feat/refactor: improve errors in case of ident with number at start
Improve parser code when we parse a integer (or float) literal but expect an identifier. We emit an error message saying that identifiers can't begin with numbers. This PR just improves that code and expands it to all identifiers. Note that I haven't implemented error recovery (this didn't exist before anyway), I might do that in a follow up PR.
Rollup of 8 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #108754 (Retry `pred_known_to_hold_modulo_regions` with fulfillment if ambiguous)
- #108759 (1.41.1 supported 32-bit Apple targets)
- #108839 (Canonicalize root var when making response from new solver)
- #108856 (Remove DropAndReplace terminator)
- #108882 (Tweak E0740)
- #108898 (Set `LIBC_CHECK_CFG=1` when building Rust code in bootstrap)
- #108911 (Improve rustdoc-gui/tester.js code a bit)
- #108916 (Remove an unused return value in `rustc_hir_typeck`)
Failed merges:
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
Canonicalize root var when making response from new solver
During trait solving, if we equate two inference variables `?0` and `?1` but don't equate them with any rigid types, then `InferCtxt::probe_ty_var` will return `Err` for both of these. The canonicalizer code will then canonicalize the variables independently(!), and the response will not reflect the fact that these two variables have been made equal.
This hinders inference and I also don't think it's sound? I haven't thought too much about it past that, so let's talk about it.
r? ``@lcnr``
Suppress copy impl error when post-normalized type references errors
Suppress spurious errors from the `Copy` impl validity check when fields have bad types *post*-normalization, instead of just pre-normalization.
----
The const-generics test regressed recently due to #107965, cc `````@BoxyUwU.`````
* I think it's because `[_; 0u32]: Copy` now fails to hold because a nested obligation `ConstArgHasType(0u32, usize)` fails.
* It's interesting that `[const_error]` shows up in the type only after normalization, though, but I'm pretty sure that it's due to the evaluate call that happens when normalizing unevaluated consts.
This was previously needed because the indirection used to hide some unexplained lifetime errors, which it turned out were related to the `min_choice` algorithm.
Removing the indirection also solves a couple of cycle errors, large moves and makes async blocks support the `#[track_caller]` annotation.
always resolve to universal regions if possible
`RegionConstraintCollector::opportunistic_resolve_var`, which is used in canonicalization and projection logic, doesn't resolve the region var to an equal universal region. So if we have equated `'static == '1 == '2`, it doesn't resolve `'1` or `'2` to `'static`. Now it does!
Addresses review comment https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/107376#discussion_r1093233687.
r? `@lcnr`
Account for binders correctly when adding default RPITIT method assumption
As of #108203, we install extra projection predicates into the param-env of a default trait method when it has return-position `impl Trait` (or is async).
The implementation didn't account for the fact that it's walking into and out of binders, so we just need to shift all the debruijn indices accordingly when constructing the projection predicates.
Fixes#108579
r? types
Rollup of 7 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #108619 (Remove the option to disable `llvm-version-check`)
- #108728 (infer: fix and improve comments)
- #108731 (feat: impl better help for `.poll()` not found on `impl Future`)
- #108774 (Greatly improve the error messages when `run-make/translation` fails)
- #108805 (Update askama to 0.12 and improve whitespace control)
- #108823 (Add tracking issue for cf-protection to unstable book)
- #108855 (Custom MIR: Support `as` casts)
Failed merges:
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
feat: impl better help for `.poll()` not found on `impl Future`
Partially address #108572
I'd like to also address suggestions for generalized `Self` parameters as well. That'll be a separate PR.
Use `nuw` when calculating slice lengths from `Range`s
An `assume` would definitely not be worth it, but since the flag is almost free we might as well tell LLVM this, especially on `_unchecked` calls where there's no obvious way for it to deduce it.
(Today neither safe nor unsafe indexing gets it: <https://rust.godbolt.org/z/G1jYT548s>)
fix multiple issues when promoting type-test subject
Multiple interdependent fixes. See linked issues for a short description of each.
When Promoting a type-test `T: 'a` from within the closure back to its parent function, there are a couple pre-existing bugs and limitations. They were exposed by the recent changes to opaque types because the type-test subject (`T`) is no longer a simple ParamTy.
