3 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/definitions.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/definitions.rs
index f93b9e5af53..8aec11a2e81 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/definitions.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/definitions.rs
@@ -181,32 +181,26 @@ pub struct DisambiguatedDefPathData {
 }
 
 impl DisambiguatedDefPathData {
-    pub fn fmt_maybe_verbose(&self, writer: &mut impl Write, verbose: bool) -> fmt::Result {
+    pub fn as_sym(&self, verbose: bool) -> Symbol {
         match self.data.name() {
             DefPathDataName::Named(name) => {
                 if verbose && self.disambiguator != 0 {
-                    write!(writer, "{}#{}", name, self.disambiguator)
+                    Symbol::intern(&format!("{}#{}", name, self.disambiguator))
                 } else {
-                    writer.write_str(name.as_str())
+                    name
                 }
             }
             DefPathDataName::Anon { namespace } => {
                 if let DefPathData::AnonAssocTy(method) = self.data {
-                    write!(writer, "{}::{{{}#{}}}", method, namespace, self.disambiguator)
+                    Symbol::intern(&format!("{}::{{{}#{}}}", method, namespace, self.disambiguator))
                 } else {
-                    write!(writer, "{{{}#{}}}", namespace, self.disambiguator)
+                    Symbol::intern(&format!("{{{}#{}}}", namespace, self.disambiguator))
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for DisambiguatedDefPathData {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        self.fmt_maybe_verbose(f, true)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub struct DefPath {
     /// The path leading from the crate root to the item.
@@ -250,7 +244,7 @@ impl DefPath {
         let mut s = String::with_capacity(self.data.len() * 16);
 
         for component in &self.data {
-            write!(s, "::{component}").unwrap();
+            write!(s, "::{}", component.as_sym(true)).unwrap();
         }
 
         s
@@ -266,7 +260,7 @@ impl DefPath {
         for component in &self.data {
             s.extend(opt_delimiter);
             opt_delimiter = Some('-');
-            write!(s, "{component}").unwrap();
+            write!(s, "{}", component.as_sym(true)).unwrap();
         }
 
         s
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/print/pretty.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/print/pretty.rs
index 8f0f9b21dc1..b7088bd003a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/print/pretty.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/print/pretty.rs
@@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Printer<'tcx> for FmtPrinter<'_, 'tcx> {
         }
 
         let verbose = self.should_print_verbose();
-        disambiguated_data.fmt_maybe_verbose(self, verbose)?;
+        write!(self, "{}", disambiguated_data.as_sym(verbose))?;
 
         self.empty_path = false;
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/infer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/infer/mod.rs
index bc464b099e2..b9acadc406e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/infer/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{cmp, fmt, iter};
 
 use rustc_abi::ExternAbi;
+use rustc_ast::join_path_syms;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxIndexMap, FxIndexSet};
 use rustc_errors::{
     Applicability, Diag, DiagStyledString, IntoDiagArg, MultiSpan, StringPart, pluralize,
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::{
     TypeVisitableExt,
 };
 use rustc_span::def_id::LOCAL_CRATE;
-use rustc_span::{BytePos, DUMMY_SP, DesugaringKind, Pos, Span, sym};
+use rustc_span::{BytePos, DUMMY_SP, DesugaringKind, Pos, Span, Symbol, sym};
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
 use crate::error_reporting::TypeErrCtxt;
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
 
         struct AbsolutePathPrinter<'tcx> {
             tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-            segments: Vec<String>,
+            segments: Vec<Symbol>,
         }
 
         impl<'tcx> Printer<'tcx> for AbsolutePathPrinter<'tcx> {
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             }
 
             fn path_crate(&mut self, cnum: CrateNum) -> Result<(), PrintError> {
-                self.segments = vec![self.tcx.crate_name(cnum).to_string()];
+                self.segments = vec![self.tcx.crate_name(cnum)];
                 Ok(())
             }
             fn path_qualified(
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 disambiguated_data: &DisambiguatedDefPathData,
             ) -> Result<(), PrintError> {
                 print_prefix(self)?;
-                self.segments.push(disambiguated_data.to_string());
+                self.segments.push(disambiguated_data.as_sym(true));
                 Ok(())
             }
             fn path_generic_args(
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 // known" by the same name, we use the "absolute path" which uses the original
                 // crate name instead.
                 let (expected, found) = if expected_str == found_str {
-                    (expected_abs.join("::"), found_abs.join("::"))
+                    (join_path_syms(&expected_abs), join_path_syms(&found_abs))
                 } else {
                     (expected_str.clone(), found_str.clone())
                 };