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| author | Dylan DPC <dylan.dpc@gmail.com> | 2020-04-08 18:37:31 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-04-08 18:37:31 +0200 |
| commit | 1498da87c274508f33aa878e39a8faa3659a4121 (patch) | |
| tree | a576971dc9a95edc00323856e06505ee4dae5b00 /src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes | |
| parent | bad8f0bd971bc3d203724090ef382ef78a2a0d3c (diff) | |
| parent | 80e3126ec1134d81dca7c698d88156307a50a3ba (diff) | |
Rollup merge of #70927 - GuillaumeGomez:cleanup-e0510, r=Dylan-DPC
Clean up E0510 explanation r? @Dylan-DPC
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0510.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0510.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0510.md index d5be417888b..e045e04bdbe 100644 --- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0510.md +++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0510.md @@ -1,16 +1,29 @@ -Cannot mutate place in this match guard. +The matched value was assigned in a match guard. -When matching on a variable it cannot be mutated in the match guards, as this -could cause the match to be non-exhaustive: +Erroneous code example: ```compile_fail,E0510 let mut x = Some(0); match x { - None => (), - Some(_) if { x = None; false } => (), - Some(v) => (), // No longer matches + None => {} + Some(_) if { x = None; false } => {} // error! + Some(_) => {} } ``` +When matching on a variable it cannot be mutated in the match guards, as this +could cause the match to be non-exhaustive. + Here executing `x = None` would modify the value being matched and require us -to go "back in time" to the `None` arm. +to go "back in time" to the `None` arm. To fix it, change the value in the match +arm: + +``` +let mut x = Some(0); +match x { + None => {} + Some(_) => { + x = None; // ok! + } +} +``` |