Commit 1:
Fixes#108635Fixes#107426
Commit 2:
Fixes#108639
Commit 3:
Fixes#107516
Do not ICE when failing to normalize in ConstProp.
There is no reason to delay a bug there, as we bubble up the failure as TooGeneric.
Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/97728
Add regression tests for issue 70919
Desugaring DropAndReplace at MIR build (#107844) fixed#70919.
Add regressions tests, borrowed from #102078, to ensure we check for this in the future.
cc ``@Aaron1011``
const_eval: `implies_by` in `rustc_const_unstable`
Fixes#107605.
Extend support for `implies_by` (from `#[stable]` and `#[unstable]`) to `#[rustc_const_stable]` and `#[rustc_const_unstable]`.
cc ``@steffahn``
An `assume` would definitely not be worth it, but since the flag is almost free we might as well tell LLVM this, especially on `_unchecked` calls where there's no obvious way for it to deduce it.
(Today neither safe nor unsafe indexing gets it: <https://rust.godbolt.org/z/G1jYT548s>)
Desugaring DropAndReplace at MIR build (#107844) fixed issue
70919. Add regressions tests, borrowed from #102078, to ensure we
check for this in the future.
Co-authored-by: Aaron Hill <aa1ronham@gmail.com>
Bless tests and show an introduced unsoundness related to
exits<'a> { forall<'b> { 'a == 'b } }.
We now resolve the var ?a in U0 to the placeholder !b in U1.
Desugaring of drop and replace at MIR build
This commit desugars the drop and replace deriving from an
assignment at MIR build, avoiding the construction of the
`DropAndReplace` terminator (which will be removed in a following PR).
In order to retain the same error messages for replaces a new
`DesugaringKind::Replace` variant is introduced.
The changes in the borrowck are also useful for future work in moving drop elaboration
before borrowck, as no `DropAndReplace` would be present there anymore.
Notes on test diffs:
* `tests/ui/borrowck/issue-58776-borrowck-scans-children`: the assignment deriving from the desugaring kills the borrow.
* `tests/ui/async-await/async-fn-size-uninit-locals.rs`, `tests/mir-opt/issue_41110.test.ElaborateDrops.after.mir`, `tests/mir-opt/issue_41888.main.ElaborateDrops.after.mir`: drop elaboration generates (or reads from) a useless drop flag due to an issue with the dataflow analysis. Will be fixed independently by https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/106430.
See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/104488 for more context
Label opaque type for 'captures lifetime' error message
Providing more information may help make this somewhat opaque (lol) error message a bit clearer.
Fix another ICE in `point_at_expr_source_of_inferred_type`
Types coming from method probes must only be investigated *structurally*, since they often contain escaping infer variables from generalization and autoderef. We already have a hack in this PR that erases variables from types, so just use that.
Fixes#108664
The note attached to this error is pretty bad:
```
here the type of `primes` is inferred to be `[_]`
```
But that's unrelated to the PR.
---
Side-note: This is a pretty easy to trigger beta regression, so I've nominated it. Alternatively, I'm slightly inclined to remove this code altogether until it can be reformulated to be more accurate and less ICEy.
Deny capturing late-bound non-lifetime param in anon const
Introduce a new AnonConstBoundary so we can detect when we capture a late-bound non-lifetime param with `non_lifetime_binders` enabled.
In the future, we could technically do something like introduce an early-bound parameter on the anon const, and stick the late-bound param in its substs (kinda like how we turn late-bound lifetimes in opaques into early-bound ones). But for now, just deny it so we don't ICE.
Fixes#108191
This commit desugars the drop and replace deriving from an
assignment at MIR build, avoiding the construction of the
DropAndReplace terminator (which will be removed in a followign PR)
In order to retain the same error messages for replaces a new
DesugaringKind::Replace variant is introduced.
Feed queries on impl side for RPITITs when using lower_impl_trait_in_trait_to_assoc_ty
I've added a test for traits that were already working and what I think is probably the last bit of infrastructure work needed.
