Rollup merge of #156797 - ariagivens:suggest-quotes, r=JonathanBrouwer

Suggest adding quotation marks to identifiers in attributes

When the user provides an identifier when a literal was expected in an attribute value, suggest adding quotation marks to the identifier to make it a string literal.

For instance:
```
error: attribute value must be a literal
  --> $DIR/crate-type-non-crate.rs:9:16
   |
LL | #[crate_type = lib]
   |                ^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"lib"`
```
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Matthias Krüger
2026-05-28 07:53:36 +02:00
committed by GitHub
4 changed files with 22 additions and 9 deletions
+15 -2
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
AttrArgs, Expr, ExprKind, LitKind, MetaItemLit, Path, PathSegment, StmtKind, UnOp,
};
use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
use rustc_errors::{Diag, PResult};
use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, PResult};
use rustc_hir::{self as hir, AttrPath};
use rustc_parse::exp;
use rustc_parse::parser::{ForceCollect, Parser, PathStyle, Recovery, token_descr};
@@ -410,7 +410,20 @@ fn expr_to_lit<'sess>(
// - `#[foo = include_str!("nonexistent-file.rs")]`:
// results in `ast::ExprKind::Err`.
let msg = "attribute value must be a literal";
let err = psess.dcx().struct_span_err(span, msg);
let mut err = psess.dcx().struct_span_err(span, msg);
// Suggest adding quotation marks to turn an identifier into a string literal
if let ExprKind::Path(None, ref path) = expr.kind
&& let [segment] = path.segments.as_slice()
{
err.span_suggestion(
expr.span,
"try adding quotation marks",
&format!("\"{}\"", segment.ident),
Applicability::MaybeIncorrect,
);
}
Err(err)
}
}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/crate-type-non-crate.rs:9:16
|
LL | #[crate_type = lib]
| ^^^
| ^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"lib"`
error[E0539]: malformed `crate_type` attribute input
--> $DIR/crate-type-non-crate.rs:12:1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/crate-type-non-crate.rs:14:16
|
LL | #[crate_type = foo]
| ^^^
| ^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"foo"`
error[E0539]: malformed `crate_type` attribute input
--> $DIR/crate-type-non-crate.rs:17:1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/validation-on-associated-items-issue-121537.rs:2:13
|
LL | #[doc = MyTrait]
| ^^^^^^^
| ^^^^^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"MyTrait"`
error: aborting due to 1 previous error
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:12:18
|
LL | objc::class!(s);
| ^
| ^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"s"`
error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:15:18
|
LL | objc::class!(NSObject);
| ^^^^^^^^
| ^^^^^^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"NSObject"`
error: `objc::class!` expected a string literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:18:18
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:25:21
|
LL | objc::selector!(s);
| ^
| ^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"s"`
error: attribute value must be a literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:28:21
|
LL | objc::selector!(alloc);
| ^^^^^
| ^^^^^ help: try adding quotation marks: `"alloc"`
error: `objc::selector!` expected a string literal
--> $DIR/darwin-objc-bad-arg.rs:31:21