1 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/autoderef.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/autoderef.rs
index 5a66c31a0cc..d8e9227a87c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/autoderef.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/autoderef.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pub enum AutoderefKind {
     /// A type which must dispatch to a `Deref` implementation.
     Overloaded,
 }
-
 struct AutoderefSnapshot<'tcx> {
     at_start: bool,
     reached_recursion_limit: bool,
@@ -27,6 +26,10 @@ struct AutoderefSnapshot<'tcx> {
     obligations: PredicateObligations<'tcx>,
 }
 
+/// Recursively dereference a type, considering both built-in
+/// dereferences (`*`) and the `Deref` trait.
+/// Although called `Autoderef` it can be configured to use the
+/// `Receiver` trait instead of the `Deref` trait.
 pub struct Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
     // Meta infos:
     infcx: &'a InferCtxt<'tcx>,
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ pub struct Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     // Configurations:
     include_raw_pointers: bool,
+    use_receiver_trait: bool,
     silence_errors: bool,
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Iterator for Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
 
         // Otherwise, deref if type is derefable:
+        // NOTE: in the case of self.use_receiver_trait = true, you might think it would
+        // be better to skip this clause and use the Overloaded case only, since &T
+        // and &mut T implement Receiver. But built-in derefs apply equally to Receiver
+        // and Deref, and this has benefits for const and the emitted MIR.
         let (kind, new_ty) =
             if let Some(ty) = self.state.cur_ty.builtin_deref(self.include_raw_pointers) {
                 debug_assert_eq!(ty, self.infcx.resolve_vars_if_possible(ty));
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
         body_def_id: LocalDefId,
         span: Span,
         base_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
-    ) -> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
+    ) -> Self {
         Autoderef {
             infcx,
             span,
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
                 reached_recursion_limit: false,
             },
             include_raw_pointers: false,
+            use_receiver_trait: false,
             silence_errors: false,
         }
     }
@@ -137,8 +146,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
             return None;
         }
 
-        // <ty as Deref>
-        let trait_ref = ty::TraitRef::new(tcx, tcx.lang_items().deref_trait()?, [ty]);
+        // <ty as Deref>, or whatever the equivalent trait is that we've been asked to walk.
+        let (trait_def_id, trait_target_def_id) = if self.use_receiver_trait {
+            (tcx.lang_items().receiver_trait()?, tcx.lang_items().receiver_target()?)
+        } else {
+            (tcx.lang_items().deref_trait()?, tcx.lang_items().deref_target()?)
+        };
+        let trait_ref = ty::TraitRef::new(tcx, trait_def_id, [ty]);
         let cause = traits::ObligationCause::misc(self.span, self.body_id);
         let obligation = traits::Obligation::new(
             tcx,
@@ -151,11 +165,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let (normalized_ty, obligations) = self.structurally_normalize(Ty::new_projection(
-            tcx,
-            tcx.lang_items().deref_target()?,
-            [ty],
-        ))?;
+        let (normalized_ty, obligations) =
+            self.structurally_normalize(Ty::new_projection(tcx, trait_target_def_id, [ty]))?;
         debug!("overloaded_deref_ty({:?}) = ({:?}, {:?})", ty, normalized_ty, obligations);
         self.state.obligations.extend(obligations);
 
@@ -234,6 +245,14 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Autoderef<'a, 'tcx> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Use `core::ops::Receiver` and `core::ops::Receiver::Target` as
+    /// the trait and associated type to iterate, instead of
+    /// `core::ops::Deref` and `core::ops::Deref::Target`
+    pub fn use_receiver_trait(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.use_receiver_trait = true;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn silence_errors(mut self) -> Self {
         self.silence_errors = true;
         self