Override diagnostic::on_unimplemented message for all serde_core traits - #2963
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This prevents diagnostics being rendered like `serde_core::ser::Serialize`
and `serde_core::de::Deserialize` in projects that have no direct
dependency on serde_core.
The attributes make error messages arguably sometimes worse than
pre-serde_core by always rendering `serde::Serialize` and never
`Serialize` when `use serde::Serialize` is in scope, which rustc's
default message construction knows to recognize. But this is probably
negligible.
I explored the alternative of setting `[lib] name = "serde"` in
serde_core/Cargo.toml which also prevents `serde_core::ser::Serialize`
in messages, but has the unwanted effect of also inserting the following
noise into every such error:
note: there are multiple different versions of crate `serde` in the dependency graph
--> $WORKSPACE/serde_core/src/ser/mod.rs:225:1
|
225 | pub trait Serialize {
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is the required trait
|
::: src/main.rs:1:1
|
1 | struct MyStruct;
| --------------- this type doesn't implement the required trait
...
4 | let _ = serde_json::to_string(&MyStruct);
| ----------
| |
| one version of crate `serde` used here, as a dependency of crate `serde`
| one version of crate `serde` used here, as a dependency of crate `serde_json`
|
::: $WORKSPACE/serde/src/private/de.rs:2347:1
|
2347 | pub trait IdentifierDeserializer<'de, E: Error> {
| ----------------------------------------------- this is the found trait
= help: you can use `cargo tree` to explore your dependency tree
The "this is the found trait" pointing to `IdentifierDeserializer` seems
like a compiler bug...
This was referenced Sep 13, 2025
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This prevents diagnostics being rendered like
serde_core::ser::Serializeandserde_core::de::Deserializein projects that have no direct dependency on serde_core.The attributes make error messages arguably sometimes worse than pre-serde_core by always rendering
serde::Serializeand neverSerializewhenuse serde::Serializeis in scope, which rustc's default message construction knows to recognize. But this is probably negligible.I explored the alternative of setting
[lib] name = "serde"in serde_core/Cargo.toml which also preventsserde_core::ser::Serializein messages, but has the unwanted effect of also inserting the following noise into every such error:The "this is the found trait" pointing to
IdentifierDeserializerseems like a compiler bug...