Add trait_object_dummy_self to CommonTypes

Author: flip1995

src/librustc/ty/context.rs

@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ pub struct CommonTypes<'tcx> {
     pub never: Ty<'tcx>,
     pub err: Ty<'tcx>,
 
+    /// Dummy type used for the `Self` of a `TraitRef` created for converting
+    /// a trait object, and which gets removed in `ExistentialTraitRef`.
+    /// This type must not appear anywhere in other converted types.
+    pub trait_object_dummy_self: Ty<'tcx>,
+
     pub re_empty: Region<'tcx>,
     pub re_static: Region<'tcx>,
     pub re_erased: Region<'tcx>,
@@ -955,6 +960,8 @@ impl<'tcx> CommonTypes<'tcx> {
             f32: mk(Float(ast::FloatTy::F32)),
             f64: mk(Float(ast::FloatTy::F64)),
 
+            trait_object_dummy_self: mk(Infer(ty::FreshTy(0))),
+
             re_empty: mk_region(RegionKind::ReEmpty),
             re_static: mk_region(RegionKind::ReStatic),
             re_erased: mk_region(RegionKind::ReErased),

src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs

@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ enum GenericArgPosition {
     MethodCall,
 }
 
-/// Dummy type used for the `Self` of a `TraitRef` created for converting
-/// a trait object, and which gets removed in `ExistentialTraitRef`.
-/// This type must not appear anywhere in other converted types.
-#[cfg_attr(not(stage0), allow(usage_of_ty_tykind))]
-const TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF: ty::TyKind<'static> = ty::Infer(ty::FreshTy(0));
-
 impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
     pub fn ast_region_to_region(&self,
         lifetime: &hir::Lifetime,
@@ -596,7 +590,9 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
             infer_types,
         );
 
-        let is_object = self_ty.map_or(false, |ty| ty.sty == TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF);
+        let is_object = self_ty.map_or(false, |ty| {
+            ty.sty == self.tcx().types.trait_object_dummy_self.sty
+        });
         let default_needs_object_self = |param: &ty::GenericParamDef| {
             if let GenericParamDefKind::Type { has_default, .. } = param.kind {
                 if is_object && has_default {
@@ -957,10 +953,10 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
     }
 
     /// Transform a `PolyTraitRef` into a `PolyExistentialTraitRef` by
-    /// removing the dummy `Self` type (`TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF`).
+    /// removing the dummy `Self` type (`trait_object_dummy_self`).
     fn trait_ref_to_existential(&self, trait_ref: ty::TraitRef<'tcx>)
                                 -> ty::ExistentialTraitRef<'tcx> {
-        if trait_ref.self_ty().sty != TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF {
+        if trait_ref.self_ty().sty != self.tcx().types.trait_object_dummy_self.sty {
             bug!("trait_ref_to_existential called on {:?} with non-dummy Self", trait_ref);
         }
         ty::ExistentialTraitRef::erase_self_ty(self.tcx(), trait_ref)
@@ -981,7 +977,7 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
         }
 
         let mut projection_bounds = Vec::new();
-        let dummy_self = tcx.mk_ty(TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF);
+        let dummy_self = self.tcx().types.trait_object_dummy_self;
         let (principal, potential_assoc_types) = self.instantiate_poly_trait_ref(
             &trait_bounds[0],
             dummy_self,
@@ -1031,7 +1027,7 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
                 }
                 ty::Predicate::Projection(pred) => {
                     // A `Self` within the original bound will be substituted with a
-                    // `TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF`, so check for that.
+                    // `trait_object_dummy_self`, so check for that.
                     let references_self =
                         pred.skip_binder().ty.walk().any(|t| t == dummy_self);
 
@@ -1131,7 +1127,7 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
             err.emit();
         }
 
-        // Erase the `dummy_self` (`TRAIT_OBJECT_DUMMY_SELF`) used above.
+        // Erase the `dummy_self` (`trait_object_dummy_self`) used above.
         let existential_principal = principal.map_bound(|trait_ref| {
             self.trait_ref_to_existential(trait_ref)
         });