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43 changes: 13 additions & 30 deletions src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0271.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -5,25 +5,6 @@ Erroneous code example:
```compile_fail,E0271
trait Trait { type AssociatedType; }

fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: Trait<AssociatedType=u32> {
println!("in foo");
}

impl Trait for i8 { type AssociatedType = &'static str; }

foo(3_i8);
```

This is because of a type mismatch between the associated type of some
trait (e.g., `T::Bar`, where `T` implements `trait Quux { type Bar; }`)
and another type `U` that is required to be equal to `T::Bar`, but is not.
Examples follow.

Here is that same example again, with some explanatory comments:

```compile_fail,E0271
trait Trait { type AssociatedType; }

fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: Trait<AssociatedType=u32> {
// ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// | |
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -56,11 +37,9 @@ foo(3_i8);
// therefore the type-checker complains with this error code.
```

To avoid those issues, you have to make the types match correctly.
So we can fix the previous examples like this:

The issue can be resolved by changing the associated type:
1) in the `foo` implementation:
```
// Basic Example:
trait Trait { type AssociatedType; }

fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: Trait<AssociatedType = &'static str> {
Expand All @@ -70,13 +49,17 @@ fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: Trait<AssociatedType = &'static str> {
impl Trait for i8 { type AssociatedType = &'static str; }

foo(3_i8);
```

// For-Loop Example:
let vs = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
for v in &vs {
match v {
&1 => {}
_ => {}
}
2) in the `Trait` implementation for `i8`:
```
trait Trait { type AssociatedType; }

fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: Trait<AssociatedType = u32> {
println!("in foo");
}

impl Trait for i8 { type AssociatedType = u32; }

foo(3_i8);
```