Implement better handling of divergence

Divergence here means that for some reason, the end of a block will not be
reached. We tried to model this just using the never type, but that doesn't work
fully (e.g. in `let x = { loop {}; "foo" };` x should still have type `&str`);
so this introduces a `diverges` flag that the type checker keeps track of, like
rustc does.

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
index 614c352a0..f2f9883b2 100644
--- a/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_hir_ty/src/infer/expr.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Type inference for expressions.
 
 use std::iter::{repeat, repeat_with};
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
 
 use hir_def::{
     builtin_type::Signedness,
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ use crate::{
     Ty, TypeCtor, Uncertain,
 };
 
-use super::{BindingMode, Expectation, InferenceContext, InferenceDiagnostic, TypeMismatch};
+use super::{BindingMode, Expectation, InferenceContext, InferenceDiagnostic, TypeMismatch, Diverges};
 
 impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
     pub(super) fn infer_expr(&mut self, tgt_expr: ExprId, expected: &Expectation) -> Ty {
         let ty = self.infer_expr_inner(tgt_expr, expected);
+        if ty.is_never() {
+            // Any expression that produces a value of type `!` must have diverged
+            self.diverges = Diverges::Always;
+        }
         let could_unify = self.unify(&ty, &expected.ty);
         if !could_unify {
             self.result.type_mismatches.insert(
@@ -64,11 +68,18 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 // if let is desugared to match, so this is always simple if
                 self.infer_expr(*condition, &Expectation::has_type(Ty::simple(TypeCtor::Bool)));
 
+                let condition_diverges = mem::replace(&mut self.diverges, Diverges::Maybe);
+                let mut both_arms_diverge = Diverges::Always;
+
                 let then_ty = self.infer_expr_inner(*then_branch, &expected);
+                both_arms_diverge &= mem::replace(&mut self.diverges, Diverges::Maybe);
                 let else_ty = match else_branch {
                     Some(else_branch) => self.infer_expr_inner(*else_branch, &expected),
                     None => Ty::unit(),
                 };
+                both_arms_diverge &= self.diverges;
+
+                self.diverges = condition_diverges | both_arms_diverge;
 
                 self.coerce_merge_branch(&then_ty, &else_ty)
             }
@@ -132,10 +143,12 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                 // infer the body.
                 self.coerce(&closure_ty, &expected.ty);
 
-                let prev_ret_ty = std::mem::replace(&mut self.return_ty, ret_ty.clone());
+                let prev_diverges = mem::replace(&mut self.diverges, Diverges::Maybe);
+                let prev_ret_ty = mem::replace(&mut self.return_ty, ret_ty.clone());
 
                 self.infer_expr_coerce(*body, &Expectation::has_type(ret_ty));
 
+                self.diverges = prev_diverges;
                 self.return_ty = prev_ret_ty;
 
                 closure_ty
@@ -165,7 +178,11 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                     self.table.new_type_var()
                 };
 
+                let matchee_diverges = self.diverges;
+                let mut all_arms_diverge = Diverges::Always;
+
                 for arm in arms {
+                    self.diverges = Diverges::Maybe;
                     let _pat_ty = self.infer_pat(arm.pat, &input_ty, BindingMode::default());
                     if let Some(guard_expr) = arm.guard {
                         self.infer_expr(
@@ -175,9 +192,12 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                     }
 
                     let arm_ty = self.infer_expr_inner(arm.expr, &expected);
+                    all_arms_diverge &= self.diverges;
                     result_ty = self.coerce_merge_branch(&result_ty, &arm_ty);
                 }
 
+                self.diverges = matchee_diverges | all_arms_diverge;
+
                 result_ty
             }
             Expr::Path(p) => {
@@ -522,7 +542,6 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
         tail: Option<ExprId>,
         expected: &Expectation,
     ) -> Ty {
-        let mut diverges = false;
         for stmt in statements {
             match stmt {
                 Statement::Let { pat, type_ref, initializer } => {
@@ -544,9 +563,7 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                     self.infer_pat(*pat, &ty, BindingMode::default());
                 }
                 Statement::Expr(expr) => {
-                    if let ty_app!(TypeCtor::Never) = self.infer_expr(*expr, &Expectation::none()) {
-                        diverges = true;
-                    }
+                    self.infer_expr(*expr, &Expectation::none());
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -554,14 +571,22 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
         let ty = if let Some(expr) = tail {
             self.infer_expr_coerce(expr, expected)
         } else {
-            self.coerce(&Ty::unit(), expected.coercion_target());
-            Ty::unit()
+            // Citing rustc: if there is no explicit tail expression,
+            // that is typically equivalent to a tail expression
+            // of `()` -- except if the block diverges. In that
+            // case, there is no value supplied from the tail
+            // expression (assuming there are no other breaks,
+            // this implies that the type of the block will be
+            // `!`).
+            if self.diverges.is_always() {
+                // we don't even make an attempt at coercion
+                self.table.new_maybe_never_type_var()
+            } else {
+                self.coerce(&Ty::unit(), expected.coercion_target());
+                Ty::unit()
+            }
         };
-        if diverges {
-            Ty::simple(TypeCtor::Never)
-        } else {
-            ty
-        }
+        ty
     }
 
     fn infer_method_call(