parse extern consts

Author: Centril

src/librustc_ast_lowering/item.rs

@@ -683,6 +683,11 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
                     let ty = self.lower_ty(t, ImplTraitContext::disallowed());
                     hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(ty, m)
                 }
+                ForeignItemKind::Const(ref t, _) => {
+                    // For recovery purposes.
+                    let ty = self.lower_ty(t, ImplTraitContext::disallowed());
+                    hir::ForeignItemKind::Static(ty, Mutability::Not)
+                }
                 ForeignItemKind::TyAlias(..) => hir::ForeignItemKind::Type,
                 ForeignItemKind::Macro(_) => panic!("macro shouldn't exist here"),
             },

src/librustc_ast_passes/ast_validation.rs

@@ -533,6 +533,20 @@ impl<'a> AstValidator<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn error_foreign_const(&self, ident: Ident, span: Span) {
+        self.err_handler()
+            .struct_span_err(ident.span, "extern items cannot be `const`")
+            .span_suggestion(
+                span.with_hi(ident.span.lo()),
+                "try using a static value",
+                "static ".to_string(),
+                Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+            )
+            .span_label(self.current_extern_span(), "in this `extern` block")
+            .note(MORE_EXTERN)
+            .emit();
+    }
+
     /// Reject C-varadic type unless the function is foreign,
     /// or free and `unsafe extern "C"` semantically.
     fn check_c_varadic_type(&self, fk: FnKind<'a>) {
@@ -989,6 +1003,9 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for AstValidator<'a> {
             ForeignItemKind::Static(_, _, body) => {
                 self.check_foreign_kind_bodyless(fi.ident, "static", body.as_ref().map(|b| b.span));
             }
+            ForeignItemKind::Const(..) => {
+                self.error_foreign_const(fi.ident, fi.span);
+            }
             ForeignItemKind::Macro(..) => {}
         }
 

src/librustc_ast_passes/feature_gate.rs

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
             ast::ForeignItemKind::TyAlias(..) => {
                 gate_feature_post!(&self, extern_types, i.span, "extern types are experimental");
             }
-            ast::ForeignItemKind::Macro(..) => {}
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Macro(..) | ast::ForeignItemKind::Const(..) => {}
         }
 
         visit::walk_foreign_item(self, i)

src/librustc_ast_pretty/pprust.rs

@@ -1023,6 +1023,9 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             ast::ForeignItemKind::Fn(sig, gen, body) => {
                 self.print_fn_full(sig, item.ident, gen, &item.vis, body.as_deref(), &item.attrs);
             }
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Const(ty, body) => {
+                self.print_item_const(item.ident, None, ty, body.as_deref(), &item.vis);
+            }
             ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ty, mutbl, body) => {
                 self.print_item_const(item.ident, Some(*mutbl), ty, body.as_deref(), &item.vis);
             }

src/librustc_parse/parser/item.rs

@@ -880,19 +880,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         } else if self.is_static_global() {
             // FOREIGN STATIC ITEM
             self.bump(); // `static`
-            self.parse_item_foreign_static()?
-        } else if self.token.is_keyword(kw::Const) {
-            // Treat `const` as `static` for error recovery, but don't add it to expected tokens.
-            self.bump(); // `const`
-            self.struct_span_err(self.prev_span, "extern items cannot be `const`")
-                .span_suggestion(
-                    self.prev_span,
-                    "try using a static value",
-                    "static".to_owned(),
-                    Applicability::MachineApplicable,
-                )
-                .emit();
-            self.parse_item_foreign_static()?
+            let mutbl = self.parse_mutability();
+            let (ident, ty, expr) = self.parse_item_const_common(Some(mutbl))?;
+            (ident, ForeignItemKind::Static(ty, mutbl, expr))
+        } else if self.eat_keyword(kw::Const) {
+            let (ident, ty, expr) = self.parse_item_const_common(None)?;
+            (ident, ForeignItemKind::Const(ty, expr))
         } else if self.isnt_macro_invocation() {
             return Err(self.missing_assoc_item_kind_err("extern", self.prev_span));
         } else if self.token.is_path_start() {
@@ -906,14 +899,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         Ok(P(self.mk_item(lo, ident, kind, vis, attrs)))
     }
 
-    /// Parses a static item from a foreign module.
-    /// Assumes that the `static` keyword is already parsed.
-    fn parse_item_foreign_static(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, (Ident, ForeignItemKind)> {
-        let mutbl = self.parse_mutability();
-        let (ident, ty, expr) = self.parse_item_const_common(Some(mutbl))?;
-        Ok((ident, ForeignItemKind::Static(ty, mutbl, expr)))
-    }
-
     /// Parses a type from a foreign module.
     fn parse_item_foreign_type(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, (Ident, ForeignItemKind)> {
         let (ident, kind) = self.parse_assoc_ty()?;

src/librustc_resolve/build_reduced_graph.rs

@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> BuildReducedGraphVisitor<'a, 'b> {
             ForeignItemKind::Fn(..) => {
                 (Res::Def(DefKind::Fn, self.r.definitions.local_def_id(item.id)), ValueNS)
             }
-            ForeignItemKind::Static(..) => {
+            ForeignItemKind::Static(..) | ForeignItemKind::Const(..) => {
                 (Res::Def(DefKind::Static, self.r.definitions.local_def_id(item.id)), ValueNS)
             }
             ForeignItemKind::TyAlias(..) => {

src/librustc_resolve/late.rs

@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ impl<'a, 'ast> Visitor<'ast> for LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
                     visit::walk_foreign_item(this, foreign_item);
                 });
             }
-            ForeignItemKind::Static(..) => {
+            ForeignItemKind::Const(..) | ForeignItemKind::Static(..) => {
                 self.with_item_rib(HasGenericParams::No, |this| {
                     visit::walk_foreign_item(this, foreign_item);
                 });

src/librustc_save_analysis/dump_visitor.rs

@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ impl<'l, 'tcx> Visitor<'l> for DumpVisitor<'l, 'tcx> {
                     self.visit_ty(&ret_ty);
                 }
             }
-            ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, _, _) => {
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Const(ref ty, _) | ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, _, _) => {
                 if let Some(var_data) = self.save_ctxt.get_extern_item_data(item) {
                     down_cast_data!(var_data, DefData, item.span);
                     self.dumper.dump_def(&access, var_data);

src/librustc_save_analysis/lib.rs

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'l, 'tcx> SaveContext<'l, 'tcx> {
                     attributes: lower_attributes(item.attrs.clone(), self),
                 }))
             }
-            ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, _, _) => {
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Const(ref ty, _) | ast::ForeignItemKind::Static(ref ty, _, _) => {
                 filter!(self.span_utils, item.ident.span);
 
                 let id = id_from_node_id(item.id, self);

src/librustc_save_analysis/sig.rs

@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ impl Sig for ast::ForeignItem {
 
                 Ok(Signature { text: text, defs: defs, refs: vec![] })
             }
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Const(..) => Err("foreign const"),
             ast::ForeignItemKind::Macro(..) => Err("macro"),
         }
     }