Update associated constants error message

src/librustc_const_eval/check_match.rs

@@ -127,13 +127,16 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for MatchVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
+
 impl<'a, 'tcx> PatternContext<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn report_inlining_errors(&self, pat_span: Span) {
         for error in &self.errors {
             match *error {
                 PatternError::StaticInPattern(span) => {
-                    span_err!(self.tcx.sess, span, E0158,
+                    self.span_e0158(span, "statics cannot be referenced in patterns")
-                              "statics cannot be referenced in patterns");
+                }
+                PatternError::AssociatedConstInPattern(span) => {
+                    self.span_e0158(span, "associated consts cannot be referenced in patterns")
                 }
                 PatternError::ConstEval(ref err) => {
                     err.report(self.tcx, pat_span, "pattern");
@@ -141,6 +144,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> PatternContext<'a, 'tcx> {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    fn span_e0158(&self, span: Span, text: &str) {
+        span_err!(self.tcx.sess, span, E0158, "{}", text)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> MatchVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {

src/librustc_const_eval/pattern.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use syntax_pos::Span;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum PatternError<'tcx> {
+    AssociatedConstInPattern(Span),
     StaticInPattern(Span),
     ConstEval(ConstEvalErr<'tcx>),
 }
@@ -632,6 +633,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> PatternContext<'a, 'tcx> {
                   -> Pattern<'tcx> {
         let ty = self.tables.node_id_to_type(id);
         let def = self.tables.qpath_def(qpath, id);
+        let is_associated_const = match def {
+            Def::AssociatedConst(_) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        };
         let kind = match def {
             Def::Const(def_id) | Def::AssociatedConst(def_id) => {
                 let substs = self.tables.node_substs(id);
@@ -653,7 +658,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> PatternContext<'a, 'tcx> {
                         return pat;
                     }
                     None => {
-                        self.errors.push(PatternError::StaticInPattern(span));
+                        self.errors.push(if is_associated_const {
+                            PatternError::AssociatedConstInPattern(span)
+                        } else {
+                            PatternError::StaticInPattern(span)
+                        });
                         PatternKind::Wild
                     }
                 }

src/test/compile-fail/associated-const-type-parameter-arms.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub trait Foo {
 }
 
 struct Abc;
+
 impl Foo for Abc {
     const X: EFoo = EFoo::B;
 }
@@ -27,8 +28,10 @@ impl Foo for Def {
 
 pub fn test<A: Foo, B: Foo>(arg: EFoo) {
     match arg {
-        A::X => println!("A::X"), //~ error: statics cannot be referenced in patterns [E0158]
+        A::X => println!("A::X"),
-        B::X => println!("B::X"), //~ error: statics cannot be referenced in patterns [E0158]
+        //~^ error: associated consts cannot be referenced in patterns [E0158]
+        B::X => println!("B::X"),
+        //~^ error: associated consts cannot be referenced in patterns [E0158]
         _ => (),
     }
 }