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+use crate::traits::{ObligationCause, ObligationCauseCode};
+use crate::ty::diagnostics::suggest_constraining_type_param;
+use crate::ty::{self, BoundRegion, Region, Ty, TyCtxt};
+use rustc_ast as ast;
+use rustc_errors::Applicability::{MachineApplicable, MaybeIncorrect};
+use rustc_errors::{pluralize, DiagnosticBuilder};
+use rustc_hir as hir;
+use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
+use rustc_span::symbol::{sym, Symbol};
+use rustc_span::{BytePos, MultiSpan, Span};
+use rustc_target::spec::abi;
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, TypeFoldable)]
+pub struct ExpectedFound<T> {
+    pub expected: T,
+    pub found: T,
+}
+
+impl<T> ExpectedFound<T> {
+    pub fn new(a_is_expected: bool, a: T, b: T) -> Self {
+        if a_is_expected {
+            ExpectedFound { expected: a, found: b }
+        } else {
+            ExpectedFound { expected: b, found: a }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Data structures used in type unification
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, TypeFoldable)]
+pub enum TypeError<'tcx> {
+    Mismatch,
+    UnsafetyMismatch(ExpectedFound<hir::Unsafety>),
+    AbiMismatch(ExpectedFound<abi::Abi>),
+    Mutability,
+    TupleSize(ExpectedFound<usize>),
+    FixedArraySize(ExpectedFound<u64>),
+    ArgCount,
+
+    RegionsDoesNotOutlive(Region<'tcx>, Region<'tcx>),
+    RegionsInsufficientlyPolymorphic(BoundRegion, Region<'tcx>),
+    RegionsOverlyPolymorphic(BoundRegion, Region<'tcx>),
+    RegionsPlaceholderMismatch,
+
+    Sorts(ExpectedFound<Ty<'tcx>>),
+    IntMismatch(ExpectedFound<ty::IntVarValue>),
+    FloatMismatch(ExpectedFound<ast::FloatTy>),
+    Traits(ExpectedFound<DefId>),
+    VariadicMismatch(ExpectedFound<bool>),
+
+    /// Instantiating a type variable with the given type would have
+    /// created a cycle (because it appears somewhere within that
+    /// type).
+    CyclicTy(Ty<'tcx>),
+    ProjectionMismatched(ExpectedFound<DefId>),
+    ExistentialMismatch(ExpectedFound<&'tcx ty::List<ty::ExistentialPredicate<'tcx>>>),
+    ObjectUnsafeCoercion(DefId),
+    ConstMismatch(ExpectedFound<&'tcx ty::Const<'tcx>>),
+
+    IntrinsicCast,
+    /// Safe `#[target_feature]` functions are not assignable to safe function pointers.
+    TargetFeatureCast(DefId),
+}
+
+pub enum UnconstrainedNumeric {
+    UnconstrainedFloat,
+    UnconstrainedInt,
+    Neither,
+}
+
+/// Explains the source of a type err in a short, human readable way. This is meant to be placed
+/// in parentheses after some larger message. You should also invoke `note_and_explain_type_err()`
+/// afterwards to present additional details, particularly when it comes to lifetime-related
+/// errors.
+impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for TypeError<'tcx> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        use self::TypeError::*;
+        fn report_maybe_different(
+            f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>,
+            expected: &str,
+            found: &str,
+        ) -> fmt::Result {
+            // A naive approach to making sure that we're not reporting silly errors such as:
+            // (expected closure, found closure).
