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Stabilize `if let` guards (`feature(if_let_guard)`)



## Summary

This proposes the stabilization of `if let` guards (tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#51114, RFC: rust-lang/rfcs#2294). This feature allows `if let` expressions to be used directly within match arm guards, enabling conditional pattern matching within guard clauses.

## What is being stabilized

The ability to use `if let` expressions within match arm guards.

Example:

```rust
enum Command {
    Run(String),
    Stop,
    Pause,
}

fn process_command(cmd: Command, state: &mut String) {
    match cmd {
        Command::Run(name) if let Some(first_char) = name.chars().next() && first_char.is_ascii_alphabetic() => {
            // Both `name` and `first_char` are available here
            println!("Running command: {} (starts with '{}')", name, first_char);
            state.push_str(&format!("Running {}", name));
        }
        Command::Run(name) => {
            println!("Cannot run command '{}'. Invalid name.", name);
        }
        Command::Stop if state.contains("running") => {
            println!("Stopping current process.");
            state.clear();
        }
        _ => {
            println!("Unhandled command or state.");
        }
    }
}
```

## Motivation

The primary motivation for `if let` guards is to reduce nesting and improve readability when conditional logic depends on pattern matching. Without this feature, such logic requires nested `if let` statements within match arms:

```rust
// Without if let guards
match value {
    Some(x) => {
        if let Ok(y) = compute(x) {
            // Both `x` and `y` are available here
            println!("{}, {}", x, y);
        }
    }
    _ => {}
}

// With if let guards
match value {
    Some(x) if let Ok(y) = compute(x) => {
        // Both `x` and `y` are available here
        println!("{}, {}", x, y);
    }
    _ => {}
}
```

## Implementation and Testing

The feature has been implemented and tested comprehensively across different scenarios:

### Core Functionality Tests

**Scoping and variable binding:**
- [`scope.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/scope.rs) - Verifies that bindings created in `if let` guards are properly scoped and available in match arms
- [`shadowing.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/shadowing.rs) - Tests that variable shadowing works correctly within guards
- [`scoping-consistency.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/scoping-consistency.rs) - Ensures temporaries in guards remain valid for the duration of their match arms

**Type system integration:**
- [`type-inference.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/type-inference.rs) - Confirms type inference works correctly in `if let` guards  
- [`typeck.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/typeck.rs) - Verifies type mismatches are caught appropriately

**Pattern matching semantics:**
- [`exhaustive.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/exhaustive.rs) - Validates that `if let` guards are correctly handled in exhaustiveness analysis
- [`move-guard-if-let.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/move-guard-if-let.rs) and [`move-guard-if-let-chain.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/move-guard-if-let-chain.rs) - Test that conditional moves in guards are tracked correctly by the borrow checker

### Error Handling and Diagnostics

- [`warns.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/warns.rs) - Tests warnings for irrefutable patterns and unreachable code in guards
- [`parens.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/parens.rs) - Ensures parentheses around `let` expressions are properly rejected
- [`macro-expanded.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/macro-expanded.rs) - Verifies macro expansions that produce invalid constructs are caught
- [`guard-mutability-2.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/guard-mutability-2.rs) - Tests mutability and ownership violations in guards
- [`ast-validate-guards.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/ast-validate-guards.rs) - Validates AST-level syntax restrictions

### Drop Order and Temporaries

**Key insight:** Unlike `let_chains` in regular `if` expressions, `if let` guards do not have drop order inconsistencies because:
1. Match guards are clearly scoped to their arms
2. There is no "else block" equivalent that could cause temporal confusion

- [`drop-order.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5796073c134eaac30475f9a19462c4e716c9119c/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/drop-order.rs) - Check drop order of temporaries create in match guards
- [`compare-drop-order.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/aef3f5fdf052fbbc16e174aef5da6d50832ca316/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/compare-drop-order.rs) - Compares drop order between `if let` guards and nested `if let` in match arms, confirming they behave identically across all editions
- rust-lang/rust#140981 - A complicated drop order test involved `let chain` was made by @est31
- [`drop-order-comparisons-let-chains.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/902b4d28783e03e231d8513082cc30c4fcce5d95/tests/ui/drop/drop-order-comparisons-let-chains.rs) - Compares drop order between `let chains` in `if let guard` and regular `if` expressions
- [`if-let-guards.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5650d716e0589e2e145ce9027f35bd534e5f862a/tests/ui/drop/if-let-guards.rs) - Test correctness of drop order for bindings and temporaries
- [`if-let-guards-2`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/3a6c8c8f3d7ae654fdb6ce1255182bda21680655/tests/ui/drop/if-let-guards-2.rs) - The same test as above but more comprehensive and tests more interactions between different features and their drop order, checking that drop order is correct, created by @traviscross 

