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| -rw-r--r-- | src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs index 5e8d6301acb..4bc7b81b3f6 100644 --- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs +++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs @@ -926,12 +926,19 @@ impl Clean<Attributes> for [ast::Attribute] { // for structs, etc, and the link won't work. if let Ok(path) = resolve(false) { path.def - } else if let Ok(_path) = resolve(true) { + } else if let Ok(path) = resolve(true) { + let kind = match path.def { + Def::Variant(..) | Def::VariantCtor(..) => ("variant", format!("{}()", path_str)), + Def::Fn(..) => ("function", format!("{}()", path_str)), + Def::Method(..) => ("method", format!("{}()", path_str)), + Def::Const(..) => ("const", format!("const@{}", path_str)), + Def::Static(..) => ("static", format!("static@{}", path_str)), + _ => ("value", format!("static@{}", path_str)), + }; let sp = attrs.doc_strings.first().map_or(DUMMY_SP, |a| a.span()); - cx.sess().struct_span_err(sp, &format!("could not resolve `{}`", - path_str)) - .help(&format!("try `{0}()`, `static@{0}`, or `const@{0}`", - path_str)) + cx.sess().struct_span_err(sp, &format!("could not resolve `{}` as a type, it is a {}", + path_str, kind.0)) + .help(&format!("try `{}`", kind.1)) .emit(); continue; } else { |