+            if expected == found {
+                write!(f, "expected {}, found a different {}", expected, found)
+            } else {
+                write!(f, "expected {}, found {}", expected, found)
+            }
+        }
+
+        let br_string = |br: ty::BoundRegion| match br {
+            ty::BrNamed(_, name) => format!(" {}", name),
+            _ => String::new(),
+        };
+
+        match *self {
+            CyclicTy(_) => write!(f, "cyclic type of infinite size"),
+            Mismatch => write!(f, "types differ"),
+            UnsafetyMismatch(values) => {
+                write!(f, "expected {} fn, found {} fn", values.expected, values.found)
+            }
+            AbiMismatch(values) => {
+                write!(f, "expected {} fn, found {} fn", values.expected, values.found)
+            }
+            Mutability => write!(f, "types differ in mutability"),
+            TupleSize(values) => write!(
+                f,
+                "expected a tuple with {} element{}, \
+                           found one with {} element{}",
+                values.expected,
+                pluralize!(values.expected),
+                values.found,
+                pluralize!(values.found)
+            ),
+            FixedArraySize(values) => write!(
+                f,
+                "expected an array with a fixed size of {} element{}, \
+                           found one with {} element{}",
+                values.expected,
+                pluralize!(values.expected),
+                values.found,
+                pluralize!(values.found)
+            ),
+            ArgCount => write!(f, "incorrect number of function parameters"),
+            RegionsDoesNotOutlive(..) => write!(f, "lifetime mismatch"),
+            RegionsInsufficientlyPolymorphic(br, _) => write!(
+                f,
+                "expected bound lifetime parameter{}, found concrete lifetime",
+                br_string(br)
+            ),
+            RegionsOverlyPolymorphic(br, _) => write!(
+                f,
+                "expected concrete lifetime, found bound lifetime parameter{}",
+                br_string(br)
+            ),
+            RegionsPlaceholderMismatch => write!(f, "one type is more general than the other"),
+            Sorts(values) => ty::tls::with(|tcx| {
+                report_maybe_different(
+                    f,
+                    &values.expected.sort_string(tcx),
+                    &values.found.sort_string(tcx),
+                )
+            }),
+            Traits(values) => ty::tls::with(|tcx| {
+                report_maybe_different(
+                    f,
+                    &format!("trait `{}`", tcx.def_path_str(values.expected)),
+                    &format!("trait `{}`", tcx.def_path_str(values.found)),
+                )
+            }),
+            IntMismatch(ref values) => {
+                write!(f, "expected `{:?}`, found `{:?}`", values.expected, values.found)
+            }
+            FloatMismatch(ref values) => {
+                write!(f, "expected `{:?}`, found `{:?}`", values.expected, values.found)
+            }
+            VariadicMismatch(ref values) => write!(
+                f,
+                "expected {} fn, found {} function",
+                if values.expected { "variadic" } else { "non-variadic" },
+                if values.found { "variadic" } else { "non-variadic" }
+            ),
+            ProjectionMismatched(ref values) => ty::tls::with(|tcx| {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "expected {}, found {}",
+                    tcx.def_path_str(values.expected),
+                    tcx.def_path_str(values.found)
+                )
+            }),
+            ExistentialMismatch(ref values) => report_maybe_different(
+                f,
+                &format!("trait `{}`", values.expected),
+                &format!("trait `{}`", values.found),
+            ),
+            ConstMismatch(ref values) => {
+                write!(f, "expected `{}`, found `{}`", values.expected, values.found)
+            }
+            IntrinsicCast => write!(f, "cannot coerce intrinsics to function pointers"),
+            TargetFeatureCast(_) => write!(
+                f,
+                "cannot coerce functions with `#[target_feature]` to safe function pointers"
+            ),
+            ObjectUnsafeCoercion(_) => write!(f, "coercion to object-unsafe trait object"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> TypeError<'tcx> {
+    pub fn must_include_note(&self) -> bool {
+        use self::TypeError::*;
+        match self {
+            CyclicTy(_) | UnsafetyMismatch(_) | Mismatch | AbiMismatch(_) | FixedArraySize(_)
+            | Sorts(_) | IntMismatch(_) | FloatMismatch(_) | VariadicMismatch(_)
+            | TargetFeatureCast(_) => false,
+
+            Mutability
+            | TupleSize(_)
+            | ArgCount
+            | RegionsDoesNotOutlive(..)
+            | RegionsInsufficientlyPolymorphic(..)
+            | RegionsOverlyPolymorphic(..)
