resolve: Use same rules for disambiguating fresh bindings in match and let

src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs

@@ -376,12 +376,6 @@ enum PatternSource {
 }
 
 impl PatternSource {
-    fn is_refutable(self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            PatternSource::Match | PatternSource::IfLet | PatternSource::WhileLet => true,
-            PatternSource::Let | PatternSource::For | PatternSource::FnParam  => false,
-        }
-    }
     fn descr(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             PatternSource::Match => "match binding",
@@ -2378,20 +2372,24 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                                                                       false, pat.span)
                                       .and_then(LexicalScopeBinding::item);
                     let resolution = binding.map(NameBinding::def).and_then(|def| {
-                        let ivmode = BindingMode::ByValue(Mutability::Immutable);
-                        let always_binding = !pat_src.is_refutable() || opt_pat.is_some() ||
-                                             bmode != ivmode;
+                        let is_syntactic_ambiguity = opt_pat.is_none() &&
+                            bmode == BindingMode::ByValue(Mutability::Immutable);
                         match def {
                             Def::StructCtor(_, CtorKind::Const) |
                             Def::VariantCtor(_, CtorKind::Const) |
-                            Def::Const(..) if !always_binding => {
-                                // A unit struct/variant or constant pattern.
+                            Def::Const(..) if is_syntactic_ambiguity => {
+                                // Disambiguate in favor of a unit struct/variant
+                                // or constant pattern.
                                 self.record_use(ident.node, ValueNS, binding.unwrap(), ident.span);
                                 Some(PathResolution::new(def))
                             }
                             Def::StructCtor(..) | Def::VariantCtor(..) |
                             Def::Const(..) | Def::Static(..) => {
-                                // A fresh binding that shadows something unacceptable.
+                                // This is unambiguously a fresh binding, either syntactically
+                                // (e.g. `IDENT @ PAT` or `ref IDENT`) or because `IDENT` resolves
+                                // to something unusable as a pattern (e.g. constructor function),
+                                // but we still conservatively report an error, see
+                                // issues/33118#issuecomment-233962221 for one reason why.
                                 resolve_error(
                                     self,
                                     ident.span,
@@ -2400,7 +2398,7 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
                                 );
                                 None
                             }
-                            Def::Local(..) | Def::Upvar(..) | Def::Fn(..) | Def::Err => {
+                            Def::Fn(..) | Def::Err => {
                                 // These entities are explicitly allowed
                                 // to be shadowed by fresh bindings.
                                 None

src/test/compile-fail/blind-item-block-middle.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ mod foo { pub struct bar; }
 
 fn main() {
     let bar = 5;
-    //~^ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow unit structs
+    //~^ ERROR mismatched types
     use foo::bar;
 }

src/test/compile-fail/const-pattern-irrefutable.rs

@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ mod foo {
     pub const d: u8 = 2;
 }
 
-use foo::b as c; //~ NOTE is imported here
-use foo::d; //~ NOTE is imported here
+use foo::b as c;
+use foo::d;
 
-const a: u8 = 2; //~ NOTE is defined here
+const a: u8 = 2;
 
 fn main() {
-    let a = 4; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow constants
-               //~^ NOTE cannot be named the same as a constant
-    let c = 4; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow constants
-               //~^ NOTE cannot be named the same as a constant
-    let d = 4; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow constants
-               //~^ NOTE cannot be named the same as a constant
+    let a = 4; //~ ERROR refutable pattern in local binding: `_` not covered
+               //~^ NOTE pattern `_` not covered
+    let c = 4; //~ ERROR refutable pattern in local binding: `_` not covered
+               //~^ NOTE pattern `_` not covered
+    let d = 4; //~ ERROR refutable pattern in local binding: `_` not covered
+               //~^ NOTE pattern `_` not covered
     fn f() {} // Check that the `NOTE`s still work with an item here (c.f. issue #35115).
 }

src/test/compile-fail/issue-33504.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ struct Test;
 
 fn main() {
     || {
-        let Test = 1; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow unit structs
+        let Test = 1; //~ ERROR mismatched types
     };
 }

src/test/compile-fail/name-clash-nullary.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use std::option::*;
 
 fn main() {
-  let None: isize = 42; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow unit variants
+  let None: isize = 42; //~ ERROR mismatched types
   log(debug, None);
   //~^ ERROR cannot find function `log` in this scope
   //~| ERROR cannot find value `debug` in this scope

src/test/compile-fail/pattern-binding-disambiguation.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+struct UnitStruct;
+struct TupleStruct();
+struct BracedStruct{}
+
+enum E {
+    UnitVariant,
+    TupleVariant(),
+    BracedVariant{},
+}
+use E::*;
+
+const CONST: () = ();
+static STATIC: () = ();
+
+fn function() {}
+
+fn main() {
+    let doesnt_matter = 0;
+
+    match UnitStruct {
+        UnitStruct => {} // OK, `UnitStruct` is a unit struct pattern
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        TupleStruct => {} //~ ERROR match bindings cannot shadow tuple structs
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        BracedStruct => {} // OK, `BracedStruct` is a fresh binding
+    }
+    match UnitVariant {
+        UnitVariant => {} // OK, `UnitVariant` is a unit variant pattern
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        TupleVariant => {} //~ ERROR match bindings cannot shadow tuple variants
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        BracedVariant => {} //~ ERROR match bindings cannot shadow struct variants
+    }
+    match CONST {
+        CONST => {} // OK, `CONST` is a const pattern
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        STATIC => {} //~ ERROR match bindings cannot shadow statics
+    }
+    match doesnt_matter {
+        function => {} // OK, `function` is a fresh binding
+    }
+
+    let UnitStruct = UnitStruct; // OK, `UnitStruct` is a unit struct pattern
+    let TupleStruct = doesnt_matter; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow tuple structs
+    let BracedStruct = doesnt_matter; // OK, `BracedStruct` is a fresh binding
+    let UnitVariant = UnitVariant; // OK, `UnitVariant` is a unit variant pattern
+    let TupleVariant = doesnt_matter; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow tuple variants
+    let BracedVariant = doesnt_matter; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow struct variants
+    let CONST = CONST; // OK, `CONST` is a const pattern
+    let STATIC = doesnt_matter; //~ ERROR let bindings cannot shadow statics
+    let function = doesnt_matter; // OK, `function` is a fresh binding
+}