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authorEsteban Küber <esteban@kuber.com.ar>2017-01-16 23:42:11 -0800
committerEsteban Küber <esteban@kuber.com.ar>2017-01-26 10:57:23 -0800
commite1280d81af3101d918fcd1ff9ca040b59e7d907b (patch)
treea9d70a19087b78e9a12fb9ae46aeea8365ebe369 /src
parent491b978822a56f23acf9ba46f90861958bc1e36c (diff)
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Point to immutable arg/fields when trying to use as &mut
Point to immutable borrow arguments and fields when trying to use them as
mutable borrows. Add label to primary span on "cannot borrow as mutable"
errors.

Present the following output when trying to access an immutable borrow's
field as mutable:

```
error[E0389]: cannot borrow data mutably in a `&` reference
  --> $DIR/issue-38147-1.rs:27:9
   |
26 | fn f(&self) {
   |      -----  use `&mut self` here to make mutable
27 |     f.s.push('x');
   |     ^^^ assignment into an immutable reference
```

And the following when trying to access an immutable struct field as mutable:

```
error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*self.s` as mutable
  --> $DIR/issue-38147-3.rs:17:9
   |
12 |     s: &'a String
   |     ------------- use `&'a mut String` here to make mutable
...|
16 |     fn f(&self) {
   |          -----  use `&mut self` here to make mutable
17 |         self.s.push('x');
   |         ^^^^^^ cannot borrow as mutable
```
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/librustc/hir/map/blocks.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs57
-rw-r--r--src/librustc/ty/mod.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/librustc/ty/sty.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs6
-rw-r--r--src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs140
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.rs31
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.stderr10
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.rs21
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.stderr11
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.rs21
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.stderr13
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.rs19
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.stderr10
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.stderr8
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.stderr4
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.stderr6
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-method-from-mut-aliasable.stderr2
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-fn-in-const-b.stderr2
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/borrowck-object-mutability.stderr4
-rw-r--r--src/test/ui/span/mut-arg-hint.stderr6
21 files changed, 310 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/map/blocks.rs b/src/librustc/hir/map/blocks.rs
index 91e88e2c73f..ff2f1dc1ba2 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/map/blocks.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/map/blocks.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use syntax_pos::Span;
 ///   - The default implementation for a trait method.
 ///
 /// To construct one, use the `Code::from_node` function.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct FnLikeNode<'a> { node: map::Node<'a> }
 
 /// MaybeFnLike wraps a method that indicates if an object
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
index 126d43aa690..85902af6853 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/mem_categorization.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,63 @@ pub struct cmt_<'tcx> {
 
 pub type cmt<'tcx> = Rc<cmt_<'tcx>>;
 
+impl<'tcx> cmt_<'tcx> {
+    pub fn get_field(&self, name: ast::Name) -> Option<DefId> {
+        match self.cat {
+            Categorization::Deref(ref cmt, ..) |
+            Categorization::Interior(ref cmt, _) |
+            Categorization::Downcast(ref cmt, _) => {
+                if let Categorization::Local(_) = cmt.cat {
+                    if let ty::TyAdt(def, _) = self.ty.sty {
+                        return def.struct_variant().find_field_named(name).map(|x| x.did);
+                    }
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    cmt.get_field(name)
+                }
+            }
+            _ => None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_field_name(&self) -> Option<ast::Name> {
+        match self.cat {
+            Categorization::Interior(_, ref ik) => {
+                if let InteriorKind::InteriorField(FieldName::NamedField(name)) = *ik {
+                    Some(name)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+            Categorization::Deref(ref cmt, ..) |
+            Categorization::Downcast(ref cmt, _) => {
+                cmt.get_field_name()
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_arg_if_immutable(&self, map: &hir_map::Map) -> Option<ast::NodeId> {
+        match self.cat {
+            Categorization::Deref(ref cmt, ..) |
+            Categorization::Interior(ref cmt, _) |
+            Categorization::Downcast(ref cmt, _) => {
+                if let Categorization::Local(nid) = cmt.cat {
+                    if let ty::TyAdt(_, _) = self.ty.sty {
+                        if let ty::TyRef(_, ty::TypeAndMut{mutbl: MutImmutable, ..}) = cmt.ty.sty {
+                            return Some(nid);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    cmt.get_arg_if_immutable(map)
+                }
+            }
+            _ => None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait ast_node {
     fn id(&self) -> ast::NodeId;
     fn span(&self) -> Span;
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index 5681e8c7766..36fc5149b40 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -1325,6 +1325,7 @@ bitflags! {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct VariantDef {
     /// The variant's DefId. If this is a tuple-like struct,
     /// this is the DefId of the struct's ctor.
@@ -1335,6 +1336,7 @@ pub struct VariantDef {
     pub ctor_kind: CtorKind,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct FieldDef {
     pub did: DefId,
     pub name: Name,
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs b/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
index b02bb7c6e4d..d6164e69ffd 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/sty.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub enum TypeVariants<'tcx> {
     TyRawPtr(TypeAndMut<'tcx>),
 
