Previously:
error: invalid format string: invalid argument name `_x`
--> src/main.rs:2:16
|
2 | println!("{_x}", a=0);
| ^^ invalid argument name in format string
|
= note: argument names cannot start with an underscore
Not supporting identifiers starting with underscore appears to have been
an arbitrary limitation from 2013 in code that was most likely never
reviewed:
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/8245/files#diff-0347868ef389c805e97636623e4a4ea6R277
The error message was dutifully improved in #50610 but is there any
reason that leading underscore would be a special case?
This commit updates the format_args parser to accept identifiers with
leading underscores.
Add secondary span labels with no text to make it clear when there's a
mismatch bewteen the positional arguments in a format string and the
arguments to the macro. This shouldn't affect experienced users, but it
should make it easier for newcomers to more clearly understand how
`format!()` and `println!()` are supposed to be used.
```
error: 2 positional arguments in format string, but there is 1 argument
--> file8.rs:2:14
|
2 | format!("{} {}", 1);
| ^^ ^^ -
```
instead of
```
error: 2 positional arguments in format string, but there is 1 argument
--> file8.rs:2:14
|
2 | format!("{} {}", 1);
| ^^ ^^
```
- Point at opening mismatched formatting brace
- Account for differences between raw and regular strings
- Account for differences between the code snippet and `InternedString`
- Add more tests
When encountering format string errors in a raw string, or regular
string literal with embedded newlines, account for the positional
change to use correct spans.
:drive by fix: 🚗
On cases of malformed format strings where a `{` hasn't been properly
escaped, like `println!("{");`, present a note explaining how to escape
the `{` char.
