diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast_traits.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast_traits.rs
index 60f8c6e10481b..6a872fc23a04b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast_traits.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/ast_traits.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use crate::ptr::P;
-use crate::token::Nonterminal;
 use crate::tokenstream::LazyAttrTokenStream;
 use crate::{
     Arm, AssocItem, AttrItem, AttrKind, AttrVec, Attribute, Block, Crate, Expr, ExprField,
@@ -196,35 +195,6 @@ impl HasTokens for Attribute {
     }
 }
 
-impl HasTokens for Nonterminal {
-    fn tokens(&self) -> Option<&LazyAttrTokenStream> {
-        match self {
-            Nonterminal::NtItem(item) => item.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtStmt(stmt) => stmt.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtExpr(expr) | Nonterminal::NtLiteral(expr) => expr.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtPat(pat) => pat.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtTy(ty) => ty.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtMeta(attr_item) => attr_item.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtPath(path) => path.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtVis(vis) => vis.tokens(),
-            Nonterminal::NtBlock(block) => block.tokens(),
-        }
-    }
-    fn tokens_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut Option<LazyAttrTokenStream>> {
-        match self {
-            Nonterminal::NtItem(item) => item.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtStmt(stmt) => stmt.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtExpr(expr) | Nonterminal::NtLiteral(expr) => expr.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtPat(pat) => pat.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtTy(ty) => ty.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtMeta(attr_item) => attr_item.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtPath(path) => path.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtVis(vis) => vis.tokens_mut(),
-            Nonterminal::NtBlock(block) => block.tokens_mut(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// A trait for AST nodes having (or not having) attributes.
 pub trait HasAttrs {
     /// This is `true` if this `HasAttrs` might support 'custom' (proc-macro) inner
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
index 124d0acfa4912..9a2d1ee95dd66 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::ast::{
     NormalAttr, Path, PathSegment, Safety,
 };
 use crate::ptr::P;
-use crate::token::{self, CommentKind, Delimiter, Token};
+use crate::token::{self, CommentKind, Delimiter, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, Token};
 use crate::tokenstream::{DelimSpan, LazyAttrTokenStream, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use crate::util::comments;
 use crate::util::literal::escape_string_symbol;
@@ -364,11 +364,17 @@ impl MetaItem {
                 let span = span.with_hi(segments.last().unwrap().ident.span.hi());
                 Path { span, segments, tokens: None }
             }
-            Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Interpolated(nt), .. }, _)) => match &**nt {
-                token::Nonterminal::NtMeta(item) => return item.meta(item.path.span),
-                token::Nonterminal::NtPath(path) => (**path).clone(),
-                _ => return None,
-            },
+            Some(TokenTree::Delimited(
+                _span,
+                _spacing,
+                Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                    MetaVarKind::Meta | MetaVarKind::Path,
+                )),
+                _stream,
+            )) => {
+                // This path is currently unreachable in the test suite.
+                unreachable!()
+            }
             Some(TokenTree::Token(
                 Token { kind: token::OpenDelim(_) | token::CloseDelim(_), .. },
                 _,
@@ -411,7 +417,7 @@ impl MetaItemKind {
         tokens: &mut impl Iterator<Item = &'a TokenTree>,
     ) -> Option<MetaItemKind> {
         match tokens.next() {
-            Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible, inner_tokens)) => {
+            Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible(_), inner_tokens)) => {
                 MetaItemKind::name_value_from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.trees())
             }
             Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => {
@@ -549,7 +555,7 @@ impl NestedMetaItem {
                 tokens.next();
                 return Some(NestedMetaItem::Lit(lit));
             }
-            Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible, inner_tokens)) => {
+            Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible(_), inner_tokens)) => {
                 tokens.next();
                 return NestedMetaItem::from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.trees().peekable());
             }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
index 104f84f26e0af..b6ad08dfea834 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/mut_visit.rs
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ fn visit_lazy_tts<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, lazy_tts: &mut Option<LazyAttrToke
     visit_lazy_tts_opt_mut(vis, lazy_tts.as_mut());
 }
 
-/// Applies ident visitor if it's an ident; applies other visits to interpolated nodes.
-/// In practice the ident part is not actually used by specific visitors right now,
-/// but there's a test below checking that it works.
+/// Applies ident visitor if it's an ident. In practice this is not actually
+/// used by specific visitors right now, but there's a test below checking that
+/// it works.
 // No `noop_` prefix because there isn't a corresponding method in `MutVisitor`.
 pub fn visit_token<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, t: &mut Token) {
     let Token { kind, span } = t;
@@ -765,69 +765,11 @@ pub fn visit_token<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, t: &mut Token) {
         token::NtLifetime(ident, _is_raw) => {
             vis.visit_ident(ident);
         }
-        token::Interpolated(nt) => {
-            let nt = Lrc::make_mut(nt);
-            visit_nonterminal(vis, nt);
-        }
         _ => {}
     }
     vis.visit_span(span);
 }
 
-// No `noop_` prefix because there isn't a corresponding method in `MutVisitor`.
-/// Applies the visitor to elements of interpolated nodes.
-//
-// N.B., this can occur only when applying a visitor to partially expanded
-// code, where parsed pieces have gotten implanted ito *other* macro
-// invocations. This is relevant for macro hygiene, but possibly not elsewhere.
-//
-// One problem here occurs because the types for flat_map_item, flat_map_stmt,
-// etc., allow the visitor to return *multiple* items; this is a problem for the
-// nodes here, because they insist on having exactly one piece. One solution
-// would be to mangle the MutVisitor trait to include one-to-many and
-// one-to-one versions of these entry points, but that would probably confuse a
-// lot of people and help very few. Instead, I'm just going to put in dynamic
-// checks. I think the performance impact of this will be pretty much
-// nonexistent. The danger is that someone will apply a `MutVisitor` to a
-// partially expanded node, and will be confused by the fact that their
-// `flat_map_item` or `flat_map_stmt` isn't getting called on `NtItem` or `NtStmt`
-// nodes. Hopefully they'll wind up reading this comment, and doing something
-// appropriate.
-//
-// BTW, design choice: I considered just changing the type of, e.g., `NtItem` to
-// contain multiple items, but decided against it when I looked at
-// `parse_item_or_view_item` and tried to figure out what I would do with
-// multiple items there....
-fn visit_nonterminal<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, nt: &mut token::Nonterminal) {
-    match nt {
-        token::NtItem(item) => visit_clobber(item, |item| {
-            // This is probably okay, because the only visitors likely to
-            // peek inside interpolated nodes will be renamings/markings,
-            // which map single items to single items.
-            vis.flat_map_item(item).expect_one("expected visitor to produce exactly one item")
-        }),
-        token::NtBlock(block) => vis.visit_block(block),
-        token::NtStmt(stmt) => visit_clobber(stmt, |stmt| {
-            // See reasoning above.
-            stmt.map(|stmt| {
-                vis.flat_map_stmt(stmt).expect_one("expected visitor to produce exactly one item")
-            })
-        }),
-        token::NtPat(pat) => vis.visit_pat(pat),
-        token::NtExpr(expr) => vis.visit_expr(expr),
-        token::NtTy(ty) => vis.visit_ty(ty),
-        token::NtLiteral(expr) => vis.visit_expr(expr),
-        token::NtMeta(item) => {
-            let AttrItem { unsafety: _, path, args, tokens } = item.deref_mut();
-            vis.visit_path(path);
-            visit_attr_args(vis, args);
-            visit_lazy_tts(vis, tokens);
-        }
-        token::NtPath(path) => vis.visit_path(path),
-        token::NtVis(visib) => vis.visit_vis(visib),
-    }
-}
-
 // No `noop_` prefix because there isn't a corresponding method in `MutVisitor`.
 fn visit_defaultness<T: MutVisitor>(vis: &mut T, defaultness: &mut Defaultness) {
     match defaultness {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/token.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/token.rs
index 1d6abbef06c95..286631f7c9879 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/token.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/token.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@ use std::fmt;
 
 pub use BinOpToken::*;
 pub use LitKind::*;
-pub use Nonterminal::*;
 pub use NtExprKind::*;
 pub use NtPatKind::*;
 pub use TokenKind::*;
-use rustc_data_structures::stable_hasher::{HashStable, StableHasher};
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
 use rustc_macros::{Decodable, Encodable, HashStable_Generic};
 use rustc_span::edition::Edition;
 #[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)] // FIXME: following use of `hidden_glob_reexports` incorrectly triggers `useless_attribute` lint.
@@ -18,7 +15,6 @@ use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym};
 use rustc_span::{DUMMY_SP, ErrorGuaranteed, Span};
 
 use crate::ast;
-use crate::ptr::P;
 use crate::util::case::Case;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
@@ -42,11 +38,87 @@ pub enum BinOpToken {
     Shr,
 }
 
+// This type must not implement `Hash` due to the unusual `PartialEq` impl below.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Encodable, Decodable, HashStable_Generic)]
+pub enum InvisibleOrigin {
+    // From the expansion of a metavariable in a declarative macro.
+    MetaVar(MetaVarKind),
+
+    // Converted from `proc_macro::Delimiter` in
+    // `proc_macro::Delimiter::to_internal`, i.e. returned by a proc macro.
+    ProcMacro,
+
+    // Converted from `TokenKind::NtLifetime` in `TokenStream::flatten_token`.
+    // Treated similarly to `ProcMacro`.
+    FlattenToken,
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for InvisibleOrigin {
+    #[inline]
+    fn eq(&self, _other: &InvisibleOrigin) -> bool {
+        // When we had AST-based nonterminals we couldn't compare them, and the
+        // old `Nonterminal` type had an `eq` that always returned false,
+        // resulting in this restriction:
+        // https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/reference/macros-by-example.html#forwarding-a-matched-fragment
+        // This `eq` emulates that behaviour. We could consider lifting this
+        // restriction now but there are still cases involving invisible
+        // delimiters that make it harder than it first appears.
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+/// Annoyingly similar to `NonterminalKind`, but the slight differences are important.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash, HashStable_Generic)]
+pub enum MetaVarKind {
+    Item,
+    Block,
+    Stmt,
+    Pat(NtPatKind),
+    Expr {
+        kind: NtExprKind,
+        // This field is needed for `Token::can_begin_literal_maybe_minus`.
+        can_begin_literal_maybe_minus: bool,
+        // This field is needed for `Token::can_begin_string_literal`.
+        can_begin_string_literal: bool,
+    },
+    Ty,
+    Ident,
+    Lifetime,
+    Literal,
+    Meta,
+    Path,
+    Vis,
+    TT,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for MetaVarKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        use MetaVarKind::*;
+        let sym = match self {
+            Item => sym::item,
+            Block => sym::block,
+            Stmt => sym::stmt,
+            Pat(PatParam { inferred: true } | PatWithOr) => sym::pat,
+            Pat(PatParam { inferred: false }) => sym::pat_param,
+            Expr { kind: Expr2021 { inferred: true } | Expr, .. } => sym::expr,
+            Expr { kind: Expr2021 { inferred: false }, .. } => sym::expr_2021,
+            Ty => sym::ty,
+            Ident => sym::ident,
+            Lifetime => sym::lifetime,
+            Literal => sym::literal,
+            Meta => sym::meta,
+            Path => sym::path,
+            Vis => sym::vis,
+            TT => sym::tt,
+        };
+        write!(f, "{}", sym)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Describes how a sequence of token trees is delimited.
 /// Cannot use `proc_macro::Delimiter` directly because this
 /// structure should implement some additional traits.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[derive(Encodable, Decodable, Hash, HashStable_Generic)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub enum Delimiter {
     /// `( ... )`
     Parenthesis,
@@ -59,7 +131,33 @@ pub enum Delimiter {
     /// "macro variable" `$var`. It is important to preserve operator priorities in cases like
     /// `$var * 3` where `$var` is `1 + 2`.
     /// Invisible delimiters might not survive roundtrip of a token stream through a string.
-    Invisible,
+    Invisible(InvisibleOrigin),
+}
+
+impl Delimiter {
+    // Should the parser skip these delimiters? Only happens for certain kinds
+    // of invisible delimiters. Ideally this function will eventually disappear
+    // and no invisible delimiters will be skipped.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn skip(&self) -> bool {
+        use InvisibleOrigin::*;
+        match self {
+            Delimiter::Parenthesis | Delimiter::Bracket | Delimiter::Brace => false,
+            Delimiter::Invisible(MetaVar(_)) => false,
+            Delimiter::Invisible(FlattenToken | ProcMacro) => true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // This exists because `InvisibleOrigin`s should be compared. It is only used for assertions.
+    pub fn eq_ignoring_invisible_origin(&self, other: &Delimiter) -> bool {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (Delimiter::Parenthesis, Delimiter::Parenthesis) => true,
+            (Delimiter::Brace, Delimiter::Brace) => true,
+            (Delimiter::Bracket, Delimiter::Bracket) => true,
+            (Delimiter::Invisible(_), Delimiter::Invisible(_)) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // Note that the suffix is *not* considered when deciding the `LitKind` in this
@@ -108,16 +206,17 @@ impl Lit {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Keep this in sync with `Token::can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` excluding unary negation.
+    /// Keep this in sync with `Token::can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` and
+    /// `Parser::eat_token_lit` (excluding unary negation).
     pub fn from_token(token: &Token) -> Option<Lit> {
         match token.uninterpolate().kind {
             Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No) if name.is_bool_lit() => Some(Lit::new(Bool, name, None)),
             Literal(token_lit) => Some(token_lit),
-            Interpolated(ref nt)
-                if let NtExpr(expr) | NtLiteral(expr) = &**nt
-                    && let ast::ExprKind::Lit(token_lit) = expr.kind =>
-            {
-                Some(token_lit)
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Literal | MetaVarKind::Expr { .. },
+            ))) => {
+                // Unreachable with the current test suite.
+                panic!("from_token metavar");
             }
             _ => None,
         }
@@ -246,9 +345,7 @@ impl From<IdentIsRaw> for bool {
     }
 }
 
