Stabilize ! in Rust 1.41.0

src/libcore/clone.rs

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ mod impls {
         bool char
     }
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl Clone for ! {
         #[inline]
         fn clone(&self) -> Self {

src/libcore/cmp.rs

@@ -1128,24 +1128,24 @@ mod impls {
 
     ord_impl! { char usize u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 isize i8 i16 i32 i64 i128 }
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl PartialEq for ! {
         fn eq(&self, _: &!) -> bool {
             *self
         }
     }
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl Eq for ! {}
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl PartialOrd for ! {
         fn partial_cmp(&self, _: &!) -> Option<Ordering> {
             *self
         }
     }
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl Ord for ! {
         fn cmp(&self, _: &!) -> Ordering {
             *self

src/libcore/convert.rs

@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
-use crate::fmt;
-
 /// The identity function.
 ///
 /// Two things are important to note about this function:
@@ -426,9 +424,7 @@ pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
 /// - `TryFrom<T> for U` implies [`TryInto`]`<U> for T`
 /// - [`try_from`] is reflexive, which means that `TryFrom<T> for T`
 /// is implemented and cannot fail -- the associated `Error` type for
-/// calling `T::try_from()` on a value of type `T` is [`Infallible`].
-/// When the [`!`] type is stabilized [`Infallible`] and [`!`] will be
-/// equivalent.
+/// calling `T::try_from()` on a value of type `T` is [`!`].
 ///
 /// `TryFrom<T>` can be implemented as follows:
 ///
@@ -477,7 +473,6 @@ pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
 /// [`TryInto`]: trait.TryInto.html
 /// [`i32::MAX`]: ../../std/i32/constant.MAX.html
 /// [`!`]: ../../std/primitive.never.html
-/// [`Infallible`]: enum.Infallible.html
 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
 pub trait TryFrom<T>: Sized {
     /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
@@ -615,9 +610,9 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
 // THE NO-ERROR ERROR TYPE
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-/// The error type for errors that can never happen.
+/// A type alias for [the `!` “never” type][never].
 ///
-/// Since this enum has no variant, a value of this type can never actually exist.
+/// `Infallible` represents types of errors that can never happen since `!` has no valid values.
 /// This can be useful for generic APIs that use [`Result`] and parameterize the error type,
 /// to indicate that the result is always [`Ok`].
 ///
@@ -634,91 +629,15 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// # Future compatibility
-///
-/// This enum has the same role as [the `!` “never” type][never],
-/// which is unstable in this version of Rust.
-/// When `!` is stabilized, we plan to make `Infallible` a type alias to it:
-///
-/// ```ignore (illustrates future std change)
-/// pub type Infallible = !;
-/// ```
-///
-/// … and eventually deprecate `Infallible`.
-///
-///
-/// However there is one case where `!` syntax can be used
-/// before `!` is stabilized as a full-fleged type: in the position of a function’s return type.
-/// Specifically, it is possible implementations for two different function pointer types:
-///
-/// ```
-/// trait MyTrait {}
-/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> ! {}
-/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> std::convert::Infallible {}
-/// ```
+/// # Eventual deprecation
 ///
-/// With `Infallible` being an enum, this code is valid.
-/// However when `Infallible` becomes an alias for the never type,
-/// the two `impl`s will start to overlap
-/// and therefore will be disallowed by the language’s trait coherence rules.
+/// Previously, `Infallible` was defined as `enum Infallible {}`.
+/// Now that it is merely a type alias to `!`, we will eventually deprecate `Infallible`.
 ///
 /// [`Ok`]: ../result/enum.Result.html#variant.Ok
 /// [`Result`]: ../result/enum.Result.html
 /// [`TryFrom`]: trait.TryFrom.html
 /// [`Into`]: trait.Into.html
 /// [never]: ../../std/primitive.never.html
 #[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-#[derive(Copy)]
-pub enum Infallible {}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl Clone for Infallible {
-    fn clone(&self) -> Infallible {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl fmt::Debug for Infallible {
-    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl fmt::Display for Infallible {
-    fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl PartialEq for Infallible {
-    fn eq(&self, _: &Infallible) -> bool {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl Eq for Infallible {}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl PartialOrd for Infallible {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> Option<crate::cmp::Ordering> {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl Ord for Infallible {
-    fn cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> crate::cmp::Ordering {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl From<!> for Infallible {
-    fn from(x: !) -> Self {
-        x
-    }
-}
+pub type Infallible = !;

src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -1935,14 +1935,14 @@ macro_rules! fmt_refs {
 
 fmt_refs! { Debug, Display, Octal, Binary, LowerHex, UpperHex, LowerExp, UpperExp }
 
-#[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+#[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
 impl Debug for ! {
     fn fmt(&self, _: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         *self
     }
 }
 
-#[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+#[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
 impl Display for ! {
     fn fmt(&self, _: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         *self

src/libcore/lib.rs

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #![feature(iter_once_with)]
 #![feature(lang_items)]
 #![feature(link_llvm_intrinsics)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(exhaustive_patterns)]
 #![feature(no_core)]

src/libcore/marker.rs

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ mod copy_impls {
         bool char
     }
 
-    #[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+    #[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
     impl Copy for ! {}
 
