
         if let Err(mut e) = self.expect_semi() {
             match tree.kind {
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             if self.recover_doc_comment_before_brace() {
                 continue;
             }
-            self.recover_diff_marker();
+            self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
             match parse_item(self) {
                 Ok(None) => {
                     let mut is_unnecessary_semicolon = !items.is_empty()
@@ -1070,7 +1071,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// ```
     fn parse_use_tree_list(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ThinVec<(UseTree, ast::NodeId)>> {
         self.parse_delim_comma_seq(Delimiter::Brace, |p| {
-            p.recover_diff_marker();
+            p.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
             Ok((p.parse_use_tree()?, DUMMY_NODE_ID))
         })
         .map(|(r, _)| r)
@@ -1497,9 +1498,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 
     fn parse_enum_variant(&mut self, span: Span) -> PResult<'a, Option<Variant>> {
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         let variant_attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         let help = "enum variants can be `Variant`, `Variant = <integer>`, \
                     `Variant(Type, ..., TypeN)` or `Variant { fields: Types }`";
         self.collect_tokens_trailing_token(
@@ -1688,6 +1689,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         Ok((class_name, ItemKind::Union(vdata, generics)))
     }
 
+    /// This function parses the fields of record structs:
+    ///
+    ///   - `struct S { ... }`
+    ///   - `enum E { Variant { ... } }`
     pub(crate) fn parse_record_struct_body(
         &mut self,
         adt_ty: &str,
@@ -1714,19 +1719,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             self.eat(&token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Brace));
         } else {
             let token_str = super::token_descr(&self.token);
-            let msg = format!(
-                "expected {}`{{` after struct name, found {}",
-                if parsed_where { "" } else { "`where`, or " },
-                token_str
-            );
+            let where_str = if parsed_where { "" } else { "`where`, or " };
+            let msg = format!("expected {where_str}`{{` after struct name, found {token_str}");
             let mut err = self.dcx().struct_span_err(self.token.span, msg);
-            err.span_label(
-                self.token.span,
-                format!(
-                    "expected {}`{{` after struct name",
-                    if parsed_where { "" } else { "`where`, or " }
-                ),
-            );
+            err.span_label(self.token.span, format!("expected {where_str}`{{` after struct name",));
             return Err(err);
         }
 
@@ -1740,7 +1736,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             let attrs = p.parse_outer_attributes()?;
             p.collect_tokens_trailing_token(attrs, ForceCollect::No, |p, attrs| {
                 let mut snapshot = None;
-                if p.is_diff_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt) {
+                if p.is_vcs_conflict_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt) {
                     // Account for `<<<<<<<` diff markers. We can't proactively error here because
                     // that can be a valid type start, so we snapshot and reparse only we've
                     // encountered another parse error.
@@ -1751,7 +1747,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     Ok(vis) => vis,
                     Err(err) => {
                         if let Some(ref mut snapshot) = snapshot {
-                            snapshot.recover_diff_marker();
+                            snapshot.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
                         }
                         return Err(err);
                     }
@@ -1760,7 +1756,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     Ok(ty) => ty,
                     Err(err) => {
                         if let Some(ref mut snapshot) = snapshot {
-                            snapshot.recover_diff_marker();
+                            snapshot.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
                         }
                         return Err(err);
                     }
@@ -1785,9 +1781,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
     /// Parses an element of a struct declaration.
     fn parse_field_def(&mut self, adt_ty: &str) -> PResult<'a, FieldDef> {
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
-        self.recover_diff_marker();
+        self.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
         self.collect_tokens_trailing_token(attrs, ForceCollect::No, |this, attrs| {
             let lo = this.token.span;
             let vis = this.parse_visibility(FollowedByType::No)?;
@@ -2647,7 +2643,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
 
         let (mut params, _) = self.parse_paren_comma_seq(|p| {
-            p.recover_diff_marker();
+            p.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
             let snapshot = p.create_snapshot_for_diagnostic();
             let param = p.parse_param_general(req_name, first_param).or_else(|e| {
                 let guar = e.emit();

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/stmt.rs

@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             if self.token == token::Eof {
                 break;
             }
-            if self.is_diff_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt) {
+            if self.is_vcs_conflict_marker(&TokenKind::BinOp(token::Shl), &TokenKind::Lt) {
                 // Account for `<<<<<<<` diff markers. We can't proactively error here because
                 // that can be a valid path start, so we snapshot and reparse only we've
                 // encountered another parse error.
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             let stmt = match self.parse_full_stmt(recover) {
                 Err(mut err) if recover.yes() => {
                     if let Some(ref mut snapshot) = snapshot {
-                        snapshot.recover_diff_marker();
+                        snapshot.recover_vcs_conflict_marker();
                     }
                     if self.token == token::Colon {
                         // if a previous and next token of the current one is

src/librustdoc/doctest.rs

@@ -686,9 +686,9 @@ pub(crate) fn make_test(
                     }
                 }
 
-                // The supplied slice is only used for diagnostics,
+                // The supplied item is only used for diagnostics,
                 // which are swallowed here anyway.
-                parser.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(&[]);
+                parser.maybe_consume_incorrect_semicolon(None);
             }
 
             // Reset errors so that they won't be reported as compiler bugs when dropping the

tests/ui/suggestions/recover-from-semicolon-trailing-item.stderr

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ error: expected item, found `;`
    |
 LL | mod M {};
    |         ^ help: remove this semicolon
+   |
+   = help: module declarations are not followed by a semicolon
 
 error: expected item, found `;`
   --> $DIR/recover-from-semicolon-trailing-item.rs:4:12
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ error: expected item, found `;`
    |
 LL | fn foo(a: usize) {};
    |                    ^ help: remove this semicolon
+   |
+   = help: function declarations are not followed by a semicolon
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
   --> $DIR/recover-from-semicolon-trailing-item.rs:10:20