Do not error on let ref x: str = *"";

Author: estebank

compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/gather_locals.rs

@@ -105,24 +105,28 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> GatherLocalsVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     .insert(hir_ty.hir_id, c_ty);
 
                 let ty = o_ty.normalized;
-                if let hir::PatKind::Wild = decl.pat.kind {
-                    // We explicitly allow `let _: dyn Trait;` (!)
-                } else {
-                    if self.outermost_fn_param_pat.is_some() {
-                        if !self.fcx.tcx.features().unsized_fn_params {
-                            self.fcx.require_type_is_sized(
-                                ty,
-                                hir_ty.span,
-                                traits::SizedArgumentType(Some(decl.pat.hir_id)),
-                            );
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        if !self.fcx.tcx.features().unsized_locals {
-                            self.fcx.require_type_is_sized(
-                                ty,
-                                hir_ty.span,
-                                traits::VariableType(decl.pat.hir_id),
-                            );
+                match decl.pat.kind {
+                    // We explicitly allow `let _: dyn Trait;`
+                    hir::PatKind::Wild => {}
+                    // We explicitly allow `let ref x: str = *"";`
+                    hir::PatKind::Binding(hir::BindingAnnotation(hir::ByRef::Yes(_), _), ..) => {}
+                    _ => {
+                        if self.outermost_fn_param_pat.is_some() {
+                            if !self.fcx.tcx.features().unsized_fn_params {
+                                self.fcx.require_type_is_sized(
+                                    ty,
+                                    hir_ty.span,
+                                    traits::SizedArgumentType(Some(decl.pat.hir_id)),
+                                );
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            if !self.fcx.tcx.features().unsized_locals {
+                                self.fcx.require_type_is_sized(
+                                    ty,
+                                    hir_ty.span,
+                                    traits::VariableType(decl.pat.hir_id),
+                                );
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }

tests/ui/sized/let-ref-pat-unsized-works.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//@ build-pass
+fn main() {
+    let ref x: str = *"";
+}