Parsing unsafe binders

compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs

@@ -2223,6 +2223,12 @@ pub struct BareFnTy {
     pub decl_span: Span,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Encodable, Decodable, Debug)]
+pub struct UnsafeBinderTy {
+    pub generic_params: ThinVec<GenericParam>,
+    pub inner_ty: P<Ty>,
+}
+
 /// The various kinds of type recognized by the compiler.
 //
 // Adding a new variant? Please update `test_ty` in `tests/ui/macros/stringify.rs`.
@@ -2242,6 +2248,8 @@ pub enum TyKind {
     PinnedRef(Option<Lifetime>, MutTy),
     /// A bare function (e.g., `fn(usize) -> bool`).
     BareFn(P<BareFnTy>),
+    /// An unsafe existential lifetime binder (e.g., `unsafe<'a> &'a ()`).
+    UnsafeBinder(P<UnsafeBinderTy>),
     /// The never type (`!`).
     Never,
     /// A tuple (`(A, B, C, D,...)`).

compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs

@@ -558,6 +558,11 @@ pub fn walk_ty<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, ty: &mut P<Ty>) {
             vis.visit_fn_decl(decl);
             vis.visit_span(decl_span);
         }
+        TyKind::UnsafeBinder(binder) => {
+            let UnsafeBinderTy { generic_params, inner_ty } = binder.deref_mut();
+            generic_params.flat_map_in_place(|param| vis.flat_map_generic_param(param));
+            vis.visit_ty(inner_ty);
+        }
         TyKind::Tup(tys) => visit_thin_vec(tys, |ty| vis.visit_ty(ty)),
         TyKind::Paren(ty) => vis.visit_ty(ty),
         TyKind::Pat(ty, pat) => {

compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/classify.rs

@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ fn type_trailing_braced_mac_call(mut ty: &ast::Ty) -> Option<&ast::MacCall> {
                 ty = &mut_ty.ty;
             }
 
+            ast::TyKind::UnsafeBinder(binder) => {
+                ty = &binder.inner_ty;
+            }
+
             ast::TyKind::BareFn(fn_ty) => match &fn_ty.decl.output {
                 ast::FnRetTy::Default(_) => break None,
                 ast::FnRetTy::Ty(ret) => ty = ret,

compiler/rustc_ast/src/visit.rs

@@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ pub fn walk_ty<'a, V: Visitor<'a>>(visitor: &mut V, typ: &'a Ty) -> V::Result {
             walk_list!(visitor, visit_generic_param, generic_params);
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_fn_decl(decl));
         }
+        TyKind::UnsafeBinder(binder) => {
+            walk_list!(visitor, visit_generic_param, &binder.generic_params);
+            try_visit!(visitor.visit_ty(&binder.inner_ty));
+        }
         TyKind::Path(maybe_qself, path) => {
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_qself(maybe_qself));
             try_visit!(visitor.visit_path(path, *id));

compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs

@@ -1198,6 +1198,14 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             ast::TyKind::BareFn(f) => {
                 self.print_ty_fn(f.ext, f.safety, &f.decl, None, &f.generic_params);
             }
+            ast::TyKind::UnsafeBinder(f) => {
+                self.ibox(INDENT_UNIT);
+                self.word("unsafe");
+                self.print_generic_params(&f.generic_params);
+                self.nbsp();
+                self.print_type(&f.inner_ty);
+                self.end();
+            }
             ast::TyKind::Path(None, path) => {
                 self.print_path(path, false, 0);
             }

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/ty.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use rustc_ast::{
     self as ast, BareFnTy, BoundAsyncness, BoundConstness, BoundPolarity, DUMMY_NODE_ID, FnRetTy,
     GenericBound, GenericBounds, GenericParam, Generics, Lifetime, MacCall, MutTy, Mutability,
     Pinnedness, PolyTraitRef, PreciseCapturingArg, TraitBoundModifiers, TraitObjectSyntax, Ty,
-    TyKind,
+    TyKind, UnsafeBinderTy,
 };
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, PResult};
 use rustc_span::symbol::{Ident, kw, sym};
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     TyKind::Err(guar)
                 }
             }
+        } else if self.check_keyword(kw::Unsafe) {
+            self.parse_unsafe_binder_ty()?
         } else {
             let msg = format!("expected type, found {}", super::token_descr(&self.token));
             let mut err = self.dcx().struct_span_err(lo, msg);
@@ -369,6 +371,19 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         if allow_qpath_recovery { self.maybe_recover_from_bad_qpath(ty) } else { Ok(ty) }
     }
 
+    fn parse_unsafe_binder_ty(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, TyKind> {
+        let lo = self.token.span;
+        assert!(self.eat_keyword(kw::Unsafe));
+        self.expect_lt()?;
+        let generic_params = self.parse_generic_params()?;
+        self.expect_gt()?;
+        let inner_ty = self.parse_ty()?;
+        let span = lo.to(self.prev_token.span);
+        self.psess.gated_spans.gate(sym::unsafe_binders, span);
+
+        Ok(TyKind::UnsafeBinder(P(UnsafeBinderTy { generic_params, inner_ty })))
+    }
+
     /// Parses either:
     /// - `(TYPE)`, a parenthesized type.
     /// - `(TYPE,)`, a tuple with a single field of type TYPE.