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authorDylan DPC <dylan.dpc@gmail.com>2020-02-11 16:37:06 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-11 16:37:06 +0100
commit82a366ad860b6f0eed639dd103995e6cee1585c7 (patch)
treef78bf5471adec51cb8b471f7ac05a500dccafe83 /src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes
parentc88b3494b0f8803964cd4227e76f77b7a4705705 (diff)
parente20108f9c44ae190996e43ed9f338a3e782c0e12 (diff)
Rollup merge of #69055 - GuillaumeGomez:clean-up-e0307, r=Dylan-DPC
Clean up E0307 explanation

r? @Dylan-DPC
Diffstat (limited to 'src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes')
-rw-r--r--src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0307.md20
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0307.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0307.md
index c628d176836..52707b93acc 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0307.md
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0307.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-This error indicates that the `self` parameter in a method has an invalid
-"receiver type".
+The `self` parameter in a method has an invalid "receiver type".
+
+Erroneous code example:
+
+```compile_fail,E0307
+struct Foo;
+struct Bar;
+
+trait Trait {
+    fn foo(&self);
+}
+
+impl Trait for Foo {
+    fn foo(self: &Bar) {}
+}
+```
 
 Methods take a special first parameter, of which there are three variants:
 `self`, `&self`, and `&mut self`. These are syntactic sugar for
@@ -36,7 +50,7 @@ impl Trait for Foo {
 }
 ```
 
-E0307 will be emitted by the compiler when using an invalid receiver type,
+This error will be emitted by the compiler when using an invalid receiver type,
 like in the following example:
 
 ```compile_fail,E0307