## Edition Compatibility

This feature stabilizes on all editions, unlike `let chains` which was limited to edition 2024. This is safe because:

1. `if let` guards don't suffer from the drop order issues that affected `let chains` in regular `if` expressions
2. The scoping is unambiguous - guards are clearly tied to their match arms
3. Extensive testing confirms identical behavior across all editions

## Interactions with Future Features

The lang team has reviewed potential interactions with planned "guard patterns" and determined that stabilizing `if let` guards now does not create obstacles for future work. The scoping and evaluation semantics established here align with what guard patterns will need.

## Unresolved Issues

- [x] - rust-lang/rust#140981
- [x] - added tests description by @jieyouxu request
- [x] - Concers from @scottmcm about stabilizing this across all editions
- [x] - check if drop order in all edition when using `let chains` inside `if let` guard is the same
- [x] - interactions with guard patters
- [x] - pattern bindings drops before guard bindings https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/143376
- [x] - documentaion (https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/pull/1957)
- [ ] (non-blocking) add tests for [this](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/145237) and [this](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141295#issuecomment-3173059821)

---

**Related:**
- Tracking Issue: rust-lang/rust#51114  
- RFC: rust-lang/rfcs#2294
- Documentation PR: https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/pull/1957
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//! # The Rust Core Library
//!
//! The Rust Core Library is the dependency-free[^free] foundation of [The
//! Rust Standard Library](../std/index.html). It is the portable glue
//! between the language and its libraries, defining the intrinsic and
//! primitive building blocks of all Rust code. It links to no
//! upstream libraries, no system libraries, and no libc.
//!
//! [^free]: Strictly speaking, there are some symbols which are needed but
//! they aren't always necessary.
//!
//! The core library is *minimal*: it isn't even aware of heap allocation,
//! nor does it provide concurrency or I/O. These things require
//! platform integration, and this library is platform-agnostic.
//!
//! # How to use the core library
//!
//! Please note that all of these details are currently not considered stable.
//!
// FIXME: Fill me in with more detail when the interface settles
//! This library is built on the assumption of a few existing symbols:
//!
//! * `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, `bcmp`, `strlen` - These are core memory routines
//! which are generated by Rust codegen backends. Additionally, this library can make explicit
//! calls to `strlen`. Their signatures are the same as found in C, but there are extra
//! assumptions about their semantics: For `memcpy`, `memmove`, `memset`, `memcmp`, and `bcmp`, if
//! the `n` parameter is 0, the function is assumed to not be UB, even if the pointers are NULL or
//! dangling. (Note that making extra assumptions about these functions is common among compilers:
//! [clang](https://reviews.llvm.org/D86993) and [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Standards.html#C-Language) do the same.)
//! These functions are often provided by the system libc, but can also be provided by the
//! [compiler-builtins crate](https://crates.io/crates/compiler_builtins).
//! Note that the library does not guarantee that it will always make these assumptions, so Rust
//! user code directly calling the C functions should follow the C specification! The advice for
//! Rust user code is to call the functions provided by this library instead (such as
//! `ptr::copy`).
//!
//! * Panic handler - This function takes one argument, a `&panic::PanicInfo`. It is up to consumers of this core
//! library to define this panic function; it is only required to never
//! return. You should mark your implementation using `#[panic_handler]`.
//!
//! * `rust_eh_personality` - is used by the failure mechanisms of the
//! compiler. This is often mapped to GCC's personality function, but crates
//! which do not trigger a panic can be assured that this function is never
//! called. The `lang` attribute is called `eh_personality`.
#![stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
#![doc(
html_playground_url = "https://play.rust-lang.org/",
issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/",
test(no_crate_inject, attr(deny(warnings))),
test(attr(allow(dead_code, deprecated, unused_variables, unused_mut)))
)]
#![doc(rust_logo)]
#![doc(auto_cfg(hide(
no_fp_fmt_parse,
target_pointer_width = "16",
target_pointer_width = "32",