In following PRs I'm going to start adding things TDD style, tests and code that make it work.
r? `@compiler-errors`
Make `ExprKind` the first field in `thir::Expr`
This makes its `Debug` impl print it first which is useful, as it's the most important part when looking at an expr.
Explain compile-time vs run-time difference in env!() error message
This PR is clarifying error message of `env!()` based on this user question: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/environment-variable-out-dir-is-undefined/90067
It makes it clear that `env!()` is for env variables defined at compile-time. There's special-case help text for common Cargo build script variables.
I've also rearranged the code to avoid allocating error message on the happy path when the env var is defined.
Point error span at Some constructor argument when trait resolution fails
This is a follow up to #108254 and #106477 which extends error span refinement to handle a case which I mistakenly believed was handled in #106477. The goal is to refine the error span depicted below:
```rs
trait Fancy {}
impl <T> Fancy for Option<T> where T: Iterator {}
fn want_fancy<F>(f: F) where F: Fancy {}
fn example() {
want_fancy(Some(5));
// (BEFORE) ^^^^^^^ `{integer}` is not an iterator
// (AFTER) ^ `{integer}` is not an iterator
}
```
I had used a (slightly more complex) example as an illustrative example in #108254 , but hadn't actually turned it into a test, because I had (incorrectly) believed at the time it was covered by existing behavior. It turns out that `Some` is slightly "special" in that it resolves differently from the other `enum` constructors I had tried, and therefore this test was actually broken.
I've now updated the tests to include this example, and fixed the code to correctly resolve the `Some` constructor so that the span of the error is reduced.
Revert stabilization of `#![feature(target_feature_11)]`
This reverts #99767 due to the presence of bugs #108645 and #108646.
cc `@joshtriplett`
cc tracking issue #69098
r? `@ghost`
Rollup of 5 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #108516 (Restrict `#[rustc_box]` to `Box::new` calls)
- #108575 (Erase **all** regions when probing for associated types on ambiguity in astconv)
- #108585 (Run compiler test suite in parallel on Fuchsia)
- #108606 (Add test case for mismatched open/close delims)
- #108609 (Highlight whole expression for E0599)
Failed merges:
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
Highlight whole expression for E0599
Fixes#108603
This adds a secondary label to highlight the whole expression leading to the error. It also prevents empty labels being recognised as 'unexpected' by compiletest - otherwise, tests with NOTE annotations would pick up empty labels.
`@rustbot` label +A-diagnostics
Restrict `#[rustc_box]` to `Box::new` calls
Currently, `#[rustc_box]` can be applied to any call expression with a single argument. This PR only allows it to be applied to calls to `Box::new`
Add support for QNX Neutrino to standard library
This change:
- adds standard library support for QNX Neutrino (7.1).
- upgrades `libc` to version `0.2.139` which supports QNX Neutrino
`@gh-tr`
⚠️ Backtraces on QNX require https://github.com/rust-lang/backtrace-rs/pull/507 which is not yet merged! (But everything else works without these changes) ⚠️
Tested mainly with a x86_64 virtual machine (see qnx-nto.md) and partially with an aarch64 hardware (some tests fail due to constrained resources).
Only look for param in item's generics if it actually comes from generics
Record whether a `hir::GenericParam` comes from an item's generics, or from a `for<...>` binder. Then, only look for the param in `object_lifetime_default` if it actually comes from the item's generics.
Fixes#108177
Stabilize `#![feature(target_feature_11)]`
## Stabilization report
### Summary
Allows for safe functions to be marked with `#[target_feature]` attributes.
Functions marked with `#[target_feature]` are generally considered as unsafe functions: they are unsafe to call, cannot be assigned to safe function pointers, and don't implement the `Fn*` traits.
However, calling them from other `#[target_feature]` functions with a superset of features is safe.
```rust
// Demonstration function
#[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
fn avx2() {}
fn foo() {
// Calling `avx2` here is unsafe, as we must ensure
// that AVX is available first.
unsafe {
avx2();
}
}
#[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
fn bar() {
// Calling `avx2` here is safe.
avx2();
}
```
### Test cases
Tests for this feature can be found in [`src/test/ui/rfcs/rfc-2396-target_feature-11/`](b67ba9ba20/src/test/ui/rfcs/rfc-2396-target_feature-11/).
