Rollup merge of rust-lang#122793 - compiler-errors:deref-pat-syntax, r=Nadrieril

Implement macro-based deref!() syntax for deref patterns

Stop using `box PAT` syntax for deref patterns, and instead use a perma-unstable macro.

Blocked on rust-lang#122222

r? `@Nadrieril`

Author: matthiaskrgr

compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs

@@ -621,7 +621,9 @@ impl Pat {
             | PatKind::Or(s) => s.iter().for_each(|p| p.walk(it)),
 
             // Trivial wrappers over inner patterns.
-            PatKind::Box(s) | PatKind::Ref(s, _) | PatKind::Paren(s) => s.walk(it),
+            PatKind::Box(s) | PatKind::Deref(s) | PatKind::Ref(s, _) | PatKind::Paren(s) => {
+                s.walk(it)
+            }
 
             // These patterns do not contain subpatterns, skip.
             PatKind::Wild
@@ -792,6 +794,9 @@ pub enum PatKind {
     /// A `box` pattern.
     Box(P<Pat>),
 
+    /// A `deref` pattern (currently `deref!()` macro-based syntax).
+    Deref(P<Pat>),
+
     /// A reference pattern (e.g., `&mut (a, b)`).
     Ref(P<Pat>, Mutability),
 

compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs

@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ pub fn noop_visit_pat<T: MutVisitor>(pat: &mut P<Pat>, vis: &mut T) {
             fields.flat_map_in_place(|field| vis.flat_map_pat_field(field));
         }
         PatKind::Box(inner) => vis.visit_pat(inner),
+        PatKind::Deref(inner) => vis.visit_pat(inner),
         PatKind::Ref(inner, _mutbl) => vis.visit_pat(inner),
         PatKind::Range(e1, e2, Spanned { span: _, node: _ }) => {
             visit_opt(e1, |e| vis.visit_expr(e));

compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs

@@ -576,7 +576,10 @@ pub fn walk_pat<'a, V: Visitor<'a>>(visitor: &mut V, pattern: &'a Pat) -> V::Res
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_path(path, pattern.id));
             walk_list!(visitor, visit_pat_field, fields);
         }
-        PatKind::Box(subpattern) | PatKind::Ref(subpattern, _) | PatKind::Paren(subpattern) => {
+        PatKind::Box(subpattern)
+        | PatKind::Deref(subpattern)
+        | PatKind::Ref(subpattern, _)
+        | PatKind::Paren(subpattern) => {
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_pat(subpattern));
         }
         PatKind::Ident(_, ident, optional_subpattern) => {

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/pat.rs

@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                     PatKind::Box(inner) => {
                         break hir::PatKind::Box(self.lower_pat(inner));
                     }
+                    PatKind::Deref(inner) => {
+                        break hir::PatKind::Deref(self.lower_pat(inner));
+                    }
                     PatKind::Ref(inner, mutbl) => {
                         break hir::PatKind::Ref(self.lower_pat(inner), *mutbl);
                     }

compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/feature_gate.rs

@@ -413,10 +413,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
                 }
             }
             PatKind::Box(..) => {
-                if !self.features.deref_patterns {
-                    // Allow box patterns under `deref_patterns`.
-                    gate!(&self, box_patterns, pattern.span, "box pattern syntax is experimental");
-                }
+                gate!(&self, box_patterns, pattern.span, "box pattern syntax is experimental");
             }
             PatKind::Range(_, Some(_), Spanned { node: RangeEnd::Excluded, .. }) => {
                 gate!(
@@ -610,10 +607,7 @@ pub fn check_crate(krate: &ast::Crate, sess: &Session, features: &Features) {
         };
     }
 
