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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0366.md b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0366.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e6f8e6189 --- /dev/null +++ b/compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0366.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +An attempt was made to implement `Drop` on a concrete specialization of a +generic type. An example is shown below: + +```compile_fail,E0366 +struct Foo<T> { + t: T +} + +impl Drop for Foo<u32> { + fn drop(&mut self) {} +} +``` + +This code is not legal: it is not possible to specialize `Drop` to a subset of +implementations of a generic type. One workaround for this is to wrap the +generic type, as shown below: + +``` +struct Foo<T> { + t: T +} + +struct Bar { + t: Foo<u32> +} + +impl Drop for Bar { + fn drop(&mut self) {} +} +``` |