Unrolled build for rust-lang#126708

Rollup merge of rust-lang#126708 - nnethercote:minimize-can_begin_literal_maybe_minus, r=compiler-errors

Minimize `can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` usage

`can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` is used in a few confusing ways. This PR makes them clearer.

r? ``@spastorino``

Author: rust-timer

compiler/rustc_ast/src/token.rs

@@ -558,9 +558,10 @@ impl Token {
     /// Returns `true` if the token can appear at the start of a const param.
     pub fn can_begin_const_arg(&self) -> bool {
         match self.kind {
-            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) => true,
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) | Literal(..) | BinOp(Minus) => true,
+            Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No) if name.is_bool_lit() => true,
             Interpolated(ref nt) => matches!(&**nt, NtExpr(..) | NtBlock(..) | NtLiteral(..)),
-            _ => self.can_begin_literal_maybe_minus(),
+            _ => false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -620,6 +621,21 @@ impl Token {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn can_begin_string_literal(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.uninterpolate().kind {
+            Literal(..) => true,
+            Interpolated(ref nt) => match &**nt {
+                NtLiteral(_) => true,
+                NtExpr(e) => match &e.kind {
+                    ast::ExprKind::Lit(_) => true,
+                    _ => false,
+                },
+                _ => false,
+            },
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A convenience function for matching on identifiers during parsing.
     /// Turns interpolated identifier (`$i: ident`) or lifetime (`$l: lifetime`) token
     /// into the regular identifier or lifetime token it refers to,

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs

@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.token.is_keyword(kw::Unsafe)
             && self.is_keyword_ahead(1, &[kw::Extern])
             && self.look_ahead(
-                2 + self.look_ahead(2, |t| t.can_begin_literal_maybe_minus() as usize),
+                2 + self.look_ahead(2, |t| t.can_begin_string_literal() as usize),
                 |t| t.kind == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace),
             )
     }
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 })
             // `extern ABI fn`
             || self.check_keyword_case(kw::Extern, case)
-                && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.can_begin_literal_maybe_minus())
+                && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.can_begin_string_literal())
                 && (self.look_ahead(2, |t| t.is_keyword_case(kw::Fn, case)) ||
                     // this branch is only for better diagnostic in later, `pub` is not allowed here
                     (self.may_recover()

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs

@@ -939,7 +939,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             || self.look_ahead(dist, |t| {
                 t.is_path_start() // e.g. `MY_CONST`;
                 || t.kind == token::Dot // e.g. `.5` for recovery;
-                || t.can_begin_literal_maybe_minus() // e.g. `42`.
+                || matches!(t.kind, token::Literal(..) | token::BinOp(token::Minus))
+                || t.is_bool_lit()
                 || t.is_whole_expr()
                 || t.is_lifetime() // recover `'a` instead of `'a'`
                 || (self.may_recover() // recover leading `(`