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authorVadim Petrochenkov <vadim.petrochenkov@gmail.com>2015-11-09 22:16:30 +0300
committerVadim Petrochenkov <vadim.petrochenkov@gmail.com>2015-11-09 22:16:30 +0300
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parente6b14aab05621ac6c06ca6894b2dac26a4ba690c (diff)
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-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/test/compile-fail/issue-12560-1.rs2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index a0c089aff21..94b5cf46dd1 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -867,6 +867,8 @@ impl<'a, 'v> Visitor<'v> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
                 self.context.span_handler.span_err(span, "empty tuple structs and enum variants \
                                                           are not allowed, use unit structs and \
                                                           enum variants instead");
+                self.context.span_handler.span_help(span, "remove trailing () to make a unit \
+                                                           struct or unit enum varian");
             }
         }
         visit::walk_struct_def(self, s)
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12560-1.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12560-1.rs
index de13cb465db..d0fb91a576c 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12560-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12560-1.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 enum Foo {
     Bar(), //~ ERROR empty tuple structs and enum variants are not allowed
+    //~^ HELP remove trailing () to make a unit struct or unit enum varian
     Baz(), //~ ERROR empty tuple structs and enum variants are not allowed
+    //~^ HELP remove trailing () to make a unit struct or unit enum varian
     Bazar
 }