```
error[E0277]: the size for values of type `str` cannot be known at compilation time
--> $DIR/unsized-str-in-return-expr-arg-and-local.rs:15:9
|
LL | let x = *"";
| ^ doesn't have a size known at compile-time
|
= help: the trait `Sized` is not implemented for `str`
= note: all local variables must have a statically known size
= help: unsized locals are gated as an unstable feature
help: references are always `Sized`, even if they point to unsized data; consider not dereferencing the expression
|
LL - let x = *"";
LL + let x = "";
|
```
When gathering locals, we introduce a `Sized` obligation for each
binding in the pattern. *After* doing so, we typecheck the init
expression. If this has a type failure, we store `{type error}`, for
both the expression and the pattern. But later we store an inference
variable for the pattern.
We now avoid any override of an existing type on a hir node when they've
already been marked as `{type error}`, and on E0277, when it comes from
`VariableType` we silence the error in support of the type error.
Fix#117846.
