Associated consts are not object safe.

src/librustc/traits/object_safety.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ pub enum ObjectSafetyViolation {
 
     /// Method has something illegal
     Method(ast::Name, MethodViolationCode),
+
+    /// Associated const
+    AssociatedConst(ast::Name),
 }
 
 impl ObjectSafetyViolation {
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ pub fn error_msg(&self) -> Cow<'static, str> {
                          in its arguments or return type", name).into(),
             ObjectSafetyViolation::Method(name, MethodViolationCode::Generic) =>
                 format!("method `{}` has generic type parameters", name).into(),
+            ObjectSafetyViolation::AssociatedConst(name) =>
+                format!("the trait cannot contain associated consts, such as `{}`", name),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -141,6 +146,10 @@ fn object_safety_violations_for_trait(self, trait_def_id: DefId)
             violations.push(ObjectSafetyViolation::SupertraitSelf);
         }
 
+        violations.extend(self.associated_items(trait_def_id)
+            .filter(|item| item.kind == ty::AssociatedKind::Const)
+            .map(|item| ObjectSafetyViolation::AssociatedConst(item.name)));
+
         debug!("object_safety_violations_for_trait(trait_def_id={:?}) = {:?}",
                trait_def_id,
                violations);