Unify rules about commas in match arms and semicolons in expressions

src/libsyntax/parse/classify.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // Predicates on exprs and stmts that the pretty-printer and parser use
 
-use ast::{self, BlockCheckMode};
+use ast;
 
 /// Does this expression require a semicolon to be treated
 /// as a statement? The negation of this: 'can this expression
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ pub fn expr_requires_semi_to_be_stmt(e: &ast::Expr) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn expr_is_simple_block(e: &ast::Expr) -> bool {
-    match e.node {
-        ast::ExprKind::Block(ref block) => block.rules == BlockCheckMode::Default,
-        _ => false,
-    }
-}
-
 /// this statement requires a semicolon after it.
 /// note that in one case (`stmt_semi`), we've already
 /// seen the semicolon, and thus don't need another.

src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -3209,8 +3209,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.expect(&token::FatArrow)?;
         let expr = self.parse_expr_res(RESTRICTION_STMT_EXPR, None)?;
 
-        let require_comma =
-            !classify::expr_is_simple_block(&expr)
+        let require_comma = classify::expr_requires_semi_to_be_stmt(&expr)
             && self.token != token::CloseDelim(token::Brace);
 
         if require_comma {

src/test/run-pass/optional_comma_in_match_arm.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+fn main() {
+    let x = 1;
+
+    match x {
+        1 => loop { break; },
+        2 => while true { break; },
+        3 => if true { () },
+        4 => if true { () } else { () },
+        5 => match () { () => () },
+        6 => { () },
+        7 => unsafe { () },
+        _ => (),
+    }
+
+    match x {
+        1 => loop { break; }
+        2 => while true { break; }
+        3 => if true { () }
+        4 => if true { () } else { () }
+        5 => match () { () => () }
+        6 => { () }
+        7 => unsafe { () }
+        _ => ()
+    }
+
+    let r: &i32 = &x;
+
+    match r {
+        // Absence of comma should not cause confusion between a pattern
+        // and a bitwise and.
+        &1 => if true { () } else { () }
+        &2 => (),
+        _ =>()
+    }
+}