added improved diagnostic for a function defined with an invalid qualifier

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
index f4c6b33a529..3bc00635013 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
@@ -611,6 +611,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     appl,
                 );
             }
+
+            if ["def", "fun", "func", "function"].contains(&symbol.as_str()) {
+                err.span_suggestion_short(
+                    self.prev_token.span,
+                    &format!("write `fn` instead of `{symbol}` to declare a function"),
+                    "fn",
+                    appl,
+                );
+            }
         }
 
         // Add suggestion for a missing closing angle bracket if '>' is included in expected_tokens