Range patterns that cover the full range, and unit struct/variant patterns do not "read the value"
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Description
See https://github.com/rust-lang/miri/issues/4237 for a previous similar issue.
I tried this code:
fn main() {
let c: char;
let char::MIN..=char::MAX = c;
}
I expected a compile error. Instead, the code compiled without errors.
My mental model is that matching against char::MIN..=char::MAX should at least "verify" that the bit pattern is a valid char, not to mention uninitialized bytes. Therefore, the pattern should "read" from c, and produce a compile error.
This also has an effect on opsem. For example, Miri doesn't report UB in the following code:
enum Foo {
A(char), // valid values: 0..=0x10FFFF
B, // valid value: 0x110000
}
fn main() {
unsafe {
let x: u32 = 0x110001;
let invalid: *const Foo = (&raw const x).cast();
match *invalid {
Foo::B => {}
Foo::A(ref c @ char::MIN..=char::MAX) => {}
}
}
}
See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/91095 for more context about how niches work in opsem.
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Reproducible on the playground with version 1.96.0-nightly (2026-03-03 d9563937fa3b030c5845)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the two Rust examples from the issue on the stated nightly version, then read the related discussions in rust-lang/miri#4237 and rust-lang/rust#91095. Determine the intended pattern-matching and opsem behavior for full-range and unit struct/variant patterns; done means the invalid or uninitialized values are handled consistently and regression coverage exists.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- Tech stack
- rust
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 35/100