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Manish Goregaokar 2018-01-09 10:50:52 +05:30
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commit 28805fd53e
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src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
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@ -926,12 +926,19 @@ impl Clean<Attributes> for [ast::Attribute] {
// for structs, etc, and the link won't work.
if let Ok(path) = resolve(false) {
path.def
} else if let Ok(_path) = resolve(true) {
} else if let Ok(path) = resolve(true) {
let kind = match path.def {
Def::Variant(..) | Def::VariantCtor(..) => ("variant", format!("{}()", path_str)),
Def::Fn(..) => ("function", format!("{}()", path_str)),
Def::Method(..) => ("method", format!("{}()", path_str)),
Def::Const(..) => ("const", format!("const@{}", path_str)),
Def::Static(..) => ("static", format!("static@{}", path_str)),
_ => ("value", format!("static@{}", path_str)),
};
let sp = attrs.doc_strings.first().map_or(DUMMY_SP, |a| a.span());
cx.sess().struct_span_err(sp, &format!("could not resolve `{}`",
path_str))
.help(&format!("try `{0}()`, `static@{0}`, or `const@{0}`",
path_str))
cx.sess().struct_span_err(sp, &format!("could not resolve `{}` as a type, it is a {}",
path_str, kind.0))
.help(&format!("try `{}`", kind.1))
.emit();
continue;
} else {