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Unexpected "impl has stricter requirements" with identical bounds

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Description

I tried this code (playground):

trait Bar<T> {}

impl<T> Bar<T> for () {}

trait Foo<C> {
    type Out;
}

trait Quux {
    type A;

    fn quux<R>()
    where
        R: Foo<Self::A>,
        (): Bar<<R as Foo<Self::A>>::Out>,
    ;
}

impl Quux for () {
    type A = ();

    fn quux<R>()
    where
        R: Foo<Self::A>,
        (): Bar<<R as Foo<Self::A>>::Out>,
    {}
}

I expected to see this happen: the code compiles successfully.

Instead, this happened:

error[E0277]: the trait bound `R: Foo<()>` is not satisfied
  --> src/lib.rs:22:5
   |
22 | /     fn quux<R>()
23 | |     where
24 | |         R: Foo<Self::A>,
25 | |         (): Bar<<R as Foo<Self::A>>::Out>,
   | |__________________________________________^ the trait `Foo<()>` is not implemented for `R`

error[E0276]: impl has stricter requirements than trait
  --> src/lib.rs:24:12
   |
12 | /     fn quux<R>()
13 | |     where
14 | |         R: Foo<Self::A>,
15 | |         (): Bar<<R as Foo<Self::A>>::Out>,
16 | |     ;
   | |_____- definition of `quux` from trait
...
24 |           R: Foo<Self::A>,
   |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^ impl has extra requirement `R: Foo<()>`

error[E0277]: the trait bound `R: Foo<()>` is not satisfied
  --> src/lib.rs:22:8
   |
22 |     fn quux<R>()
   |        ^^^^ the trait `Foo<()>` is not implemented for `R`

error[E0277]: the trait bound `R: Foo<()>` is not satisfied
  --> src/lib.rs:25:13
   |
25 |         (): Bar<<R as Foo<Self::A>>::Out>,
   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `Foo<()>` is not implemented for `R`
   |
note: required by a bound in `Bar`
  --> src/lib.rs:1:11
   |
1  | trait Bar<T> {}
   |           ^ required by this bound in `Bar`

This error reproduces on stable-1.85, corresponding beta branch, and the nightly-2025-02-24 compiler.

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Research direction

Start by running the linked playground reproducer on stable 1.85, beta, and nightly-2025-02-24, then compare the diagnostics with the expected successful compilation. Trace the compiler handling of the identical Self::A and () bounds in the Quux implementation. Done means the example compiles without E0276 or E0277 and regression coverage is added where appropriate.

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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
35/100

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