target_pointer_width = "64",
target_has_atomic = "8",
target_has_atomic = "16",
target_has_atomic = "32",
target_has_atomic = "64",
target_has_atomic = "ptr",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "8",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "16",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "32",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "64",
target_has_atomic_equal_alignment = "ptr",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "8",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "16",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "32",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "64",
target_has_atomic_load_store = "ptr",
)))]
#![no_core]
#![rustc_coherence_is_core]
#![rustc_preserve_ub_checks]
//
// Lints:
#![deny(rust_2021_incompatible_or_patterns)]
#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
#![deny(fuzzy_provenance_casts)]
#![warn(deprecated_in_future)]
#![warn(missing_debug_implementations)]
#![warn(missing_docs)]
#![allow(explicit_outlives_requirements)]
#![allow(incomplete_features)]
#![warn(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
#![allow(internal_features)]
#![allow(unused_features)]
#![deny(ffi_unwind_calls)]
#![warn(unreachable_pub)]
// Do not check link redundancy on bootstrapping phase
#![allow(rustdoc::redundant_explicit_links)]
#![warn(rustdoc::unescaped_backticks)]
//
// Library features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(asm_experimental_arch)]
#![feature(bstr_internals)]
#![feature(cfg_select)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_reliable_f16_f128)]
#![feature(const_carrying_mul_add)]
#![feature(const_cmp)]
#![feature(const_destruct)]
#![feature(const_eval_select)]
#![feature(const_select_unpredictable)]
#![feature(core_intrinsics)]
#![feature(coverage_attribute)]
#![feature(disjoint_bitor)]
#![feature(internal_impls_macro)]
#![feature(link_cfg)]
#![feature(offset_of_enum)]
#![feature(panic_internals)]
#![feature(pattern_type_macro)]
#![feature(ub_checks)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
//
// Language features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(abi_unadjusted)]
#![feature(adt_const_params)]
#![feature(allow_internal_unsafe)]
#![feature(allow_internal_unstable)]
#![feature(auto_traits)]
#![feature(cfg_sanitize)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic)]
#![feature(cfg_target_has_atomic_equal_alignment)]
#![feature(cfg_ub_checks)]
#![feature(const_precise_live_drops)]
#![feature(const_trait_impl)]
#![feature(decl_macro)]
#![feature(deprecated_suggestion)]
#![feature(derive_const)]
#![feature(diagnostic_on_const)]
#![feature(doc_cfg)]
#![feature(doc_notable_trait)]
#![feature(extern_types)]
#![feature(f16)]
#![feature(f128)]
#![feature(freeze_impls)]
#![feature(fundamental)]
#![feature(funnel_shifts)]
#![feature(intra_doc_pointers)]
#![feature(intrinsics)]
#![feature(lang_items)]
#![feature(link_llvm_intrinsics)]
#![feature(macro_metavar_expr)]
#![feature(macro_metavar_expr_concat)]
#![feature(marker_trait_attr)]
#![feature(min_specialization)]
#![feature(multiple_supertrait_upcastable)]
#![feature(must_not_suspend)]
#![feature(negative_impls)]
#![feature(never_type)]
#![feature(no_core)]
#![feature(optimize_attribute)]
#![feature(pattern_types)]
#![feature(prelude_import)]
#![feature(repr_simd)]
#![feature(rustc_attrs)]
#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
#![feature(simd_ffi)]
#![feature(staged_api)]
#![feature(stmt_expr_attributes)]
#![feature(strict_provenance_lints)]
#![feature(target_feature_inline_always)]
#![feature(trait_alias)]
#![feature(transparent_unions)]
#![feature(try_blocks)]
#![feature(uint_carryless_mul)]
#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
#![feature(unsized_fn_params)]
#![feature(with_negative_coherence)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
//
// Target features:
// tidy-alphabetical-start
#![feature(aarch64_unstable_target_feature)]
#![feature(arm_target_feature)]
#![feature(avx10_target_feature)]
#![feature(hexagon_target_feature)]
#![feature(loongarch_target_feature)]
#![feature(mips_target_feature)]
#![feature(nvptx_target_feature)]
#![feature(powerpc_target_feature)]
#![feature(riscv_target_feature)]
#![feature(rtm_target_feature)]
#![feature(s390x_target_feature)]
#![feature(wasm_target_feature)]
#![feature(x86_amx_intrinsics)]
// tidy-alphabetical-end
// allow using `core::` in intra-doc links
#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
extern crate self as core;
/* The core prelude, not as all-encompassing as the std prelude */
// The compiler expects the prelude definition to be defined before it's use statement.
pub mod prelude;
#[prelude_import]
#[allow(unused)]
use prelude::rust_2024::*;
#[macro_use]
mod macros;
