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authorGuillaume Gomez <guillaume1.gomez@gmail.com>2017-08-11 10:20:16 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-08-11 10:20:16 +0200
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Rollup merge of #43176 - RalfJung:explain, r=eddyb
E0122: clarify wording

I *assume* the reason these constraints are not hard errors is backwards compatibility. If yes, I think the error explanation (at least the long form) should be clearer about that, which is what this PR does.

If not, the explanation should give some other suitable explanation.
-rw-r--r--src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs
index 35ca19698e8..c74dc24ddc3 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/diagnostics.rs
@@ -1525,9 +1525,9 @@ static BAR: _ = "test"; // error, explicitly write out the type instead
 "##,
 
 E0122: r##"
-An attempt was made to add a generic constraint to a type alias. While Rust will
-allow this with a warning, it will not currently enforce the constraint.
-Consider the example below:
+An attempt was made to add a generic constraint to a type alias. This constraint
+is entirely ignored. For backwards compatibility, Rust still allows this with a
+warning. Consider the example below:
 
 ```
 trait Foo{}