Account for if (let pat = expr) {}

compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast.rs

@@ -1139,6 +1139,14 @@ impl Expr {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn peel_parens(&self) -> &Expr {
+        let mut expr = self;
+        while let ExprKind::Paren(inner) = &expr.kind {
+            expr = &inner;
+        }
+        expr
+    }
+
     /// Attempts to reparse as `Ty` (for diagnostic purposes).
     pub fn to_ty(&self) -> Option<P<Ty>> {
         let kind = match &self.kind {

compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/expr.rs

@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
                     ExprKind::Let(ref pat, ref scrutinee) => {
                         self.lower_expr_if_let(e.span, pat, scrutinee, then, else_opt.as_deref())
                     }
+                    ExprKind::Paren(ref paren) => match paren.peel_parens().kind {
+                        ExprKind::Let(ref pat, ref scrutinee) => {
+                            // A user has written `if (let Some(x) = foo) {`, we want to avoid
+                            // confusing them with mentions of nightly features.
+                            // If this logic is changed, you will also likely need to touch
+                            // `unused::UnusedParens::check_expr`.
+                            self.if_let_expr_with_parens(cond, &paren.peel_parens());
+                            self.lower_expr_if_let(
+                                e.span,
+                                pat,
+                                scrutinee,
+                                then,
+                                else_opt.as_deref(),
+                            )
+                        }
+                        _ => self.lower_expr_if(cond, then, else_opt.as_deref()),
+                    },
                     _ => self.lower_expr_if(cond, then, else_opt.as_deref()),
                 },
                 ExprKind::While(ref cond, ref body, opt_label) => self
@@ -346,6 +363,25 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
         hir::ExprKind::Call(f, self.lower_exprs(&real_args))
     }
 
+    fn if_let_expr_with_parens(&mut self, cond: &Expr, paren: &Expr) {
+        let start = cond.span.until(paren.span);
+        let end = paren.span.shrink_to_hi().until(cond.span.shrink_to_hi());
+        self.sess
+            .struct_span_err(
+                vec![start, end],
+                "invalid parentheses around `let` expression in `if let`",
+            )
+            .multipart_suggestion(
+                "`if let` needs to be written without parentheses",
+                vec![(start, String::new()), (end, String::new())],
+                rustc_errors::Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+            )
+            .emit();
+        // Ideally, we'd remove the feature gating of a `let` expression since we are already
+        // complaining about it here, but `feature_gate::check_crate` has already run by now:
+        // self.sess.parse_sess.gated_spans.ungate_last(sym::let_chains, paren.span);
+    }
+
     /// Emit an error and lower `ast::ExprKind::Let(pat, scrutinee)` into:
     /// ```rust
     /// match scrutinee { pats => true, _ => false }
@@ -356,8 +392,10 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
         if self.sess.opts.unstable_features.is_nightly_build() {
             self.sess
                 .struct_span_err(span, "`let` expressions are not supported here")
-                .note("only supported directly in conditions of `if`- and `while`-expressions")
-                .note("as well as when nested within `&&` and parenthesis in those conditions")
+                .note(
+                    "only supported directly without parentheses in conditions of `if`- and \
+                     `while`-expressions, as well as in `let` chains within parentheses",
+                )
                 .emit();
         } else {
             self.sess

compiler/rustc_ast_passes/src/feature_gate.rs

@@ -638,8 +638,16 @@ pub fn check_crate(krate: &ast::Crate, sess: &Session) {
             }
         };
     }
-    gate_all!(if_let_guard, "`if let` guards are experimental");
-    gate_all!(let_chains, "`let` expressions in this position are experimental");
+    gate_all!(
+        if_let_guard,
+        "`if let` guards are experimental",
+        "you can write `if matches!(<expr>, <pattern>)` instead of `if let <pattern> = <expr>`"
+    );
+    gate_all!(
+        let_chains,
+        "`let` expressions in this position are experimental",
+        "you can write `matches!(<expr>, <pattern>)` instead of `let <pattern> = <expr>`"
+    );
     gate_all!(
         async_closure,
         "async closures are unstable",

compiler/rustc_lint/src/unused.rs

@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ trait UnusedDelimLint {
         use rustc_ast::ExprKind::*;
         let (value, ctx, followed_by_block, left_pos, right_pos) = match e.kind {
             // Do not lint `unused_braces` in `if let` expressions.
-            If(ref cond, ref block, ..)
+            If(ref cond, ref block, _)
                 if !matches!(cond.kind, Let(_, _)) || Self::LINT_EXPR_IN_PATTERN_MATCHING_CTX =>
             {
                 let left = e.span.lo() + rustc_span::BytePos(2);
@@ -816,8 +816,33 @@ impl UnusedParens {
 
 impl EarlyLintPass for UnusedParens {
     fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, e: &ast::Expr) {
-        if let ExprKind::Let(ref pat, ..) | ExprKind::ForLoop(ref pat, ..) = e.kind {
-            self.check_unused_parens_pat(cx, pat, false, false);
+        match e.kind {
+            ExprKind::Let(ref pat, _) | ExprKind::ForLoop(ref pat, ..) => {
+                self.check_unused_parens_pat(cx, pat, false, false);
+            }
+            // We ignore parens in cases like `if (((let Some(0) = Some(1))))` because we already
+            // handle a hard error for them during AST lowering in `lower_expr_mut`, but we still
+            // want to complain about things like `if let 42 = (42)`.
+            ExprKind::If(ref cond, ref block, ref else_)
+                if matches!(cond.peel_parens().kind, ExprKind::Let(..)) =>
+            {
+                self.check_unused_delims_expr(
+                    cx,
+                    cond.peel_parens(),
+                    UnusedDelimsCtx::LetScrutineeExpr,
+                    true,
+                    None,
+                    None,
+                );
+                for stmt in &block.stmts {
+                    <Self as UnusedDelimLint>::check_stmt(self, cx, stmt);
+                }
+                if let Some(e) = else_ {
+                    <Self as UnusedDelimLint>::check_expr(self, cx, e);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            _ => {}
         }
 
         <Self as UnusedDelimLint>::check_expr(self, cx, e)

src/test/ui/pattern/issue-82290.stderr

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ error: `let` expressions are not supported here
 LL |     if true && let x = 1 {
    |                ^^^^^^^^^
    |
-   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if`- and `while`-expressions
-   = note: as well as when nested within `&&` and parenthesis in those conditions
+   = note: only supported directly without parentheses in conditions of `if`- and `while`-expressions, as well as in `let` chains within parentheses
 
 warning: the feature `let_chains` is incomplete and may not be safe to use and/or cause compiler crashes
   --> $DIR/issue-82290.rs:1:12