Specialize the "match arms have incompatible types" error for if let

src/librustc/middle/infer/error_reporting.rs

@@ -491,8 +491,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ErrorReporting<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         self.check_and_note_conflicting_crates(terr, trace.origin.span());
 
         match trace.origin {
-            infer::MatchExpressionArm(_, arm_span) =>
-                self.tcx.sess.span_note(arm_span, "match arm with an incompatible type"),
+            infer::MatchExpressionArm(_, arm_span, source) => match source {
+                hir::MatchSource::IfLetDesugar{..} =>
+                    self.tcx.sess.span_note(arm_span, "`if let` arm with an incompatible type"),
+                _ => self.tcx.sess.span_note(arm_span, "match arm with an incompatible type"),
+            },
             _ => ()
         }
     }
@@ -1659,7 +1662,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ErrorReportingHelpers<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                         "trait type parameters matches those \
                                  specified on the impl"
                     }
-                    infer::MatchExpressionArm(_, _) => {
+                    infer::MatchExpressionArm(_, _, _) => {
                         "match arms have compatible types"
                     }
                     infer::IfExpression(_) => {

src/librustc/middle/infer/mod.rs

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub enum TypeOrigin {
     RelateOutputImplTypes(Span),
 
     // Computing common supertype in the arms of a match expression
-    MatchExpressionArm(Span, Span),
+    MatchExpressionArm(Span, Span, hir::MatchSource),
 
     // Computing common supertype in an if expression
     IfExpression(Span),
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ impl TypeOrigin {
             &TypeOrigin::ExprAssignable(_) => "mismatched types",
             &TypeOrigin::RelateTraitRefs(_) => "mismatched traits",
             &TypeOrigin::MethodCompatCheck(_) => "method not compatible with trait",
-            &TypeOrigin::MatchExpressionArm(_, _) => "match arms have incompatible types",
+            &TypeOrigin::MatchExpressionArm(_, _, source) => match source {
+                hir::MatchSource::IfLetDesugar{..} => "`if let` arms have incompatible types",
+                _ => "match arms have incompatible types",
+            },
             &TypeOrigin::IfExpression(_) => "if and else have incompatible types",
             &TypeOrigin::IfExpressionWithNoElse(_) => "if may be missing an else clause",
             &TypeOrigin::RangeExpression(_) => "start and end of range have incompatible types",
@@ -1534,7 +1537,7 @@ impl TypeOrigin {
             RelateTraitRefs(span) => span,
             RelateSelfType(span) => span,
             RelateOutputImplTypes(span) => span,
-            MatchExpressionArm(match_span, _) => match_span,
+            MatchExpressionArm(match_span, _, _) => match_span,
             IfExpression(span) => span,
             IfExpressionWithNoElse(span) => span,
             RangeExpression(span) => span,

src/librustc_typeck/check/_match.rs

@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ pub fn check_match<'a, 'tcx>(fcx: &FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
                     result_ty,
                 ),
                 _ => (
-                    infer::MatchExpressionArm(expr.span, arm.body.span),
+                    infer::MatchExpressionArm(expr.span, arm.body.span, match_src),
                     result_ty,
                     bty,
                 ),

src/test/compile-fail/if-let-arm-types.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2015 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.
+
+fn main() {
+    if let Some(b) = None { //~ ERROR: `if let` arms have incompatible types
+        ()
+    } else {                //~ NOTE: `if let` arm with an incompatible type
+        1
+    };
+}