GAT: the type `[type error]` has an unknown layout

[SrTobi]

Code

Sorry, was not able to make it smaller:

trait Document {
    type Cursor<'a>: DocCursor<'a>;

    fn cursor(&self) -> Self::Cursor<'_>;
}

struct DocumentImpl {}

impl Document for DocumentImpl {
    type Cursor<'a> = DocCursorImpl<'a>;

    fn cursor(&self) -> Self::Cursor<'_> {
        DocCursorImpl {
            document: &self,
        }
    }
}


trait DocCursor<'a> {}

struct DocCursorImpl<'a> {
    document: &'a DocumentImpl,
}

impl<'a> DocCursor<'a> for DocCursorImpl<'a> {}

struct Lexer<'d, Cursor>
where
    Cursor: DocCursor<'d>,
{
    cursor: Cursor,
    _phantom: std::marker::PhantomData<&'d ()>,
}


impl<'d, Cursor> Lexer<'d, Cursor>
where
    Cursor: DocCursor<'d>,
{
    pub fn from<Doc>(document: &'d Doc) -> Lexer<'d, Cursor>
    where
        Doc: Document<Cursor = Cursor>,
    {
        Lexer {
            cursor: document.cursor(),
            _phantom: std::marker::PhantomData,
        }
    }
}

pub fn test() {
    let doc = DocumentImpl {};
    let lexer: Lexer<'_, DocCursorImpl<'_>> = Lexer::from(&doc);
}

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rustc --version --verbose:

rustc 1.44.0-nightly (f509b26a7 2020-03-18)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: f509b26a7730d721ef87423a72b3fdf8724b4afa
commit-date: 2020-03-18
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.44.0-nightly
LLVM version: 9.0

Error output

error: internal compiler error: src/librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs:855:
failed to get layout for `expl::Lexer<[type error]>`: the type `[type error]` has an unknown layout

thread 'rustc' panicked at 'Box<Any>', src/librustc_errors/lib.rs:880:9
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace

note: the compiler unexpectedly panicked. this is a bug.

note: we would appreciate a bug report: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#bug-reports

note: rustc 1.44.0-nightly (f509b26a7 2020-03-18) running on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

note: compiler flags: -C debuginfo=2 -C incremental --crate-type lib

note: some of the compiler flags provided by cargo are hidden

error: aborting due to previous error

Backtrace

thread 'rustc' panicked at 'Box<Any>', src/librustc_errors/lib.rs:880:9
stack backtrace:
   0: backtrace::backtrace::libunwind::trace
             at /cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/backtrace-0.3.44/src/backtrace/libunwind.rs:86
   1: backtrace::backtrace::trace_unsynchronized
             at /cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/backtrace-0.3.44/src/backtrace/mod.rs:66
   2: std::sys_common::backtrace::_print_fmt
             at src/libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:78
   3: <std::sys_common::backtrace::_print::DisplayBacktrace as core::fmt::Display>::fmt
             at src/libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:59
   4: core::fmt::write
             at src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs:1069
   5: std::io::Write::write_fmt
             at src/libstd/io/mod.rs:1427
   6: std::sys_common::backtrace::_print
             at src/libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:62
   7: std::sys_common::backtrace::print
             at src/libstd/sys_common/backtrace.rs:49
   8: std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}}
             at src/libstd/panicking.rs:198
   9: std::panicking::default_hook
             at src/libstd/panicking.rs:218
  10: rustc_driver::report_ice
  11: std::panicking::rust_panic_with_hook
             at src/libstd/panicking.rs:515
  12: std::panicking::begin_panic
  13: rustc_errors::HandlerInner::bug
  14: rustc_errors::Handler::bug
  15: rustc::util::bug::opt_span_bug_fmt::{{closure}}
  16: rustc::ty::context::tls::with_opt::{{closure}}
  17: rustc::ty::context::tls::with_opt
  18: rustc::util::bug::opt_span_bug_fmt
  19: rustc::util::bug::bug_fmt
  20: <rustc_codegen_llvm::context::CodegenCx as rustc_target::abi::LayoutOf>::spanned_layout_of::{{closure}}
  21: <rustc_codegen_llvm::context::CodegenCx as rustc_target::abi::LayoutOf>::layout_of
  22: <rustc_target::abi::call::FnAbi<&rustc::ty::TyS> as rustc::ty::layout::FnAbiExt<C>>::of_instance
  23: rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::block::<impl rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::FunctionCx<Bx>>::codegen_call_terminator
  24: rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::block::<impl rustc_codegen_ssa::mir::FunctionCx<Bx>>::codegen_block
  25: rustc_codegen_ssa::base::codegen_instance
  26: <rustc::mir::mono::MonoItem as rustc_codegen_ssa::mono_item::MonoItemExt>::define
  27: rustc_codegen_llvm::base::compile_codegen_unit::module_codegen
  28: rustc::dep_graph::graph::DepGraph::with_task
  29: rustc_codegen_llvm::base::compile_codegen_unit
  30: rustc_codegen_ssa::base::codegen_crate
  31: <rustc_codegen_llvm::LlvmCodegenBackend as rustc_codegen_utils::codegen_backend::CodegenBackend>::codegen_crate
  32: rustc_session::utils::<impl rustc_session::session::Session>::time
  33: rustc_interface::passes::start_codegen
  34: rustc::ty::context::tls::enter_global
  35: rustc_interface::queries::Queries::ongoing_codegen
  36: rustc_interface::interface::run_compiler_in_existing_thread_pool
note: Some details are omitted, run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=full` for a verbose backtrace.

[jackh726]

Should work after #79554

[estebank]

This now works with a small change to the code. The current diagnostic with the unchanged code suffers from #82084.

[nikomatsakis]

Closing per @estebank's comment

[nikomatsakis]

Well, I can keep it open with "needs test" I guess