### Edge cases
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/73631
Closures defined inside functions marked with `#[target_feature]` inherit the target features of their parent function. They can still be assigned to safe function pointers and implement the appropriate `Fn*` traits.
```rust
#[target_feature(enable = "avx2")]
fn qux() {
let my_closure = || avx2(); // this call to `avx2` is safe
let f: fn() = my_closure;
}
```
This means that in order to call a function with `#[target_feature]`, you must show that the target-feature is available while the function executes *and* for as long as whatever may escape from that function lives.
### Documentation
- Reference: https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/pull/1181
---
cc tracking issue #69098
r? `@ghost`
Avoid invoking typeck from borrowck
This PR attempts to reduce direct dependencies between typeck and MIR-related queries. The goal is to have all the information transit either through THIR or through dedicated queries that avoid depending on the whole `TypeckResults`.
In a first commit, we store the type information that MIR building requires into THIR. This avoids edges between mir_built and typeck.
In the second and third commit, we wrap informations around closures (upvars, kind origin and user-provided signature) to avoid borrowck depending on typeck information.
There should be a single remaining borrowck -> typeck edge in the good path, due to inline consts.
Commit some new solver tests
Lazy norm is hard.
`<?0 as Trait>::Assoc = ?0` ... probably should emit an alias-eq goal, but currently we don't do that. Right now it fails with a cyclical ty error.
Also committed a check-pass test that broken when I attempted to fix this (unsuccessfully).
r? types
Move IpAddr, SocketAddr and V4+V6 related types to `core`
Implements RFC https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2832. The RFC has completed FCP with disposition merge, but is not yet merged.
Moves IP types to `core` as specified in the RFC.
The full list of moved types is: `IpAddr`, `Ipv4Addr`, `Ipv6Addr`, `SocketAddr`, `SocketAddrV4`, `SocketAddrV6`, `Ipv6MulticastScope` and `AddrParseError`.
Doing this move was one of the main driving arguments behind #78802.
MIR-Validate StorageLive.
`StorageLive` statements on a local which already has storage is banned by miri.
This check is easy enough, and can detect bugs in MIR opts.
Don't project specializable RPITIT projection
This effective rejects specialization + RPITIT/AFIT (usages of `impl Trait` in traits) because the implementation is significantly complicated over making regular "default" trait method bodies work.
I have another PR that experimentally fixes all this, but the code may not be worth investing in.
Treat `str` as containing `[u8]` for auto trait purposes
Wanted to gauge ``@rust-lang/lang`` and ``@rust-lang/types`` teams' thoughts on treating `str` as "containing" a `[u8]` slice for auto-trait purposes.
``@dtolnay`` brought this up in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/13231#issuecomment-1399386472 as a blocker for future `str` type librarification, and I think it's both a valid concern and very easy to fix. I'm interested in actually doing that `str` type librarification (#107939), but this probably should be considered in the mean time regardless of that PR.
r? types for the impl, though this definitely needs an FCP.
Rollup of 8 pull requests
Successful merges:
- #107062 (Do some cleanup of doc/index.md)
- #107890 (Lint against `Iterator::map` receiving a callable that returns `()`)
- #108431 (Add regression test for #107918)
- #108432 (test: drop unused deps)
- #108436 (make "proc macro panicked" translatable)
- #108444 (docs/test: add UI test and docs for `E0476`)
- #108449 (Do not lint ineffective unstable trait impl for unresolved trait)
- #108456 (Complete migrating `ast_passes` to derive diagnostics)
Failed merges:
r? `@ghost`
`@rustbot` modify labels: rollup
docs/test: add UI test and docs for `E0476`
Final undocumented error code. Not entirely sure about wording in the docs.
Part of https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/61137.
r? ```@compiler-errors```
cc ```@compiler-errors```
Implement -Zlink-directives=yes/no
`-Zlink-directives=no` will ignored `#[link]` directives while compiling a crate, so nothing is emitted into the crate's metadata. The assumption is that the build system already knows about the crate's native dependencies and can provide them at link time without these directives.
