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support code such as fn(x: !) -> ! { x } with #![feature(never_type)] #35940

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This kind of code worked with the original implementation of #![feature(never_type)], but that's because the check for diverging functions that converge was removed from liveness. With that restored, it incorrectly fires here.

@eddyb believes the fix involves:

<eddyb> and if you want to fix it *separately*, basically have a check like that that
        changes succ to be self.s.exit_ln if there's a NeverToAny adjustment for that
        expression, here https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/src/librustc/middle/liveness.rs#L930
<eddyb> durka42: oh and if you do that separate PR, you can remove the ExprCall and
        ExprMethod call is_never checks

cc @canndrew. Discovered during #35883.

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arielb1

arielb1 commented on Aug 29, 2016

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You can also skip the check in liveness if the return expression has type TyNever - that's how MIR typeck does it.

durka

durka commented on Aug 29, 2016

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@arielb1 isn't that the check that we put back in at #35883? If you don't check you end up with fn foo() -> ! { 42 } being accepted.

Mark-Simulacrum

Mark-Simulacrum commented on May 13, 2017

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The below is now accepted. src/test/run-fail/call-fn-never-arg.rs tests for this.

#![feature(never_type)]

fn x(y: !) -> ! { y }
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          support code such as `fn(x: !) -> ! { x }` with #![feature(never_type)] · Issue #35940 · rust-lang/rust