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Mention const and lifetime parameters in error E0207
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Error Index for E0207 must mention const and lifetime parameters. In
addition, add code examples for these situations.

Fixes #80862
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ffmancera committed Oct 30, 2022
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A type parameter that is specified for `impl` is not constrained.
A type, const or lifetime parameter that is specified for `impl` is not
constrained.

Erroneous code example:

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}
```

Any type parameter of an `impl` must meet at least one of
the following criteria:
Any type or const parameter of an `impl` must meet at least one of the
following criteria:

- it appears in the _implementing type_ of the impl, e.g. `impl<T> Foo<T>`
- for a trait impl, it appears in the _implemented trait_, e.g.
`impl<T> SomeTrait<T> for Foo`
- it is bound as an associated type, e.g. `impl<T, U> SomeTrait for T
where T: AnotherTrait<AssocType=U>`

Any unconstrained lifetime parameter of an `impl` is not supported if the
lifetime parameter is used by an associated type.

### Error example 1

Suppose we have a struct `Foo` and we would like to define some methods for it.
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(`Foo`) of the impl. In this case, we can fix the error by moving the type
parameter from the `impl` to the method `get`:


```
struct Foo;
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}
```

### Error example 3

Suppose we have a struct `Foo` and we would like to define some methods for it.
The following code example has a definition which leads to a compiler error:

```compile_fail,E0207
struct Foo;
impl<const T: i32> Foo {
// error: the const parameter `T` is not constrained by the impl trait, self
// type, or predicates [E0207]
fn get(&self) -> i32 {
i32::default()
}
}
```

The problem is that the const parameter `T` does not appear in the implementing
type (`Foo`) of the impl. In this case, we can fix the error by moving the type
parameter from the `impl` to the method `get`:


```
struct Foo;
// Move the const parameter from the impl to the method
impl Foo {
fn get<const T: i32>(&self) -> i32 {
i32::default()
}
}
```

### Error example 4

Suppose we have a struct `Foo` and a struct `Bar` that uses lifetime `'a`. We
would like to implement trait `Contains` for `Foo`. The trait `Contains` have
the associated type `B`. The following code example has a definition which
leads to a compiler error:

```compile_fail,E0207
struct Foo;
struct Bar<'a>;
trait Contains {
type B;
fn get(&self) -> i32;
}
impl<'a> Contains for Foo {
type B = Bar<'a>;
// error: the lifetime parameter `'a` is not constrained by the impl trait,
// self type, or predicates [E0207]
fn get(&self) -> i32 {
i32::default()
}
}
```

Please note that unconstrained lifetime parameters are not supported if they are
being used by an associated type.

### Additional information

For more information, please see [RFC 447].
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