Correct error message for invalid ref/mut bindings

Closes #15914.
2014-09-13 14:09:22 +12:00
parent 45044124e4
commit 042cdeefc7
2 changed files with 18 additions and 3 deletions
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -3402,9 +3402,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                       binding_mode: ast::BindingMode)
                       -> ast::Pat_ {
        if !is_plain_ident(&self.token) {
-            let last_span = self.last_span;
-            self.span_fatal(last_span,
-                            "expected identifier, found path");
+            let span = self.span;
+            let tok_str = self.this_token_to_string();
+            self.span_fatal(span,
+                            format!("expected identifier, found `{}`", tok_str).as_slice());
        }
        let ident = self.parse_ident();
        let last_span = self.last_span;