Account for ref and mut in the wrong place for pattern ident rena…

…ming

If the user writes `S { ref field: name }` instead of
`S { field: ref name }`, we suggest the correct code.

Fix #72298.

compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs

@@ -967,11 +967,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
             // check that a comma comes after every field
             if !ate_comma {
-                let err = ExpectedCommaAfterPatternField { span: self.token.span }
+                let mut err = ExpectedCommaAfterPatternField { span: self.token.span }
                     .into_diagnostic(&self.sess.span_diagnostic);
                 if let Some(mut delayed) = delayed_err {
                     delayed.emit();
                 }
+                self.recover_misplaced_pattern_modifiers(&fields, &mut err);
                 return Err(err);
             }
             ate_comma = false;
@@ -1109,6 +1110,43 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         Ok((fields, etc))
     }
 
+    /// If the user writes `S { ref field: name }` instead of `S { field: ref name }`, we suggest
+    /// the correct code.
+    fn recover_misplaced_pattern_modifiers(
+        &self,
+        fields: &ThinVec<PatField>,
+        err: &mut DiagnosticBuilder<'a, ErrorGuaranteed>,
+    ) {
+        if let Some(last) = fields.iter().last()
+            && last.is_shorthand
+            && let PatKind::Ident(binding, ident, None) = last.pat.kind
+            && binding != BindingAnnotation::NONE
+            && self.token == token::Colon
+            && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.is_ident())
+            && self.look_ahead(2, |t| {
+                t == &token::Comma || t == &token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Brace)
+            })
+            && let span = last.pat.span.with_hi(ident.span.lo())
+            && let Ok(snippet) = self.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(span)
+        {
+            // We have `S { ref field: name }` instead of `S { field: ref name }`
+            err.multipart_suggestion(
+                "the pattern modifiers belong after the `:`",
+                vec![
+                    (span, String::new()),
+                    (
+                        self.token
+                            .span
+                            .shrink_to_hi()
+                            .with_hi(self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.span.lo())),
+                        format!(" {snippet}"),
+                    ),
+                ],
+                Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Recover on `...` or `_` as if it were `..` to avoid further errors.
     /// See issue #46718.
     fn recover_bad_dot_dot(&self) {

tests/ui/pattern/incorrect-placement-of-pattern-modifiers.fixed

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// run-rustfix
+struct S {
+    field_name: (),
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    match (S {field_name: ()}) {
+        S {field_name: ref _foo} => {} //~ ERROR expected `,`
+    }
+    let _: usize = 3usize; //~ ERROR mismatched types
+}

tests/ui/pattern/incorrect-placement-of-pattern-modifiers.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// run-rustfix
+struct S {
+    field_name: (),
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    match (S {field_name: ()}) {
+        S {ref field_name: _foo} => {} //~ ERROR expected `,`
+    }
+    let _: usize = 3u8; //~ ERROR mismatched types
+}

tests/ui/pattern/incorrect-placement-of-pattern-modifiers.stderr

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+error: expected `,`
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-placement-of-pattern-modifiers.rs:8:26
+   |
+LL |         S {ref field_name: _foo} => {}
+   |         -                ^
+   |         |
+   |         while parsing the fields for this pattern
+   |
+help: the pattern modifiers belong after the `:`
+   |
+LL -         S {ref field_name: _foo} => {}
+LL +         S {field_name: ref _foo} => {}
+   |
+
+error[E0308]: mismatched types
+  --> $DIR/incorrect-placement-of-pattern-modifiers.rs:10:20
+   |
+LL |     let _: usize = 3u8;
+   |            -----   ^^^ expected `usize`, found `u8`
+   |            |
+   |            expected due to this
+   |
+help: change the type of the numeric literal from `u8` to `usize`
+   |
+LL |     let _: usize = 3usize;
+   |                     ~~~~~
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.