-// SAFETY: due to the `Clone` impl below, all fields of all variants other than
-// `Interpolated` must impl `Copy`.
-#[derive(PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub enum TokenKind {
     /* Expression-operator symbols. */
     /// `=`
@@ -337,21 +434,6 @@ pub enum TokenKind {
     /// the `lifetime` metavariable in the macro's RHS.
     NtLifetime(Ident, IdentIsRaw),
 
-    /// An embedded AST node, as produced by a macro. This only exists for
-    /// historical reasons. We'd like to get rid of it, for multiple reasons.
-    /// - It's conceptually very strange. Saying a token can contain an AST
-    ///   node is like saying, in natural language, that a word can contain a
-    ///   sentence.
-    /// - It requires special handling in a bunch of places in the parser.
-    /// - It prevents `Token` from implementing `Copy`.
-    /// It adds complexity and likely slows things down. Please don't add new
-    /// occurrences of this token kind!
-    ///
-    /// The span in the surrounding `Token` is that of the metavariable in the
-    /// macro's RHS. The span within the Nonterminal is that of the fragment
-    /// passed to the macro at the call site.
-    Interpolated(Lrc<Nonterminal>),
-
     /// A doc comment token.
     /// `Symbol` is the doc comment's data excluding its "quotes" (`///`, `/**`, etc)
     /// similarly to symbols in string literal tokens.
@@ -361,20 +443,7 @@ pub enum TokenKind {
     Eof,
 }
 
-impl Clone for TokenKind {
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        // `TokenKind` would impl `Copy` if it weren't for `Interpolated`. So
-        // for all other variants, this implementation of `clone` is just like
-        // a copy. This is faster than the `derive(Clone)` version which has a
-        // separate path for every variant.
-        match self {
-            Interpolated(nt) => Interpolated(nt.clone()),
-            _ => unsafe { std::ptr::read(self) },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub struct Token {
     pub kind: TokenKind,
     pub span: Span,
@@ -462,10 +531,12 @@ impl Token {
     /// for which spans affect name resolution and edition checks.
     /// Note that keywords are also identifiers, so they should use this
     /// if they keep spans or perform edition checks.
+    //
+    // Note: `Parser::uninterpolated_token_span` may give better information
+    // than this method does.
     pub fn uninterpolated_span(&self) -> Span {
         match self.kind {
             NtIdent(ident, _) | NtLifetime(ident, _) => ident.span,
-            Interpolated(ref nt) => nt.use_span(),
             _ => self.span,
         }
     }
@@ -483,7 +554,7 @@ impl Token {
             }
 
             OpenDelim(..) | CloseDelim(..) | Literal(..) | DocComment(..) | Ident(..)
-            | NtIdent(..) | Lifetime(..) | NtLifetime(..) | Interpolated(..) | Eof => false,
+            | NtIdent(..) | Lifetime(..) | NtLifetime(..) | Eof => false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -496,10 +567,11 @@ impl Token {
     /// **NB**: Take care when modifying this function, since it will change
     /// the stable set of tokens that are allowed to match an expr nonterminal.
     pub fn can_begin_expr(&self) -> bool {
+        use Delimiter::*;
         match self.uninterpolate().kind {
             Ident(name, is_raw)              =>
                 ident_can_begin_expr(name, self.span, is_raw), // value name or keyword
-            OpenDelim(..)                     | // tuple, array or block
+            OpenDelim(Parenthesis | Brace | Bracket) | // tuple, array or block
             Literal(..)                       | // literal
             Not                               | // operator not
             BinOp(Minus)                      | // unary minus
@@ -510,16 +582,15 @@ impl Token {
             // DotDotDot is no longer supported, but we need some way to display the error
             DotDot | DotDotDot | DotDotEq     | // range notation
             Lt | BinOp(Shl)                   | // associated path
-            PathSep                            | // global path
+            PathSep                           | // global path
             Lifetime(..)                      | // labeled loop
             Pound                             => true, // expression attributes
-            Interpolated(ref nt) =>
-                matches!(&**nt,
-                    NtBlock(..)   |
-                    NtExpr(..)    |
-                    NtLiteral(..) |
-                    NtPath(..)
-                ),
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Block |
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { .. } |
+                MetaVarKind::Literal |
+                MetaVarKind::Path
+            ))) => true,
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -544,15 +615,14 @@ impl Token {
             BinOp(Shl) => true,           // path (double UFCS)
             // leading vert `|` or-pattern
             BinOp(Or) => matches!(pat_kind, PatWithOr),
-            Interpolated(nt) =>
-                matches!(&**nt,
-                    | NtExpr(..)
-                    | NtLiteral(..)
-                    | NtMeta(..)
-                    | NtPat(..)
-                    | NtPath(..)
-                    | NtTy(..)
-                ),
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { .. } |
+                MetaVarKind::Literal |
+                MetaVarKind::Meta |
+                MetaVarKind::Pat(_) |
+                MetaVarKind::Path |
+                MetaVarKind::Ty
+            ))) => true,
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -572,7 +642,10 @@ impl Token {
             Lifetime(..)                | // lifetime bound in trait object
             Lt | BinOp(Shl)             | // associated path
             PathSep                      => true, // global path
-            Interpolated(ref nt) => matches!(&**nt, NtTy(..) | NtPath(..)),
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Ty |
+                MetaVarKind::Path
+            ))) => true,
             // For anonymous structs or unions, which only appear in specific positions
             // (type of struct fields or union fields), we don't consider them as regular types
             _ => false,
@@ -584,7 +657,9 @@ impl Token {
         match self.kind {
             OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) | Literal(..) | BinOp(Minus) => true,
             Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No) if name.is_bool_lit() => true,
-            Interpolated(ref nt) => matches!(&**nt, NtExpr(..) | NtBlock(..) | NtLiteral(..)),
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { .. } | MetaVarKind::Block | MetaVarKind::Literal,
+            ))) => true,
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -625,20 +700,17 @@ impl Token {
     ///
     /// In other words, would this token be a valid start of `parse_literal_maybe_minus`?
     ///
-    /// Keep this in sync with and `Lit::from_token`, excluding unary negation.
+    /// Keep this in sync with `Lit::from_token` and `Parser::eat_token_lit`
+    /// (excluding unary negation).
     pub fn can_begin_literal_maybe_minus(&self) -> bool {
         match self.uninterpolate().kind {
             Literal(..) | BinOp(Minus) => true,
             Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No) if name.is_bool_lit() => true,
-            Interpolated(ref nt) => match &**nt {
-                NtLiteral(_) => true,
-                NtExpr(e) => match &e.kind {
-                    ast::ExprKind::Lit(_) => true,
-                    ast::ExprKind::Unary(ast::UnOp::Neg, e) => {
-                        matches!(&e.kind, ast::ExprKind::Lit(_))
-                    }
-                    _ => false,
-                },
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mv_kind))) => match mv_kind {
+                MetaVarKind::Literal => true,
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { can_begin_literal_maybe_minus, .. } => {
+                    can_begin_literal_maybe_minus
+                }
                 _ => false,
             },
             _ => false,
@@ -648,12 +720,9 @@ impl Token {
     pub fn can_begin_string_literal(&self) -> bool {
         match self.uninterpolate().kind {
             Literal(..) => true,
-            Interpolated(ref nt) => match &**nt {
-                NtLiteral(_) => true,
-                NtExpr(e) => match &e.kind {
-                    ast::ExprKind::Lit(_) => true,
-                    _ => false,
-                },
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mv_kind))) => match mv_kind {
+                MetaVarKind::Literal => true,
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { can_begin_string_literal, .. } => can_begin_string_literal,
                 _ => false,
             },
             _ => false,
@@ -712,38 +781,23 @@ impl Token {
         self.ident().is_some_and(|(ident, _)| ident.name == name)
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the token is an interpolated path.
-    fn is_whole_path(&self) -> bool {
-        if let Interpolated(nt) = &self.kind
-            && let NtPath(..) = &**nt
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        false
-    }
-
     /// Is this a pre-parsed expression dropped into the token stream
     /// (which happens while parsing the result of macro expansion)?
-    pub fn is_whole_expr(&self) -> bool {
-        if let Interpolated(nt) = &self.kind
-            && let NtExpr(_) | NtLiteral(_) | NtPath(_) | NtBlock(_) = &**nt
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        false
+    pub fn is_metavar_expr(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self.is_metavar_seq(),
+            Some(
+                MetaVarKind::Expr { .. }
+                    | MetaVarKind::Literal
+                    | MetaVarKind::Path
+                    | MetaVarKind::Block
+            )
+        )
     }
 
-    /// Is the token an interpolated block (`$b:block`)?
-    pub fn is_whole_block(&self) -> bool {
-        if let Interpolated(nt) = &self.kind
-            && let NtBlock(..) = &**nt
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        false
+    /// Are we at a block from a metavar (`$b:block`)?
+    pub fn is_metavar_block(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self.is_metavar_seq(), Some(MetaVarKind::Block))
     }
 
     /// Returns `true` if the token is either the `mut` or `const` keyword.
@@ -758,7 +812,7 @@ impl Token {
     pub fn is_path_start(&self) -> bool {
         self == &PathSep
             || self.is_qpath_start()
-            || self.is_whole_path()
+            || matches!(self.is_metavar_seq(), Some(MetaVarKind::Path))
             || self.is_path_segment_keyword()
             || self.is_ident() && !self.is_reserved_ident()
     }
@@ -768,7 +822,8 @@ impl Token {
         self.is_non_raw_ident_where(|id| id.name == kw)
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the token is a given keyword, `kw` or if `case` is `Insensitive` and this token is an identifier equal to `kw` ignoring the case.
+    /// Returns `true` if the token is a given keyword, `kw` or if `case` is `Insensitive` and this
+    /// token is an identifier equal to `kw` ignoring the case.
     pub fn is_keyword_case(&self, kw: Symbol, case: Case) -> bool {
         self.is_keyword(kw)
             || (case == Case::Insensitive
@@ -827,6 +882,15 @@ impl Token {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Is this an invisible open delimiter at the start of a token sequence
+    /// from an expanded metavar?
+    pub fn is_metavar_seq(&self) -> Option<MetaVarKind> {
+        match self.kind {
+            OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(kind))) => Some(kind),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn glue(&self, joint: &Token) -> Option<Token> {
         let kind = match self.kind {
             Eq => match joint.kind {
@@ -880,7 +944,7 @@ impl Token {
             Le | EqEq | Ne | Ge | AndAnd | OrOr | Tilde | BinOpEq(..) | At | DotDotDot
             | DotDotEq | Comma | Semi | PathSep | RArrow | LArrow | FatArrow | Pound | Dollar
             | Question | OpenDelim(..) | CloseDelim(..) | Literal(..) | Ident(..) | NtIdent(..)
-            | Lifetime(..) | NtLifetime(..) | Interpolated(..) | DocComment(..) | Eof => {
+            | Lifetime(..) | NtLifetime(..) | DocComment(..) | Eof => {
                 return None;
             }
         };
@@ -896,7 +960,7 @@ impl PartialEq<TokenKind> for Token {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub enum NtPatKind {
     // Matches or-patterns. Was written using `pat` in edition 2021 or later.
     PatWithOr,
@@ -906,7 +970,7 @@ pub enum NtPatKind {
     PatParam { inferred: bool },
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub enum NtExprKind {
     // Matches expressions using the post-edition 2024. Was written using
     // `expr` in edition 2024 or later.
@@ -917,23 +981,7 @@ pub enum NtExprKind {
     Expr2021 { inferred: bool },
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Encodable, Decodable)]
-/// For interpolation during macro expansion.
-pub enum Nonterminal {
-    NtItem(P<ast::Item>),
-    NtBlock(P<ast::Block>),
-    NtStmt(P<ast::Stmt>),
-    NtPat(P<ast::Pat>),
-    NtExpr(P<ast::Expr>),
-    NtTy(P<ast::Ty>),
-    NtLiteral(P<ast::Expr>),
-    /// Stuff inside brackets for attributes
-    NtMeta(P<ast::AttrItem>),
-    NtPath(P<ast::Path>),
-    NtVis(P<ast::Visibility>),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub enum NonterminalKind {
     Item,
     Block,
@@ -1016,73 +1064,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for NonterminalKind {
     }
 }
 
-impl Nonterminal {
-    pub fn use_span(&self) -> Span {
-        match self {
-            NtItem(item) => item.span,
-            NtBlock(block) => block.span,
-            NtStmt(stmt) => stmt.span,
-            NtPat(pat) => pat.span,
-            NtExpr(expr) | NtLiteral(expr) => expr.span,
-            NtTy(ty) => ty.span,
-            NtMeta(attr_item) => attr_item.span(),
-            NtPath(path) => path.span,
-            NtVis(vis) => vis.span,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn descr(&self) -> &'static str {
-        match self {
-            NtItem(..) => "item",
-            NtBlock(..) => "block",
-            NtStmt(..) => "statement",
-            NtPat(..) => "pattern",
-            NtExpr(..) => "expression",
-            NtLiteral(..) => "literal",
-            NtTy(..) => "type",
-            NtMeta(..) => "attribute",
-            NtPath(..) => "path",
-            NtVis(..) => "visibility",
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl PartialEq for Nonterminal {
-    fn eq(&self, _rhs: &Self) -> bool {
-        // FIXME: Assume that all nonterminals are not equal, we can't compare them
-        // correctly based on data from AST. This will prevent them from matching each other
-        // in macros. The comparison will become possible only when each nonterminal has an
-        // attached token stream from which it was parsed.
-        false
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Debug for Nonterminal {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match *self {
-            NtItem(..) => f.pad("NtItem(..)"),
-            NtBlock(..) => f.pad("NtBlock(..)"),
-            NtStmt(..) => f.pad("NtStmt(..)"),
-            NtPat(..) => f.pad("NtPat(..)"),
-            NtExpr(..) => f.pad("NtExpr(..)"),
-            NtTy(..) => f.pad("NtTy(..)"),
-            NtLiteral(..) => f.pad("NtLiteral(..)"),
-            NtMeta(..) => f.pad("NtMeta(..)"),
-            NtPath(..) => f.pad("NtPath(..)"),
-            NtVis(..) => f.pad("NtVis(..)"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<CTX> HashStable<CTX> for Nonterminal
-where
-    CTX: crate::HashStableContext,
-{
-    fn hash_stable(&self, _hcx: &mut CTX, _hasher: &mut StableHasher) {
-        panic!("interpolated tokens should not be present in the HIR")
-    }
-}
-
 // Some types are used a lot. Make sure they don't unintentionally get bigger.
 #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")]
 mod size_asserts {
@@ -1092,7 +1073,6 @@ mod size_asserts {
     // tidy-alphabetical-start
     static_assert_size!(Lit, 12);
     static_assert_size!(LitKind, 2);
-    static_assert_size!(Nonterminal, 16);
     static_assert_size!(Token, 24);
     static_assert_size!(TokenKind, 16);
     // tidy-alphabetical-end
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
index d5c2bc1c7f63c..36466ea44f3f0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ use rustc_macros::{Decodable, Encodable, HashStable_Generic};
 use rustc_serialize::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use rustc_span::{DUMMY_SP, Span, SpanDecoder, SpanEncoder, Symbol, sym};
 
