Replace structurally_resolved_type in casts check.

src/librustc/ty/cast.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use syntax::ast;
 pub enum IntTy {
     U(ast::UintTy),
     I,
-    Ivar,
     CEnum,
     Bool,
     Char
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ impl<'tcx> CastTy<'tcx> {
             ty::TyBool => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::Bool)),
             ty::TyChar => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::Char)),
             ty::TyInt(_) => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::I)),
-            ty::TyInfer(ty::InferTy::IntVar(_)) => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::Ivar)),
+            ty::TyInfer(ty::InferTy::IntVar(_)) => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::I)),
             ty::TyInfer(ty::InferTy::FloatVar(_)) => Some(CastTy::Float),
             ty::TyUint(u) => Some(CastTy::Int(IntTy::U(u))),
             ty::TyFloat(_) => Some(CastTy::Float),

src/librustc_typeck/check/cast.rs

@@ -484,11 +484,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> CastCheck<'tcx> {
                     ty::TypeVariants::TyInfer(t) => {
                         match t {
                             ty::InferTy::IntVar(_) |
-                            ty::InferTy::FloatVar(_) |
-                            ty::InferTy::FreshIntTy(_) |
-                            ty::InferTy::FreshFloatTy(_) => {
-                                Err(CastError::NeedDeref)
-                            }
+                            ty::InferTy::FloatVar(_) => Err(CastError::NeedDeref),
                             _ => Err(CastError::NeedViaPtr),
                         }
                     }

src/test/run-pass/cast.rs

@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ pub fn main() {
     assert_eq!(i as u8 as i8, 'Q' as u8 as i8);
     assert_eq!(0x51 as char, 'Q');
     assert_eq!(0 as u32, false as u32);
+
+    // Test that `_` is correctly inferred.
+    let x = &"hello";
+    let mut y = x as *const _;
+    y = 0 as *const _;
 }

src/test/ui/order-dependent-cast-inference.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2018 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.
+
+fn main() {
+    // Tests case where inference fails due to the order in which casts are checked.
+    // Ideally this would compile, see #48270.
+    let x = &"hello";
+    let mut y = 0 as *const _;
+    //~^ ERROR cannot cast to a pointer of an unknown kind
+    y = x as *const _;
+}

src/test/ui/order-dependent-cast-inference.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+error[E0641]: cannot cast to a pointer of an unknown kind
+  --> $DIR/order-dependent-cast-inference.rs:15:17
+   |
+LL |     let mut y = 0 as *const _;
+   |                 ^^^^^--------
+   |                      |
+   |                      help: consider giving more type information
+   |
+   = note: The type information given here is insufficient to check whether the pointer cast is valid
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0641`.