     /// A reference; a pointer with an associated lifetime. Written as
-    /// `&a mut T` or `&'a T`.
+    /// `&'a mut T` or `&'a T`.
     TyRef(&'tcx Region, TypeAndMut<'tcx>),
 
     /// The anonymous type of a function declaration/definition. Each
diff --git a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
index 7f7f73d9a96..1783ca74a25 100644
--- a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/gather_loans/mod.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ fn check_aliasability<'a, 'tcx>(bccx: &BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
             bccx.report_aliasability_violation(
                         borrow_span,
                         loan_cause,
-                        mc::AliasableReason::UnaliasableImmutable);
+                        mc::AliasableReason::UnaliasableImmutable,
+                        cmt);
             Err(())
         }
         (mc::Aliasability::FreelyAliasable(alias_cause), ty::UniqueImmBorrow) |
@@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ fn check_aliasability<'a, 'tcx>(bccx: &BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
             bccx.report_aliasability_violation(
                         borrow_span,
                         loan_cause,
-                        alias_cause);
+                        alias_cause,
+                        cmt);
             Err(())
         }
         (..) => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
index 3464f1fa89a..4386a5bd159 100644
--- a/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_borrowck/borrowck/mod.rs
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ pub fn opt_loan_path<'tcx>(cmt: &mc::cmt<'tcx>) -> Option<Rc<LoanPath<'tcx>>> {
 // Errors
 
 // Errors that can occur
-#[derive(PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum bckerr_code<'tcx> {
     err_mutbl,
     /// superscope, subscope, loan cause
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ pub enum bckerr_code<'tcx> {
 
 // Combination of an error code and the categorization of the expression
 // that caused it
-#[derive(PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct BckError<'tcx> {
     span: Span,
     cause: AliasableViolationKind,
@@ -601,12 +601,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             _ => { }
         }
 
-        // General fallback.
-        let span = err.span.clone();
-        let mut db = self.struct_span_err(
-            err.span,
-            &self.bckerr_to_string(&err));
-        self.note_and_explain_bckerr(&mut db, err, span);
+        let mut db = self.bckerr_to_diag(&err);
+        self.note_and_explain_bckerr(&mut db, err);
         db.emit();
     }
 
@@ -771,8 +767,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         self.tcx.sess.span_err_with_code(s, msg, code);
     }
 
-    pub fn bckerr_to_string(&self, err: &BckError<'tcx>) -> String {
-        match err.code {
+    pub fn bckerr_to_diag(&self, err: &BckError<'tcx>) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'a> {
+        let span = err.span.clone();
+        let mut immutable_field = None;
+
+        let msg = &match err.code {
             err_mutbl => {
                 let descr = match err.cmt.note {
                     mc::NoteClosureEnv(_) | mc::NoteUpvarRef(_) => {
@@ -783,6 +782,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                             format!("{} {}",
                                     err.cmt.mutbl.to_user_str(),
                                     self.cmt_to_string(&err.cmt))
+
                         }
                         Some(lp) => {
                             format!("{} {} `{}`",
@@ -807,6 +807,19 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     BorrowViolation(euv::AutoUnsafe) |
                     BorrowViolation(euv::ForLoop) |
                     BorrowViolation(euv::MatchDiscriminant) => {
+                        // Check for this field's definition to see if it is an immutable reference
+                        // and suggest making it mutable if that is the case.
+                        immutable_field = err.cmt.get_field_name()
+                            .and_then(|name| err.cmt.get_field(name))
+                            .and_then(|did| self.tcx.hir.as_local_node_id(did))
+                            .and_then(|nid| {
+                                if let hir_map::Node::NodeField(ref field) = self.tcx.hir.get(nid) {
+                                    return self.suggest_mut_for_immutable(&field.ty)
+                                        .map(|msg| (self.tcx.hir.span(nid), msg));
+                                }
+                                None
+                            });
+
                         format!("cannot borrow {} as mutable", descr)
                     }
                     BorrowViolation(euv::ClosureInvocation) => {
@@ -830,13 +843,20 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                          its contents can be safely reborrowed",
                         descr)
             }
+        };
+
+        let mut db = self.struct_span_err(span, msg);
+        if let Some((span, msg)) = immutable_field {
+            db.span_label(span, &msg);
         }
+        db
     }
 