+            | RegionsPlaceholderMismatch
+            | Traits(_)
+            | ProjectionMismatched(_)
+            | ExistentialMismatch(_)
+            | ConstMismatch(_)
+            | IntrinsicCast
+            | ObjectUnsafeCoercion(_) => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> ty::TyS<'tcx> {
+    pub fn sort_string(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        match self.kind {
+            ty::Bool | ty::Char | ty::Int(_) | ty::Uint(_) | ty::Float(_) | ty::Str | ty::Never => {
+                format!("`{}`", self).into()
+            }
+            ty::Tuple(ref tys) if tys.is_empty() => format!("`{}`", self).into(),
+
+            ty::Adt(def, _) => format!("{} `{}`", def.descr(), tcx.def_path_str(def.did)).into(),
+            ty::Foreign(def_id) => format!("extern type `{}`", tcx.def_path_str(def_id)).into(),
+            ty::Array(t, n) => {
+                let n = tcx.lift(&n).unwrap();
+                match n.try_eval_usize(tcx, ty::ParamEnv::empty()) {
+                    _ if t.is_simple_ty() => format!("array `{}`", self).into(),
+                    Some(n) => format!("array of {} element{} ", n, pluralize!(n)).into(),
+                    None => "array".into(),
+                }
+            }
+            ty::Slice(ty) if ty.is_simple_ty() => format!("slice `{}`", self).into(),
+            ty::Slice(_) => "slice".into(),
+            ty::RawPtr(_) => "*-ptr".into(),
+            ty::Ref(_, ty, mutbl) => {
+                let tymut = ty::TypeAndMut { ty, mutbl };
+                let tymut_string = tymut.to_string();
+                if tymut_string != "_"
+                    && (ty.is_simple_text() || tymut_string.len() < "mutable reference".len())
+                {
+                    format!("`&{}`", tymut_string).into()
+                } else {
+                    // Unknown type name, it's long or has type arguments
+                    match mutbl {
+                        hir::Mutability::Mut => "mutable reference",
+                        _ => "reference",
+                    }
+                    .into()
+                }
+            }
+            ty::FnDef(..) => "fn item".into(),
+            ty::FnPtr(_) => "fn pointer".into(),
+            ty::Dynamic(ref inner, ..) => {
+                if let Some(principal) = inner.principal() {
+                    format!("trait object `dyn {}`", tcx.def_path_str(principal.def_id())).into()
+                } else {
+                    "trait object".into()
+                }
+            }
+            ty::Closure(..) => "closure".into(),
+            ty::Generator(..) => "generator".into(),
+            ty::GeneratorWitness(..) => "generator witness".into(),
+            ty::Tuple(..) => "tuple".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::TyVar(_)) => "inferred type".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::IntVar(_)) => "integer".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::FloatVar(_)) => "floating-point number".into(),
+            ty::Placeholder(..) => "placeholder type".into(),
+            ty::Bound(..) => "bound type".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::FreshTy(_)) => "fresh type".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::FreshIntTy(_)) => "fresh integral type".into(),
+            ty::Infer(ty::FreshFloatTy(_)) => "fresh floating-point type".into(),
+            ty::Projection(_) => "associated type".into(),
+            ty::Param(p) => format!("type parameter `{}`", p).into(),
+            ty::Opaque(..) => "opaque type".into(),
+            ty::Error(_) => "type error".into(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn prefix_string(&self) -> Cow<'static, str> {
+        match self.kind {
+            ty::Infer(_)
+            | ty::Error(_)
+            | ty::Bool
+            | ty::Char
+            | ty::Int(_)
+            | ty::Uint(_)
+            | ty::Float(_)
+            | ty::Str
+            | ty::Never => "type".into(),
+            ty::Tuple(ref tys) if tys.is_empty() => "unit type".into(),
+            ty::Adt(def, _) => def.descr().into(),
+            ty::Foreign(_) => "extern type".into(),
+            ty::Array(..) => "array".into(),
+            ty::Slice(_) => "slice".into(),
+            ty::RawPtr(_) => "raw pointer".into(),
+            ty::Ref(.., mutbl) => match mutbl {
+                hir::Mutability::Mut => "mutable reference",
+                _ => "reference",
+            }
+            .into(),
+            ty::FnDef(..) => "fn item".into(),
+            ty::FnPtr(_) => "fn pointer".into(),
+            ty::Dynamic(..) => "trait object".into(),
+            ty::Closure(..) => "closure".into(),
+            ty::Generator(..) => "generator".into(),
+            ty::GeneratorWitness(..) => "generator witness".into(),
+            ty::Tuple(..) => "tuple".into(),
+            ty::Placeholder(..) => "higher-ranked type".into(),
+            ty::Bound(..) => "bound type variable".into(),
