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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
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Expand Up @@ -256,6 +256,21 @@ See [RFC 911] for more details on the design of `const fn`s.
[RFC 911]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/0911-const-fn.md
"##,

E0016: r##"
Blocks in constants may only contain items (such as constant, function
definition, etc...) and a tail expression. Example:

```
const FOO: i32 = { let x = 0; x }; // 'x' isn't an item!
```

To avoid it, you have to replace the non-item object:

```
const FOO: i32 = { const X : i32 = 0; X };
```
"##,

E0018: r##"
The value of static and const variables must be known at compile time. You
can't cast a pointer as an integer because we can't know what value the
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -950,7 +965,6 @@ static mut BAR: Option<Vec<i32>> = None;


register_diagnostics! {
E0016,
E0017,
E0019,
E0022,
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