-use crate::ast::{AttrStyle, StmtKind};
+use crate::ast::AttrStyle;
 use crate::ast_traits::{HasAttrs, HasTokens};
-use crate::token::{self, Delimiter, Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind};
+use crate::token::{self, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
 use crate::{AttrVec, Attribute};
 
 /// Part of a `TokenStream`.
@@ -233,35 +233,52 @@ fn attrs_and_tokens_to_token_trees(
 
     // Insert inner attribute tokens.
     if !inner_attrs.is_empty() {
-        let mut found = false;
-        // Check the last two trees (to account for a trailing semi)
-        for tree in res.iter_mut().rev().take(2) {
-            if let TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, delim, delim_tokens) = tree {
-                // Inner attributes are only supported on extern blocks, functions,
-                // impls, and modules. All of these have their inner attributes
-                // placed at the beginning of the rightmost outermost braced group:
-                // e.g. fn foo() { #![my_attr] }
-                //
-                // Therefore, we can insert them back into the right location
-                // without needing to do any extra position tracking.
-                //
-                // Note: Outline modules are an exception - they can
-                // have attributes like `#![my_attr]` at the start of a file.
-                // Support for custom attributes in this position is not
-                // properly implemented - we always synthesize fake tokens,
-                // so we never reach this code.
+        let found = insert_inner_attrs(inner_attrs, res);
+        assert!(found, "Failed to find trailing delimited group in: {res:?}");
+    }
+
+    // Inner attributes are only supported on blocks, functions, impls, and
+    // modules. All of these have their inner attributes placed at the
+    // beginning of the rightmost outermost braced group:
+    // e.g. `fn foo() { #![my_attr] }`. (Note: the braces may be within
+    // invisible delimiters.)
+    //
+    // Therefore, we can insert them back into the right location without
+    // needing to do any extra position tracking.
+    //
+    // Note: Outline modules are an exception - they can have attributes like
+    // `#![my_attr]` at the start of a file. Support for custom attributes in
+    // this position is not properly implemented - we always synthesize fake
+    // tokens, so we never reach this code.
+    fn insert_inner_attrs(inner_attrs: &[Attribute], tts: &mut Vec<TokenTree>) -> bool {
+        for tree in tts.iter_mut().rev() {
+            if let TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, Delimiter::Brace, stream) = tree {
+                // Found it: the rightmost, outermost braced group.
                 let mut tts = vec![];
                 for inner_attr in inner_attrs {
                     tts.extend(inner_attr.token_trees());
                 }
-                tts.extend(delim_tokens.0.iter().cloned());
+                tts.extend(stream.0.iter().cloned());
                 let stream = TokenStream::new(tts);
-                *tree = TokenTree::Delimited(*span, *spacing, *delim, stream);
-                found = true;
-                break;
+                *tree = TokenTree::Delimited(*span, *spacing, Delimiter::Brace, stream);
+                return true;
+            } else if let TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, Delimiter::Invisible(src), stream) =
+                tree
+            {
+                // Recurse inside invisible delimiters.
+                let mut vec: Vec<_> = stream.trees().cloned().collect();
+                if insert_inner_attrs(inner_attrs, &mut vec) {
+                    *tree = TokenTree::Delimited(
+                        *span,
+                        *spacing,
+                        Delimiter::Invisible(*src),
+                        TokenStream::new(vec),
+                    );
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
         }
-        assert!(found, "Failed to find trailing delimited group in: {res:?}");
+        false
     }
 }
 
@@ -288,11 +305,6 @@ pub struct AttrsTarget {
 }
 
 /// A `TokenStream` is an abstract sequence of tokens, organized into [`TokenTree`]s.
-///
-/// The goal is for procedural macros to work with `TokenStream`s and `TokenTree`s
-/// instead of a representation of the abstract syntax tree.
-/// Today's `TokenTree`s can still contain AST via `token::Interpolated` for
-/// backwards compatibility.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub struct TokenStream(pub(crate) Lrc<Vec<TokenTree>>);
 
@@ -459,73 +471,6 @@ impl TokenStream {
         TokenStream::new(tts)
     }
 
-    pub fn from_nonterminal_ast(nt: &Nonterminal) -> TokenStream {
-        match nt {
-            Nonterminal::NtItem(item) => TokenStream::from_ast(item),
-            Nonterminal::NtBlock(block) => TokenStream::from_ast(block),
-            Nonterminal::NtStmt(stmt) if let StmtKind::Empty = stmt.kind => {
-                // FIXME: Properly collect tokens for empty statements.
-                TokenStream::token_alone(token::Semi, stmt.span)
-            }
-            Nonterminal::NtStmt(stmt) => TokenStream::from_ast(stmt),
-            Nonterminal::NtPat(pat) => TokenStream::from_ast(pat),
-            Nonterminal::NtTy(ty) => TokenStream::from_ast(ty),
-            Nonterminal::NtMeta(attr) => TokenStream::from_ast(attr),
-            Nonterminal::NtPath(path) => TokenStream::from_ast(path),
-            Nonterminal::NtVis(vis) => TokenStream::from_ast(vis),
-            Nonterminal::NtExpr(expr) | Nonterminal::NtLiteral(expr) => TokenStream::from_ast(expr),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn flatten_token(token: &Token, spacing: Spacing) -> TokenTree {
-        match token.kind {
-            token::NtIdent(ident, is_raw) => {
-                TokenTree::Token(Token::new(token::Ident(ident.name, is_raw), ident.span), spacing)
-            }
-            token::NtLifetime(ident, is_raw) => TokenTree::Delimited(
-                DelimSpan::from_single(token.span),
-                DelimSpacing::new(Spacing::JointHidden, spacing),
-                Delimiter::Invisible,
-                TokenStream::token_alone(token::Lifetime(ident.name, is_raw), ident.span),
-            ),
-            token::Interpolated(ref nt) => TokenTree::Delimited(
-                DelimSpan::from_single(token.span),
-                DelimSpacing::new(Spacing::JointHidden, spacing),
-                Delimiter::Invisible,
-                TokenStream::from_nonterminal_ast(&nt).flattened(),
-            ),
-            _ => TokenTree::Token(token.clone(), spacing),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn flatten_token_tree(tree: &TokenTree) -> TokenTree {
-        match tree {
-            TokenTree::Token(token, spacing) => TokenStream::flatten_token(token, *spacing),
-            TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, delim, tts) => {
-                TokenTree::Delimited(*span, *spacing, *delim, tts.flattened())
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn flattened(&self) -> TokenStream {
-        fn can_skip(stream: &TokenStream) -> bool {
-            stream.trees().all(|tree| match tree {
-                TokenTree::Token(token, _) => !matches!(
-                    token.kind,
-                    token::NtIdent(..) | token::NtLifetime(..) | token::Interpolated(..)
-                ),
-                TokenTree::Delimited(.., inner) => can_skip(inner),
-            })
-        }
-
-        if can_skip(self) {
-            return self.clone();
-        }
-
-        self.trees().map(|tree| TokenStream::flatten_token_tree(tree)).collect()
-    }
-
     // If `vec` is not empty, try to glue `tt` onto its last token. The return
     // value indicates if gluing took place.
     fn try_glue_to_last(vec: &mut Vec<TokenTree>, tt: &TokenTree) -> bool {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index c6cb7aa7dd5c2..271d540e4676f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
     }
 
     fn lower_delim_args(&self, args: &DelimArgs) -> DelimArgs {
-        DelimArgs { dspan: args.dspan, delim: args.delim, tokens: args.tokens.flattened() }
+        DelimArgs { dspan: args.dspan, delim: args.delim, tokens: args.tokens.clone() }
     }
 
     /// Lower an associated item constraint.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/mod.rs
index 726ceebe3c524..74da08b8a67d2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/mod.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ pub mod state;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use rustc_ast as ast;
-use rustc_ast::token::{Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{TokenStream, TokenTree};
 pub use state::{AnnNode, Comments, PpAnn, PrintState, State, print_crate};
 
-pub fn nonterminal_to_string(nt: &Nonterminal) -> String {
-    State::new().nonterminal_to_string(nt)
-}
-
 /// Print the token kind precisely, without converting `$crate` into its respective crate name.
 pub fn token_kind_to_string(tok: &TokenKind) -> Cow<'static, str> {
     State::new().token_kind_to_string(tok)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
index 7e07ccf28a0cb..c768f774eb738 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use ast::TraitBoundModifiers;
 use rustc_ast::attr::AttrIdGenerator;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{
-    self, BinOpToken, CommentKind, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind,
-};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, BinOpToken, CommentKind, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use rustc_ast::util::classify;
 use rustc_ast::util::comments::{Comment, CommentStyle};
@@ -879,14 +877,6 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
         }
     }
 
-    fn nonterminal_to_string(&self, nt: &Nonterminal) -> String {
-        // We extract the token stream from the AST fragment and pretty print
-        // it, rather than using AST pretty printing, because `Nonterminal` is
-        // slated for removal in #124141. (This method will also then be
-        // removed.)
-        self.tts_to_string(&TokenStream::from_nonterminal_ast(nt))
-    }
-
     /// Print the token kind precisely, without converting `$crate` into its respective crate name.
     fn token_kind_to_string(&self, tok: &TokenKind) -> Cow<'static, str> {
         self.token_kind_to_string_ext(tok, None)
@@ -931,9 +921,8 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
             token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Bracket) => "]".into(),
             token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) => "{".into(),
             token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Brace) => "}".into(),
-            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible) | token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible) => {
-                "".into()
-            }
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(_))
+            | token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(_)) => "".into(),
             token::Pound => "#".into(),
             token::Dollar => "$".into(),
             token::Question => "?".into(),
@@ -962,8 +951,6 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
                 doc_comment_to_string(comment_kind, attr_style, data).into()
             }
             token::Eof => "<eof>".into(),
-
-            token::Interpolated(ref nt) => self.nonterminal_to_string(&nt).into(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/cfg_eval.rs b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/cfg_eval.rs
index b686a8cf935ca..aae214690c9b5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/cfg_eval.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/cfg_eval.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ impl CfgEval<'_> {
                 },
                 Annotatable::Stmt(_) => |parser| {
                     Ok(Annotatable::Stmt(P(parser
-                        .parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::Yes)?
+                        .parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::Yes, false)?
                         .unwrap())))
                 },
                 Annotatable::Expr(_) => {
@@ -173,11 +173,7 @@ impl CfgEval<'_> {
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             };
 
-        // 'Flatten' all nonterminals (i.e. `TokenKind::Interpolated`)
-        // to `None`-delimited groups containing the corresponding tokens. This
-        // is normally delayed until the proc-macro server actually needs to
-        // provide a `TokenKind::Interpolated` to a proc-macro. We do this earlier,
-        // so that we can handle cases like:
+        // Interesting cases:
         //
         // ```rust
         // #[cfg_eval] #[cfg] $item
@@ -185,8 +181,8 @@ impl CfgEval<'_> {
         //
         // where `$item` is `#[cfg_attr] struct Foo {}`. We want to make
         // sure to evaluate *all* `#[cfg]` and `#[cfg_attr]` attributes - the simplest
-        // way to do this is to do a single parse of a stream without any nonterminals.
-        let orig_tokens = annotatable.to_tokens().flattened();
+        // way to do this is to do a single parse of the token stream.
+        let orig_tokens = annotatable.to_tokens();
 