     pub fn report_aliasability_violation(&self,
                                          span: Span,
                                          kind: AliasableViolationKind,
-                                         cause: mc::AliasableReason) {
+                                         cause: mc::AliasableReason,
+                                         cmt: mc::cmt<'tcx>) {
         let mut is_closure = false;
         let prefix = match kind {
             MutabilityViolation => {
@@ -903,6 +923,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     self.tcx.sess, span, E0389,
                     "{} in a `&` reference", prefix);
                 e.span_label(span, &"assignment into an immutable reference");
+                if let Some(nid) = cmt.get_arg_if_immutable(&self.tcx.hir) {
+                    self.immutable_argument_should_be_mut(nid, &mut e);
+                }
                 e
             }
         };
@@ -913,6 +936,55 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         err.emit();
     }
 
+    /// Given a type, if it is an immutable reference, return a suggestion to make it mutable
+    fn suggest_mut_for_immutable(&self, pty: &hir::Ty) -> Option<String> {
+        // Check wether the argument is an immutable reference
+        if let hir::TyRptr(opt_lifetime, hir::MutTy {
+            mutbl: hir::Mutability::MutImmutable,
+            ref ty
+        }) = pty.node {
+            // Account for existing lifetimes when generating the message
+            if let Some(lifetime) = opt_lifetime {
+                if let Ok(snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(ty.span) {
+                    if let Ok(lifetime_snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap()
+                        .span_to_snippet(lifetime.span) {
+                            return Some(format!("use `&{} mut {}` here to make mutable",
+                                                lifetime_snippet,
+                                                snippet));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else if let Ok(snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(pty.span) {
+                if snippet.starts_with("&") {
+                    return Some(format!("use `{}` here to make mutable",
+                                        snippet.replace("&", "&mut ")));
+                }
+            } else {
+                bug!("couldn't find a snippet for span: {:?}", pty.span);
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn immutable_argument_should_be_mut(&self, nid: ast::NodeId, db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder) {
+        let parent = self.tcx.hir.get_parent_node(nid);
+        let parent_node = self.tcx.hir.get(parent);
+
+        // The parent node is like a fn
+        if let Some(fn_like) = FnLikeNode::from_node(parent_node) {
+            // `nid`'s parent's `Body`
+            let fn_body = self.tcx.hir.body(fn_like.body());
+            // Get the position of `nid` in the arguments list
+            let arg_pos = fn_body.arguments.iter().position(|arg| arg.pat.id == nid);
+            if let Some(i) = arg_pos {
+                // The argument's `Ty`
+                let arg_ty = &fn_like.decl().inputs[i];
+                if let Some(msg) = self.suggest_mut_for_immutable(&arg_ty) {
+                    db.span_label(arg_ty.span, &msg);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn report_out_of_scope_escaping_closure_capture(&self,
                                                     err: &BckError<'tcx>,
                                                     capture_span: Span)
@@ -961,8 +1033,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn note_and_explain_bckerr(&self, db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder, err: BckError<'tcx>,
-        error_span: Span) {
+    pub fn note_and_explain_bckerr(&self, db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder, err: BckError<'tcx>) {
+        let error_span = err.span.clone();
         match err.code {
             err_mutbl => self.note_and_explain_mutbl_error(db, &err, &error_span),
             err_out_of_scope(super_scope, sub_scope, cause) => {
@@ -1103,41 +1175,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BorrowckCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
             _ => {
-                if let Categorization::Deref(ref inner_cmt, ..) = err.cmt.cat {
-                    if let Categorization::Local(local_id) = inner_cmt.cat {
-                        let parent = self.tcx.hir.get_parent_node(local_id);
-
-                        if let Some(fn_like) = FnLikeNode::from_node(self.tcx.hir.get(parent)) {
-                            if let Some(i) = self.tcx.hir.body(fn_like.body()).arguments.iter()
-                                                     .position(|arg| arg.pat.id == local_id) {
-                                let arg_ty = &fn_like.decl().inputs[i];
-                                if let hir::TyRptr(
-                                    opt_lifetime,
-                                    hir::MutTy{mutbl: hir::Mutability::MutImmutable, ref ty}) =
-                                    arg_ty.node {
-                                    if let Some(lifetime) = opt_lifetime {
-                                        if let Ok(snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap()
-                                            .span_to_snippet(ty.span) {
-                                            if let Ok(lifetime_snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap()
-                                                .span_to_snippet(lifetime.span) {
-                                                    db.span_label(arg_ty.span,
-                                                                  &format!("use `&{} mut {}` \
-                                                                            here to make mutable",
