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We should consider using `#[rustc_on_unimplemented]` on `spirv-std` helper traits.

Open eddyb opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

I was reviewing this nightly bump PR:

  • https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-gpu/pull/982

And its diff shows some nightly diagnostic improvements of the form:

 12  |     *output = image.query_levels();
-    |               ^^^^^ ------------ required by a bound introduced by this call
-    |               |
-    |               the trait `HasQueryLevels` is not implemented for `Image<f32, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0>`
+    |                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `HasQueryLevels` is not implemented for `Image<f32, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0>`
     |
     = help: the following other types implement trait `HasQueryLevels`:
               Image<SampledType, 0, DEPTH, ARRAYED, MULTISAMPLED, SAMPLED, FORMAT>

That's definitely better, but the trait can't really explain itself and its connection to the types (i.e. "Image types support query_levels only if such and such parameters have these values" etc.).

Except, in core/std, traits can and very much do do this, using #[rustc_on_unimplemented]!

It's perma-unstable, and there might be efforts to stabilize a subset of it, but even ignoring that, we can still use it under #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "spirv", ...)], just like all the other rustc internals we rely on.

eddyb avatar Jan 05 '23 12:01 eddyb