error/E0691: include alignment in error message

Include the computed alignment of the violating field when rejecting
transparent types with non-trivially aligned ZSTs.

ZST member fields in transparent types must have an alignment of 1 (to
ensure it does not raise the layout requirements of the transparent
field). The current error message looks like this:

 LL | struct Foobar(u32, [u32; 0]);
    |                    ^^^^^^^^ has alignment larger than 1

This patch changes the report to include the alignment of the violating
field:

 LL | struct Foobar(u32, [u32; 0]);
    |                    ^^^^^^^^ has alignment of 4, which is larger than 1

In case of unknown alignments, it will yield:

 LL | struct Foobar<T>(u32, [T; 0]);
    |                       ^^^^^^ may have alignment larger than 1

This allows developers to get a better grasp why a specific field is
rejected. Knowing the alignment of the violating field makes it easier
to judge where that alignment-requirement originates, and thus hopefully
provide better hints on how to mitigate the problem.

This idea was proposed in 2022 in #98071 as part of a bigger change.
This commit simply extracts this error-message change, to decouple it
from the other diagnostic improvements.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0691.md b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0691.md
index 60060cacbd6..483c74c0ff5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0691.md
+++ b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0691.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ struct ForceAlign32;
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
 struct Wrapper(f32, ForceAlign32); // error: zero-sized field in transparent
-                                   //        struct has alignment larger than 1
+                                   //        struct has alignment of 32, which
+                                   //        is larger than 1
 ```
 
 A transparent struct, enum, or union is supposed to be represented exactly like