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]

src/libcore/num/mod.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
-use crate::convert::{TryFrom, Infallible};
+use crate::convert::TryFrom;
 use crate::fmt;
 use crate::intrinsics;
 use crate::mem;
@@ -4722,18 +4722,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for TryFromIntError {
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
-impl From<Infallible> for TryFromIntError {
-    fn from(x: Infallible) -> TryFromIntError {
-        match x {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
 impl From<!> for TryFromIntError {
     fn from(never: !) -> TryFromIntError {
-        // Match rather than coerce to make sure that code like
-        // `From<Infallible> for TryFromIntError` above will keep working
-        // when `Infallible` becomes an alias to `!`.
         match never {}
     }
 }

src/librustc/lib.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
 #![feature(drain_filter)]
 #![cfg_attr(windows, feature(libc))]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(exhaustive_patterns)]
 #![feature(overlapping_marker_traits)]
 #![feature(extern_types)]

src/librustc/ty/context.rs

@@ -2440,10 +2440,10 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn mk_diverging_default(self) -> Ty<'tcx> {
-        if self.features().never_type {
+        if self.features().never_type_fallback {
             self.types.never
         } else {
-            self.intern_tup(&[])
+            self.types.unit
         }
     }
 

src/librustc_codegen_utils/lib.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #![feature(box_patterns)]
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(in_band_lifetimes)]
 

src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0725.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ command line flags.
 Erroneous code example:
 
 ```ignore (can't specify compiler flags from doctests)
-#![feature(never_type)] // error: the feature `never_type` is not in
-                        // the list of allowed features
+#![feature(specialization)] // error: the feature `specialization` is not in
+                            // the list of allowed features
 ```
 
 Delete the offending feature attribute, or add it to the list of allowed

src/librustc_mir/lib.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Rust MIR: a lowered representation of Rust. Also: an experiment!
 #![feature(decl_macro)]
 #![feature(drain_filter)]
 #![feature(exhaustive_patterns)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(specialization)]
 #![feature(try_trait)]
 #![feature(unicode_internals)]

src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs

@@ -3129,9 +3129,14 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     // Tries to apply a fallback to `ty` if it is an unsolved variable.
-    // Non-numerics get replaced with ! or () (depending on whether
-    // feature(never_type) is enabled, unconstrained ints with i32,
-    // unconstrained floats with f64.
+    //
+    // - Unconstrained ints are replaced with `i32`.
+    //
+    // - Unconstrained floats are replaced with with `f64`.
+    //
+    // - Non-numerics get replaced with `!` when `#![feature(never_type_fallback)]`
+    //   is enabled. Otherwise, they are replaced with `()`.
+    //
     // Fallback becomes very dubious if we have encountered type-checking errors.
     // In that case, fallback to Error.
     // The return value indicates whether fallback has occurred.

src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This API is completely unstable and subject to change.
 #![feature(in_band_lifetimes)]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(slice_patterns)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 
 #![recursion_limit="256"]
 

src/librustdoc/lib.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #![feature(crate_visibility_modifier)]
 #![feature(const_fn)]
 #![feature(drain_filter)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(unicode_internals)]
 
 #![recursion_limit="256"]

src/libserialize/lib.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Core encoding and decoding interfaces.
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
 #![feature(specialization)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(associated_type_bounds)]
 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(test))]

src/libstd/error.rs

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ impl<'a> From<Cow<'a, str>> for Box<dyn Error> {
     }
 }
 
-#[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+#[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
 impl Error for ! {
     fn description(&self) -> &str { *self }
 }
@@ -551,13 +551,6 @@ impl Error for string::FromUtf16Error {
     }
 }
 
-#[stable(feature = "str_parse_error2", since = "1.8.0")]
-impl Error for string::ParseError {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        match *self {}
-    }
-}
-
 #[stable(feature = "decode_utf16", since = "1.9.0")]
 impl Error for char::DecodeUtf16Error {
     fn description(&self) -> &str {

src/libstd/lib.rs

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 #![feature(maybe_uninit_ref)]
 #![feature(maybe_uninit_slice)]
 #![feature(needs_panic_runtime)]
-#![feature(never_type)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(never_type))]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(on_unimplemented))]
 #![feature(optin_builtin_traits)]

src/libstd/primitive_docs.rs

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ mod prim_bool { }
 /// write:
 ///
 /// ```
-/// #![feature(never_type)]
 /// # fn foo() -> u32 {
 /// let x: ! = {
 ///     return 123
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ mod prim_bool { }
 /// for example:
 ///
 /// ```
-/// #![feature(never_type)]
 /// # use std::fmt;
 /// # trait Debug {
 /// # fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result;
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ mod prim_bool { }
 /// [`Default`]: default/trait.Default.html
 /// [`default()`]: default/trait.Default.html#tymethod.default
 ///
-#[unstable(feature = "never_type", issue = "35121")]
+#[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
 mod prim_never { }
 
 #[doc(primitive = "char")]

src/libsyntax/feature_gate/accepted.rs

@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ declare_features! (
     (accepted, const_constructor, "1.40.0", Some(61456), None),
     /// Allows the use of `#[cfg(doctest)]`, set when rustdoc is collecting doctests.
     (accepted, cfg_doctest, "1.40.0", Some(62210), None),
+    /// Allows the `!` type. Does not imply 'exhaustive_patterns' any more.
+    (accepted, never_type, "1.41.0", Some(35121), None),
     /// Allows relaxing the coherence rules such that
     /// `impl<T> ForeignTrait<LocalType> for ForeignType<T>` is permitted.
     (accepted, re_rebalance_coherence, "1.41.0", Some(55437), None),