Rollup merge of #118157 - Nadrieril:never_pat-feature-gate, r=compiler-errors

Add `never_patterns` feature gate

This PR adds the feature gate and most basic parsing for the experimental `never_patterns` feature. See the tracking issue (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/118155) for details on the experiment.

`@scottmcm` has agreed to be my lang-team liaison for this experiment.
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Matthias Krüger 2023-11-29 12:34:47 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -368,8 +368,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
self.recover_dotdotdot_rest_pat(lo)
} else if let Some(form) = self.parse_range_end() {
self.parse_pat_range_to(form)? // `..=X`, `...X`, or `..X`.
} else if self.eat(&token::Not) {
// Parse `!`
self.sess.gated_spans.gate(sym::never_patterns, self.prev_token.span);
PatKind::Never
} else if self.eat_keyword(kw::Underscore) {
// Parse _
// Parse `_`
PatKind::Wild
} else if self.eat_keyword(kw::Mut) {
self.parse_pat_ident_mut(syntax_loc)?