Don't try to use a path to a type alias as a path to the adt it aliases

src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Test that we don't assume that type aliases have the same type parameters
+// as the type they alias and then panic when we see this.
+
+#![feature(nll)]
+
+type a<'a> = &'a isize;
+type b<'a> = Box<a<'a>>;
+
+struct c<'a> {
+    f: Box<b<'a>>
+}
+
+trait FromBox<'a> {
+    fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromBox<'a> for c<'a> {
+    fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self {
+        c { f: b } //~ ERROR
+    }
+}
+
+trait FromTuple<'a> {
+    fn from_tuple( b: (b,)) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromTuple<'a> for c<'a> {
+    fn from_tuple(b: (b,)) -> Self {
+        c { f: Box::new(b.0) } //~ ERROR
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}

src/test/ui/nll/type-alias-free-regions.stderr

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+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/type-alias-free-regions.rs:19:9
+   |
+LL | impl<'a> FromBox<'a> for c<'a> {
+   |      -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+LL |     fn from_box(b: Box<b>) -> Self {
+   |                 - has type `std::boxed::Box<std::boxed::Box<&'1 isize>>`
+LL |         c { f: b } //~ ERROR
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^ returning this value requires that `'1` must outlive `'a`
+
+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/type-alias-free-regions.rs:29:9
+   |
+LL | impl<'a> FromTuple<'a> for c<'a> {
+   |      -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+LL |     fn from_tuple(b: (b,)) -> Self {
+   |                   - has type `(std::boxed::Box<&'1 isize>,)`
+LL |         c { f: Box::new(b.0) } //~ ERROR
+   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ returning this value requires that `'1` must outlive `'a`
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+