pattern_analysis: add option to get a full set of witnesses

compiler/rustc_pattern_analysis/src/constructor.rs

@@ -950,9 +950,7 @@ impl<Cx: PatCx> Constructor<Cx> {
                 }
             }
             Never => write!(f, "!")?,
-            Wildcard | Missing | NonExhaustive | Hidden | PrivateUninhabited => {
-                write!(f, "_ : {:?}", ty)?
-            }
+            Wildcard | Missing | NonExhaustive | Hidden | PrivateUninhabited => write!(f, "_")?,
         }
         Ok(())
     }

compiler/rustc_pattern_analysis/src/lib.rs

@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ pub trait PatCx: Sized + fmt::Debug {
 
     fn is_exhaustive_patterns_feature_on(&self) -> bool;
 
+    /// Whether to ensure the non-exhaustiveness witnesses we report for a complete set. This is
+    /// `false` by default to avoid some exponential blowup cases such as
+    /// <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/118437>.
+    fn exhaustive_witnesses(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
     /// The number of fields for this constructor.
     fn ctor_arity(&self, ctor: &Constructor<Self>, ty: &Self::Ty) -> usize;
 

compiler/rustc_pattern_analysis/src/usefulness.rs

@@ -1747,7 +1747,9 @@ fn compute_exhaustiveness_and_usefulness<'a, 'p, Cx: PatCx>(
         // `ctor` is *irrelevant* if there's another constructor in `split_ctors` that matches
         // strictly fewer rows. In that case we can sometimes skip it. See the top of the file for
         // details.
-        let ctor_is_relevant = matches!(ctor, Constructor::Missing) || missing_ctors.is_empty();
+        let ctor_is_relevant = matches!(ctor, Constructor::Missing)
+            || missing_ctors.is_empty()
+            || mcx.tycx.exhaustive_witnesses();
         let mut spec_matrix = matrix.specialize_constructor(pcx, &ctor, ctor_is_relevant)?;
         let mut witnesses = ensure_sufficient_stack(|| {
             compute_exhaustiveness_and_usefulness(mcx, &mut spec_matrix)