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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/structured_errors/sized_unsized_cast.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/structured_errors/sized_unsized_cast.rs
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+use crate::structured_errors::StructuredDiagnostic;
+use rustc_errors::{DiagnosticBuilder, DiagnosticId, ErrorGuaranteed};
+use rustc_middle::ty::{Ty, TypeVisitable};
+use rustc_session::Session;
+use rustc_span::Span;
+
+pub struct SizedUnsizedCast<'tcx> {
+    pub sess: &'tcx Session,
+    pub span: Span,
+    pub expr_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+    pub cast_ty: String,
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> StructuredDiagnostic<'tcx> for SizedUnsizedCast<'tcx> {
+    fn session(&self) -> &Session {
+        self.sess
+    }
+
+    fn code(&self) -> DiagnosticId {
+        rustc_errors::error_code!(E0607)
+    }
+
+    fn diagnostic_common(&self) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'tcx, ErrorGuaranteed> {
+        let mut err = self.sess.struct_span_err_with_code(
+            self.span,
+            &format!(
+                "cannot cast thin pointer `{}` to fat pointer `{}`",
+                self.expr_ty, self.cast_ty
+            ),
+            self.code(),
+        );
+
+        if self.expr_ty.references_error() {
+            err.downgrade_to_delayed_bug();
+        }
+
+        err
+    }
+
+    fn diagnostic_extended(
+        &self,
+        mut err: DiagnosticBuilder<'tcx, ErrorGuaranteed>,
+    ) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'tcx, ErrorGuaranteed> {
+        err.help(
+            "Thin pointers are \"simple\" pointers: they are purely a reference to a
+memory address.
+
+Fat pointers are pointers referencing \"Dynamically Sized Types\" (also
+called DST). DST don't have a statically known size, therefore they can
+only exist behind some kind of pointers that contain additional
+information. Slices and trait objects are DSTs. In the case of slices,
+the additional information the fat pointer holds is their size.
+
+To fix this error, don't try to cast directly between thin and fat
+pointers.
+
+For more information about casts, take a look at The Book:
+https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#type-cast-expressions",
+        );
+        err
+    }
+}