#[stable(feature = "assert_matches", since = "CURRENT_RUSTC_VERSION")]
pub use crate::macros::{assert_matches, debug_assert_matches};
#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
/// Unstable module containing the unstable `From` derive macro.
pub mod from {
#[unstable(feature = "derive_from", issue = "144889")]
pub use crate::macros::builtin::From;
}
// We don't export this through #[macro_export] for now, to avoid breakage.
#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
/// Unstable module containing the unstable `autodiff` macro.
pub mod autodiff {
#[unstable(feature = "autodiff", issue = "124509")]
pub use crate::macros::builtin::{autodiff_forward, autodiff_reverse};
}
#[unstable(feature = "contracts", issue = "128044")]
pub mod contracts;
#[unstable(feature = "cfg_select", issue = "115585")]
pub use crate::macros::cfg_select;
#[macro_use]
mod internal_macros;
#[path = "num/shells/legacy_int_modules.rs"]
mod legacy_int_modules;
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)] // FIXME false positive (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/15636)
#[allow(deprecated_in_future)]
pub use legacy_int_modules::{i8, i16, i32, i64, isize, u8, u16, u32, u64, usize};
#[stable(feature = "i128", since = "1.26.0")]
#[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)] // FIXME false positive (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/15636)
#[allow(deprecated_in_future)]
pub use legacy_int_modules::{i128, u128};
#[path = "num/f128.rs"]
pub mod f128;
#[path = "num/f16.rs"]
pub mod f16;
#[path = "num/f32.rs"]
pub mod f32;
#[path = "num/f64.rs"]
pub mod f64;
#[macro_use]
pub mod num;
/* Core modules for ownership management */
pub mod hint;
pub mod intrinsics;
pub mod mem;
#[unstable(feature = "profiling_marker_api", issue = "148197")]
pub mod profiling;
pub mod ptr;
#[unstable(feature = "ub_checks", issue = "none")]
pub mod ub_checks;
/* Core language traits */
pub mod borrow;
pub mod clone;
pub mod cmp;
pub mod convert;
pub mod default;
pub mod error;
pub mod index;
pub mod marker;
pub mod ops;
/* Core types and methods on primitives */
pub mod any;
pub mod array;
pub mod ascii;
pub mod asserting;
#[unstable(feature = "async_iterator", issue = "79024")]
pub mod async_iter;
#[unstable(feature = "bstr", issue = "134915")]
pub mod bstr;
pub mod cell;
pub mod char;
pub mod ffi;
#[unstable(feature = "core_io_borrowed_buf", issue = "117693")]
pub mod io;
pub mod iter;
pub mod net;
pub mod option;
pub mod os;
pub mod panic;
pub mod panicking;
#[unstable(feature = "pattern_type_macro", issue = "123646")]
pub mod pat;
pub mod pin;
#[unstable(feature = "random", issue = "130703")]
pub mod random;
#[stable(feature = "new_range_inclusive_api", since = "CURRENT_RUSTC_VERSION")]
pub mod range;
pub mod result;
pub mod sync;
#[unstable(feature = "unsafe_binders", issue = "130516")]
pub mod unsafe_binder;
pub mod fmt;
pub mod hash;
pub mod slice;
pub mod str;
pub mod time;
pub mod wtf8;
pub mod unicode;
/* Async */
pub mod future;
pub mod task;
/* Heap memory allocator trait */
#[allow(missing_docs)]
pub mod alloc;
// note: does not need to be public
mod bool;
mod escape;
mod tuple;
mod unit;
#[stable(feature = "core_primitive", since = "1.43.0")]
pub mod primitive;
// Pull in the `core_arch` crate directly into core. The contents of
// `core_arch` are in a different repository: rust-lang/stdarch.
//
// `core_arch` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
// crate uses the this crate as its core.
#[path = "../../stdarch/crates/core_arch/src/mod.rs"]
#[allow(
missing_docs,
missing_debug_implementations,
dead_code,
unused_imports,
unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn,
ambiguous_glob_reexports,
deprecated_in_future,
unreachable_pub
)]
#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
mod core_arch;
#[stable(feature = "simd_arch", since = "1.27.0")]
pub mod arch;
// Pull in the `core_simd` crate directly into core. The contents of
// `core_simd` are in a different repository: rust-lang/portable-simd.
//
// `core_simd` depends on core, but the contents of this module are
// set up in such a way that directly pulling it here works such that the
// crate uses this crate as its core.
#[path = "../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/mod.rs"]
#[allow(missing_debug_implementations, dead_code, unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
#[allow(rustdoc::bare_urls)]
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
mod core_simd;
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
pub mod simd {
#![doc = include_str!("../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/core_simd_docs.md")]
#[unstable(feature = "portable_simd", issue = "86656")]
pub use crate::core_simd::simd::*;
}
include!("primitive_docs.rs");