Make trait lifetime parameters early bound in static fn type. This is related

to #5121.

Fixes #10391.

Author: nikomatsakis

src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/vtable.rs

@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ fn lookup_vtables(vcx: &VtableContext,
            location_info,
            type_param_defs.repr(vcx.tcx()),
            substs.repr(vcx.tcx()));
-    let _i = indenter();
 
     // We do this backwards for reasons discussed above.
     assert_eq!(substs.tps.len(), type_param_defs.len());

src/librustc/middle/typeck/collect.rs

@@ -236,21 +236,31 @@ pub fn ensure_trait_methods(ccx: &CrateCtxt,
                              trait_ty_generics: &ty::Generics) {
         // If declaration is
         //
-        //     trait<'a,'b,'c,A,B,C> {
-        //        fn foo<'d,'e,'f,D,E,F>(...) -> Self;
+        //     trait Trait<'a,'b,'c,a,b,c> {
+        //        fn foo<'d,'e,'f,d,e,f>(...) -> Self;
         //     }
         //
         // and we will create a function like
         //
-        //     fn foo<'a,'b,'c,'d,'e,'f,A',B',C',D',E',F',G'>(...) -> D' {}
+        //     fn foo<'a,'b,'c,   // First the lifetime params from trait
+        //            'd,'e,'f,   // Then lifetime params from `foo()`
+        //            a,b,c,      // Then type params from trait
+        //            D:Trait<'a,'b,'c,a,b,c>, // Then this sucker
+        //            E,F,G       // Then type params from `foo()`, offset by 1
+        //           >(...) -> D' {}
         //
         // Note that `Self` is replaced with an explicit type
-        // parameter D' that is sandwiched in between the trait params
+        // parameter D that is sandwiched in between the trait params
         // and the method params, and thus the indices of the method
         // type parameters are offset by 1 (that is, the method
-        // parameters are mapped from D, E, F to E', F', and G').  The
+        // parameters are mapped from d, e, f to E, F, and G).  The
         // choice of this ordering is somewhat arbitrary.
         //
+        // Note also that the bound for `D` is `Trait<'a,'b,'c,a,b,c>`.
+        // This implies that the lifetime parameters that were inherited
+        // from the trait (i.e., `'a`, `'b`, and `'c`) all must be early
+        // bound, since they appear in a trait bound.
+        //
         // Also, this system is rather a hack that should be replaced
         // with a more uniform treatment of Self (which is partly
         // underway).
@@ -280,13 +290,17 @@ pub fn ensure_trait_methods(ccx: &CrateCtxt,
         });
 
         // Convert the regions 'a, 'b, 'c defined on the trait into
-        // bound regions on the fn.
-        let rps_from_trait = trait_ty_generics.region_param_defs.iter().map(|d| {
-            ty::ReLateBound(m.fty.sig.binder_id,
-                            ty::BrNamed(d.def_id, d.ident))
-        }).collect();
+        // bound regions on the fn. Note that because these appear in the
+        // bound for `Self` they must be early bound.
+        let new_early_region_param_defs = trait_ty_generics.region_param_defs;
+        let rps_from_trait =
+            trait_ty_generics.region_param_defs.iter().
+            enumerate().
+            map(|(index,d)| ty::ReEarlyBound(d.def_id.node, index, d.ident)).
+            collect();
 
         // build up the substitution from
+        //     'a,'b,'c => 'a,'b,'c
         //     A,B,C => A',B',C'
         //     Self => D'
         //     D,E,F => E',F',G'
@@ -336,7 +350,7 @@ pub fn ensure_trait_methods(ccx: &CrateCtxt,
                           ty_param_bounds_and_ty {
                               generics: ty::Generics {
                                   type_param_defs: @new_type_param_defs,
-                                  region_param_defs: @[], // fn items
+                                  region_param_defs: new_early_region_param_defs
                               },
                               ty: ty
                           });

src/test/run-pass/regions-early-bound-lifetime-in-assoc-fn.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright 2013 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.
+
+// Test that we are able to compile calls to associated fns like
+// `decode()` where the bound on the `Self` parameter references a
+// lifetime parameter of the trait. This example indicates why trait
+// lifetime parameters must be early bound in the type of the
+// associated item.
+
+pub enum Value<'v> {
+    A(&'v str),
+    B,
+}
+
+pub trait Decoder<'v> {
+    fn read(&mut self) -> Value<'v>;
+}
+
+pub trait Decodable<'v, D: Decoder<'v>> {
+    fn decode(d: &mut D) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<'v, D: Decoder<'v>> Decodable<'v, D> for () {
+    fn decode(d: &mut D) -> () {
+        match d.read() {
+            A(..) => (),
+            B => Decodable::decode(d),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() { }