Fixes #14185.

This fix suppresses dead_code warnings from code generated by regex! when
the result of regex! is unused. Correct behavior should be a single
unused variable warning.

Regression tests are included for both `let` and `static` bound regex!
values.

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail-fulldeps/syntax-extension-regex-unused-static.rs b/src/test/compile-fail-fulldeps/syntax-extension-regex-unused-static.rs
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+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// FIXME(#13725) windows needs fixing.
+// ignore-win32
+// ignore-stage1
+
+#![feature(phase)]
+
+extern crate regex;
+#[phase(syntax)] extern crate regex_macros;
+
+#[deny(unused_variable)]
+#[deny(dead_code)]
+
+// Tests to make sure that extraneous dead code warnings aren't emitted from
+// the code generated by regex!.
+//
+// The warning used for `static` items seems to be dead_code, which is why this
+// is a distinct test from using a normal let binding (which generates an
+// unused variable warning).
+
+fn main() {
+    static fubar: regex::Regex = regex!("abc"); //~ ERROR code is never used: `fubar`
+}