fix syntax typos and consistency in compiler messages

Author: Samy Kacimi

src/librustc/hir/def_id.rs

@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ impl CrateNum {
     pub fn as_usize(self) -> usize {
         match self {
             CrateNum::Index(id) => id.as_usize(),
-            _ => bug!("tried to get index of nonstandard crate {:?}", self),
+            _ => bug!("tried to get index of non-standard crate {:?}", self),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn as_u32(self) -> u32 {
         match self {
             CrateNum::Index(id) => id.as_u32(),
-            _ => bug!("tried to get index of nonstandard crate {:?}", self),
+            _ => bug!("tried to get index of non-standard crate {:?}", self),
         }
     }
 

src/librustc/session/config.rs

@@ -1144,9 +1144,9 @@ options! {CodegenOptions, CodegenSetter, basic_codegen_options,
     lto: LtoCli = (LtoCli::Unspecified, parse_lto, [TRACKED],
         "perform LLVM link-time optimizations"),
     target_cpu: Option<String> = (None, parse_opt_string, [TRACKED],
-        "select target processor (rustc --print target-cpus for details)"),
+        "select target processor (`rustc --print target-cpus` for details)"),
     target_feature: String = (String::new(), parse_string, [TRACKED],
-        "target specific attributes (rustc --print target-features for details)"),
+        "target specific attributes (`rustc --print target-features` for details)"),
     passes: Vec<String> = (Vec::new(), parse_list, [TRACKED],
         "a list of extra LLVM passes to run (space separated)"),
     llvm_args: Vec<String> = (Vec::new(), parse_list, [TRACKED],
@@ -1172,9 +1172,9 @@ options! {CodegenOptions, CodegenSetter, basic_codegen_options,
     no_redzone: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
         "disable the use of the redzone"),
     relocation_model: Option<String> = (None, parse_opt_string, [TRACKED],
-        "choose the relocation model to use (rustc --print relocation-models for details)"),
+        "choose the relocation model to use (`rustc --print relocation-models` for details)"),
     code_model: Option<String> = (None, parse_opt_string, [TRACKED],
-        "choose the code model to use (rustc --print code-models for details)"),
+        "choose the code model to use (`rustc --print code-models` for details)"),
     metadata: Vec<String> = (Vec::new(), parse_list, [TRACKED],
         "metadata to mangle symbol names with"),
     extra_filename: String = (String::new(), parse_string, [UNTRACKED],
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ options! {CodegenOptions, CodegenSetter, basic_codegen_options,
     remark: Passes = (Passes::Some(Vec::new()), parse_passes, [UNTRACKED],
         "print remarks for these optimization passes (space separated, or \"all\")"),
     no_stack_check: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
-        "the --no-stack-check flag is deprecated and does nothing"),
+        "the `--no-stack-check` flag is deprecated and does nothing"),
     debuginfo: Option<usize> = (None, parse_opt_uint, [TRACKED],
         "debug info emission level, 0 = no debug info, 1 = line tables only, \
          2 = full debug info with variable and type information"),
@@ -1400,9 +1400,9 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
     thinlto: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
         "enable ThinLTO when possible"),
     inline_in_all_cgus: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
-        "control whether `#[inline]` functions are in all cgus"),
+        "control whether `#[inline]` functions are in all CGUs"),
     tls_model: Option<String> = (None, parse_opt_string, [TRACKED],
-        "choose the TLS model to use (rustc --print tls-models for details)"),
+        "choose the TLS model to use (`rustc --print tls-models` for details)"),
     saturating_float_casts: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "make float->int casts UB-free: numbers outside the integer type's range are clipped to \
          the max/min integer respectively, and NaN is mapped to 0"),

src/librustc_codegen_utils/link.rs

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn find_crate_name(sess: Option<&Session>,
         if let Some(ref s) = sess.opts.crate_name {
             if let Some((attr, name)) = attr_crate_name {
                 if name.as_str() != *s {
-                    let msg = format!("--crate-name and `#[crate_name]` are \
+                    let msg = format!("`--crate-name` and `#[crate_name]` are \
                                        required to match, but `{}` != `{}`",
                                       s, name);
                     sess.span_err(attr.span, &msg);

src/librustc_data_structures/flock.rs

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ cfg_if! {
                     debug!("failed acquiring file lock: {}", err);
                     Err(err)
                 } else {
-                    debug!("successfully acquired lock.");
+                    debug!("successfully acquired lock");
                     Ok(Lock { _file: file })
                 }
             }

src/librustc_driver/pretty.rs

@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ fn print_with_analysis(
                                 suffix (b::c::d)");
             let hir_id = tcx.hir().node_to_hir_id(nodeid);
             let node = tcx.hir().find(hir_id).unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                tcx.sess.fatal(&format!("--pretty flowgraph couldn't find id: {}", nodeid))
+                tcx.sess.fatal(&format!("`--pretty` flowgraph couldn't find id: {}", nodeid))
             });
 
             match blocks::Code::from_node(&tcx.hir(), hir_id) {
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ fn print_with_analysis(
                     print_flowgraph(variants, tcx, code, mode, out)
                 }
                 None => {
-                    let message = format!("--pretty=flowgraph needs block, fn, or method; \
+                    let message = format!("`--pretty=flowgraph` needs block, fn, or method; \
                                             got {:?}",
                                             node);
 

src/librustc_incremental/persist/fs.rs

@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ fn find_source_directory_in_iter<I>(iter: I,
         if source_directories_already_tried.contains(&session_dir) ||
            !is_session_directory(&directory_name) ||
            !is_finalized(&directory_name) {
-            debug!("find_source_directory_in_iter - ignoring.");
+            debug!("find_source_directory_in_iter - ignoring");
             continue
         }
 

src/librustdoc/config.rs

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ impl Options {
             None => ColorConfig::Auto,
             Some(arg) => {
                 early_error(ErrorOutputType::default(),
-                            &format!("argument for --color must be `auto`, `always` or `never` \
+                            &format!("argument for `--color` must be `auto`, `always` or `never` \
                                       (instead was `{}`)", arg));
             }
         };
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ impl Options {
             Some("short") => ErrorOutputType::HumanReadable(HumanReadableErrorType::Short(color)),
             Some(arg) => {
                 early_error(ErrorOutputType::default(),
-                            &format!("argument for --error-format must be `human`, `json` or \
+                            &format!("argument for `--error-format` must be `human`, `json` or \
                                       `short` (instead was `{}`)", arg));
             }
         };

src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs

@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
                 }
                 if attr::contains_name(&i.attrs[..], sym::main) {
                     gate_feature_post!(&self, main, i.span,
-                                       "declaration of a nonstandard `#[main]` \
+                                       "declaration of a non-standard `#[main]` \
                                         function may change over time, for now \
                                         a top-level `fn main()` is required");
                 }

src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
     fn parse_unsuffixed_lit(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ast::Lit> {
         let lit = self.parse_lit()?;
-        debug!("checking if {:?} is unusuffixed.", lit);
+        debug!("checking if {:?} is unusuffixed", lit);
 
         if !lit.node.is_unsuffixed() {
             let msg = "suffixed literals are not allowed in attributes";