         // Re-parse the tokens, setting the `capture_cfg` flag to save extra information
         // to the captured `AttrTokenStream` (specifically, we capture
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
index 766d96e268f04..930694265f626 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/messages.ftl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ expand_helper_attribute_name_invalid =
     `{$name}` cannot be a name of derive helper attribute
 
 expand_incomplete_parse =
-    macro expansion ignores token `{$token}` and any following
+    macro expansion ignores {$descr} and any tokens following
     .label = caused by the macro expansion here
     .note = the usage of `{$macro_path}!` is likely invalid in {$kind_name} context
     .suggestion_add_semi = you might be missing a semicolon here
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/base.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/base.rs
index d0552a754feb0..68223551ce824 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/base.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/base.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use rustc_ast::attr::MarkedAttrs;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::Nonterminal;
+use rustc_ast::token::MetaVarKind;
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::TokenStream;
 use rustc_ast::visit::{AssocCtxt, Visitor};
 use rustc_ast::{self as ast, AttrVec, Attribute, HasAttrs, Item, NodeId, PatKind};
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use rustc_errors::{DiagCtxtHandle, ErrorGuaranteed, PResult};
 use rustc_feature::Features;
 use rustc_lint_defs::{BufferedEarlyLint, RegisteredTools};
 use rustc_parse::MACRO_ARGUMENTS;
-use rustc_parse::parser::Parser;
+use rustc_parse::parser::{ForceCollect, Parser};
 use rustc_session::config::CollapseMacroDebuginfo;
 use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
 use rustc_session::{Limit, Session};
@@ -1374,13 +1374,13 @@ pub fn parse_macro_name_and_helper_attrs(
 /// If this item looks like a specific enums from `rental`, emit a fatal error.
 /// See #73345 and #83125 for more details.
 /// FIXME(#73933): Remove this eventually.
-fn pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item: &Item, sess: &Session) {
+fn pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item: &Item, psess: &ParseSess) {
     let name = item.ident.name;
     if name == sym::ProceduralMasqueradeDummyType
         && let ast::ItemKind::Enum(enum_def, _) = &item.kind
         && let [variant] = &*enum_def.variants
         && variant.ident.name == sym::Input
-        && let FileName::Real(real) = sess.source_map().span_to_filename(item.ident.span)
+        && let FileName::Real(real) = psess.source_map().span_to_filename(item.ident.span)
         && let Some(c) = real
             .local_path()
             .unwrap_or(Path::new(""))
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ fn pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item: &Item, sess: &Session) {
         };
 
         if crate_matches {
-            sess.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::ProcMacroBackCompat {
+            psess.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::ProcMacroBackCompat {
                 crate_name: "rental".to_string(),
                 fixed_version: "0.5.6".to_string(),
             });
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ fn pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item: &Item, sess: &Session) {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn ann_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(ann: &Annotatable, sess: &Session) {
+pub(crate) fn ann_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(ann: &Annotatable, psess: &ParseSess) {
     let item = match ann {
         Annotatable::Item(item) => item,
         Annotatable::Stmt(stmt) => match &stmt.kind {
@@ -1415,17 +1415,36 @@ pub(crate) fn ann_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(ann: &Annotatable, sess: &S
         },
         _ => return,
     };
-    pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item, sess)
+    pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item, psess)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn nt_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(nt: &Nonterminal, sess: &Session) {
-    let item = match nt {
-        Nonterminal::NtItem(item) => item,
-        Nonterminal::NtStmt(stmt) => match &stmt.kind {
-            ast::StmtKind::Item(item) => item,
-            _ => return,
-        },
+pub(crate) fn stream_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(
+    kind: MetaVarKind,
+    stream: &TokenStream,
+    psess: &ParseSess,
+) {
+    let item = match kind {
+        MetaVarKind::Item => {
+            let mut parser = Parser::new(psess, stream.clone(), None);
+            // No need to collect tokens for this simple check.
+            parser
+                .parse_item(ForceCollect::No)
+                .expect("failed to reparse item")
+                .expect("an actual item")
+        }
+        MetaVarKind::Stmt => {
+            let mut parser = Parser::new(psess, stream.clone(), None);
+            // No need to collect tokens for this simple check.
+            let stmt = parser
+                .parse_stmt(ForceCollect::No)
+                .expect("failed to reparse")
+                .expect("an actual stmt");
+            match &stmt.kind {
+                ast::StmtKind::Item(item) => item.clone(),
+                _ => return,
+            }
+        }
         _ => return,
     };
-    pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(item, sess)
+    pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(&item, psess)
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/config.rs
index 3208837427736..29474f3dec14d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/config.rs
@@ -213,18 +213,6 @@ impl<'a> StripUnconfigured<'a> {
                     inner = self.configure_tokens(&inner);
                     Some(AttrTokenTree::Delimited(sp, spacing, delim, inner))
                 }
-                AttrTokenTree::Token(
-                    Token {
-                        kind:
-                            TokenKind::NtIdent(..)
-                            | TokenKind::NtLifetime(..)
-                            | TokenKind::Interpolated(..),
-                        ..
-                    },
-                    _,
-                ) => {
-                    panic!("Nonterminal should have been flattened: {:?}", tree);
-                }
                 AttrTokenTree::Token(
                     Token { kind: TokenKind::OpenDelim(_) | TokenKind::CloseDelim(_), .. },
                     _,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
index 0fdccb0891899..91d8d9e4adacc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/errors.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ pub(crate) struct UnsupportedKeyValue {
 pub(crate) struct IncompleteParse<'a> {
     #[primary_span]
     pub span: Span,
-    pub token: Cow<'a, str>,
+    pub descr: String,
     #[label]
     pub label_span: Span,
     pub macro_path: &'a ast::Path,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
index 079dcee99d3f4..3e6f75061b084 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/expand.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use rustc_errors::PResult;
 use rustc_feature::Features;
 use rustc_parse::parser::{
     AttemptLocalParseRecovery, CommaRecoveryMode, ForceCollect, Parser, RecoverColon, RecoverComma,
+    token_descr,
 };
 use rustc_parse::validate_attr;
 use rustc_session::lint::BuiltinLintDiag;
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ pub(crate) fn ensure_complete_parse<'a>(
     span: Span,
 ) {
     if parser.token != token::Eof {
-        let token = pprust::token_to_string(&parser.token);
+        let descr = token_descr(&parser.token);
         // Avoid emitting backtrace info twice.
         let def_site_span = parser.token.span.with_ctxt(SyntaxContext::root());
 
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ pub(crate) fn ensure_complete_parse<'a>(
 
         parser.dcx().emit_err(IncompleteParse {
             span: def_site_span,
-            token,
+            descr,
             label_span: span,
             macro_path,
             kind_name,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
index 103bbb05e7ff3..296788f57798b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/diagnostics.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::TokenStream;
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, DiagCtxtHandle, DiagMessage};
 use rustc_macros::Subdiagnostic;
-use rustc_parse::parser::{Parser, Recovery};
+use rustc_parse::parser::{Parser, Recovery, token_descr};
 use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
 use rustc_span::source_map::SourceMap;
 use rustc_span::symbol::Ident;
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ pub(super) fn failed_to_match_macro(
     }
 
     if let MatcherLoc::Token { token: expected_token } = &remaining_matcher
-        && (matches!(expected_token.kind, TokenKind::Interpolated(_))
-            || matches!(token.kind, TokenKind::Interpolated(_)))
+        && (matches!(expected_token.kind, TokenKind::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(_)))
+            || matches!(token.kind, TokenKind::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(_))))
     {
         err.note("captured metavariables except for `:tt`, `:ident` and `:lifetime` cannot be compared to other tokens");
         err.note("see <https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/reference/macros-by-example.html#forwarding-a-matched-fragment> for more information");
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ impl<'dcx, 'matcher> Tracker<'matcher> for CollectTrackerAndEmitter<'dcx, 'match
                     .map_or(true, |failure| failure.is_better_position(*approx_position))
                 {
                     self.best_failure = Some(BestFailure {
-                        token: token.clone(),
+                        token: *token,
                         position_in_tokenstream: *approx_position,
                         msg,
                         remaining_matcher: self
@@ -336,17 +335,11 @@ pub(super) fn annotate_doc_comment(err: &mut Diag<'_>, sm: &SourceMap, span: Spa
 /// other tokens, this is "unexpected token...".
 pub(super) fn parse_failure_msg(tok: &Token, expected_token: Option<&Token>) -> Cow<'static, str> {
     if let Some(expected_token) = expected_token {
-        Cow::from(format!(
-            "expected `{}`, found `{}`",
-            pprust::token_to_string(expected_token),
-            pprust::token_to_string(tok),
-        ))
+        Cow::from(format!("expected {}, found {}", token_descr(expected_token), token_descr(tok)))
     } else {
         match tok.kind {
             token::Eof => Cow::from("unexpected end of macro invocation"),
-            _ => {
-                Cow::from(format!("no rules expected the token `{}`", pprust::token_to_string(tok)))
-            }
+            _ => Cow::from(format!("no rules expected {}", token_descr(tok))),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
index 3903203da3dbf..658e394721907 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_parser.rs
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 pub(crate) use NamedMatch::*;
 pub(crate) use ParseResult::*;
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, DocComment, NonterminalKind, Token};
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_errors::ErrorGuaranteed;
 use rustc_lint_defs::pluralize;
-use rustc_parse::parser::{ParseNtResult, Parser};
+use rustc_parse::parser::{ParseNtResult, Parser, token_descr};
 use rustc_span::Span;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{Ident, MacroRulesNormalizedIdent};
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ impl Display for MatcherLoc {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
             MatcherLoc::Token { token } | MatcherLoc::SequenceSep { separator: token } => {
-                write!(f, "`{}`", pprust::token_to_string(token))
+                write!(f, "{}", token_descr(token))
             }
             MatcherLoc::MetaVarDecl { bind, kind, .. } => {
                 write!(f, "meta-variable `${bind}")?;
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ pub(super) fn compute_locs(matcher: &[TokenTree]) -> Vec<MatcherLoc> {
         for tt in tts {
             match tt {
                 TokenTree::Token(token) => {
-                    locs.push(MatcherLoc::Token { token: token.clone() });
+                    locs.push(MatcherLoc::Token { token: *token });
                 }
                 TokenTree::Delimited(span, _, delimited) => {
                     let open_token = Token::new(token::OpenDelim(delimited.delim), span.open);
@@ -650,7 +649,7 @@ impl TtParser {
                     // There are no possible next positions AND we aren't waiting for the black-box
                     // parser: syntax error.
                     return Failure(T::build_failure(
-                        parser.token.clone(),
+                        parser.token,
                         parser.approx_token_stream_pos(),
                         "no rules expected this token in macro call",
                     ));
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
index f40f99b6ea123..d74a6a3005518 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ fn has_compile_error_macro(rhs: &mbe::TokenTree) -> bool {
                     && let mbe::TokenTree::Token(bang) = bang
                     && let TokenKind::Not = bang.kind
                     && let mbe::TokenTree::Delimited(.., del) = args
-                    && del.delim != Delimiter::Invisible
+                    && !del.delim.skip()
                 {
                     true
                 } else {
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ impl<'tt> FirstSets<'tt> {
                         // token could be the separator token itself.
 
                         if let (Some(sep), true) = (&seq_rep.separator, subfirst.maybe_empty) {
-                            first.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(sep.clone()));
+                            first.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(*sep));
                         }
 
                         // Reverse scan: Sequence comes before `first`.
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ impl<'tt> FirstSets<'tt> {
                     // If the sequence contents can be empty, then the first
                     // token could be the separator token itself.
                     if let (Some(sep), true) = (&seq_rep.separator, subfirst.maybe_empty) {
-                        first.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(sep.clone()));
+                        first.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(*sep));
                     }
 
                     assert!(first.maybe_empty);
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ impl<'tt> Clone for TtHandle<'tt> {
             // This variant *must* contain a `mbe::TokenTree::Token`, and not
             // any other variant of `mbe::TokenTree`.
             TtHandle::Token(mbe::TokenTree::Token(tok)) => {
-                TtHandle::Token(mbe::TokenTree::Token(tok.clone()))
+                TtHandle::Token(mbe::TokenTree::Token(*tok))
             }
 
             _ => unreachable!(),
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ fn check_matcher_core<'tt>(
                 let mut new;
                 let my_suffix = if let Some(sep) = &seq_rep.separator {
                     new = suffix_first.clone();
-                    new.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(sep.clone()));
+                    new.add_one_maybe(TtHandle::from_token(*sep));
                     &new
                 } else {
                     &suffix_first
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
index f0a6c841f3121..752c11db4bc5c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
@@ -195,11 +195,12 @@ fn parse_tree<'a>(
             // during parsing.
             let mut next = outer_trees.next();
             let mut trees: Box<dyn Iterator<Item = &tokenstream::TokenTree>>;
-            if let Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible, tts)) = next {
-                trees = Box::new(tts.trees());
-                next = trees.next();
-            } else {
-                trees = Box::new(outer_trees);
+            match next {
+                Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(.., delim, tts)) if delim.skip() => {
+                    trees = Box::new(tts.trees());
+                    next = trees.next();
+                }
+                _ => trees = Box::new(outer_trees),
             }
 
             match next {
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ fn parse_tree<'a>(
         }
 
         // `tree` is an arbitrary token. Keep it.
-        tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _) => TokenTree::Token(token.clone()),
+        tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _) => TokenTree::Token(*token),
 
         // `tree` is the beginning of a delimited set of tokens (e.g., `(` or `{`). We need to
         // descend into the delimited set and further parse it.
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ fn parse_kleene_op<'a>(
     match input.next() {
         Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => match kleene_op(token) {
             Some(op) => Ok(Ok((op, token.span))),
-            None => Ok(Err(token.clone())),
+            None => Ok(Err(*token)),
         },
         tree => Err(tree.map_or(span, tokenstream::TokenTree::span)),
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/transcribe.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/transcribe.rs
index fb6fe0bb1d77b..c4bed92f21178 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/transcribe.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/transcribe.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::mem;
 
-use rustc_ast::ExprKind;
 use rustc_ast::mut_visit::{self, MutVisitor};
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Lit, LitKind, Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{
+    self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, InvisibleOrigin, Lit, LitKind, MetaVarKind, Token, TokenKind,
+};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{DelimSpacing, DelimSpan, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use rustc_ast::{ExprKind, StmtKind, UnOp};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_errors::{Diag, DiagCtxtHandle, PResult, pluralize};
 use rustc_parse::lexer::nfc_normalize;
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ pub(super) fn transcribe<'a>(
                 if repeat_idx < repeat_len {
                     frame.idx = 0;
                     if let Some(sep) = sep {
-                        result.push(TokenTree::Token(sep.clone(), Spacing::Alone));
+                        result.push(TokenTree::Token(*sep, Spacing::Alone));
                     }
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -252,7 +254,6 @@ pub(super) fn transcribe<'a>(
                 }
             }
 
