Rust-GCC / Rust-GCC/gccrs

non-exhaustive pattern matching should give an error

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Description

code:


pub fn main() {
    let x = 3;

    match x {
        4 => 0,   
        3 => 0, 
    };
}

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the Rust snippet and confirm that the non-exhaustive match currently lacks a diagnostic. Trace the compiler's pattern-matching exhaustiveness handling, then verify that compiling the example reports the missing cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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