Introduce a no-op PlaceMention statement for let _ =.

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mod.rs

@@ -1453,6 +1453,9 @@ impl Debug for Statement<'_> {
                 write!(fmt, "discriminant({:?}) = {:?}", place, variant_index)
             }
             Deinit(ref place) => write!(fmt, "Deinit({:?})", place),
+            PlaceMention(ref place) => {
+                write!(fmt, "PlaceMention({:?})", place)
+            }
             AscribeUserType(box (ref place, ref c_ty), ref variance) => {
                 write!(fmt, "AscribeUserType({:?}, {:?}, {:?})", place, variance, c_ty)
             }

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/spanview.rs

@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ pub fn statement_kind_name(statement: &Statement<'_>) -> &'static str {
         StorageLive(..) => "StorageLive",
         StorageDead(..) => "StorageDead",
         Retag(..) => "Retag",
+        PlaceMention(..) => "PlaceMention",
         AscribeUserType(..) => "AscribeUserType",
         Coverage(..) => "Coverage",
         Intrinsic(..) => "Intrinsic",

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/syntax.rs

@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ pub enum StatementKind<'tcx> {
     /// Only `RetagKind::Default` and `RetagKind::FnEntry` are permitted.
     Retag(RetagKind, Box<Place<'tcx>>),
 
+    /// This statement exists to preserve a trace of a scrutinee matched against a wildcard
+    /// binding.  This is especially useful for `let _ = PLACE;` bindings that desugar to a single
+    /// `PlaceMention(PLACE)`.
+    ///
+    /// When executed at runtime this is a nop.
+    ///
+    /// Disallowed after drop elaboration.
+    PlaceMention(Box<Place<'tcx>>),
+
     /// Encodes a user's type ascription. These need to be preserved
     /// intact so that NLL can respect them. For example:
     /// ```ignore (illustrative)

compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/visit.rs

@@ -405,6 +405,13 @@ macro_rules! make_mir_visitor {
                     StatementKind::Retag(kind, place) => {
                         self.visit_retag($(& $mutability)? *kind, place, location);
                     }
+                    StatementKind::PlaceMention(place) => {
+                        self.visit_place(
+                            place,
+                            PlaceContext::NonUse(NonUseContext::PlaceMention),
+                            location
+                        );
+                    }
                     StatementKind::AscribeUserType(
                         box (place, user_ty),
                         variance
@@ -1288,6 +1295,8 @@ pub enum NonUseContext {
     AscribeUserTy,
     /// The data of a user variable, for debug info.
     VarDebugInfo,
+    /// PlaceMention statement.
+    PlaceMention,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]