Mark lints with applicability

src/librustc/lint/builtin.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //! compiler code, rather than using their own custom pass. Those
 //! lints are all available in `rustc_lint::builtin`.
 
-use errors::DiagnosticBuilder;
+use errors::{Applicability, DiagnosticBuilder};
 use lint::{LintPass, LateLintPass, LintArray};
 use session::Session;
 use syntax::codemap::Span;
@@ -341,15 +341,16 @@ impl BuiltinLintDiagnostics {
         match self {
             BuiltinLintDiagnostics::Normal => (),
             BuiltinLintDiagnostics::BareTraitObject(span, is_global) => {
-                let sugg = match sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(span) {
-                    Ok(ref s) if is_global => format!("dyn ({})", s),
-                    Ok(s) => format!("dyn {}", s),
-                    Err(_) => format!("dyn <type>")
+                let (sugg, app) = match sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(span) {
+                    Ok(ref s) if is_global => (format!("dyn ({})", s),
+                                               Applicability::MachineApplicable),
+                    Ok(s) => (format!("dyn {}", s), Applicability::MachineApplicable),
+                    Err(_) => (format!("dyn <type>"), Applicability::HasPlaceholders)
                 };
-                db.span_suggestion(span, "use `dyn`", sugg);
+                db.span_suggestion_with_applicability(span, "use `dyn`", sugg, app);
             }
             BuiltinLintDiagnostics::AbsPathWithModule(span) => {
-                let sugg = match sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(span) {
+                let (sugg, app) = match sess.codemap().span_to_snippet(span) {
                     Ok(ref s) => {
                         // FIXME(Manishearth) ideally the emitting code
                         // can tell us whether or not this is global
@@ -359,11 +360,11 @@ impl BuiltinLintDiagnostics {
                             "::"
                         };
 
-                        format!("crate{}{}", opt_colon, s)
+                        (format!("crate{}{}", opt_colon, s), Applicability::MachineApplicable)
                     }
-                    Err(_) => format!("crate::<path>")
+                    Err(_) => (format!("crate::<path>"), Applicability::HasPlaceholders)
                 };
-                db.span_suggestion(span, "use `crate`", sugg);
+                db.span_suggestion_with_applicability(span, "use `crate`", sugg, app);
             }
         }
     }

src/librustc_lint/builtin.rs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use syntax::attr;
 use syntax::feature_gate::{AttributeGate, AttributeType, Stability, deprecated_attributes};
 use syntax_pos::{BytePos, Span, SyntaxContext};
 use syntax::symbol::keywords;
-use syntax::errors::DiagnosticBuilder;
+use syntax::errors::{Applicability, DiagnosticBuilder};
 
 use rustc::hir::{self, PatKind};
 use rustc::hir::intravisit::FnKind;
@@ -1300,7 +1300,19 @@ impl UnreachablePub {
             } else {
                 "pub(crate)"
             }.to_owned();
-            err.span_suggestion(pub_span, "consider restricting its visibility", replacement);
+            let app = if span.ctxt().outer().expn_info().is_none() {
+                // even if macros aren't involved the suggestion
+                // may be incorrect -- the user may have mistakenly
+                // hidden it behind a private module and this lint is
+                // a helpful way to catch that. However, we're trying
+                // not to change the nature of the code with this lint
+                // so it's marked as machine applicable.
+                Applicability::MachineApplicable
+            } else {
+                Applicability::MaybeIncorrect
+            };
+            err.span_suggestion_with_applicability(pub_span, "consider restricting its visibility",
+                                                   replacement, app);
             if exportable {
                 err.help("or consider exporting it for use by other crates");
             }