Handle errors during error recovery gracefully

Author: estebank

src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -7454,10 +7454,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             } else if self.look_ahead(1, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(token::Paren)) {
                 let ident = self.parse_ident().unwrap();
                 self.bump();  // `(`
-                let kw_name = if let Ok(Some(_)) = self.parse_self_arg_with_attrs() {
-                    "method"
-                } else {
-                    "function"
+                let kw_name = match self.parse_self_arg_with_attrs() {
+                    Ok(Some(_)) => "method",
+                    Ok(None) => "function",
+                    Err(mut err) => {
+                        err.cancel();
+                        "function"
+                    }
                 };
                 self.consume_block(token::Paren);
                 let (kw, kw_name, ambiguous) = if self.check(&token::RArrow) {

src/test/ui/parser/issue-62546.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub t(#
+//~^ ERROR missing `fn` or `struct` for function or struct definition
+//~ ERROR this file contains an un-closed delimiter

src/test/ui/parser/issue-62546.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+error: this file contains an un-closed delimiter
+  --> $DIR/issue-62546.rs:3:53
+   |
+LL | pub t(#
+   |      - un-closed delimiter
+LL |
+LL |
+   |                                                     ^
+
+error: missing `fn` or `struct` for function or struct definition
+  --> $DIR/issue-62546.rs:1:4
+   |
+LL | pub t(#
+   | ---^- help: if you meant to call a macro, try: `t!`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+