+            ty::Projection(_) => "associated type".into(),
+            ty::Param(_) => "type parameter".into(),
+            ty::Opaque(..) => "opaque type".into(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
+    pub fn note_and_explain_type_err(
+        self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        err: &TypeError<'tcx>,
+        cause: &ObligationCause<'tcx>,
+        sp: Span,
+        body_owner_def_id: DefId,
+    ) {
+        use self::TypeError::*;
+        debug!("note_and_explain_type_err err={:?} cause={:?}", err, cause);
+        match err {
+            Sorts(values) => {
+                let expected_str = values.expected.sort_string(self);
+                let found_str = values.found.sort_string(self);
+                if expected_str == found_str && expected_str == "closure" {
+                    db.note("no two closures, even if identical, have the same type");
+                    db.help("consider boxing your closure and/or using it as a trait object");
+                }
+                if expected_str == found_str && expected_str == "opaque type" {
+                    // Issue #63167
+                    db.note("distinct uses of `impl Trait` result in different opaque types");
+                    let e_str = values.expected.to_string();
+                    let f_str = values.found.to_string();
+                    if e_str == f_str && &e_str == "impl std::future::Future" {
+                        // FIXME: use non-string based check.
+                        db.help(
+                            "if both `Future`s have the same `Output` type, consider \
+                                 `.await`ing on both of them",
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+                match (&values.expected.kind, &values.found.kind) {
+                    (ty::Float(_), ty::Infer(ty::IntVar(_))) => {
+                        if let Ok(
+                            // Issue #53280
+                            snippet,
+                        ) = self.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(sp)
+                        {
+                            if snippet.chars().all(|c| c.is_digit(10) || c == '-' || c == '_') {
+                                db.span_suggestion(
+                                    sp,
+                                    "use a float literal",
+                                    format!("{}.0", snippet),
+                                    MachineApplicable,
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    (ty::Param(expected), ty::Param(found)) => {
+                        let generics = self.generics_of(body_owner_def_id);
+                        let e_span = self.def_span(generics.type_param(expected, self).def_id);
+                        if !sp.contains(e_span) {
+                            db.span_label(e_span, "expected type parameter");
+                        }
+                        let f_span = self.def_span(generics.type_param(found, self).def_id);
+                        if !sp.contains(f_span) {
+                            db.span_label(f_span, "found type parameter");
+                        }
+                        db.note(
+                            "a type parameter was expected, but a different one was found; \
+                                 you might be missing a type parameter or trait bound",
+                        );
+                        db.note(
+                            "for more information, visit \
+                                 https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-02-traits.html\
+                                 #traits-as-parameters",
+                        );
+                    }
+                    (ty::Projection(_), ty::Projection(_)) => {
+                        db.note("an associated type was expected, but a different one was found");
+                    }
+                    (ty::Param(p), ty::Projection(proj)) | (ty::Projection(proj), ty::Param(p)) => {
+                        let generics = self.generics_of(body_owner_def_id);
+                        let p_span = self.def_span(generics.type_param(p, self).def_id);
+                        if !sp.contains(p_span) {
+                            db.span_label(p_span, "this type parameter");
+                        }
+                        let hir = self.hir();
+                        let mut note = true;
+                        if let Some(generics) = generics
+                            .type_param(p, self)
+                            .def_id
+                            .as_local()
+                            .map(|id| hir.local_def_id_to_hir_id(id))
+                            .and_then(|id| self.hir().find(self.hir().get_parent_node(id)))
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .and_then(|node| node.generics())
+                        {
+                            // Synthesize the associated type restriction `Add<Output = Expected>`.
