Prefer lifetime suggestion over generic error

src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/error_reporting.rs

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ fn report_region_errors(&self,
     // failed (so the return value of this method should not be used)
     fn process_errors(&self, errors: &Vec<RegionResolutionError>)
                       -> Vec<RegionResolutionError> {
+        debug!("process_errors()");
         let mut var_origins = Vec::new();
         let mut trace_origins = Vec::new();
         let mut same_regions = Vec::new();
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ fn process_errors(&self, errors: &Vec<RegionResolutionError>)
         for error in errors.iter() {
             match *error {
                 ConcreteFailure(origin, sub, sup) => {
+                    debug!("processing ConcreteFailure")
                     let trace = match origin {
                         infer::Subtype(trace) => Some(trace),
                         _ => None,
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ fn process_errors(&self, errors: &Vec<RegionResolutionError>)
                     }
                 }
                 SubSupConflict(var_origin, _, sub_r, _, sup_r) => {
+                    debug!("processing SubSupConflict")
                     match free_regions_from_same_fn(self.tcx, sub_r, sup_r) {
                         Some(ref same_frs) => {
                             var_origins.push(var_origin);
@@ -237,10 +240,13 @@ fn process_errors(&self, errors: &Vec<RegionResolutionError>)
                 // declaration, we want to make sure that they are, in fact,
                 // from the same scope
                 if sr.scope_id != common_scope_id {
+                    debug!("returning empty result from process_errors because
+                            {} != {}", sr.scope_id, common_scope_id);
                     return vec!();
                 }
             }
             let pe = ProcessedErrors(var_origins, trace_origins, same_regions);
+            debug!("errors processed: {:?}", pe);
             processed_errors.push(pe);
         }
         return processed_errors;
@@ -256,6 +262,7 @@ fn free_regions_from_same_fn(tcx: &ty::ctxt,
                                      sub: Region,
                                      sup: Region)
                                      -> Option<FreeRegionsFromSameFn> {
+            debug!("free_regions_from_same_fn(sub={:?}, sup={:?})", sub, sup);
             let (scope_id, fr1, fr2) = match (sub, sup) {
                 (ReFree(fr1), ReFree(fr2)) => {
                     if fr1.scope_id != fr2.scope_id {
@@ -284,7 +291,10 @@ fn free_regions_from_same_fn(tcx: &ty::ctxt,
                     },
                     _ => None
                 },
-                None => None
+                None => {
+                    debug!("no parent node of scope_id {}", scope_id)
+                    None
+                }
             }
         }
 

src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/region_inference/mod.rs

@@ -1117,10 +1117,10 @@ fn collect_error_for_expanding_node(
     {
         // Errors in expanding nodes result from a lower-bound that is
         // not contained by an upper-bound.
-        let (lower_bounds, lower_dup) =
+        let (mut lower_bounds, lower_dup) =
             self.collect_concrete_regions(graph, var_data, node_idx,
                                           graph::Incoming, dup_vec);
-        let (upper_bounds, upper_dup) =
+        let (mut upper_bounds, upper_dup) =
             self.collect_concrete_regions(graph, var_data, node_idx,
                                           graph::Outgoing, dup_vec);
 
@@ -1128,6 +1128,22 @@ fn collect_error_for_expanding_node(
             return;
         }
 
+        // We place free regions first because we are special casing
+        // SubSupConflict(ReFree, ReFree) when reporting error, and so
+        // the user will more likely get a specific suggestion.
+        fn free_regions_first(a: &RegionAndOrigin,
+                              b: &RegionAndOrigin)
+                              -> Ordering {
+            match (a.region, b.region) {
+                (ReFree(..), ReFree(..)) => Equal,
+                (ReFree(..), _) => Less,
+                (_, ReFree(..)) => Greater,
+                (_, _) => Equal,
+            }
+        }
+        lower_bounds.sort_by(|a, b| { free_regions_first(a, b) });
+        upper_bounds.sort_by(|a, b| { free_regions_first(a, b) });
+
         for lower_bound in lower_bounds.iter() {
             for upper_bound in upper_bounds.iter() {
                 if !self.is_subregion_of(lower_bound.region,