fix(middle): emit error rather than delay bug when reaching limit

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 76 deletions

diff --git a/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.rs b/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d2f1c6e3271..00000000000
--- a/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// issue-38940: error printed twice for deref recursion limit exceeded
-// Test that the recursion limit can be changed. In this case, we have
-// deeply nested types that will fail the `Send` check by overflow
-// when the recursion limit is set very low.
-// compile-flags: -Zdeduplicate-diagnostics=yes
-
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-#![recursion_limit = "10"]
-macro_rules! link {
-    ($outer:ident, $inner:ident) => {
-        struct $outer($inner);
-        impl $outer {
-            fn new() -> $outer {
-                $outer($inner::new())
-            }
-        }
-        impl std::ops::Deref for $outer {
-            type Target = $inner;
-            fn deref(&self) -> &$inner {
-                &self.0
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-struct Bottom;
-
-impl Bottom {
-    fn new() -> Bottom {
-        Bottom
-    }
-}
-
-link!(Top, A);
-link!(A, B);
-link!(B, C);
-link!(C, D);
-link!(D, E);
-link!(E, F);
-link!(F, G);
-link!(G, H);
-link!(H, I);
-link!(I, J);
-link!(J, K);
-link!(K, Bottom);
-
-fn main() {
-    let t = Top::new();
-    let x: &Bottom = &t;
-    //~^ ERROR mismatched types
-    //~| ERROR reached the recursion limit while auto-dereferencing `J`
-}
diff --git a/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.stderr b/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e98bfcd90f..00000000000
--- a/tests/ui/autoref-autoderef/issue-38940.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-error[E0055]: reached the recursion limit while auto-dereferencing `J`
-  --> $DIR/issue-38940.rs:49:22
-   |
-LL |     let x: &Bottom = &t;
-   |                      ^^ deref recursion limit reached
-   |
-   = help: consider increasing the recursion limit by adding a `#![recursion_limit = "20"]` attribute to your crate (`issue_38940`)
-
-error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/issue-38940.rs:49:22
-   |
-LL |     let x: &Bottom = &t;
-   |            -------   ^^ expected `&Bottom`, found `&Top`
-   |            |
-   |            expected due to this
-   |
-   = note: expected reference `&Bottom`
-              found reference `&Top`
-
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
-
-Some errors have detailed explanations: E0055, E0308.
-For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0055`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/recursion_limit_deref.stderr b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/recursion_limit_deref.stderr
index 32fb628c470..b0c493faf1e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/recursion_limit_deref.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/recursion_limit_deref.stderr
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+error: reached the recursion limit finding the struct tail for `Bottom`
+   |
+   = help: consider increasing the recursion limit by adding a `#![recursion_limit = "20"]`
+
 error[E0055]: reached the recursion limit while auto-dereferencing `J`
   --> $DIR/recursion_limit_deref.rs:51:22
    |
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ LL |     let x: &Bottom = &t;
    = note: expected reference `&Bottom`
               found reference `&Top`
 
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
 Some errors have detailed explanations: E0055, E0308.
 For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0055`.