-                                                                            lifetime_snippet,
-                                                                            snippet));
-                                            }
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                    else if let Ok(snippet) = self.tcx.sess.codemap()
-                                        .span_to_snippet(arg_ty.span) {
-                                        if snippet.starts_with("&") {
-                                            db.span_label(arg_ty.span,
-                                                          &format!("use `{}` here to make mutable",
-                                                                   snippet.replace("&", "&mut ")));
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
+                if let Categorization::Deref(..) = err.cmt.cat {
+                    db.span_label(*error_span, &"cannot borrow as mutable");
+                    if let Some(local_id) = err.cmt.get_arg_if_immutable(&self.tcx.hir) {
+                        self.immutable_argument_should_be_mut(local_id, db);
+                    } else if let Categorization::Deref(ref inner_cmt, ..) = err.cmt.cat {
+                        if let Categorization::Local(local_id) = inner_cmt.cat {
+                            self.immutable_argument_should_be_mut(local_id, db);
                         }
                     }
                 } else if let Categorization::Local(local_id) = err.cmt.cat {
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.rs b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..136921dd0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct Pass<'a> {
+    s: &'a mut String
+}
+
+impl<'a> Pass<'a> {
+    fn f(&mut self) {
+        self.s.push('x');
+    }
+}
+
+struct Foo<'a> {
+    s: &'a mut String
+}
+
+impl<'a> Foo<'a> {
+    fn f(&self) {
+        self.s.push('x');
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.stderr b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9f2b1dad80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-1.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+error[E0389]: cannot borrow data mutably in a `&` reference
+  --> $DIR/issue-38147-1.rs:27:9
+   |
+26 |     fn f(&self) {
+   |          ----- use `&mut self` here to make mutable
+27 |         self.s.push('x');
+   |         ^^^^^^ assignment into an immutable reference
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.rs b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5d533edf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct Bar<'a> {
+    s: &'a String
+}
+
+impl<'a> Bar<'a> {
+    fn f(&mut self) {
+        self.s.push('x');
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.stderr b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdaf0cd44d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-2.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*self.s` as mutable
+  --> $DIR/issue-38147-2.rs:17:9
+   |
+12 |     s: &'a String
+   |     ------------- use `&'a mut String` here to make mutable
+...
+17 |         self.s.push('x');
+   |         ^^^^^^ cannot borrow as mutable
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.rs b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e8f2d3eaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct Qux<'a> {
+    s: &'a String
+}
+
+impl<'a> Qux<'a> {
+    fn f(&self) {
+        self.s.push('x');
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.stderr b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2280fa561b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-3.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*self.s` as mutable
+  --> $DIR/issue-38147-3.rs:17:9
+   |
+12 |     s: &'a String
+   |     ------------- use `&'a mut String` here to make mutable
+...
+16 |     fn f(&self) {
+   |          ----- use `&mut self` here to make mutable
+17 |         self.s.push('x');
+   |         ^^^^^^ cannot borrow as mutable
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.rs b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4eb20ceeed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct Foo<'a> {
+    s: &'a mut String
+}
+
+fn f(x: usize, f: &Foo) {
+    f.s.push('x');
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.stderr b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a8853f4fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/did_you_mean/issue-38147-4.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+error[E0389]: cannot borrow data mutably in a `&` reference
+  --> $DIR/issue-38147-4.rs:16:5
+   |
+15 | fn f(x: usize, f: &Foo) {
+   |                   ---- use `&mut Foo` here to make mutable
+16 |     f.s.push('x');
+   |     ^^^ assignment into an immutable reference
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.stderr
index 1109351bff8..b83a6aaebf3 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.stderr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 74 | fn deref_extend_mut_field1(x: &Own<Point>) -> &mut isize {
    |                               ----------- use `&mut Own<Point>` here to make mutable
 75 |     &mut x.y //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |          ^
+   |          ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error[E0499]: cannot borrow `*x` as mutable more than once at a time
   --> $DIR/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.rs:88:19
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 101 | fn assign_field2<'a>(x: &'a Own<Point>) {
     |                         -------------- use `&'a mut Own<Point>` here to make mutable
 102 |     x.y = 3; //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-    |     ^
+    |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error[E0499]: cannot borrow `*x` as mutable more than once at a time
    --> $DIR/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.rs:111:5
