rust-lang · bors · Jun 7, 2019 · May 29, 2019
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/move_errors.rs
@@ -503,32 +503,12 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                 move_from,
                 ..
             } => {
-                let try_remove_deref = match move_from {
-                    Place::Projection(box Projection {
-                        elem: ProjectionElem::Deref,
-                        ..
-                    }) => true,
-                    _ => false,
-                };
-                if try_remove_deref && snippet.starts_with('*') {
-                    // The snippet doesn't start with `*` in (e.g.) index
-                    // expressions `a[b]`, which roughly desugar to
-                    // `*Index::index(&a, b)` or
-                    // `*IndexMut::index_mut(&mut a, b)`.
-                    err.span_suggestion(
-                        span,
-                        "consider removing the `*`",
-                        snippet[1..].to_owned(),
-                        Applicability::Unspecified,
-                    );
-                } else {
-                    err.span_suggestion(
-                        span,
-                        "consider borrowing here",
-                        format!("&{}", snippet),
-                        Applicability::Unspecified,
-                    );
-                }
+                err.span_suggestion(
+                    span,
+                    "consider borrowing here",
+                    format!("&{}", snippet),
+                    Applicability::Unspecified,
+                );
 
                 if binds_to.is_empty() {
                     let place_ty = move_from.ty(self.mir, self.infcx.tcx).ty;

diff --git a/src/test/ui/access-mode-in-closures.stderr b/src/test/ui/access-mode-in-closures.stderr
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LL |         match *s { S(v) => v }
    |               |      |
    |               |      data moved here
    |               |      move occurs because `v` has type `std::vec::Vec<isize>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |               help: consider removing the `*`: `s`
+   |               help: consider borrowing here: `&*s`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-issue-2657-2.stderr b/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-issue-2657-2.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |         let _b = *y;
    |                  ^^
    |                  |
    |                  move occurs because `*y` has type `std::boxed::Box<i32>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                  help: consider removing the `*`: `y`
+   |                  help: consider borrowing here: `&*y`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-error-with-note.stderr b/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-error-with-note.stderr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ error[E0507]: cannot move out of `f.0` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/borrowck-move-error-with-note.rs:11:11
    |
 LL |     match *f {
-   |           ^^ help: consider removing the `*`: `f`
+   |           ^^ help: consider borrowing here: `&*f`
 LL |         Foo::Foo1(num1,
    |                   ---- data moved here
 LL |                   num2) => (),

diff --git a/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-from-unsafe-ptr.stderr b/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-from-unsafe-ptr.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let y = *x;
    |             ^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because `*x` has type `std::boxed::Box<isize>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `x`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*x`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-overloaded-deref.stderr b/src/test/ui/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-overloaded-deref.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let _x = *Rc::new("hi".to_string());
    |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |              |
    |              move occurs because value has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |              help: consider removing the `*`: `Rc::new("hi".to_string())`
+   |              help: consider borrowing here: `&*Rc::new("hi".to_string())`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/borrowck/issue-54597-reject-move-out-of-borrow-via-pat.stderr b/src/test/ui/borrowck/issue-54597-reject-move-out-of-borrow-via-pat.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |             *array
    |             ^^^^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because `*array` has type `std::vec::Vec<Value>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `array`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*array`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-20801.stderr b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-20801.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let a = unsafe { *mut_ref() };
    |                      ^^^^^^^^^^
    |                      |
    |                      move occurs because value has type `T`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                      help: consider removing the `*`: `mut_ref()`
+   |                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*mut_ref()`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a shared reference
   --> $DIR/issue-20801.rs:29:22
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LL |     let b = unsafe { *imm_ref() };
    |                      ^^^^^^^^^^
    |                      |
    |                      move occurs because value has type `T`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                      help: consider removing the `*`: `imm_ref()`
+   |                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*imm_ref()`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a raw pointer
   --> $DIR/issue-20801.rs:32:22
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LL |     let c = unsafe { *mut_ptr() };
    |                      ^^^^^^^^^^
    |                      |
    |                      move occurs because value has type `T`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                      help: consider removing the `*`: `mut_ptr()`
+   |                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*mut_ptr()`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a raw pointer
   --> $DIR/issue-20801.rs:35:22
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ LL |     let d = unsafe { *const_ptr() };
    |                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |                      |
    |                      move occurs because value has type `T`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                      help: consider removing the `*`: `const_ptr()`
+   |                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*const_ptr()`
 