This is another way to address issue # #70093, which is currently addressed by `-Zlink-native-libraries` (implemented in #70095). The latter is implemented at link time, which has the effect of ignoring `#[link]` in *every* crate. This makes it a very large hammer as it requires all native dependencies to be known to the build system to be at all usable, including those in sysroot libraries. I think this means its effectively unused, and definitely under-used.
Being able to control this on a crate-by-crate basis should make it much easier to apply when needed.
I'm not sure if we need both mechanisms, but we can decide that later.
cc `@pcwalton` `@cramertj`
diagnostics: remove inconsistent English article "this" from E0107
Consider [`tests/ui/const-generics/generic_const_exprs/issue-102768.stderr`][issue-102768.stderr], the error message where it gives additional notes about where the associated type is defined, and how the dead code lint doesn't have an article, like in [`tests/ui/lint/dead-code/issue-85255.stderr`][issue-85255.stderr]. They don't have articles, so it seems unnecessary to have one here.
[issue-102768.stderr]: 07c993eba8/tests/ui/const-generics/generic_const_exprs/issue-102768.stderr
[issue-85255.stderr]: 07c993eba8/tests/ui/lint/dead-code/issue-85255.stderr
parser: provide better suggestions and errors on closures with braces missing
We currently provide wrong suggestions and unhelpful errors on closure bodies with braces missing.
For example, given the following code:
```rust
fn main() {
let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
}
```
the current output is:
```
error: expected expression, found `)`
--> ./main.rs:2:30
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ expected expression
error: closure bodies that contain statements must be surrounded by braces
--> ./main.rs:2:25
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^
3 | }
| ^
|
note: statement found outside of a block
--> ./main.rs:2:29
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ---^ this `;` turns the preceding closure into a statement
| |
| this expression is a statement because of the trailing semicolon
note: the closure body may be incorrectly delimited
--> ./main.rs:2:23
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^^^^^^ this is the parsed closure...
3 | }
| - ...but likely you meant the closure to end here
help: try adding braces
|
2 ~ let _x = Box::new(|x| {x+1;);
3 ~ }}
|
error: expected `;`, found `}`
--> ./main.rs:2:32
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ help: add `;` here
3 | }
| - unexpected token
error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
```
We got 3 errors, but all but the second are unnecessary or just wrong.
This commit allows outputting correct suggestions and errors. The above code would output like this:
```
error: closure bodies that contain statements must be surrounded by braces
--> ./main.rs:2:25
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ ^
|
note: statement found outside of a block
--> ./main.rs:2:29
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ---^ this `;` turns the preceding closure into a statement
| |
| this expression is a statement because of the trailing semicolon
note: the closure body may be incorrectly delimited
--> ./main.rs:2:23
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^^^^^^ - ...but likely you meant the closure to end here
| |
| this is the parsed closure...
help: try adding braces
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x| {x+1;});
| + +
error: aborting due to previous error
```
Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/107959.
r? diagnostics
Fix ICE in 'duplicate diagnostic item' diagnostic
Not sure how to add this in a test; I found it by mistakenly running `cargo fix --lib -p std` rather than `x fix` at the root.
Add test for bad cast with deferred projection equality
1. Unification during coercion (`Coerce::unify`) needs to consider deferred projection obligations (at least pass over them with `predicate_may_hold` or something, to disqualify any totally wrong unifications) -- otherwise, we'll shallowly consider `<u8 as Add>::Output` and `char` as coercible during `FnCtxt::try_coerce`, which will fail later when the nested obligations are registered and processed.
2. Cast checking needs to be able to structurally normalize types so it sees `u8` instead of `<u8 as Add>::Output`. Otherwise it'll always consider the latter as part of a non-primitive cast. Currently `FnCtxt::normalize` doesn't do anything useful here, interestingly.
I tried looking into both of these and it's not immediately clear where to refactor existing typeck code to fix this (at least the latter), but I'm gonna commit a test for it at least so we don't forget. This is one of the issues that's keeping us from building larger projects.
implement const iterator using `rustc_do_not_const_check`
Previous experiment: #102225.
