Add suggestion of similar macro names to macro undefined error message

src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use parse::token;
 use parse::token::{InternedString, intern, str_to_ident};
 use ptr::P;
 use util::small_vector::SmallVector;
+use util::lev_distance::lev_distance;
 use ext::mtwt;
 use fold::Folder;
 
@@ -776,6 +777,22 @@ impl<'a> ExtCtxt<'a> {
     pub fn name_of(&self, st: &str) -> ast::Name {
         token::intern(st)
     }
+
+    pub fn suggest_macro_name(&mut self, name: &str, span: Span) {
+        use std::cmp::max;
+
+        let mut min: Option<(Name, usize)> = None;
+        let max_dist = max(name.len() / 3, 1);
+        for macro_name in self.syntax_env.names.iter() {
+            let dist = lev_distance(name, &macro_name.as_str());
+            if dist <= max_dist && (min.is_none() || min.unwrap().1 > dist) {
+                min = Some((*macro_name, dist));
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some((suggestion, _)) = min {
+            self.span_help(span, &format!("did you mean `{}`?", suggestion));
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Extract a string literal from the macro expanded version of `expr`,

src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ fn expand_mac_invoc<T, F, G>(mac: ast::Mac,
                 pth.span,
                 &format!("macro undefined: '{}!'",
                         &extname));
+            fld.cx.suggest_macro_name(&extname.as_str(), pth.span);
 
             // let compilation continue
             None

src/libsyntax/lib.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ macro_rules! panictry {
 
 pub mod util {
     pub mod interner;
+    pub mod lev_distance;
     pub mod node_count;
     pub mod parser;
     #[cfg(test)]

src/libsyntax/util/lev_distance.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use std::cmp;
+
+pub fn lev_distance(me: &str, t: &str) -> usize {
+    if me.is_empty() { return t.chars().count(); }
+    if t.is_empty() { return me.chars().count(); }
+
+    let mut dcol: Vec<_> = (0..t.len() + 1).collect();
+    let mut t_last = 0;
+
+    for (i, sc) in me.chars().enumerate() {
+
+        let mut current = i;
+        dcol[0] = current + 1;
+
+        for (j, tc) in t.chars().enumerate() {
+
+            let next = dcol[j + 1];
+
+            if sc == tc {
+                dcol[j + 1] = current;
+            } else {
+                dcol[j + 1] = cmp::min(current, next);
+                dcol[j + 1] = cmp::min(dcol[j + 1], dcol[j]) + 1;
+            }
+
+            current = next;
+            t_last = j;
+        }
+    }
+
+    dcol[t_last + 1]
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_lev_distance() {
+    use std::char::{ from_u32, MAX };
+    // Test bytelength agnosticity
+    for c in (0..MAX as u32)
+             .filter_map(|i| from_u32(i))
+             .map(|i| i.to_string()) {
+        assert_eq!(lev_distance(&c[..], &c[..]), 0);
+    }
+
+    let a = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n";
+    let b = "\nMary häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n";
+    let c = "Mary häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n";
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(a, b), 1);
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(b, a), 1);
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(a, c), 2);
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(c, a), 2);
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(b, c), 1);
+    assert_eq!(lev_distance(c, b), 1);
+}