Improve error message when failing to parse a block

We want to catch this error:

```
if (foo)
    bar;
```

as it's valid syntax in other languages, and say how to fix it.
Unfortunately it didn't care if the suggestion made sense and just
highlighted the unexpected token.

Now it attempts to parse a statement, and if it succeeds, it shows the
help message.

Fixes #35907

diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 9443df6321bd045a943870bb9af7a46db54ef2b4..1646246069eadf196251a113fcfb36b772e0f02d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -4087,9 +4087,30 @@ pub fn parse_block(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Block>> {
         if !self.eat(&token::OpenDelim(token::Brace)) {
             let sp = self.span;
             let tok = self.this_token_to_string();
-            return Err(self.span_fatal_help(sp,
-                                 &format!("expected `{{`, found `{}`", tok),
-                                 "place this code inside a block"));
+            let mut e = self.span_fatal(sp, &format!("expected `{{`, found `{}`", tok));
+
+            // Check to see if the user has written something like
+            //
+            //    if (cond)
+            //      bar;
+            //
+            // Which is valid in other languages, but not Rust.
+            match self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false) {
+                Ok(Some(stmt)) => {
+                    let mut stmt_span = stmt.span;
+                    // expand the span to include the semicolon, if it exists
+                    if self.eat(&token::Semi) {
+                        stmt_span.hi = self.last_span.hi;
+                    }
+                    e.span_help(stmt_span, "try placing this code inside a block");
+                }
+                Err(mut e) => {
+                    self.recover_stmt_(SemiColonMode::Break);
+                    e.cancel();
+                }
+                _ => ()
+            }
+            return Err(e);
         }
 
         self.parse_block_tail(lo, BlockCheckMode::Default)

diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/missing-block-hint.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/missing-block-hint.rs
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..1f29ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/missing-block-hint.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2016 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() {
+    {
+        if (foo) => {} //~ ERROR expected `{`, found `=>`
+    }
+    {
+        if (foo)
+            bar; //~ ERROR expected `{`, found `bar`
+                 //^ HELP try placing this code inside a block
+    }
+}