Explanation: rather than making all default methods work under `const` all at once, this uses `rustc_do_not_const_check` as a workaround to "trick" the compiler to not run any checks on those other default methods. Any const implementations are only required to implement the `next` method. Any actual calls to the trait methods other than `next` will either error in compile time (at CTFE runs), or run the methods correctly if they do not have any non-const operations. This is extremely easy to maintain, remove, or improve.
Consider `tests/ui/const-generics/generic_const_exprs/issue-102768.stderr`,
the error message where it gives additional notes about where the associated
type is defined, and how the dead code lint doesn't have an article,
like in `tests/ui/lint/dead-code/issue-85255.stderr`. They don't have
articles, so it seems unnecessary to have one here.
We currently provide wrong suggestions and unhelpful errors on closure
bodies with braces missing. For example, given the following code:
```
fn main() {
let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
}
```
the current output is like this:
```
error: expected expression, found `)`
--> ./main.rs:2:30
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ expected expression
error: closure bodies that contain statements must be surrounded by braces
--> ./main.rs:2:25
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^
3 | }
| ^
|
...
help: try adding braces
|
2 ~ let _x = Box::new(|x| {x+1;);
3 ~ }}
...
error: expected `;`, found `}`
--> ./main.rs:2:32
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ help: add `;` here
3 | }
| - unexpected token
error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
```
This commit allows outputting correct suggestions and errors. The above
code would output like this:
```
error: closure bodies that contain statements must be surrounded by braces
--> ./main.rs:2:25
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^ ^
|
note: statement found outside of a block
--> ./main.rs:2:29
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ---^ this `;` turns the preceding closure into a statement
| |
| this expression is a statement because of the trailing semicolon
note: the closure body may be incorrectly delimited
--> ./main.rs:2:23
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x|x+1;);
| ^^^^^^ - ...but likely you meant the closure to end here
| |
| this is the parsed closure...
help: try adding braces
|
2 | let _x = Box::new(|x| {x+1;});
| + +
error: aborting due to previous error
```
Ban associated type bounds in bad positions
We should not try to lower associated type bounds into TAITs in positions where `impl Trait` is not allowed (except for in `where` clauses, like `where T: Trait<Assoc: Bound>`).
This is achieved by using the same `rustc_ast_lowering` machinery as impl-trait does to characterize positions as universal/existential/disallowed.
Fixes#106077
Split out the first commit into #108066, since it's not really related.
Lint dead code in closures and generators
Fixes#108296
I think this might be a potentially breaking change, but restores the behaviour of pre-1.64.
`@rustbot` label +A-lint
Don't delay `ReError` bug during lexical region resolve
Lexical region resolution returns a list of `RegionResolutionError` which don't necessarily correspond to diagnostics being emitted. The compiler may, validly, throw away these resolution errors and do something else. Therefore it's not valid to use `ReError` during lifetime resolution, since we may actually be on a totally fine compilation path.
For example, the `implied_bounds_entailment` lint runs region resolution twice, and only emits an error if it fails both times. If we delay a bug and create a `ReError` during this first run, then we will ICE.
Fixes#108170
----
Side-note: this is conceptually equivalent to how we can't necessarily delay bugs or create `ty::Error` during trait solving/fulfillment, since the compiler is allowed to throw away these fulfillment errors to do other things. It's only once we actually emit an error (`report_region_errors` / `report_fulfillment_errors`)
`-Zlink-directives=no` will ignored `#[link]` directives while compiling a
crate, so nothing is emitted into the crate's metadata. The assumption is
that the build system already knows about the crate's native dependencies
and can provide them at link time without these directives.
This is another way to address issue # #70093, which is currently addressed
by `-Zlink-native-libraries` (implemented in #70095). The latter is
implemented at link time, which has the effect of ignoring `#[link]`
in *every* crate. This makes it a very large hammer as it requires all
native dependencies to be known to the build system to be at all usable,
including those in sysroot libraries. I think this means its effectively
unused, and definitely under-used.
Being able to control this on a crate-by-crate basis should make it much
easier to apply when needed.
I'm not sure if we need both mechanisms, but we can decide that later.