 error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/cannot-move-block-spans.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/cannot-move-block-spans.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let x = { *r };
    |               ^^
    |               |
    |               move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |               help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |               help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*r` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/cannot-move-block-spans.rs:6:22
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LL |     let y = unsafe { *r };
    |                      ^^
    |                      |
    |                      move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                      help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*r` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/cannot-move-block-spans.rs:7:26
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LL |     let z = loop { break *r; };
    |                          ^^
    |                          |
    |                          move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                          help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |                          help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0508]: cannot move out of type `[std::string::String; 2]`, a non-copy array
   --> $DIR/cannot-move-block-spans.rs:11:15
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ LL |     let x = { let mut u = 0; u += 1; *r };
    |                                      ^^
    |                                      |
    |                                      move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                                      help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |                                      help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*r` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/cannot-move-block-spans.rs:18:45
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ LL |     let y = unsafe { let mut u = 0; u += 1; *r };
    |                                             ^^
    |                                             |
    |                                             move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                                             help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |                                             help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*r` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/cannot-move-block-spans.rs:19:49
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ LL |     let z = loop { let mut u = 0; u += 1; break *r; u += 2; };
    |                                                 ^^
    |                                                 |
    |                                                 move occurs because `*r` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |                                                 help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |                                                 help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error: aborting due to 9 previous errors
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/move-errors.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/move-errors.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let b = *a;
    |             ^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because `*a` has type `A`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `a`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*a`
 
 error[E0508]: cannot move out of type `[A; 1]`, a non-copy array
   --> $DIR/move-errors.rs:12:13
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ LL |     let s = **r;
    |             ^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because `**r` has type `A`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `*r`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&**r`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of an `Rc`
   --> $DIR/move-errors.rs:27:13
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LL |     let s = *r;
    |             ^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because value has type `A`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `r`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*r`
 
 error[E0508]: cannot move out of type `[A; 1]`, a non-copy array
   --> $DIR/move-errors.rs:32:13
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ error[E0507]: cannot move out of `a.0` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/move-errors.rs:38:16
    |
 LL |     let A(s) = *a;
-   |           -    ^^ help: consider removing the `*`: `a`
+   |           -    ^^ help: consider borrowing here: `&*a`
    |           |
    |           data moved here
    |           move occurs because `s` has type `std::string::String`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ error[E0507]: cannot move out of `x.0` which is behind a shared reference
   --> $DIR/move-errors.rs:110:11
    |
 LL |     match *x {
-   |           ^^ help: consider removing the `*`: `x`
+   |           ^^ help: consider borrowing here: `&*x`
 LL |
 LL |         Ok(s) | Err(s) => (),
    |            -

diff --git a/src/test/ui/std-uncopyable-atomics.stderr b/src/test/ui/std-uncopyable-atomics.stderr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LL |     let x = *&x;
    |             ^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because value has type `std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `&x`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*&x`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a shared reference
   --> $DIR/std-uncopyable-atomics.rs:11:13
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LL |     let x = *&x;
    |             ^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because value has type `std::sync::atomic::AtomicIsize`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `&x`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*&x`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a shared reference
   --> $DIR/std-uncopyable-atomics.rs:13:13
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LL |     let x = *&x;
    |             ^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because value has type `std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `&x`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*&x`
 
 error[E0507]: cannot move out of a shared reference
   --> $DIR/std-uncopyable-atomics.rs:15:13
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ LL |     let x = *&x;
    |             ^^^
    |             |
    |             move occurs because value has type `std::sync::atomic::AtomicPtr<usize>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
-   |             help: consider removing the `*`: `&x`
+   |             help: consider borrowing here: `&*&x`
 
 error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
 

diff --git a/src/test/ui/suggestions/dont-suggest-ref/simple.rs b/src/test/ui/suggestions/dont-suggest-ref/simple.rs
@@ -37,26 +37,26 @@ pub fn main() {
 
     let X(_t) = *s;
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION s
     if let Either::One(_t) = *r { }
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION r
     while let Either::One(_t) = *r { }
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION r
     match *r {
         //~^ ERROR cannot move
-        //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+        //~| HELP consider borrowing here
         //~| SUGGESTION r
         Either::One(_t)
         | Either::Two(_t) => (),
     }
     match *r {
         //~^ ERROR cannot move
-        //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+        //~| HELP consider borrowing here
         //~| SUGGESTION r
         Either::One(_t) => (),
         Either::Two(ref _t) => (),
@@ -65,34 +65,34 @@ pub fn main() {
 
     let X(_t) = *sm;
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION sm
     if let Either::One(_t) = *rm { }
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION rm
     while let Either::One(_t) = *rm { }
     //~^ ERROR cannot move
-    //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+    //~| HELP consider borrowing here
     //~| SUGGESTION rm
     match *rm {
         //~^ ERROR cannot move
-        //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+        //~| HELP consider borrowing here
         //~| SUGGESTION rm
         Either::One(_t)
         | Either::Two(_t) => (),
     }
     match *rm {
         //~^ ERROR cannot move
-        //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+        //~| HELP consider borrowing here
         //~| SUGGESTION rm
         Either::One(_t) => (),
         Either::Two(ref _t) => (),
         // FIXME: should suggest removing `ref` too
     }
     match *rm {
         //~^ ERROR cannot move
-        //~| HELP consider removing the `*`
+        //~| HELP consider borrowing here
         //~| SUGGESTION rm
         Either::One(_t) => (),
         Either::Two(ref mut _t) => (),