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docs: add long error explanation for error E0320
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Ezrashaw committed Dec 16, 2022
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes.rs
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E0312: include_str!("./error_codes/E0312.md"),
E0316: include_str!("./error_codes/E0316.md"),
E0317: include_str!("./error_codes/E0317.md"),
E0320: include_str!("./error_codes/E0320.md"),
E0321: include_str!("./error_codes/E0321.md"),
E0322: include_str!("./error_codes/E0322.md"),
E0323: include_str!("./error_codes/E0323.md"),
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// E0314, // closure outlives stack frame
// E0315, // cannot invoke closure outside of its lifetime
// E0319, // trait impls for defaulted traits allowed just for structs/enums
E0320, // recursive overflow during dropck
// E0372, // coherence not object safe
E0377, // the trait `CoerceUnsized` may only be implemented for a coercion
// between structures with the same definition
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Recursion limit reached while creating drop-check rules.

Example of erroneous code:

```compile_fail,E0320
enum A<T> {
B,
C(T, Box<A<(T, T)>>)
}
fn foo<T>() {
A::<T>::B; // error: overflow while adding drop-check rules for A<T>
}
```

The Rust compiler must be able to reason about how a type is [`Drop`]ped, and
by extension the types of its fields, to be able to generate the glue to
properly drop a value. The code example above shows a type where this inference
is impossible because it is recursive. Note that this is *not* the same as
[E0072](E0072.html), where a type has an infinite size; the type here has a
finite size but any attempt to `Drop` it would recurse infinitely. For more
information, read [the `Drop` docs](../std/ops/trait.Drop.html).

It is not possible to define a type with recursive drop-check rules. All such
recursion must be removed.

[`Drop`]: ../std/ops/trait.Drop.html
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error: aborting due to previous error

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0320`.
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error: aborting due to previous error

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0320`.
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error: aborting due to 2 previous errors

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0320`.
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error: aborting due to previous error

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0320`.

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