Skip to content

Inconsistent behaviour & peculiar error messages for extern "Rust" fn main() #10764

Description

@huonw
extern "C" fn main() {}

gives

extern-rust.rs:1:0: 1:23 error: main function expects type: `fn()`: expected "Rust" fn but found "C" fn
extern-rust.rs:1 extern "C" fn main() {}
                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

but changing the "C" to a "Rust" as the error message implies might work gives

extern-rust.rs:1:0: 1:26 error: main function expects type: `fn()`: expected impure fn but found extern fn
extern-rust.rs:1 extern "Rust" fn main() {}
                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

which is peculiar because it doesn't pass the entry-point-type-checker (although it'd hit #10763 even if it did), and it mentions impure fn even though this is now essentially a historical implementation detail of the AST (after the removal of pure fn).

Activity

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    A-diagnosticsArea: Messages for errors, warnings, and lints

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

      Milestone

      No milestone

      Relationships

      None yet

      Development

      No branches or pull requests

      Issue actions