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r: 274273
b: refs/heads/stable
c: 065e47e
h: refs/heads/master
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  274271: dbce758

Author: Manishearth

[refs]

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ refs/heads/tmp: e06d2ad9fcd5027bcaac5b08fc9aa39a49d0ecd3
 refs/tags/1.0.0-alpha.2: 4c705f6bc559886632d3871b04f58aab093bfa2f
 refs/tags/homu-tmp: c0221c8897db309a79990367476177b1230bb264
 refs/tags/1.0.0-beta: 8cbb92b53468ee2b0c2d3eeb8567005953d40828
-refs/heads/stable: d829019ff4874e2a4f1b6780c442dfa524e75d38
+refs/heads/stable: 065e47eb3b23a9bd3074d3406157f0aafc575150
 refs/tags/1.0.0: 55bd4f8ff2b323f317ae89e254ce87162d52a375
 refs/tags/1.1.0: bc3c16f09287e5545c1d3f76b7abd54f2eca868b
 refs/tags/1.2.0: f557861f822c34f07270347b94b5280de20a597e

branches/stable/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -2221,8 +2221,9 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 } else if self.token.is_keyword(keywords::Let) {
                     // Catch this syntax error here, instead of in `check_strict_keywords`, so
                     // that we can explicitly mention that let is not to be used as an expression
-                    let msg = "`let` is not an expression, so it cannot be used in this way";
-                    return Err(self.fatal(&msg));
+                    let mut db = self.fatal("expected expression, found statement (`let`)");
+                    db.note("variable declaration using `let` is a statement");
+                    return Err(db);
                 } else if self.check(&token::ModSep) ||
                         self.token.is_ident() &&
                         !self.check_keyword(keywords::True) &&

branches/stable/src/test/run-fail-fulldeps/qquote.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // ignore-cross-compile
 
-// error-pattern:`let` is not an expression, so it cannot be used in this way
+// error-pattern:expected expression, found statement (`let`)
 
 #![feature(quote, rustc_private)]