From 43057698c12e8ceab1f49eff8a3e5a38cc05f7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Esteban Küber <esteban@kuber.com.ar>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:06:54 +0000
Subject: Tweak handling of "struct like start" where a struct isn't supported

This improves the case where someone tries to write a `match` expr where the patterns have type ascription syntax. Makes them less verbose, by giving up on the first encounter in the block, and makes them more accurate by only treating them as a struct literal if successfuly parsed as such.
---
 compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs | 40 +++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

(limited to 'compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs')

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
index a28af7833c3..a9fbd0fa33d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
@@ -2748,28 +2748,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         if token::Colon != self.token.kind {
             return first_pat;
         }
-        if !matches!(first_pat.kind, PatKind::Ident(_, _, None) | PatKind::Path(..))
-            || !self.look_ahead(1, |token| token.is_non_reserved_ident())
-        {
-            let mut snapshot_type = self.create_snapshot_for_diagnostic();
-            snapshot_type.bump(); // `:`
-            match snapshot_type.parse_ty() {
-                Err(inner_err) => {
-                    inner_err.cancel();
-                }
-                Ok(ty) => {
-                    let Err(mut err) = self.expected_one_of_not_found(&[], &[]) else {
-                        return first_pat;
-                    };
-                    err.span_label(ty.span, "specifying the type of a pattern isn't supported");
-                    self.restore_snapshot(snapshot_type);
-                    let span = first_pat.span.to(ty.span);
-                    first_pat = self.mk_pat(span, PatKind::Wild);
-                    err.emit();
-                }
-            }
-            return first_pat;
-        }
+
         // The pattern looks like it might be a path with a `::` -> `:` typo:
         // `match foo { bar:baz => {} }`
         let colon_span = self.token.span;
@@ -2857,7 +2836,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                 Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
                             );
                         } else {
-                            first_pat = self.mk_pat(new_span, PatKind::Wild);
+                            first_pat = self.mk_pat(
+                                new_span,
+                                PatKind::Err(
+                                    self.dcx()
+                                        .span_delayed_bug(colon_span, "recovered bad path pattern"),
+                                ),
+                            );
                         }
                         self.restore_snapshot(snapshot_pat);
                     }
@@ -2870,7 +2855,14 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         err.span_label(ty.span, "specifying the type of a pattern isn't supported");
                         self.restore_snapshot(snapshot_type);
                         let new_span = first_pat.span.to(ty.span);
-                        first_pat = self.mk_pat(new_span, PatKind::Wild);
+                        first_pat =
+                            self.mk_pat(
+                                new_span,
+                                PatKind::Err(self.dcx().span_delayed_bug(
+                                    colon_span,
+                                    "recovered bad pattern with type",
+                                )),
+                            );
                     }
                 }
                 err.emit();
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