On method chain expression failure, look for missing method in earlier segments of the chain

[estebank]

Code

struct A;
struct B;
struct C;
struct D;

impl A {
    fn b(&self) -> B { B }
}
impl B {
    fn c(&self) -> C { C }
    fn foo(&self) {}
}
impl C {
    fn d(&self) -> D { D }
}
impl D {
    fn e(&self) {}
}

fn main() {
    A.b().c().d().foo();
}

Current output

error[E0599]: no method named `foo` found for struct `D` in the current scope
  --> src/main.rs:21:19
   |
4  | struct D;
   | -------- method `foo` not found for this struct
...
21 |     A.b().c().d().foo();
   |                   ^^^ method not found in `D`

Desired output

error[E0599]: no method named `foo` found for struct `D` in the current scope
  --> src/main.rs:21:19
   |
2  | struct B;
   | -------- method `foo` found for this struct
3  | struct C;
4  | struct D;
   | -------- method `foo` not found for this struct
...
21 |     A.b().c().d().foo();
   |     -----         ^^^ method not found in `D`
   |     |
   |     method `foo` available after this method call

Rationale and extra context

No response

Other cases

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Anything else?

https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=nightly&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=5d27c80570db4a4005f5ff3d4ea94e0e

[iSwapna]

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[iSwapna]

@estebank Hi, I am new to Rust and need some help landing this fix. Would you be the right person to ask questions?

What I have found out so far is that the Diagnostic is generated from here: compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/method/suggest.rs:385:22. I think we need to find where in the struct inheritance chain the method appears while walking up the chain from current struct and write out a diagnostic from there. Is that the right way ? If so, is there a compiler pass that will help me walk up the struct chain?

[estebank]

Hi @iSwapna! There are two things at play here: typeck which you just found and the HIR (high level intermediate representation) which holds the "hydrated AST", a fancy way of saying "every component bit of code with syntax desugaring applied and access to their type information so far". So what you want to do is look at 468 if let SelfSource::MethodCall(rcvr_expr) = source { and use that rcvr_expr to go up the method chain (the receiver is foo in foo.bar(), if you have foo.bar().baz() you'll have a MethodCall(receiver: foo.bar(), path_segment: baz, args: [])). You can look at

rust/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/error_reporting/suggestions.rs

Line 3731 in 9f48a85

fn point_at_chain(

for an example of us doing exactly this. The main difference will be that instead of creating new "obligations" and calling can_eq we'll be looking at theexpr_ty_adjusted_opt for each receiver and then call probe_for_name with the method name that failed on each of those receivers (like we do in note_derefed_ty_has_method). Do not hesitate to ask more questions!

[iSwapna]

@estebank Here is what I have so far:

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/method/suggest.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/method/suggest.rs
index 72a04a02bf4..943ba9495b6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/method/suggest.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/method/suggest.rs
@@ -485,6 +485,41 @@ pub fn report_no_match_method_error(
                 expected.to_option(&self),
                 rcvr_ty,
             );
+
+            let mut rcvr_expr = rcvr_expr;
+            while let hir::ExprKind::MethodCall(_path_segment, parent_expr, _args, span) =
+            rcvr_expr.kind
+            {
+                // Point at every method call in the chain with the resulting type.
+                // vec![1, 2, 3].iter().map(mapper).sum<i32>()
+                //
+                rcvr_expr = parent_expr;
+                let prev_ty = self.resolve_vars_if_possible(
+                    self.typeck_results
+                        .borrow()
+                        .expr_ty_adjusted_opt(rcvr_expr)
+                        .unwrap_or(Ty::new_misc_error(self.tcx)),
+                );
+                err.span_note(
+                    span,
+                    format!("TEST: the method `{item_name}` is implemented on `{prev_ty}`"),
+                );
+                if let Ok(_pick) = self.probe_for_name(
+                    Mode::Path,
+                    item_name,
+                    expected.only_has_type(self),
+                    IsSuggestion(true),
+                    prev_ty,
+                    rcvr_expr.hir_id,
+                    ProbeScope::AllTraits,
+                ) {
+                    err.span_note(
+                        span,
+                        format!("the method `{item_name}` is implemented on `{prev_ty}`"),
+                    );
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
         }
:

[iSwapna]

I am playing with err.span_note in the first instance to understand how to adjust it to generate the correct type. But looks like I need to use a different level of diagnostic message to display the first part of expected output:

 | -------- method `foo` found for this struct

How do I do that?

[iSwapna]

Opened a PR as suggested by @oli-obk here: #115229