rc and cr more clear error message

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
index 44b4e1a3e47..35cf4c1b00d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
@@ -2141,6 +2141,13 @@ pub(crate) enum UnknownPrefixSugg {
     )]
     UseBr(#[primary_span] Span),
     #[suggestion(
+        parse_suggestion_cr,
+        code = "cr",
+        applicability = "maybe-incorrect",
+        style = "verbose"
+    )]
+    UseCr(#[primary_span] Span),
+    #[suggestion(
         parse_suggestion_whitespace,
         code = " ",
         applicability = "maybe-incorrect",
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
index 4935fc03256..788b8211404 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ impl<'psess, 'src> Lexer<'psess, 'src> {
                     let lit_start = start + BytePos(prefix_len);
                     self.pos = lit_start;
                     self.cursor = Cursor::new(&str_before[prefix_len as usize..]);
-
                     self.report_unknown_prefix(start);
                     let prefix_span = self.mk_sp(start, lit_start);
                     return (Token::new(self.ident(start), prefix_span), preceded_by_whitespace);
@@ -789,13 +788,14 @@ impl<'psess, 'src> Lexer<'psess, 'src> {
     fn report_unknown_prefix(&self, start: BytePos) {
         let prefix_span = self.mk_sp(start, self.pos);
         let prefix = self.str_from_to(start, self.pos);
-
         let expn_data = prefix_span.ctxt().outer_expn_data();
 
         if expn_data.edition.at_least_rust_2021() {
             // In Rust 2021, this is a hard error.
             let sugg = if prefix == "rb" {
                 Some(errors::UnknownPrefixSugg::UseBr(prefix_span))
+            } else if prefix == "rc" {
+                Some(errors::UnknownPrefixSugg::UseCr(prefix_span))
             } else if expn_data.is_root() {
                 if self.cursor.first() == '\''
                     && let Some(start) = self.last_lifetime