[PATCH] D16949: Fix for: Bug 5941 - improve diagnostic for * vs & confusion

[Ryan Yee via cfe-commits]

ryee88 created this revision.
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This is bug 5941: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=5941

I copied the extra suggestions from the complete type case to the incomplete type case.

http://reviews.llvm.org/D16949

Files:
  include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
  lib/Sema/SemaOverload.cpp

Index: lib/Sema/SemaOverload.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Sema/SemaOverload.cpp
+++ lib/Sema/SemaOverload.cpp
@@ -9104,10 +9104,13 @@
   if (const PointerType *PTy = TempFromTy->getAs<PointerType>())
     TempFromTy = PTy->getPointeeType();
   if (TempFromTy->isIncompleteType()) {
+    // Emit the generic diagnostic and, optionally, add the hints to it.
     S.Diag(Fn->getLocation(), diag::note_ovl_candidate_bad_conv_incomplete)
       << (unsigned) FnKind << FnDesc
       << (FromExpr ? FromExpr->getSourceRange() : SourceRange())
-      << FromTy << ToTy << (unsigned) isObjectArgument << I+1;
+      << FromTy << ToTy << (unsigned) isObjectArgument << I+1
+      << (unsigned) (Cand->Fix.Kind);
+      
     MaybeEmitInheritedConstructorNote(S, Fn);
     return;
   }
Index: include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
===================================================================
--- include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
+++ include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -3189,7 +3189,12 @@
     "function (the implicit move assignment operator)|"
     "constructor (inherited)}0%1 "
     "not viable: cannot convert argument of incomplete type "
-    "%diff{$ to $|to parameter type}2,3">;
+    "%diff{$ to $|to parameter type}2,3 for "
+    "%select{%ordinal5 argument|object argument}4"
+    "%select{|; dereference the argument with *|"
+    "; take the address of the argument with &|"
+    "; remove *|"
+    "; remove &}6">;
 def note_ovl_candidate_bad_list_argument : Note<"candidate "
     "%select{function|function|constructor|"
     "function |function |constructor |"


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