-            // Replace the meta-var with the matched token tree from the invocation.
             mbe::TokenTree::MetaVar(mut sp, mut original_ident) => {
                 // Find the matched nonterminal from the macro invocation, and use it to replace
                 // the meta-var.
@@ -272,10 +273,39 @@ pub(super) fn transcribe<'a>(
                 // some of the unnecessary whitespace.
                 let ident = MacroRulesNormalizedIdent::new(original_ident);
                 if let Some(cur_matched) = lookup_cur_matched(ident, interp, &repeats) {
+                    // We wrap the tokens in invisible delimiters, unless they are already wrapped
+                    // in invisible delimiters with the same `MetaVarKind`. Because there is no
+                    // point in having multiple layers of invisible delimiters of the same
+                    // `MetaVarKind`. Indeed, some proc macros can't handle them.
+                    let mut mk_delimited = |mv_kind, mut stream: TokenStream| {
+                        if stream.len() == 1 {
+                            let tree = stream.trees().next().unwrap();
+                            if let TokenTree::Delimited(_, _, delim, inner) = tree
+                                && let Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mvk)) = delim
+                                && mv_kind == *mvk
+                            {
+                                stream = inner.clone();
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // Emit as a token stream within `Delimiter::Invisible` to maintain
+                        // parsing priorities.
+                        marker.visit_span(&mut sp);
+                        // Both the open delim and close delim get the same span, which covers the
+                        // `$foo` in the decl macro RHS.
+                        TokenTree::Delimited(
+                            DelimSpan::from_single(sp),
+                            DelimSpacing::new(Spacing::Alone, Spacing::Alone),
+                            Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mv_kind)),
+                            stream,
+                        )
+                    };
                     let tt = match cur_matched {
                         MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Tt(tt)) => {
                             // `tt`s are emitted into the output stream directly as "raw tokens",
-                            // without wrapping them into groups.
+                            // without wrapping them into groups. Other variables are emitted into
+                            // the output stream as groups with `Delimiter::Invisible` to maintain
+                            // parsing priorities.
                             maybe_use_metavar_location(psess, &stack, sp, tt, &mut marker)
                         }
                         MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Ident(ident, is_raw)) => {
@@ -288,12 +318,58 @@ pub(super) fn transcribe<'a>(
                             let kind = token::NtLifetime(*ident, *is_raw);
                             TokenTree::token_alone(kind, sp)
                         }
-                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Nt(nt)) => {
-                            // Other variables are emitted into the output stream as groups with
-                            // `Delimiter::Invisible` to maintain parsing priorities.
-                            // `Interpolated` is currently used for such groups in rustc parser.
-                            marker.visit_span(&mut sp);
-                            TokenTree::token_alone(token::Interpolated(nt.clone()), sp)
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Item(item)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Item, TokenStream::from_ast(item))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Block(block)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Block, TokenStream::from_ast(block))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Stmt(stmt)) => {
+                            let stream = if let StmtKind::Empty = stmt.kind {
+                                // FIXME: Properly collect tokens for empty statements.
+                                TokenStream::token_alone(token::Semi, stmt.span)
+                            } else {
+                                TokenStream::from_ast(stmt)
+                            };
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Stmt, stream)
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Pat(pat, pat_kind)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Pat(*pat_kind), TokenStream::from_ast(pat))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Expr(expr, kind)) => {
+                            let (can_begin_literal_maybe_minus, can_begin_string_literal) =
+                                match &expr.kind {
+                                    ExprKind::Lit(_) => (true, true),
+                                    ExprKind::Unary(UnOp::Neg, e)
+                                        if matches!(&e.kind, ExprKind::Lit(_)) =>
+                                    {
+                                        (true, false)
+                                    }
+                                    _ => (false, false),
+                                };
+                            mk_delimited(
+                                MetaVarKind::Expr {
+                                    kind: *kind,
+                                    can_begin_literal_maybe_minus,
+                                    can_begin_string_literal,
+                                },
+                                TokenStream::from_ast(expr),
+                            )
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Literal(lit)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Literal, TokenStream::from_ast(lit))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Ty(ty)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Ty, TokenStream::from_ast(ty))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Meta(meta)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Meta, TokenStream::from_ast(meta))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Path(path)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Path, TokenStream::from_ast(path))
+                        }
+                        MatchedSingle(ParseNtResult::Vis(vis)) => {
+                            mk_delimited(MetaVarKind::Vis, TokenStream::from_ast(vis))
                         }
                         MatchedSeq(..) => {
                             // We were unable to descend far enough. This is an error.
@@ -342,7 +418,7 @@ pub(super) fn transcribe<'a>(
             // Nothing much to do here. Just push the token to the result, being careful to
             // preserve syntax context.
             mbe::TokenTree::Token(token) => {
-                let mut token = token.clone();
+                let mut token = *token;
                 mut_visit::visit_token(&mut marker, &mut token);
                 let tt = TokenTree::Token(token, Spacing::Alone);
                 result.push(tt);
@@ -795,10 +871,8 @@ fn extract_symbol_from_pnr<'a>(
             },
             _,
         )) => Ok(*symbol),
-        ParseNtResult::Nt(nt)
-            if let Nonterminal::NtLiteral(expr) = &**nt
-                && let ExprKind::Lit(Lit { kind: LitKind::Str, symbol, suffix: None }) =
-                    &expr.kind =>
+        ParseNtResult::Literal(expr)
+            if let ExprKind::Lit(Lit { kind: LitKind::Str, symbol, suffix: None }) = &expr.kind =>
         {
             Ok(*symbol)
         }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro.rs
index dca0516f9f3b3..bb77b9fa5bc8d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl MultiItemModifier for DeriveProcMacro {
         // We had a lint for a long time, but now we just emit a hard error.
         // Eventually we might remove the special case hard error check
         // altogether. See #73345.
-        crate::base::ann_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(&item, &ecx.sess);
+        crate::base::ann_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(&item, &ecx.sess.psess);
         let input = item.to_tokens();
         let stream = {
             let _timer =
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
index a7b251ab2527e..3ec49136b0f28 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl FromInternal<token::Delimiter> for Delimiter {
             token::Delimiter::Parenthesis => Delimiter::Parenthesis,
             token::Delimiter::Brace => Delimiter::Brace,
             token::Delimiter::Bracket => Delimiter::Bracket,
-            token::Delimiter::Invisible => Delimiter::None,
+            token::Delimiter::Invisible(_) => Delimiter::None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl ToInternal<token::Delimiter> for Delimiter {
             Delimiter::Parenthesis => token::Delimiter::Parenthesis,
             Delimiter::Brace => token::Delimiter::Brace,
             Delimiter::Bracket => token::Delimiter::Bracket,
-            Delimiter::None => token::Delimiter::Invisible,
+            Delimiter::None => token::Delimiter::Invisible(token::InvisibleOrigin::ProcMacro),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -116,11 +116,43 @@ impl FromInternal<(TokenStream, &mut Rustc<'_, '_>)> for Vec<TokenTree<TokenStre
 
         while let Some(tree) = cursor.next() {
             let (Token { kind, span }, joint) = match tree.clone() {
-                tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(span, _, delim, tts) => {
-                    let delimiter = pm::Delimiter::from_internal(delim);
+                tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(span, _, mut delim, mut stream) => {
+                    // We used to have an alternative behaviour for crates that
+                    // needed it: a hack used to pass AST fragments to
+                    // attribute and derive macros as a single nonterminal
+                    // token instead of a token stream. Such token needs to be
+                    // "unwrapped" and not represented as a delimited group. We
+                    // had a lint for a long time, but now we just emit a hard
+                    // error. Eventually we might remove the special case hard
+                    // error check altogether. See #73345.
+                    if let Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(kind)) = delim {
+                        crate::base::stream_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(
+                            kind,
+                            &stream,
+                            rustc.psess(),
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    // In `mk_delimited` we avoid nesting invisible delimited
+                    // of the same `MetaVarKind`. Here we do the same but
+                    // ignore the `MetaVarKind` because it is discarded when we
+                    // convert it to a `Group`.
+                    while let Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_)) = delim {
+                        if stream.len() == 1
+                            && let tree = stream.trees().next().unwrap()
+                            && let tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(_, _, delim2, stream2) = tree
+                            && let Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_)) = delim2
+                        {
+                            delim = *delim2;
+                            stream = stream2.clone();
+                        } else {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     trees.push(TokenTree::Group(Group {
-                        delimiter,
-                        stream: Some(tts),
+                        delimiter: pm::Delimiter::from_internal(delim),
+                        stream: Some(stream),
                         span: DelimSpan {
                             open: span.open,
                             close: span.close,
@@ -278,24 +310,6 @@ impl FromInternal<(TokenStream, &mut Rustc<'_, '_>)> for Vec<TokenTree<TokenStre
                     }));
                 }
 
-                Interpolated(nt) => {
-                    let stream = TokenStream::from_nonterminal_ast(&nt);
-                    // We used to have an alternative behaviour for crates that
-                    // needed it: a hack used to pass AST fragments to
-                    // attribute and derive macros as a single nonterminal
-                    // token instead of a token stream. Such token needs to be
-                    // "unwrapped" and not represented as a delimited group. We
-                    // had a lint for a long time, but now we just emit a hard
-                    // error. Eventually we might remove the special case hard
-                    // error check altogether. See #73345.
-                    crate::base::nt_pretty_printing_compatibility_hack(&nt, rustc.ecx.sess);
-                    trees.push(TokenTree::Group(Group {
-                        delimiter: pm::Delimiter::None,
-                        stream: Some(stream),
-                        span: DelimSpan::from_single(span),
-                    }))
-                }
-
                 OpenDelim(..) | CloseDelim(..) => unreachable!(),
                 Eof => unreachable!(),
             }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_parse/messages.ftl
index 6cb851eb8df6b..e8ee65876a2cd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/messages.ftl
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ parse_expected_identifier_found_doc_comment = expected identifier, found doc com
 parse_expected_identifier_found_doc_comment_str = expected identifier, found doc comment `{$token}`
 parse_expected_identifier_found_keyword = expected identifier, found keyword
 parse_expected_identifier_found_keyword_str = expected identifier, found keyword `{$token}`
+parse_expected_identifier_found_metavar = expected identifier, found metavariable
+# This one deliberately doesn't print a token.
+parse_expected_identifier_found_metavar_str = expected identifier, found metavariable
 parse_expected_identifier_found_reserved_identifier = expected identifier, found reserved identifier
 parse_expected_identifier_found_reserved_identifier_str = expected identifier, found reserved identifier `{$token}`
 parse_expected_identifier_found_reserved_keyword = expected identifier, found reserved keyword
@@ -218,6 +221,8 @@ parse_expected_mut_or_const_in_raw_pointer_type = expected `mut` or `const` keyw
 
 parse_expected_semi_found_doc_comment_str = expected `;`, found doc comment `{$token}`
 parse_expected_semi_found_keyword_str = expected `;`, found keyword `{$token}`
+# This one deliberately doesn't print a token.
+parse_expected_semi_found_metavar_str = expected `;`, found metavariable
 parse_expected_semi_found_reserved_identifier_str = expected `;`, found reserved identifier `{$token}`
 parse_expected_semi_found_reserved_keyword_str = expected `;`, found reserved keyword `{$token}`
 parse_expected_semi_found_str = expected `;`, found `{$token}`
@@ -410,7 +415,7 @@ parse_invalid_logical_operator = `{$incorrect}` is not a logical operator
     .use_amp_amp_for_conjunction = use `&&` to perform logical conjunction
     .use_pipe_pipe_for_disjunction = use `||` to perform logical disjunction
 
-parse_invalid_meta_item = expected unsuffixed literal, found `{$token}`
+parse_invalid_meta_item = expected unsuffixed literal, found {$descr}
     .quote_ident_sugg = surround the identifier with quotation marks to make it into a string literal
 
 parse_invalid_offset_of = offset_of expects dot-separated field and variant names
@@ -833,7 +838,7 @@ parse_unexpected_parentheses_in_match_arm_pattern = unexpected parentheses surro
 parse_unexpected_self_in_generic_parameters = unexpected keyword `Self` in generic parameters
     .note = you cannot use `Self` as a generic parameter because it is reserved for associated items
 
-parse_unexpected_token_after_dot = unexpected token: `{$actual}`
+parse_unexpected_token_after_dot = unexpected token: {$actual}
 
 parse_unexpected_token_after_label = expected `while`, `for`, `loop` or `{"{"}` after a label
     .suggestion_remove_label = consider removing the label
@@ -847,6 +852,8 @@ parse_unexpected_token_after_not_logical = use `!` to perform logical negation
 parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name
 parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_doc_comment = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name, found doc comment `{$token}`
 parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_keyword = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name, found keyword `{$token}`
+# This one deliberately doesn't print a token.
+parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_metavar = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name, found metavar
 parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_other = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name, found `{$token}`
 
 parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_reserved_identifier = expected `where`, `{"{"}`, `(`, or `;` after struct name, found reserved identifier `{$token}`
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
index 20bcefd4fe1e7..a6999c8cedca3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/errors.rs
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SuffixedLiteralInAttribute {
 pub(crate) struct InvalidMetaItem {
     #[primary_span]
     pub span: Span,
-    pub token: Token,
+    pub descr: String,
     #[subdiagnostic]
     pub quote_ident_sugg: Option<InvalidMetaItemQuoteIdentSugg>,
 }
@@ -1085,6 +1085,8 @@ pub(crate) enum ExpectedIdentifierFound {
     ReservedKeyword(#[primary_span] Span),
     #[label(parse_expected_identifier_found_doc_comment)]
     DocComment(#[primary_span] Span),
+    #[label(parse_expected_identifier_found_metavar)]
+    MetaVar(#[primary_span] Span),
     #[label(parse_expected_identifier)]
     Other(#[primary_span] Span),
 }
@@ -1098,6 +1100,7 @@ impl ExpectedIdentifierFound {
             Some(TokenDescription::Keyword) => ExpectedIdentifierFound::Keyword,
             Some(TokenDescription::ReservedKeyword) => ExpectedIdentifierFound::ReservedKeyword,
             Some(TokenDescription::DocComment) => ExpectedIdentifierFound::DocComment,
+            Some(TokenDescription::MetaVar(_)) => ExpectedIdentifierFound::MetaVar,
             None => ExpectedIdentifierFound::Other,
         })(span)
     }
@@ -1116,6 +1119,7 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diagnostic<'a, G> for ExpectedIdentifier {
     fn into_diag(self, dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'a>, level: Level) -> Diag<'a, G> {
         let token_descr = TokenDescription::from_token(&self.token);
 
