From 6f16118f281bbd3d9a152af905cd3a8702f35ded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Gomez Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:11:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clean up e0438 explanation --- src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md index cb141a5d24aed..13723bc30090e 100644 --- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md +++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0438.md @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -Trait implementations can only implement associated constants that are -members of the trait in question. This error indicates that you -attempted to implement an associated constant whose name does not -match the name of any associated constant in the trait. +An associated constant whose name does not match any of the associated constants +in the trait was used when implementing the trait. Erroneous code example: @@ -13,6 +11,9 @@ impl Foo for i32 { } ``` +Trait implementations can only implement associated constants that are +members of the trait in question. + The solution to this problem is to remove the extraneous associated constant: ```