-    if !visitor.features.deref_patterns {
-        // Allow box patterns under `deref_patterns`.
-        gate_all_legacy_dont_use!(box_patterns, "box pattern syntax is experimental");
-    }
+    gate_all_legacy_dont_use!(box_patterns, "box pattern syntax is experimental");
     gate_all_legacy_dont_use!(trait_alias, "trait aliases are experimental");
     // Despite being a new feature, `where T: Trait<Assoc(): Sized>`, which is RTN syntax now,
     // used to be gated under associated_type_bounds, which are right above, so RTN needs to

compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs

@@ -1626,6 +1626,12 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                 self.word("box ");
                 self.print_pat(inner);
             }
+            PatKind::Deref(inner) => {
+                self.word("deref!");
+                self.popen();
+                self.print_pat(inner);
+                self.pclose();
+            }
             PatKind::Ref(inner, mutbl) => {
                 self.word("&");
                 if mutbl.is_mut() {

compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs

@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ impl<'hir> Pat<'hir> {
         use PatKind::*;
         match self.kind {
             Wild | Never | Lit(_) | Range(..) | Binding(.., None) | Path(_) | Err(_) => true,
-            Box(s) | Ref(s, _) | Binding(.., Some(s)) => s.walk_short_(it),
+            Box(s) | Deref(s) | Ref(s, _) | Binding(.., Some(s)) => s.walk_short_(it),
             Struct(_, fields, _) => fields.iter().all(|field| field.pat.walk_short_(it)),
             TupleStruct(_, s, _) | Tuple(s, _) | Or(s) => s.iter().all(|p| p.walk_short_(it)),
             Slice(before, slice, after) => {
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ impl<'hir> Pat<'hir> {
         use PatKind::*;
         match self.kind {
             Wild | Never | Lit(_) | Range(..) | Binding(.., None) | Path(_) | Err(_) => {}
-            Box(s) | Ref(s, _) | Binding(.., Some(s)) => s.walk_(it),
+            Box(s) | Deref(s) | Ref(s, _) | Binding(.., Some(s)) => s.walk_(it),
             Struct(_, fields, _) => fields.iter().for_each(|field| field.pat.walk_(it)),
             TupleStruct(_, s, _) | Tuple(s, _) | Or(s) => s.iter().for_each(|p| p.walk_(it)),
             Slice(before, slice, after) => {
@@ -1185,6 +1185,9 @@ pub enum PatKind<'hir> {
     /// A `box` pattern.
     Box(&'hir Pat<'hir>),
 
+    /// A `deref` pattern (currently `deref!()` macro-based syntax).
+    Deref(&'hir Pat<'hir>),
+
     /// A reference pattern (e.g., `&mut (a, b)`).
     Ref(&'hir Pat<'hir>, Mutability),
 

compiler/rustc_hir/src/intravisit.rs

@@ -660,7 +660,9 @@ pub fn walk_pat<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V, pattern: &'v Pat<'v>) -> V:
         PatKind::Tuple(tuple_elements, _) => {
             walk_list!(visitor, visit_pat, tuple_elements);
         }
-        PatKind::Box(ref subpattern) | PatKind::Ref(ref subpattern, _) => {
+        PatKind::Box(ref subpattern)
+        | PatKind::Deref(ref subpattern)
+        | PatKind::Ref(ref subpattern, _) => {
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_pat(subpattern));
         }
         PatKind::Binding(_, _hir_id, ident, ref optional_subpattern) => {

compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/region.rs

@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ fn resolve_local<'tcx>(
             | PatKind::TupleStruct(_, subpats, _)
             | PatKind::Tuple(subpats, _) => subpats.iter().any(|p| is_binding_pat(p)),
 
-            PatKind::Box(subpat) => is_binding_pat(subpat),
+            PatKind::Box(subpat) | PatKind::Deref(subpat) => is_binding_pat(subpat),
 
             PatKind::Ref(_, _)
             | PatKind::Binding(hir::BindingAnnotation(hir::ByRef::No, _), ..)

compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs

@@ -1808,6 +1808,12 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     self.pclose();
                 }
             }
+            PatKind::Deref(inner) => {
+                self.word("deref!");
+                self.popen();
+                self.print_pat(inner);
+                self.pclose();
+            }
             PatKind::Ref(inner, mutbl) => {
                 let is_range_inner = matches!(inner.kind, PatKind::Range(..));
                 self.word("&");