+        let mut add_token = true;
         let mut diag = Diag::new(dcx, level, match token_descr {
             Some(TokenDescription::ReservedIdentifier) => {
                 fluent::parse_expected_identifier_found_reserved_identifier_str
@@ -1127,10 +1131,16 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diagnostic<'a, G> for ExpectedIdentifier {
             Some(TokenDescription::DocComment) => {
                 fluent::parse_expected_identifier_found_doc_comment_str
             }
+            Some(TokenDescription::MetaVar(_)) => {
+                add_token = false;
+                fluent::parse_expected_identifier_found_metavar_str
+            }
             None => fluent::parse_expected_identifier_found_str,
         });
         diag.span(self.span);
-        diag.arg("token", self.token);
+        if add_token {
+            diag.arg("token", self.token);
+        }
 
         if let Some(sugg) = self.suggest_raw {
             sugg.add_to_diag(&mut diag);
@@ -1170,6 +1180,7 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diagnostic<'a, G> for ExpectedSemi {
     fn into_diag(self, dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'a>, level: Level) -> Diag<'a, G> {
         let token_descr = TokenDescription::from_token(&self.token);
 
+        let mut add_token = true;
         let mut diag = Diag::new(dcx, level, match token_descr {
             Some(TokenDescription::ReservedIdentifier) => {
                 fluent::parse_expected_semi_found_reserved_identifier_str
@@ -1179,10 +1190,16 @@ impl<'a, G: EmissionGuarantee> Diagnostic<'a, G> for ExpectedSemi {
                 fluent::parse_expected_semi_found_reserved_keyword_str
             }
             Some(TokenDescription::DocComment) => fluent::parse_expected_semi_found_doc_comment_str,
+            Some(TokenDescription::MetaVar(_)) => {
+                add_token = false;
+                fluent::parse_expected_semi_found_metavar_str
+            }
             None => fluent::parse_expected_semi_found_str,
         });
         diag.span(self.span);
-        diag.arg("token", self.token);
+        if add_token {
+            diag.arg("token", self.token);
+        }
 
         if let Some(unexpected_token_label) = self.unexpected_token_label {
             diag.span_label(unexpected_token_label, fluent::parse_label_unexpected_token);
@@ -1657,10 +1674,10 @@ pub(crate) struct SelfArgumentPointer {
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(parse_unexpected_token_after_dot)]
-pub(crate) struct UnexpectedTokenAfterDot<'a> {
+pub(crate) struct UnexpectedTokenAfterDot {
     #[primary_span]
     pub span: Span,
-    pub actual: Cow<'a, str>,
+    pub actual: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
@@ -1916,6 +1933,12 @@ pub(crate) enum UnexpectedTokenAfterStructName {
         span: Span,
         token: Token,
     },
+    #[diag(parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_metavar)]
+    MetaVar {
+        #[primary_span]
+        #[label(parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name)]
+        span: Span,
+    },
     #[diag(parse_unexpected_token_after_struct_name_found_other)]
     Other {
         #[primary_span]
@@ -1932,6 +1955,7 @@ impl UnexpectedTokenAfterStructName {
             Some(TokenDescription::Keyword) => Self::Keyword { span, token },
             Some(TokenDescription::ReservedKeyword) => Self::ReservedKeyword { span, token },
             Some(TokenDescription::DocComment) => Self::DocComment { span, token },
+            Some(TokenDescription::MetaVar(_)) => Self::MetaVar { span },
             None => Self::Other { span, token },
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/tokentrees.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/tokentrees.rs
index d35c9c7bae7d6..7b21ffacc841d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/tokentrees.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/tokentrees.rs
@@ -43,11 +43,19 @@ impl<'psess, 'src> TokenTreesReader<'psess, 'src> {
         let mut buf = Vec::new();
         loop {
             match self.token.kind {
-                token::OpenDelim(delim) => buf.push(match self.lex_token_tree_open_delim(delim) {
-                    Ok(val) => val,
-                    Err(errs) => return (open_spacing, TokenStream::new(buf), Err(errs)),
-                }),
+                token::OpenDelim(delim) => {
+                    // Invisible delimiters cannot occur here because `TokenTreesReader` parses
+                    // code directly from strings, with no macro expansion involved.
+                    debug_assert!(!matches!(delim, Delimiter::Invisible(_)));
+                    buf.push(match self.lex_token_tree_open_delim(delim) {
+                        Ok(val) => val,
+                        Err(errs) => return (open_spacing, TokenStream::new(buf), Err(errs)),
+                    })
+                }
                 token::CloseDelim(delim) => {
+                    // Invisible delimiters cannot occur here because `TokenTreesReader` parses
+                    // code directly from strings, with no macro expansion involved.
+                    debug_assert!(!matches!(delim, Delimiter::Invisible(_)));
                     return (
                         open_spacing,
                         TokenStream::new(buf),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unicode_chars.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
index d78b3664b1ee8..0d1ea767ea7ee 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ pub(super) fn check_for_substitution(
             ascii_name,
         })
     };
-    (token.clone(), sugg)
+    (*token, sugg)
 }
 
 /// Extract string if found at current position with given delimiters
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr.rs
index c65cf3f40f658..c26e905883b88 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use rustc_ast as ast;
 use rustc_ast::attr;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, MetaVarKind};
 use rustc_errors::codes::*;
 use rustc_errors::{Diag, PResult};
 use rustc_span::symbol::kw;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use super::{
     AttrWrapper, Capturing, FnParseMode, ForceCollect, Parser, ParserRange, PathStyle, Trailing,
     UsePreAttrPos,
 };
-use crate::{errors, fluent_generated as fluent, maybe_whole};
+use crate::{errors, fluent_generated as fluent};
 
 // Public for rustfmt usage
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -272,7 +272,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     ///     PATH `=` UNSUFFIXED_LIT
     /// The delimiters or `=` are still put into the resulting token stream.
     pub fn parse_attr_item(&mut self, force_collect: ForceCollect) -> PResult<'a, ast::AttrItem> {
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtMeta, |attr| attr.into_inner());
+        if let Some(item) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Meta, |this| this.parse_attr_item(force_collect))
+        {
+            return Ok(item);
+        }
 
         // Attr items don't have attributes.
         self.collect_tokens(None, AttrWrapper::empty(), force_collect, |this, _empty_attrs| {
@@ -397,18 +401,18 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         &mut self,
         unsafe_allowed: AllowLeadingUnsafe,
     ) -> PResult<'a, ast::MetaItem> {
-        // We can't use `maybe_whole` here because it would bump in the `None`
-        // case, which we don't want.
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &self.token.kind
-            && let token::NtMeta(attr_item) = &**nt
+        // Snapshot the parser so we can backtrack in the case where `attr_item.meta()` fails.
+        let mut snapshot = self.create_snapshot_for_diagnostic();
+        if let Some(attr_item) = snapshot
+            .eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Meta, |this| this.parse_attr_item(ForceCollect::No))
         {
-            match attr_item.meta(attr_item.path.span) {
+            return match attr_item.meta(attr_item.path.span) {
                 Some(meta) => {
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(meta);
+                    self.restore_snapshot(snapshot);
+                    Ok(meta)
                 }
-                None => self.unexpected()?,
-            }
+                None => self.unexpected_any(),
+            };
         }
 
         let lo = self.token.span;
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
         let mut err = errors::InvalidMetaItem {
             span: self.token.span,
-            token: self.token.clone(),
+            descr: super::token_descr(&self.token),
             quote_ident_sugg: None,
         };
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
index 8bd615e6d7913..611d300f3f987 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/attr_wrapper.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl ToAttrTokenStream for LazyAttrTokenStreamImpl {
         // produce an empty `TokenStream` if no calls were made, and omit the
         // final token otherwise.
         let mut cursor_snapshot = self.cursor_snapshot.clone();
-        let tokens = iter::once(FlatToken::Token(self.start_token.clone()))
+        let tokens = iter::once(FlatToken::Token(self.start_token))
             .chain(iter::repeat_with(|| FlatToken::Token(cursor_snapshot.next())))
             .take(self.num_calls as usize);
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl ToAttrTokenStream for LazyAttrTokenStreamImpl {
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     pub(super) fn collect_pos(&self) -> CollectPos {
         CollectPos {
-            start_token: (self.token.clone(), self.token_spacing),
+            start_token: (self.token, self.token_spacing),
             cursor_snapshot: self.token_cursor.clone(),
             start_pos: self.num_bump_calls,
         }
@@ -496,8 +496,8 @@ fn make_attr_token_stream(
             FlatToken::Token((Token { kind: TokenKind::CloseDelim(delim), span }, spacing)) => {
                 let frame_data = mem::replace(&mut stack_top, stack_rest.pop().unwrap());
                 let (open_delim, open_sp, open_spacing) = frame_data.open_delim_sp.unwrap();
-                assert_eq!(
-                    open_delim, delim,
+                assert!(
+                    open_delim.eq_ignoring_invisible_origin(&delim),
                     "Mismatched open/close delims: open={open_delim:?} close={span:?}"
                 );
                 let dspan = DelimSpan::from_pair(open_sp, span);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
index f32307f6ed4d8..5f910d77a0b23 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/diagnostics.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ use ast::token::IdentIsRaw;
 use rustc_ast as ast;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, Lit, LitKind, Token, TokenKind};
-use rustc_ast::tokenstream::AttrTokenTree;
 use rustc_ast::util::parser::AssocOp;
 use rustc_ast::{
     AngleBracketedArg, AngleBracketedArgs, AnonConst, AttrVec, BinOpKind, BindingMode, Block,
-    BlockCheckMode, Expr, ExprKind, GenericArg, Generics, HasTokens, Item, ItemKind, Param, Pat,
-    PatKind, Path, PathSegment, QSelf, Recovered, Ty, TyKind,
+    BlockCheckMode, Expr, ExprKind, GenericArg, Generics, Item, ItemKind, Param, Pat, PatKind,
+    Path, PathSegment, QSelf, Recovered, Ty, TyKind,
 };
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashSet;
@@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let mut recovered_ident = None;
         // we take this here so that the correct original token is retained in
         // the diagnostic, regardless of eager recovery.
-        let bad_token = self.token.clone();
+        let bad_token = self.token;
 
         // suggest prepending a keyword in identifier position with `r#`
         let suggest_raw = if let Some((ident, IdentIsRaw::No)) = self.token.ident()
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             // if the previous token is a valid keyword
             // that might use a generic, then suggest a correct
             // generic placement (later on)
-            let maybe_keyword = self.prev_token.clone();
+            let maybe_keyword = self.prev_token;
             if valid_prev_keywords.into_iter().any(|x| maybe_keyword.is_keyword(x)) {
                 // if we have a valid keyword, attempt to parse generics
                 // also obtain the keywords symbol
@@ -497,7 +496,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     false
                 }
 
-                if **token != parser::TokenType::Token(self.token.kind.clone()) {
+                if **token != parser::TokenType::Token(self.token.kind) {
                     let eq = is_ident_eq_keyword(&self.token.kind, &token);
                     // If the suggestion is a keyword and the found token is an ident,
                     // the content of which are equal to the suggestion's content,
@@ -561,7 +560,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 //   let y = 42;
                 let guar = self.dcx().emit_err(ExpectedSemi {
                     span: self.token.span,
-                    token: self.token.clone(),
+                    token: self.token,
                     unexpected_token_label: None,
                     sugg: ExpectedSemiSugg::ChangeToSemi(self.token.span),
                 });
@@ -586,7 +585,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 let span = self.prev_token.span.shrink_to_hi();
                 let guar = self.dcx().emit_err(ExpectedSemi {
                     span,
-                    token: self.token.clone(),
+                    token: self.token,
                     unexpected_token_label: Some(self.token.span),
                     sugg: ExpectedSemiSugg::AddSemi(span),
                 });
@@ -831,7 +830,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let span = self.prev_token.span.shrink_to_hi();
         let mut err = self.dcx().create_err(ExpectedSemi {
             span,
-            token: self.token.clone(),
+            token: self.token,
             unexpected_token_label: Some(self.token.span),
             sugg: ExpectedSemiSugg::AddSemi(span),
         });
@@ -2428,52 +2427,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             err.subdiagnostic(ExprParenthesesNeeded::surrounding(*sp));
         }
         err.span_label(span, "expected expression");
-
-        // Walk the chain of macro expansions for the current token to point at how the original
-        // code was interpreted. This helps the user realize when a macro argument of one type is
-        // later reinterpreted as a different type, like `$x:expr` being reinterpreted as `$x:pat`
-        // in a subsequent macro invocation (#71039).
-        let mut tok = self.token.clone();
-        let mut labels = vec![];
-        while let TokenKind::Interpolated(nt) = &tok.kind {
-            let tokens = nt.tokens();
-            labels.push(nt.clone());
-            if let Some(tokens) = tokens
-                && let tokens = tokens.to_attr_token_stream()
-                && let tokens = tokens.0.deref()
-                && let [AttrTokenTree::Token(token, _)] = &tokens[..]
-            {
-                tok = token.clone();
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        let mut iter = labels.into_iter().peekable();
-        let mut show_link = false;
-        while let Some(nt) = iter.next() {
-            let descr = nt.descr();
-            if let Some(next) = iter.peek() {
-                let next_descr = next.descr();
-                if next_descr != descr {
-                    err.span_label(next.use_span(), format!("this is expected to be {next_descr}"));
-                    err.span_label(
-                        nt.use_span(),
-                        format!(
-                            "this is interpreted as {}, but it is expected to be {}",
-                            next_descr, descr,
-                        ),
-                    );
-                    show_link = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if show_link {
-            err.note(
-                "when forwarding a matched fragment to another macro-by-example, matchers in the \
-                 second macro will see an opaque AST of the fragment type, not the underlying \
-                 tokens",
-            );
-        }
         err
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
index 0ac6133e8289f..9e015e813c5f6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use ast::mut_visit::{self, MutVisitor};
 use ast::token::IdentIsRaw;
 use ast::{CoroutineKind, ForLoopKind, GenBlockKind, MatchKind, Pat, Path, PathSegment, Recovered};
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::util::case::Case;
 use rustc_ast::util::classify;
 use rustc_ast::util::parser::{AssocOp, Fixity, prec_let_scrutinee_needs_par};
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use rustc_ast::{
     ClosureBinder, DUMMY_NODE_ID, Expr, ExprField, ExprKind, FnDecl, FnRetTy, Label, MacCall,
     MetaItemLit, Movability, Param, RangeLimits, StmtKind, Ty, TyKind, UnOp,
 };
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_data_structures::stack::ensure_sufficient_stack;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, PResult, StashKey, Subdiagnostic};
 use rustc_lexer::unescape::unescape_char;
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ pub(super) enum DestructuredFloat {
     /// 1.2 | 1.2e3
     MiddleDot(Symbol, Span, Span, Symbol, Span),
     /// Invalid
-    Error(ErrorGuaranteed),
+    Error,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn error_found_expr_would_be_stmt(&self, lhs: &Expr) {
         self.dcx().emit_err(errors::FoundExprWouldBeStmt {
             span: self.token.span,
-            token: self.token.clone(),
+            token: self.token,
             suggestion: ExprParenthesesNeeded::surrounding(lhs.span),
         });
     }
@@ -457,7 +456,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         cur_op_span: Span,
     ) -> PResult<'a, P<Expr>> {
         let rhs = if self.is_at_start_of_range_notation_rhs() {
-            let maybe_lt = self.token.clone();
+            let maybe_lt = self.token;
             let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
             Some(
                 self.parse_expr_assoc_with(prec + 1, attrs)
@@ -644,14 +643,14 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             // can't continue an expression after an ident
             token::Ident(name, is_raw) => token::ident_can_begin_expr(name, t.span, is_raw),
             token::Literal(..) | token::Pound => true,
-            _ => t.is_whole_expr(),
+            _ => t.is_metavar_expr(),
         };
         self.token.is_ident_named(sym::not) && self.look_ahead(1, token_cannot_continue_expr)
     }
 
