Auto merge of #108488 - matthiaskrgr:rollup-i61epcw, r=matthiaskrgr

Rollup of 9 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #107941 (Treat `str` as containing `[u8]` for auto trait purposes)
 - #108299 (Require `literal`s for some `(u)int_impl!` parameters)
 - #108337 (hir-analysis: make a helpful note)
 - #108379 (Add `ErrorGuaranteed` to `hir::{Expr,Ty}Kind::Err` variants)
 - #108418 (Replace parse_[sth]_expr with parse_expr_[sth] function names)
 - #108424 (rustc_infer: Consolidate obligation elaboration de-duplication)
 - #108475 (Fix `VecDeque::shrink_to` and add tests.)
 - #108482 (statically guarantee that current error codes are documented)
 - #108484 (Remove `from` lang item)

Failed merges:

r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
index e112100aa5f..873cd33f6a4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
@@ -2149,3 +2149,17 @@ where
         Hash::hash(&len, hasher);
     }
 }
+
+/// Useful type to use with `Result<>` indicate that an error has already
+/// been reported to the user, so no need to continue checking.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Encodable, Decodable, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[derive(HashStable_Generic)]
+pub struct ErrorGuaranteed(());
+
+impl ErrorGuaranteed {
+    /// To be used only if you really know what you are doing... ideally, we would find a way to
+    /// eliminate all calls to this method.
+    pub fn unchecked_claim_error_was_emitted() -> Self {
+        ErrorGuaranteed(())
+    }
+}