Point to shadowed name when it exists.

Author: cjgillot

compiler/rustc_resolve/src/late/diagnostics.rs

@@ -141,6 +141,22 @@ struct BaseError {
     suggestion: Option<(Span, &'static str, String)>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum TypoCandidate {
+    Typo(TypoSuggestion),
+    Shadowed(Res),
+    None,
+}
+
+impl TypoCandidate {
+    fn to_opt_suggestion(self) -> Option<TypoSuggestion> {
+        match self {
+            TypoCandidate::Typo(sugg) => Some(sugg),
+            TypoCandidate::Shadowed(_) | TypoCandidate::None => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
     fn def_span(&self, def_id: DefId) -> Option<Span> {
         match def_id.krate {
@@ -497,7 +513,8 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
         }
 
         // Try Levenshtein algorithm.
-        let typo_sugg = self.lookup_typo_candidate(path, source.namespace(), is_expected);
+        let typo_sugg =
+            self.lookup_typo_candidate(path, source.namespace(), is_expected).to_opt_suggestion();
         if path.len() == 1 && self.self_type_is_available() {
             if let Some(candidate) = self.lookup_assoc_candidate(ident, ns, is_expected) {
                 let self_is_available = self.self_value_is_available(path[0].ident.span);
@@ -661,7 +678,18 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
         let is_expected = &|res| source.is_expected(res);
         let ident_span = path.last().map_or(span, |ident| ident.ident.span);
         let typo_sugg = self.lookup_typo_candidate(path, source.namespace(), is_expected);
+        if let TypoCandidate::Shadowed(res) = typo_sugg
+            && let Some(id) = res.opt_def_id()
+            && let Some(sugg_span) = self.r.opt_span(id)
+        {
+            err.span_label(
+                sugg_span,
+                format!("you might have meant to refer to this {}", res.descr()),
+            );
+            return true;
+        }
         let mut fallback = false;
+        let typo_sugg = typo_sugg.to_opt_suggestion();
         if !self.r.add_typo_suggestion(err, typo_sugg, ident_span) {
             fallback = true;
             match self.diagnostic_metadata.current_let_binding {
@@ -1582,7 +1610,7 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
         path: &[Segment],
         ns: Namespace,
         filter_fn: &impl Fn(Res) -> bool,
-    ) -> Option<TypoSuggestion> {
+    ) -> TypoCandidate {
         let mut names = Vec::new();
         if path.len() == 1 {
             let mut ctxt = path.last().unwrap().ident.span.ctxt();
@@ -1671,10 +1699,17 @@ impl<'a: 'ast, 'ast> LateResolutionVisitor<'a, '_, 'ast> {
             name,
             None,
         ) {
-            Some(found) if found != name => {
-                names.into_iter().find(|suggestion| suggestion.candidate == found)
+            Some(found) => {
+                let Some(sugg) = names.into_iter().find(|suggestion| suggestion.candidate == found) else {
+                    return TypoCandidate::None;
+                };
+                if found == name {
+                    TypoCandidate::Shadowed(sugg.res)
+                } else {
+                    TypoCandidate::Typo(sugg)
+                }
             }
-            _ => None,
+            _ => TypoCandidate::None,
         }
     }
 

src/test/ui/lexical-scopes.stderr

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 error[E0574]: expected struct, variant or union type, found type parameter `T`
   --> $DIR/lexical-scopes.rs:3:13
    |
+LL | struct T { i: i32 }
+   | ------------------- you might have meant to refer to this struct
 LL | fn f<T>() {
    |      - found this type parameter
 LL |     let t = T { i: 0 };

src/test/ui/resolve/point-at-type-parameter-shadowing-another-type.stderr

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 error[E0574]: expected struct, variant or union type, found type parameter `Baz`
   --> $DIR/point-at-type-parameter-shadowing-another-type.rs:16:13
    |
-LL | impl<Baz> Foo<Baz> for Bar {
-   |      --- found this type parameter
+LL | / struct Baz {
+LL | |     num: usize,
+LL | | }
+   | |_- you might have meant to refer to this struct
+LL |
+LL |   impl<Baz> Foo<Baz> for Bar {
+   |        --- found this type parameter
 ...
-LL |             Baz { num } => num,
-   |             ^^^ not a struct, variant or union type
+LL |               Baz { num } => num,
+   |               ^^^ not a struct, variant or union type
 
 error: aborting due to previous error