     /// Recover on `not expr` in favor of `!expr`.
     fn recover_not_expr(&mut self, lo: Span) -> PResult<'a, (Span, ExprKind)> {
-        let negated_token = self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.clone());
+        let negated_token = self.look_ahead(1, |t| *t);
 
         let sub_diag = if negated_token.is_numeric_lit() {
             errors::NotAsNegationOperatorSub::SuggestNotBitwise
@@ -677,7 +676,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Returns the span of expr if it was not interpolated, or the span of the interpolated token.
     fn interpolated_or_expr_span(&self, expr: &Expr) -> Span {
         match self.prev_token.kind {
-            TokenKind::NtIdent(..) | TokenKind::NtLifetime(..) | TokenKind::Interpolated(..) => {
+            TokenKind::NtIdent(..) | TokenKind::NtLifetime(..) => self.prev_token.span,
+            TokenKind::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_))) => {
+                // `expr.span` is the interpolated span, because invisible open
+                // and close delims both get marked with the same span, one
+                // that covers the entire thing between them. (See
+                // `rustc_expand::mbe::transcribe::transcribe`.)
                 self.prev_token.span
             }
             _ => expr.span,
@@ -1005,7 +1009,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                             self.mk_expr_tuple_field_access(lo, ident1_span, base, sym1, None);
                         self.mk_expr_tuple_field_access(lo, ident2_span, base1, sym2, suffix)
                     }
-                    DestructuredFloat::Error(_) => base,
+                    DestructuredFloat::Error => base,
                 })
             }
             _ => {
@@ -1015,17 +1019,21 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn error_unexpected_after_dot(&self) -> ErrorGuaranteed {
-        let actual = pprust::token_to_string(&self.token);
+    fn error_unexpected_after_dot(&self) {
+        let actual = super::token_descr(&self.token);
         let span = self.token.span;
         let sm = self.psess.source_map();
         let (span, actual) = match (&self.token.kind, self.subparser_name) {
-            (token::Eof, Some(_)) if let Ok(actual) = sm.span_to_snippet(sm.next_point(span)) => {
-                (span.shrink_to_hi(), actual.into())
+            (token::Eof, Some(_)) if let Ok(snippet) = sm.span_to_snippet(sm.next_point(span)) => {
+                (span.shrink_to_hi(), format!("`{}`", snippet))
+            }
+            (token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_))), _) => {
+                // Don't need to report an error in this case.
+                return;
             }
             _ => (span, actual),
         };
-        self.dcx().emit_err(errors::UnexpectedTokenAfterDot { span, actual })
+        self.dcx().emit_err(errors::UnexpectedTokenAfterDot { span, actual });
     }
 
     /// We need an identifier or integer, but the next token is a float.
@@ -1111,8 +1119,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             // 1.2e+3 | 1.2e-3
             [IdentLike(_), Punct('.'), IdentLike(_), Punct('+' | '-'), IdentLike(_)] => {
                 // See the FIXME about `TokenCursor` above.
-                let guar = self.error_unexpected_after_dot();
-                DestructuredFloat::Error(guar)
+                self.error_unexpected_after_dot();
+                DestructuredFloat::Error
             }
             _ => panic!("unexpected components in a float token: {components:?}"),
         }
@@ -1178,7 +1186,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                 fields.insert(start_idx, Ident::new(symbol2, span2));
                                 fields.insert(start_idx, Ident::new(symbol1, span1));
                             }
-                            DestructuredFloat::Error(_) => {
+                            DestructuredFloat::Error => {
                                 trailing_dot = None;
                                 fields.insert(start_idx, Ident::new(symbol, self.prev_token.span));
                             }
@@ -1382,25 +1390,34 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn parse_expr_bottom(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Expr>> {
         maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath!(self, true);
 
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &self.token.kind {
-            match &**nt {
-                token::NtExpr(e) | token::NtLiteral(e) => {
-                    let e = e.clone();
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(e);
-                }
-                token::NtPath(path) => {
-                    let path = (**path).clone();
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(self.mk_expr(self.prev_token.span, ExprKind::Path(None, path)));
-                }
-                token::NtBlock(block) => {
-                    let block = block.clone();
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(self.mk_expr(self.prev_token.span, ExprKind::Block(block, None)));
+        let span = self.token.span;
+        if let Some(expr) = self.eat_metavar_seq_with_matcher(
+            |mv_kind| matches!(mv_kind, MetaVarKind::Expr { .. }),
+            |this| {
+                let expr = this.parse_expr();
+                // FIXME(nnethercote) Sometimes with expressions we get a trailing comma, possibly
+                // related to the FIXME in `collect_tokens_for_expr`. Examples are the multi-line
+                // `assert_eq!` calls involving arguments annotated with `#[rustfmt::skip]` in
+                // `compiler/rustc_index/src/bit_set/tests.rs`.
+                if this.token.kind == token::Comma {
+                    this.bump();
                 }
-                _ => {}
-            };
+                expr
+            },
+        ) {
+            return Ok(expr);
+        } else if let Some(lit) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Literal, |this| this.parse_literal_maybe_minus())
+        {
+            return Ok(lit);
+        } else if let Some(block) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Block, |this| this.parse_block())
+        {
+            return Ok(self.mk_expr(span, ExprKind::Block(block, None)));
+        } else if let Some(path) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Path, |this| this.parse_path(PathStyle::Type))
+        {
+            return Ok(self.mk_expr(span, ExprKind::Path(None, path)));
         }
 
         // Outer attributes are already parsed and will be
@@ -1408,7 +1425,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
         let restrictions = self.restrictions;
         self.with_res(restrictions - Restrictions::ALLOW_LET, |this| {
-            // Note: when adding new syntax here, don't forget to adjust `TokenKind::can_begin_expr()`.
+            // Note: when adding new syntax here, don't forget to adjust
+            // `TokenKind::can_begin_expr()`.
             let lo = this.token.span;
             if let token::Literal(_) = this.token.kind {
                 // This match arm is a special-case of the `_` match arm below and
@@ -1592,7 +1610,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 
     fn parse_expr_path_start(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Expr>> {
-        let maybe_eq_tok = self.prev_token.clone();
+        let maybe_eq_tok = self.prev_token;
         let (qself, path) = if self.eat_lt() {
             let lt_span = self.prev_token.span;
             let (qself, path) = self.parse_qpath(PathStyle::Expr).map_err(|mut err| {
@@ -1651,7 +1669,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         } else if self.eat_keyword(kw::Loop) {
             self.parse_expr_loop(label, lo)
         } else if self.check_noexpect(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace))
-            || self.token.is_whole_block()
+            || self.token.is_metavar_block()
         {
             self.parse_expr_block(label, lo, BlockCheckMode::Default)
         } else if !ate_colon
@@ -2038,7 +2056,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         &mut self,
         mk_lit_char: impl FnOnce(Symbol, Span) -> L,
     ) -> PResult<'a, L> {
-        let token = self.token.clone();
+        let token = self.token;
         let err = |self_: &Self| {
             let msg = format!("unexpected token: {}", super::token_descr(&token));
             self_.dcx().struct_span_err(token.span, msg)
@@ -2105,49 +2123,78 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         recovered
     }
 
+    /// Keep this in sync with `Token::can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` and
+    /// `Lit::from_token` (excluding unary negation).
+    pub fn eat_token_lit(&mut self) -> Option<token::Lit> {
+        match self.token.uninterpolate().kind {
+            token::Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No) if name.is_bool_lit() => {
+                self.bump();
+                Some(token::Lit::new(token::Bool, name, None))
+            }
+            token::Literal(token_lit) => {
+                self.bump();
+                Some(token_lit)
+            }
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                MetaVarKind::Literal,
+            ))) => {
+                let lit = self
+                    .eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Literal, |this| this.parse_literal_maybe_minus())
+                    .expect("metavar seq literal");
+                let ast::ExprKind::Lit(token_lit) = lit.kind else {
+                    panic!("didn't reparse a literal");
+                };
+                Some(token_lit)
+            }
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                mv_kind @ MetaVarKind::Expr { can_begin_literal_maybe_minus: true, .. },
+            ))) => {
+                let expr = self
+                    .eat_metavar_seq(mv_kind, |this| this.parse_expr())
+                    .expect("metavar seq expr");
+                let ast::ExprKind::Lit(token_lit) = expr.kind else {
+                    panic!("didn't reparse an expr");
+                };
+                Some(token_lit)
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Matches `lit = true | false | token_lit`.
     /// Returns `None` if the next token is not a literal.
-    pub(super) fn parse_opt_token_lit(&mut self) -> Option<(token::Lit, Span)> {
-        let recovered = self.recover_after_dot();
-        let token = recovered.as_ref().unwrap_or(&self.token);
-        let span = token.span;
-
-        token::Lit::from_token(token).map(|token_lit| {
-            self.bump();
-            (token_lit, span)
-        })
+    fn parse_opt_token_lit(&mut self) -> Option<(token::Lit, Span)> {
+        match self.recover_after_dot() {
+            Some(recovered) => self.token = recovered,
+            None => {}
+        }
+        let span = self.token.span;
+        self.eat_token_lit().map(|token_lit| (token_lit, span))
     }
 
     /// Matches `lit = true | false | token_lit`.
     /// Returns `None` if the next token is not a literal.
-    pub(super) fn parse_opt_meta_item_lit(&mut self) -> Option<MetaItemLit> {
-        let recovered = self.recover_after_dot();
-        let token = recovered.as_ref().unwrap_or(&self.token);
-        match token::Lit::from_token(token) {
-            Some(lit) => {
-                match MetaItemLit::from_token_lit(lit, token.span) {
-                    Ok(lit) => {
-                        self.bump();
-                        Some(lit)
-                    }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        let span = token.uninterpolated_span();
-                        self.bump();
-                        let guar = report_lit_error(self.psess, err, lit, span);
-                        // Pack possible quotes and prefixes from the original literal into
-                        // the error literal's symbol so they can be pretty-printed faithfully.
-                        let suffixless_lit = token::Lit::new(lit.kind, lit.symbol, None);
-                        let symbol = Symbol::intern(&suffixless_lit.to_string());
-                        let lit = token::Lit::new(token::Err(guar), symbol, lit.suffix);
-                        Some(
-                            MetaItemLit::from_token_lit(lit, span)
-                                .unwrap_or_else(|_| unreachable!()),
-                        )
-                    }
+    fn parse_opt_meta_item_lit(&mut self) -> Option<MetaItemLit> {
+        match self.recover_after_dot() {
+            Some(recovered) => self.token = recovered,
+            None => {}
+        }
+        let span = self.token.span;
+        let span2 = self.uninterpolated_token_span();
+        self.eat_token_lit().map(|token_lit| {
+            match MetaItemLit::from_token_lit(token_lit, span) {
+                Ok(lit) => lit,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    let guar = report_lit_error(&self.psess, err, token_lit, span2);
+                    // Pack possible quotes and prefixes from the original literal into
+                    // the error literal's symbol so they can be pretty-printed faithfully.
+                    let suffixless_lit = token::Lit::new(token_lit.kind, token_lit.symbol, None);
+                    let symbol = Symbol::intern(&suffixless_lit.to_string());
+                    let token_lit = token::Lit::new(token::Err(guar), symbol, token_lit.suffix);
+                    MetaItemLit::from_token_lit(token_lit, span2).unwrap_or_else(|_| unreachable!())
                 }
             }
-            None => None,
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     pub(super) fn expect_no_tuple_index_suffix(&self, span: Span, suffix: Symbol) {
@@ -2171,9 +2218,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Matches `'-' lit | lit` (cf. `ast_validation::AstValidator::check_expr_within_pat`).
     /// Keep this in sync with `Token::can_begin_literal_maybe_minus`.
     pub fn parse_literal_maybe_minus(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Expr>> {
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &self.token.kind {
-            match &**nt {
-                // FIXME(nnethercote) The `NtExpr` case should only match if
+        if let Some(expr) = self.eat_metavar_seq_with_matcher(
+            |mv_kind| matches!(mv_kind, MetaVarKind::Expr { .. }),
+            |this| {
+                // FIXME(nnethercote) The `expr` case should only match if
                 // `e` is an `ExprKind::Lit` or an `ExprKind::Unary` containing
                 // an `UnOp::Neg` and an `ExprKind::Lit`, like how
                 // `can_begin_literal_maybe_minus` works. But this method has
@@ -2183,13 +2231,14 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 // `ExprKind::Path` must be accepted when parsing range
                 // patterns. That requires some care. So for now, we continue
                 // being less strict here than we should be.
-                token::NtExpr(e) | token::NtLiteral(e) => {
-                    let e = e.clone();
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(e);
-                }
-                _ => {}
-            };
+                this.parse_expr()
+            },
+        ) {
+            return Ok(expr);
+        } else if let Some(lit) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Literal, |this| this.parse_literal_maybe_minus())
+        {
+            return Ok(lit);
         }
 
         let lo = self.token.span;
@@ -2290,7 +2339,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             }
         }
 