+                            // FIXME: extract this logic for use in other diagnostics.
+                            let trait_ref = proj.trait_ref(self);
+                            let path =
+                                self.def_path_str_with_substs(trait_ref.def_id, trait_ref.substs);
+                            let item_name = self.item_name(proj.item_def_id);
+                            let path = if path.ends_with('>') {
+                                format!("{}, {} = {}>", &path[..path.len() - 1], item_name, p)
+                            } else {
+                                format!("{}<{} = {}>", path, item_name, p)
+                            };
+                            note = !suggest_constraining_type_param(
+                                self,
+                                generics,
+                                db,
+                                &format!("{}", proj.self_ty()),
+                                &path,
+                                None,
+                            );
+                        }
+                        if note {
+                            db.note("you might be missing a type parameter or trait bound");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    (ty::Param(p), ty::Dynamic(..) | ty::Opaque(..))
+                    | (ty::Dynamic(..) | ty::Opaque(..), ty::Param(p)) => {
+                        let generics = self.generics_of(body_owner_def_id);
+                        let p_span = self.def_span(generics.type_param(p, self).def_id);
+                        if !sp.contains(p_span) {
+                            db.span_label(p_span, "this type parameter");
+                        }
+                        db.help("type parameters must be constrained to match other types");
+                        if self.sess.teach(&db.get_code().unwrap()) {
+                            db.help(
+                                "given a type parameter `T` and a method `foo`:
+```
+trait Trait<T> { fn foo(&self) -> T; }
+```
+the only ways to implement method `foo` are:
+- constrain `T` with an explicit type:
+```
+impl Trait<String> for X {
+    fn foo(&self) -> String { String::new() }
+}
+```
+- add a trait bound to `T` and call a method on that trait that returns `Self`:
+```
+impl<T: std::default::Default> Trait<T> for X {
+    fn foo(&self) -> T { <T as std::default::Default>::default() }
+}
+```
+- change `foo` to return an argument of type `T`:
+```
+impl<T> Trait<T> for X {
+    fn foo(&self, x: T) -> T { x }
+}
+```",
+                            );
+                        }
+                        db.note(
+                            "for more information, visit \
+                                 https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-02-traits.html\
+                                 #traits-as-parameters",
+                        );
+                    }
+                    (ty::Param(p), _) | (_, ty::Param(p)) => {
+                        let generics = self.generics_of(body_owner_def_id);
+                        let p_span = self.def_span(generics.type_param(p, self).def_id);
+                        if !sp.contains(p_span) {
+                            db.span_label(p_span, "this type parameter");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    (ty::Projection(proj_ty), _) => {
+                        self.expected_projection(
+                            db,
+                            proj_ty,
+                            values,
+                            body_owner_def_id,
+                            &cause.code,
+                        );
+                    }
+                    (_, ty::Projection(proj_ty)) => {
+                        let msg = format!(
+                            "consider constraining the associated type `{}` to `{}`",
+                            values.found, values.expected,
+                        );
+                        if !self.suggest_constraint(
+                            db,
+                            &msg,
+                            body_owner_def_id,
+                            proj_ty,
+                            values.expected,
+                        ) {
+                            db.help(&msg);
+                            db.note(
+                                "for more information, visit \
+                                https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html",
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+                debug!(
+                    "note_and_explain_type_err expected={:?} ({:?}) found={:?} ({:?})",
+                    values.expected, values.expected.kind, values.found, values.found.kind,
+                );
+            }
+            CyclicTy(ty) => {
+                // Watch out for various cases of cyclic types and try to explain.