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 130 | fn deref_extend_mut_method1(x: &Own<Point>) -> &mut isize {
     |                                ----------- use `&mut Own<Point>` here to make mutable
 131 |     x.y_mut() //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-    |     ^
+    |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable argument `x` as mutable
    --> $DIR/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-auto-deref-mut.rs:139:6
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 142 | fn assign_method2<'a>(x: &'a Own<Point>) {
     |                          -------------- use `&'a mut Own<Point>` here to make mutable
 143 |     *x.y_mut() = 3; //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-    |      ^
+    |      ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to 10 previous errors
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.stderr
index a5b70459161..af954a4d792 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.stderr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 50 | fn deref_extend_mut1<'a>(x: &'a Own<isize>) -> &'a mut isize {
    |                             -------------- use `&'a mut Own<isize>` here to make mutable
 51 |     &mut **x //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |           ^^
+   |           ^^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable argument `x` as mutable
   --> $DIR/borrowck-borrow-overloaded-deref-mut.rs:59:6
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 62 | fn assign2<'a>(x: &'a Own<isize>) {
    |                   -------------- use `&'a mut Own<isize>` here to make mutable
 63 |     **x = 3; //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |      ^^
+   |      ^^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.stderr
index 16bb6001367..f2f0e027f01 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.stderr
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*f` as mutable
 35 | fn test2<F>(f: &F) where F: FnMut() {
    |                -- use `&mut F` here to make mutable
 36 |     (*f)(); //~ ERROR: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*f` as mutable
-   |     ^^^^
+   |     ^^^^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable `Box` content `*f.f` as mutable
   --> $DIR/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.rs:44:5
    |
+43 | fn test4(f: &Test) {
+   |             ----- use `&mut Test` here to make mutable
 44 |     f.f.call_mut(()) //~ ERROR: cannot borrow immutable `Box` content `*f.f` as mutable
-   |     ^^^
+   |     ^^^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error[E0504]: cannot move `f` into closure because it is borrowed
   --> $DIR/borrowck-call-is-borrow-issue-12224.rs:63:13
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-method-from-mut-aliasable.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-method-from-mut-aliasable.stderr
index a1af1ca7408..2349bfaf75e 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-method-from-mut-aliasable.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-call-method-from-mut-aliasable.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
    |         ---- use `&mut Foo` here to make mutable
 26 |     x.f();
 27 |     x.h(); //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |     ^
+   |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-fn-in-const-b.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-fn-in-const-b.stderr
index 41f549c708a..251a9e4aa57 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-fn-in-const-b.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-fn-in-const-b.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
 16 |     fn broken(x: &Vec<String>) {
    |                  ------------ use `&mut Vec<String>` here to make mutable
 17 |         x.push(format!("this is broken"));
-   |         ^
+   |         ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-object-mutability.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-object-mutability.stderr
index 32e4da18056..4ef1cb9c239 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-object-mutability.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/borrowck-object-mutability.stderr
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*x` as mutable
    |                         ---- use `&mut Foo` here to make mutable
 18 |     x.borrowed();
 19 |     x.borrowed_mut(); //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |     ^
+   |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable `Box` content `*x` as mutable
   --> $DIR/borrowck-object-mutability.rs:29:5
    |
 29 |     x.borrowed_mut(); //~ ERROR cannot borrow
-   |     ^
+   |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/span/mut-arg-hint.stderr b/src/test/ui/span/mut-arg-hint.stderr
index 58f66c13584..e4ed0622147 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/span/mut-arg-hint.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/span/mut-arg-hint.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*a` as mutable
 17 | pub fn foo<'a>(mut a: &'a String) {
    |                       ---------- use `&'a mut String` here to make mutable
 18 |     a.push_str("foo");
-   |     ^
+   |     ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*a` as mutable
   --> $DIR/mut-arg-hint.rs:13:9
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*a` as mutable
 12 |     fn foo(mut a: &String) {
    |                   ------- use `&mut String` here to make mutable
 13 |         a.push_str("bar");
-   |         ^
+   |         ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*a` as mutable
   --> $DIR/mut-arg-hint.rs:25:9
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ error: cannot borrow immutable borrowed content `*a` as mutable
 24 |     pub fn foo(mut a: &String) {
    |                       ------- use `&mut String` here to make mutable
 25 |         a.push_str("foo");
-   |         ^
+   |         ^ cannot borrow as mutable
 
 error: aborting due to 3 previous errors