review comment: change span argument

compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/compare_impl_item.rs

@@ -642,7 +642,6 @@ pub(super) fn collect_return_position_impl_trait_in_trait_tys<'tcx>(
             );
             let hir = tcx.hir();
             infcx.err_ctxt().note_type_err(
-                cause.span,
                 &mut diag,
                 &cause,
                 hir.get_if_local(impl_m.def_id)
@@ -654,6 +653,7 @@ pub(super) fn collect_return_position_impl_trait_in_trait_tys<'tcx>(
                 }))),
                 terr,
                 false,
+                None,
             );
             return Err(diag.emit());
         }
@@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ fn report_trait_method_mismatch<'tcx>(
 
     cause.span = impl_err_span;
     infcx.err_ctxt().note_type_err(
-        cause.span,
         &mut diag,
         &cause,
         trait_err_span.map(|sp| (sp, Cow::from("type in trait"), false)),
@@ -1072,6 +1071,7 @@ fn report_trait_method_mismatch<'tcx>(
         }))),
         terr,
         false,
+        None,
     );
 
     diag.emit()
@@ -1855,7 +1855,6 @@ fn compare_const_predicate_entailment<'tcx>(
         });
 
         infcx.err_ctxt().note_type_err(
-            cause.span,
             &mut diag,
             &cause,
             trait_c_span.map(|span| (span, Cow::from("type in trait"), false)),
@@ -1865,6 +1864,7 @@ fn compare_const_predicate_entailment<'tcx>(
             }))),
             terr,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         return Err(diag.emit());
     };

compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs

@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ pub fn check_function_signature<'tcx>(
             let failure_code = cause.as_failure_code_diag(err, cause.span, vec![]);
             let mut diag = tcx.dcx().create_err(failure_code);
             err_ctxt.note_type_err(
-                cause.span,
                 &mut diag,
                 &cause,
                 None,
@@ -650,6 +649,7 @@ pub fn check_function_signature<'tcx>(
                 }))),
                 err,
                 false,
+                None,
             );
             return Err(diag.emit());
         }

compiler/rustc_hir_typeck/src/fn_ctxt/checks.rs

@@ -1141,13 +1141,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                         let trace = mk_trace(provided_span, (formal_ty, expected_ty), provided_ty);
                         if let Some(e) = error {
                             self.err_ctxt().note_type_err(
-                                trace.cause.span,
                                 &mut err,
                                 &trace.cause,
                                 None,
                                 Some(self.param_env.and(trace.values)),
                                 e,
                                 true,
+                                None,
                             );
                         }
                     }

compiler/rustc_passes/src/check_attr.rs

@@ -2462,7 +2462,6 @@ impl<'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
             }
 
             infcx.err_ctxt().note_type_err(
-                cause.span,
                 &mut diag,
                 &cause,
                 None,
@@ -2472,6 +2471,7 @@ impl<'tcx> CheckAttrVisitor<'tcx> {
                 }))),
                 terr,
                 false,
+                None,
             );
             diag.emit();
             self.abort.set(true);

compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/infer/mod.rs

@@ -1386,14 +1386,19 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, diag, secondary_span, prefer_label))]
     pub fn note_type_err(
         &self,
-        span: Span,
         diag: &mut Diag<'_>,
         cause: &ObligationCause<'tcx>,
         secondary_span: Option<(Span, Cow<'static, str>, bool)>,
         mut values: Option<ty::ParamEnvAnd<'tcx, ValuePairs<'tcx>>>,
         terr: TypeError<'tcx>,
         prefer_label: bool,
+        override_span: Option<Span>,
     ) {
+        // We use `override_span` when we want the error to point at a `Span` other than
+        // `cause.span`. This is used in E0271, when a closure is passed in where the return type
+        // isn't what was expected. We want to point at the closure's return type (or expression),
+        // instead of the expression where the closure is passed as call argument.
+        let span = override_span.unwrap_or(cause.span);
         // For some types of errors, expected-found does not make
         // sense, so just ignore the values we were given.
         if let TypeError::CyclicTy(_) = terr {
@@ -2052,13 +2057,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         );
         let mut diag = self.dcx().create_err(failure_code);
         self.note_type_err(
-            span,
             &mut diag,
             &trace.cause,
             None,
             Some(param_env.and(trace.values)),
             terr,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         diag
     }

compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/error_reporting/traits/fulfillment_errors.rs

@@ -702,13 +702,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 );
 
                 self.note_type_err(
-                    span,
                     &mut diag,
                     &obligation.cause,
                     None,
                     None,
                     TypeError::Sorts(ty::error::ExpectedFound::new(expected_ty, ct_ty)),
                     false,
+                    None,
                 );
                 diag
             }
@@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             })();
 
             self.note_type_err(
-                span,
                 &mut diag,
                 &obligation.cause,
                 secondary_span,
@@ -1500,6 +1499,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeErrCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                 }),
                 err,
                 false,
+                Some(span),
             );
             self.note_obligation_cause(&mut diag, obligation);
             diag.emit()