+                if ty.is_closure() || ty.is_generator() {
+                    db.note(
+                        "closures cannot capture themselves or take themselves as argument;\n\
+                         this error may be the result of a recent compiler bug-fix,\n\
+                         see issue #46062 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/46062>\n\
+                         for more information",
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            TargetFeatureCast(def_id) => {
+                let attrs = self.get_attrs(*def_id);
+                let target_spans = attrs
+                    .deref()
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|attr| attr.has_name(sym::target_feature))
+                    .map(|attr| attr.span);
+                db.note(
+                    "functions with `#[target_feature]` can only be coerced to `unsafe` function pointers"
+                );
+                db.span_labels(target_spans, "`#[target_feature]` added here");
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn suggest_constraint(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        msg: &str,
+        body_owner_def_id: DefId,
+        proj_ty: &ty::ProjectionTy<'tcx>,
+        ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        let assoc = self.associated_item(proj_ty.item_def_id);
+        let trait_ref = proj_ty.trait_ref(*self);
+        if let Some(item) = self.hir().get_if_local(body_owner_def_id) {
+            if let Some(hir_generics) = item.generics() {
+                // Get the `DefId` for the type parameter corresponding to `A` in `<A as T>::Foo`.
+                // This will also work for `impl Trait`.
+                let def_id = if let ty::Param(param_ty) = proj_ty.self_ty().kind {
+                    let generics = self.generics_of(body_owner_def_id);
+                    generics.type_param(&param_ty, *self).def_id
+                } else {
+                    return false;
+                };
+
+                // First look in the `where` clause, as this might be
+                // `fn foo<T>(x: T) where T: Trait`.
+                for predicate in hir_generics.where_clause.predicates {
+                    if let hir::WherePredicate::BoundPredicate(pred) = predicate {
+                        if let hir::TyKind::Path(hir::QPath::Resolved(None, path)) =
+                            pred.bounded_ty.kind
+                        {
+                            if path.res.opt_def_id() == Some(def_id) {
+                                // This predicate is binding type param `A` in `<A as T>::Foo` to
+                                // something, potentially `T`.
+                            } else {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if self.constrain_generic_bound_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+                            db,
+                            &trait_ref,
+                            pred.bounds,
+                            &assoc,
+                            ty,
+                            msg,
+                        ) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                for param in hir_generics.params {
+                    if self.hir().opt_local_def_id(param.hir_id).map(|id| id.to_def_id())
+                        == Some(def_id)
+                    {
+                        // This is type param `A` in `<A as T>::Foo`.
+                        return self.constrain_generic_bound_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+                            db,
+                            &trait_ref,
+                            param.bounds,
+                            &assoc,
+                            ty,
+                            msg,
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    /// An associated type was expected and a different type was found.
+    ///
+    /// We perform a few different checks to see what we can suggest:
+    ///
+    ///  - In the current item, look for associated functions that return the expected type and
+    ///    suggest calling them. (Not a structured suggestion.)
+    ///  - If any of the item's generic bounds can be constrained, we suggest constraining the
+    ///    associated type to the found type.
+    ///  - If the associated type has a default type and was expected inside of a `trait`, we
+    ///    mention that this is disallowed.
+    ///  - If all other things fail, and the error is not because of a mismatch between the `trait`
+    ///    and the `impl`, we provide a generic `help` to constrain the assoc type or call an assoc
+    ///    fn that returns the type.
+    fn expected_projection(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        proj_ty: &ty::ProjectionTy<'tcx>,
+        values: &ExpectedFound<Ty<'tcx>>,
+        body_owner_def_id: DefId,
+        cause_code: &ObligationCauseCode<'_>,
+    ) {
+        let msg = format!(
+            "consider constraining the associated type `{}` to `{}`",
+            values.expected, values.found
+        );
+        let body_owner = self.hir().get_if_local(body_owner_def_id);
+        let current_method_ident = body_owner.and_then(|n| n.ident()).map(|i| i.name);
+
+        // We don't want to suggest calling an assoc fn in a scope where that isn't feasible.
