Addressed #53692

src/test/ui/issue-53692.rs

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+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+fn main() {
+        let items = vec![1, 2, 3];
+        let ref_items: &[i32] = &items;
+        let items_clone: Vec<i32> = ref_items.clone();
+
+        let s = "hi";
+        let string: String = s.clone();
+}

src/test/ui/issue-53692.stderr

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+error[E0308]: mismatched types
+  --> $DIR/issue-53692.rs:13:37
+   |
+LL |         let items_clone: Vec<i32> = ref_items.clone();
+   |                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |                                     |
+   |                                     expected struct `std::vec::Vec`, found &[i32]
+   |                                     help: try using a conversion method: `ref_items.to_vec()`
+   |
+   = note: expected type `std::vec::Vec<i32>`
+              found type `&[i32]`
+
+error[E0308]: mismatched types
+  --> $DIR/issue-53692.rs:16:30
+   |
+LL |         let string: String = s.clone();
+   |                              ^^^^^^^^^
+   |                              |
+   |                              expected struct `std::string::String`, found &str
+   |                              help: try using a conversion method: `s.to_string()`
+   |
+   = note: expected type `std::string::String`
+              found type `&str`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.