Improve recovery on malformed format call

compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/format.rs

@@ -161,14 +161,26 @@ fn parse_args<'a>(
     while p.token != token::Eof {
         if !p.eat(&token::Comma) {
             if first {
-                // After `format!(""` we always expect *only* a comma...
-                let mut err = ecx.struct_span_err(p.token.span, "expected token: `,`");
-                err.span_label(p.token.span, "expected `,`");
-                p.maybe_annotate_with_ascription(&mut err, false);
-                return Err(err);
-            } else {
-                // ...after that delegate to `expect` to also include the other expected tokens.
-                let _ = p.expect(&token::Comma)?;
+                p.clear_expected_tokens();
+            }
+
+            // `Parser::expect` tries to recover using the
+            // `Parser::unexpected_try_recover` function. This function is able
+            // to recover if the expected token is a closing delimiter.
+            //
+            // As `,` is not a closing delimiter, it will always return an `Err`
+            // variant.
+            let mut err = p.expect(&token::Comma).unwrap_err();
+
+            match token::TokenKind::Comma.similar_tokens() {
+                Some(tks) if tks.contains(&p.token.kind) => {
+                    // If a similar token is found, then it may be a typo. We
+                    // consider it as a comma, and continue parsing.
+                    err.emit();
+                    p.bump();
+                }
+                // Otherwise stop the parsing and return the error.
+                _ => return Err(err),
             }
         }
         first = false;

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs

@@ -1233,6 +1233,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 *t == token::OpenDelim(token::Brace) || *t == token::BinOp(token::Star)
             })
     }
+
+    pub fn clear_expected_tokens(&mut self) {
+        self.expected_tokens.clear();
+    }
 }
 
 crate fn make_unclosed_delims_error(

src/test/ui/codemap_tests/bad-format-args.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
     format!(); //~ ERROR requires at least a format string argument
-    format!("" 1); //~ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    format!("" 1); //~ ERROR expected `,`, found `1`
     format!("", 1 1); //~ ERROR expected one of
 }

src/test/ui/codemap_tests/bad-format-args.stderr

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LL |     format!();
    |
    = note: this error originates in a macro (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: expected token: `,`
+error: expected `,`, found `1`
   --> $DIR/bad-format-args.rs:3:16
    |
 LL |     format!("" 1);

src/test/ui/fmt/incorrect-first-separator.rs → src/test/ui/fmt/incorrect-separator.rs

@@ -5,18 +5,25 @@ use std::iter;
 
 fn main() {
     format!("A number: {}". iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
-    //~^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `.`
 
     // Other kind of types are also checked:
 
     format!("A number: {}" / iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
-    //~^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `/`
 
     format!("A number: {}"; iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
-    //~^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `;`
 
     // Note: this character is an COMBINING COMMA BELOW unicode char
     format!("A number: {}" ̦ iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
-    //~^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `iter`
     //~^^ ERROR unknown start of token: \u{326}
+
+    // Here recovery is tested.
+    // If the `compile_error!` is emitted, then the parser is able to recover
+    // from the incorrect first separator.
+    format!("{}". compile_error!("fail"));
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `.`
+    //~^^ ERROR fail
 }

src/test/ui/fmt/incorrect-separator.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+error: unknown start of token: \u{326}
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:19:28
+   |
+LL |     format!("A number: {}" ̦ iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
+   |                            ^
+
+error: expected `,`, found `.`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:7:27
+   |
+LL |     format!("A number: {}". iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
+   |                           ^ expected `,`
+
+error: expected `,`, found `/`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:12:28
+   |
+LL |     format!("A number: {}" / iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
+   |                            ^ expected `,`
+
+error: expected `,`, found `;`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:15:27
+   |
+LL |     format!("A number: {}"; iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
+   |                           ^ expected `,`
+
+error: expected `,`, found `iter`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:19:30
+   |
+LL |     format!("A number: {}" ̦ iter::once(42).next().unwrap());
+   |                             ^^^^ expected `,`
+
+error: expected `,`, found `.`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:26:17
+   |
+LL |     format!("{}". compile_error!("fail"));
+   |                 ^ expected `,`
+
+error: fail
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-separator.rs:26:19
+   |
+LL |     format!("{}". compile_error!("fail"));
+   |                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 7 previous errors
+

src/test/ui/macros/missing-comma.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ macro_rules! check {
 
 fn main() {
     println!("{}" a);
-    //~^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `a`
     foo!(a b);
     //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `b`
     foo!(a, b, c, d e);

src/test/ui/macros/missing-comma.stderr

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: expected token: `,`
+error: expected `,`, found `a`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:19:19
    |
 LL |     println!("{}" a);

src/test/ui/parser/unicode-quote-chars.rs

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ fn main() {
     //~^^ HELP Unicode characters '“' (Left Double Quotation Mark) and '”' (Right Double Quotation Mark) look like '"' (Quotation Mark), but are not
     //~^^^ ERROR unknown start of token: \u{201d}
     //~^^^^ HELP Unicode character '”' (Right Double Quotation Mark) looks like '"' (Quotation Mark), but it is not
-    //~^^^^^ ERROR expected token: `,`
+    //~^^^^^ ERROR expected `,`, found `world`
 }

src/test/ui/parser/unicode-quote-chars.stderr

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ help: Unicode character '”' (Right Double Quotation Mark) looks like '"' (Quot
 LL |     println!(“hello world");
    |                          ^
 
-error: expected token: `,`
+error: expected `,`, found `world`
   --> $DIR/unicode-quote-chars.rs:4:21
    |
 LL |     println!(“hello world”);

src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/issue-3145.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fn main() {
-    println!("{}" a); //~ERROR expected token: `,`
+    println!("{}" a); //~ERROR expected `,`, found `a`
 }

src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/issue-3145.stderr

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-error: expected token: `,`
+error: expected `,`, found `a`
   --> $DIR/issue-3145.rs:2:19
    |
-LL |     println!("{}" a); //~ERROR expected token: `,`
+LL |     println!("{}" a); //~ERROR expected `,`, found `a`
    |                   ^ expected `,`
 
 error: aborting due to previous error