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<ins> error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:16:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::Range { start: 0, end: 1 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::Range` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::Range { start: 0, end: 1 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::Range<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:21:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::Range { start: 0, end: 1 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::Range` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::Range { start: 0, end: 1 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::Range<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:26:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::RangeFrom { start: 1 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeFrom` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::RangeFrom { start: 1 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeFrom<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:31:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::RangeFrom { start: 1 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeFrom` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::RangeFrom { start: 1 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeFrom<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:36:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::RangeFull {}); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeFull` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::RangeFull {}` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeFull` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:41:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::RangeFull {}); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeFull` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::RangeFull {}` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeFull` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:46:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::RangeInclusive::new(0, 1)); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeInclusive` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::RangeInclusive::new(0, 1)` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeInclusive<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:51:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::RangeInclusive::new(0, 1)); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeInclusive` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::RangeInclusive::new(0, 1)` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeInclusive<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:56:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::RangeTo { end: 5 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeTo` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::RangeTo { end: 5 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeTo<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:61:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::RangeTo { end: 5 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeTo` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::RangeTo { end: 5 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeTo<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:66:16 | LL |     take_range(std::ops::RangeToInclusive { end: 5 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeToInclusive` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&std::ops::RangeToInclusive { end: 5 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeToInclusive<{integer}>` error[E0308]: mismatched types --> $DIR/issue-54505-no-literals.rs:71:16 | LL |     take_range(::std::ops::RangeToInclusive { end: 5 }); |                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |                | |                expected reference, found struct `std::ops::RangeToInclusive` |                help: consider borrowing here: `&::std::ops::RangeToInclusive { end: 5 }` | = note: expected type `&_` found type `std::ops::RangeToInclusive<{integer}>` error: aborting due to 12 previous errors For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`. </ins>

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text: is an incorrect suggestion because has higher precedence than . It should suggest .
If someone wants to tackle this issue, it should be straightforward to fix. In: there should be another branch for , where the path of the call is . This code is a good reference: This issue affects the other range syntaxes too, so those should also be fixed (although these are not — look at for clues).
Hi I'd like to tackle this and take the plunge into the Rust compiler code :)
great! Let me know if you hit any snags or need any more tips. You'll want to add tests for these (in ). The is a good place for general information about the compiler. When you're done, include in the pull request and I'll review it!
you've anticipated most of my newbie questions already :) Thanks for that info, very useful! I'm now in the process of stressing my PC with lots of compiling to actually get started. Skimming the test code I'm really impressed by how easy it is to add "UI" tests for these sorts of things (compile this, expect this error on this line). Snazzy! That's all great, but do you anticipate I should also add "deeper" tests? I guess I'm trying to understand if the scope of this is just pure UI or do I need to touch some syntax parsing/immediate representations, since you mentioned code in . Because the compiler is emitting a syntax suggestion, we might want to assert that the suggestion is correct syntax in the first place. I don't know if that's how deep the rabbit hole goes and if there's a facility to help out, but my hunch is that since we have all of the compiler at hand, why not use it to validate the suggestion syntax? EDIT: OK, reading up on adding new tests to the compiler I encountered mention of , and it seems to be sort-of what I was after.
The issue here is just a diagnostic issue, so checking that we're getting the updated hint is enough. The code in is just helpful to see what ranges like and are desugared into, so you can catch them in — you shouldn't need to modify anything (apart from the test) outside of . It would technically be possible to do something like this, but it would probably be more trouble than it's worth.