rustdoc: When rendering const values, show ADTs in addition to primitives.

[Aaron1011]

When rustdoc renders a const item, it will print the actual (evaluated) value for primitives. For example, https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/i32/constant.MAX.html:

It would be useful to do the same for ADT values (structs, enums, and unions). For example:

struct Foo { val: bool }
const fn make_foo() { Foo { val: true } }`
const FOO: Foo = make_foo()

would print something like:

Foo {
    val: true
}

on the page for FOO.

[Stupremee]

@rustbot claim

Should the struct just be printed in one line like the integers currently? That seems like the simplest solution and closest to the number constants but may be really messy for larger structs.

[RalfJung]

Does rustdoc have its own printing code for constants or is it using the MIR pretty-printer?

[nerditation]

is this feature still being worked on? can we first make the simple cases work, where the type of the constant is a transparent wrapper of primitive types, this pattern is used by many bitflag types and ffi binding types.

[fmease]

Closing in favor of #98929 which has a lot more info & backlinks. Also CC rust-lang/rfcs#3770 which is the most recent advancement & laying the groundwork for such a feature.