+        let callable_scope = match body_owner {
+            Some(
+                hir::Node::Item(hir::Item { kind: hir::ItemKind::Fn(..), .. })
+                | hir::Node::TraitItem(hir::TraitItem { kind: hir::TraitItemKind::Fn(..), .. })
+                | hir::Node::ImplItem(hir::ImplItem { kind: hir::ImplItemKind::Fn(..), .. }),
+            ) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        };
+        let impl_comparison = matches!(
+            cause_code,
+            ObligationCauseCode::CompareImplMethodObligation { .. }
+                | ObligationCauseCode::CompareImplTypeObligation { .. }
+                | ObligationCauseCode::CompareImplConstObligation
+        );
+        let assoc = self.associated_item(proj_ty.item_def_id);
+        if !callable_scope || impl_comparison {
+            // We do not want to suggest calling functions when the reason of the
+            // type error is a comparison of an `impl` with its `trait` or when the
+            // scope is outside of a `Body`.
+        } else {
+            // If we find a suitable associated function that returns the expected type, we don't
+            // want the more general suggestion later in this method about "consider constraining
+            // the associated type or calling a method that returns the associated type".
+            let point_at_assoc_fn = self.point_at_methods_that_satisfy_associated_type(
+                db,
+                assoc.container.id(),
+                current_method_ident,
+                proj_ty.item_def_id,
+                values.expected,
+            );
+            // Possibly suggest constraining the associated type to conform to the
+            // found type.
+            if self.suggest_constraint(db, &msg, body_owner_def_id, proj_ty, values.found)
+                || point_at_assoc_fn
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let ty::Opaque(def_id, _) = proj_ty.self_ty().kind {
+            // When the expected `impl Trait` is not defined in the current item, it will come from
+            // a return type. This can occur when dealing with `TryStream` (#71035).
+            if self.constrain_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+                db,
+                self.def_span(def_id),
+                &assoc,
+                values.found,
+                &msg,
+            ) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if self.point_at_associated_type(db, body_owner_def_id, values.found) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if !impl_comparison {
+            // Generic suggestion when we can't be more specific.
+            if callable_scope {
+                db.help(&format!("{} or calling a method that returns `{}`", msg, values.expected));
+            } else {
+                db.help(&msg);
+            }
+            db.note(
+                "for more information, visit \
+                 https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html",
+            );
+        }
+        if self.sess.teach(&db.get_code().unwrap()) {
+            db.help(
+                "given an associated type `T` and a method `foo`:
+```
+trait Trait {
+type T;
+fn foo(&self) -> Self::T;
+}
+```
+the only way of implementing method `foo` is to constrain `T` with an explicit associated type:
+```
+impl Trait for X {
+type T = String;
+fn foo(&self) -> Self::T { String::new() }
+}
+```",
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn point_at_methods_that_satisfy_associated_type(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        assoc_container_id: DefId,
+        current_method_ident: Option<Symbol>,
+        proj_ty_item_def_id: DefId,
+        expected: Ty<'tcx>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        let items = self.associated_items(assoc_container_id);
+        // Find all the methods in the trait that could be called to construct the
+        // expected associated type.
+        // FIXME: consider suggesting the use of associated `const`s.
+        let methods: Vec<(Span, String)> = items
+            .items
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(name, item)| {
+                ty::AssocKind::Fn == item.kind && Some(**name) != current_method_ident
+            })
+            .filter_map(|(_, item)| {
+                let method = self.fn_sig(item.def_id);
+                match method.output().skip_binder().kind {
+                    ty::Projection(ty::ProjectionTy { item_def_id, .. })
+                        if item_def_id == proj_ty_item_def_id =>
+                    {
+                        Some((
+                            self.sess.source_map().guess_head_span(self.def_span(item.def_id)),
+                            format!("consider calling `{}`", self.def_path_str(item.def_id)),
+                        ))
+                    }
+                    _ => None,
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        if !methods.is_empty() {
+            // Use a single `help:` to show all the methods in the trait that can
+            // be used to construct the expected associated type.
+            let mut span: MultiSpan =
+                methods.iter().map(|(sp, _)| *sp).collect::<Vec<Span>>().into();
+            let msg = format!(
+                "{some} method{s} {are} available that return{r} `{ty}`",
+                some = if methods.len() == 1 { "a" } else { "some" },
+                s = pluralize!(methods.len()),
+                are = if methods.len() == 1 { "is" } else { "are" },
+                r = if methods.len() == 1 { "s" } else { "" },
+                ty = expected
+            );
+            for (sp, label) in methods.into_iter() {
+                span.push_span_label(sp, label);
+            }
+            db.span_help(span, &msg);
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn point_at_associated_type(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        body_owner_def_id: DefId,
+        found: Ty<'tcx>,
+    ) -> bool {
+        let hir_id =
+            match body_owner_def_id.as_local().map(|id| self.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(id)) {
+                Some(hir_id) => hir_id,
+                None => return false,
+            };
+        // When `body_owner` is an `impl` or `trait` item, look in its associated types for
+        // `expected` and point at it.
+        let parent_id = self.hir().get_parent_item(hir_id);
+        let item = self.hir().find(parent_id);
+        debug!("expected_projection parent item {:?}", item);
+        match item {
+            Some(hir::Node::Item(hir::Item { kind: hir::ItemKind::Trait(.., items), .. })) => {
+                // FIXME: account for `#![feature(specialization)]`
+                for item in &items[..] {
+                    match item.kind {
+                        hir::AssocItemKind::Type => {
+                            // FIXME: account for returning some type in a trait fn impl that has
+                            // an assoc type as a return type (#72076).
+                            if let hir::Defaultness::Default { has_value: true } = item.defaultness
+                            {
+                                if self.type_of(self.hir().local_def_id(item.id.hir_id)) == found {
+                                    db.span_label(
+                                        item.span,
+                                        "associated type defaults can't be assumed inside the \
+                                            trait defining them",
+                                    );
+                                    return true;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Some(hir::Node::Item(hir::Item {
+                kind: hir::ItemKind::Impl { items, .. }, ..
+            })) => {
+                for item in &items[..] {
+                    match item.kind {
+                        hir::AssocItemKind::Type => {
+                            if self.type_of(self.hir().local_def_id(item.id.hir_id)) == found {
+                                db.span_label(item.span, "expected this associated type");
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    /// Given a slice of `hir::GenericBound`s, if any of them corresponds to the `trait_ref`
+    /// requirement, provide a strucuted suggestion to constrain it to a given type `ty`.
+    fn constrain_generic_bound_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        trait_ref: &ty::TraitRef<'tcx>,
+        bounds: hir::GenericBounds<'_>,
+        assoc: &ty::AssocItem,
+        ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        msg: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        // FIXME: we would want to call `resolve_vars_if_possible` on `ty` before suggesting.
+        bounds.iter().any(|bound| match bound {
+            hir::GenericBound::Trait(ptr, hir::TraitBoundModifier::None) => {
+                // Relate the type param against `T` in `<A as T>::Foo`.
+                ptr.trait_ref.trait_def_id() == Some(trait_ref.def_id)
+                    && self.constrain_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+                        db, ptr.span, assoc, ty, msg,
+                    )
+            }
+            _ => false,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Given a span corresponding to a bound, provide a structured suggestion to set an
+    /// associated type to a given type `ty`.
+    fn constrain_associated_type_structured_suggestion(
+        &self,
+        db: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'_>,
+        span: Span,
+        assoc: &ty::AssocItem,
+        ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        msg: &str,
+    ) -> bool {
+        if let Ok(has_params) =
+            self.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(span).map(|snippet| snippet.ends_with('>'))
+        {
+            let (span, sugg) = if has_params {
+                let pos = span.hi() - BytePos(1);
+                let span = Span::new(pos, pos, span.ctxt());
+                (span, format!(", {} = {}", assoc.ident, ty))
+            } else {
+                (span.shrink_to_hi(), format!("<{} = {}>", assoc.ident, ty))
+            };
+            db.span_suggestion_verbose(span, msg, sugg, MaybeIncorrect);
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+}