-        if self.token.is_whole_block() {
+        if self.token.is_metavar_block() {
             self.dcx().emit_err(errors::InvalidBlockMacroSegment {
                 span: self.token.span,
                 context: lo.to(self.token.span),
@@ -2315,7 +2364,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn parse_expr_closure(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Expr>> {
         let lo = self.token.span;
 
-        let before = self.prev_token.clone();
+        let before = self.prev_token;
         let binder = if self.check_keyword(kw::For) {
             let lo = self.token.span;
             let (lifetime_defs, _) = self.parse_late_bound_lifetime_defs()?;
@@ -2346,8 +2395,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             FnRetTy::Default(_) => {
                 let restrictions =
                     self.restrictions - Restrictions::STMT_EXPR - Restrictions::ALLOW_LET;
-                let prev = self.prev_token.clone();
-                let token = self.token.clone();
+                let prev = self.prev_token;
+                let token = self.token;
                 let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
                 match self.parse_expr_res(restrictions, attrs) {
                     Ok((expr, _)) => expr,
@@ -2546,7 +2595,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             }
         } else {
             let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?; // For recovery.
-            let maybe_fatarrow = self.token.clone();
+            let maybe_fatarrow = self.token;
             let block = if self.check(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)) {
                 self.parse_block()?
             } else if let Some(block) = recover_block_from_condition(self) {
@@ -3063,7 +3112,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             }
 
             self.restore_snapshot(pre_pat_snapshot);
-            match self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(true, ForceCollect::No) {
+            match self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(true, ForceCollect::No, false) {
                 // Consume statements for as long as possible.
                 Ok(Some(stmt)) => {
                     stmts.push(stmt);
@@ -3399,7 +3448,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.token.is_keyword(kw::Do)
             && self.is_keyword_ahead(1, &[kw::Catch])
             && self
-                .look_ahead(2, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_whole_block())
+                .look_ahead(2, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_metavar_block())
             && !self.restrictions.contains(Restrictions::NO_STRUCT_LITERAL)
     }
 
@@ -3410,7 +3459,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn is_try_block(&self) -> bool {
         self.token.is_keyword(kw::Try)
             && self
-                .look_ahead(1, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_whole_block())
+                .look_ahead(1, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_metavar_block())
             && self.token.uninterpolated_span().at_least_rust_2018()
     }
 
@@ -3444,12 +3493,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 // `async move {`
                 self.is_keyword_ahead(lookahead + 1, &[kw::Move])
                     && self.look_ahead(lookahead + 2, |t| {
-                        *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_whole_block()
+                        *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_metavar_block()
                     })
             ) || (
                 // `async {`
                 self.look_ahead(lookahead + 1, |t| {
-                    *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_whole_block()
+                    *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_metavar_block()
                 })
             ))
     }
@@ -3582,11 +3631,19 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         && !self.token.is_reserved_ident()
                         && self.look_ahead(1, |t| {
                             AssocOp::from_token(t).is_some()
-                                || matches!(t.kind, token::OpenDelim(_))
+                                || matches!(
+                                    t.kind,
+                                    token::OpenDelim(
+                                        Delimiter::Parenthesis
+                                            | Delimiter::Bracket
+                                            | Delimiter::Brace
+                                    )
+                                )
                                 || *t == token::Dot
                         })
                     {
-                        // Looks like they tried to write a shorthand, complex expression.
+                        // Looks like they tried to write a shorthand, complex expression,
+                        // E.g.: `n + m`, `f(a)`, `a[i]`, `S { x: 3 }`, or `x.y`.
                         e.span_suggestion_verbose(
                             self.token.span.shrink_to_lo(),
                             "try naming a field",
@@ -3746,7 +3803,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 return Err(this.dcx().create_err(errors::ExpectedStructField {
                     span: this.look_ahead(1, |t| t.span),
                     ident_span: this.token.span,
-                    token: this.look_ahead(1, |t| t.clone()),
+                    token: this.look_ahead(1, |t| *t),
                 }));
             }
             let (ident, expr) = if is_shorthand {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs
index 9fc82d84225cc..9cb23abff7f86 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/item.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use ast::token::IdentIsRaw;
 use rustc_ast::ast::*;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{DelimSpan, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use rustc_ast::util::case::Case;
 use rustc_ast::{self as ast};
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ use tracing::debug;
 use super::diagnostics::{ConsumeClosingDelim, dummy_arg};
 use super::ty::{AllowPlus, RecoverQPath, RecoverReturnSign};
 use super::{
-    AttrWrapper, FollowedByType, ForceCollect, Parser, PathStyle, Trailing, UsePreAttrPos,
+    AttrWrapper, FollowedByType, ForceCollect, Parser, PathStyle, Recovered, Trailing,
+    UsePreAttrPos,
 };
 use crate::errors::{self, MacroExpandsToAdtField};
-use crate::{fluent_generated as fluent, maybe_whole};
+use crate::fluent_generated as fluent;
 
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Parses a source module as a crate. This is the main entry point for the parser.
@@ -126,10 +127,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         fn_parse_mode: FnParseMode,
         force_collect: ForceCollect,
     ) -> PResult<'a, Option<Item>> {
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtItem, |item| {
+        if let Some(item) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Item, |this| this.parse_item(ForceCollect::Yes))
+        {
+            let mut item = item.expect("an actual item");
             attrs.prepend_to_nt_inner(&mut item.attrs);
-            Some(item.into_inner())
-        });
+            return Ok(Some(item.into_inner()));
+        }
 
         self.collect_tokens(None, attrs, force_collect, |this, mut attrs| {
             let lo = this.token.span;
@@ -1692,8 +1696,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             self.expect_semi()?;
             body
         } else {
-            let err =
-                errors::UnexpectedTokenAfterStructName::new(self.token.span, self.token.clone());
+            let err = errors::UnexpectedTokenAfterStructName::new(self.token.span, self.token);
             return Err(self.dcx().create_err(err));
         };
 
@@ -2223,7 +2226,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             || self.token.is_keyword(kw::Union))
             && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.is_ident())
         {
-            let kw_token = self.token.clone();
+            let kw_token = self.token;
             let kw_str = pprust::token_to_string(&kw_token);
             let item = self.parse_item(ForceCollect::No)?;
             let mut item = item.unwrap().span;
@@ -2457,7 +2460,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             self.expect_semi()?;
             *sig_hi = self.prev_token.span;
             (AttrVec::new(), None)
-        } else if self.check(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)) || self.token.is_whole_block() {
+        } else if self.check(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)) || self.token.is_metavar_block() {
             self.parse_block_common(self.token.span, BlockCheckMode::Default, false)
                 .map(|(attrs, body)| (attrs, Some(body)))?
         } else if self.token == token::Eq {
@@ -2521,12 +2524,17 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 })
             // `extern ABI fn`
             || self.check_keyword_case(kw::Extern, case)
+                // Use `tree_look_ahead` because `ABI` might be a metavariable,
+                // i.e. an invisible-delimited sequence, and `tree_look_ahead`
+                // will consider that a single element when looking ahead.
                 && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.can_begin_string_literal())
-                && (self.look_ahead(2, |t| t.is_keyword_case(kw::Fn, case)) ||
+                && (self.tree_look_ahead(2, |t| t.is_keyword_case(kw::Fn, case)) == Some(true) ||
                     // this branch is only for better diagnostics; `pub`, `unsafe`, etc. are not allowed here
                     (self.may_recover()
-                        && self.look_ahead(2, |t| ALL_QUALS.iter().any(|&kw| t.is_keyword(kw)))
-                        && self.look_ahead(3, |t| t.is_keyword_case(kw::Fn, case))))
+                        && self.tree_look_ahead(2, |t| ALL_QUALS.iter().any(|&kw| t.is_keyword(kw))) == Some(true)
+                        && self.tree_look_ahead(3, |t| t.is_keyword_case(kw::Fn, case)) == Some(true)
+                    )
+                )
     }
 
     /// Parses all the "front matter" (or "qualifiers") for a `fn` declaration,
@@ -2976,8 +2984,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
     fn is_named_param(&self) -> bool {
         let offset = match &self.token.kind {
-            token::Interpolated(nt) => match &**nt {
-                token::NtPat(..) => return self.look_ahead(1, |t| t == &token::Colon),
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(origin)) => match origin {
+                InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(MetaVarKind::Pat(_)) => {
+                    return self.check_noexpect_past_close_delim(&token::Colon);
+                }
                 _ => 0,
             },
             token::BinOp(token::And) | token::AndAnd => 1,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
index 77ad4fdeeb17b..f9e11eb7d7f4b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ pub(crate) use item::FnParseMode;
 pub use pat::{CommaRecoveryMode, RecoverColon, RecoverComma};
 use path::PathStyle;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{
+    self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, NtExprKind, NtPatKind, Token,
+    TokenKind,
+};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{
     AttrsTarget, DelimSpacing, DelimSpan, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree, TokenTreeCursor,
 };
@@ -33,7 +36,6 @@ use rustc_ast::{
 };
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, FatalError, MultiSpan, PResult};
 use rustc_index::interval::IntervalSet;
 use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
@@ -94,32 +96,22 @@ pub enum ForceCollect {
     No,
 }
 
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! maybe_whole {
-    ($p:expr, $constructor:ident, |$x:ident| $e:expr) => {
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &$p.token.kind
-            && let token::$constructor(x) = &**nt
-        {
-            #[allow(unused_mut)]
-            let mut $x = x.clone();
-            $p.bump();
-            return Ok($e);
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 /// If the next tokens are ill-formed `$ty::` recover them as `<$ty>::`.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath {
     ($self: expr, $allow_qpath_recovery: expr) => {
         if $allow_qpath_recovery
             && $self.may_recover()
-            && $self.look_ahead(1, |t| t == &token::PathSep)
-            && let token::Interpolated(nt) = &$self.token.kind
-            && let token::NtTy(ty) = &**nt
+            && let Some(token::MetaVarKind::Ty) = $self.token.is_metavar_seq()
+            && $self.check_noexpect_past_close_delim(&token::PathSep)
         {
-            let ty = ty.clone();
-            $self.bump();
+            // Reparse the type, then move to recovery.
+            let ty = $self
+                .eat_metavar_seq(token::MetaVarKind::Ty, |this| {
+                    this.parse_ty_no_question_mark_recover()
+                })
+                .expect("metavar seq ty");
+
             return $self.maybe_recover_from_bad_qpath_stage_2($self.prev_token.span, ty);
         }
     };
@@ -302,12 +294,12 @@ impl TokenCursor {
             // below can be removed.
             if let Some(tree) = self.tree_cursor.next_ref() {
                 match tree {
-                    &TokenTree::Token(ref token, spacing) => {
+                    &TokenTree::Token(token, spacing) => {
                         debug_assert!(!matches!(
                             token.kind,
                             token::OpenDelim(_) | token::CloseDelim(_)
                         ));
-                        return (token.clone(), spacing);
+                        return (token, spacing);
                     }
                     &TokenTree::Delimited(sp, spacing, delim, ref tts) => {
                         let trees = tts.clone().into_trees();
@@ -317,7 +309,7 @@ impl TokenCursor {
                             spacing,
                             delim,
                         ));
-                        if delim != Delimiter::Invisible {
+                        if !delim.skip() {
                             return (Token::new(token::OpenDelim(delim), sp.open), spacing.open);
                         }
                         // No open delimiter to return; continue on to the next iteration.
@@ -326,7 +318,7 @@ impl TokenCursor {
             } else if let Some((tree_cursor, span, spacing, delim)) = self.stack.pop() {
                 // We have exhausted this token stream. Move back to its parent token stream.
                 self.tree_cursor = tree_cursor;
-                if delim != Delimiter::Invisible {
+                if !delim.skip() {
                     return (Token::new(token::CloseDelim(delim), span.close), spacing.close);
                 }
                 // No close delimiter to return; continue on to the next iteration.
@@ -410,6 +402,12 @@ pub(super) enum TokenDescription {
     Keyword,
     ReservedKeyword,
     DocComment,
+
+    // Expanded metavariables are wrapped in invisible delimiters which aren't
+    // pretty-printed. In error messages we must handle these specially
+    // otherwise we get confusing things in messages like "expected `(`, found
+    // ``". It's better to say e.g. "expected `(`, found type metavariable".
+    MetaVar(MetaVarKind),
 }
 
 impl TokenDescription {
@@ -419,26 +417,30 @@ impl TokenDescription {
             _ if token.is_used_keyword() => Some(TokenDescription::Keyword),
             _ if token.is_unused_keyword() => Some(TokenDescription::ReservedKeyword),
             token::DocComment(..) => Some(TokenDescription::DocComment),
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(kind))) => {
+                Some(TokenDescription::MetaVar(kind))
+            }
             _ => None,
         }
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) fn token_descr(token: &Token) -> String {
-    let name = pprust::token_to_string(token).to_string();
-
-    let kind = match (TokenDescription::from_token(token), &token.kind) {
-        (Some(TokenDescription::ReservedIdentifier), _) => Some("reserved identifier"),
-        (Some(TokenDescription::Keyword), _) => Some("keyword"),
-        (Some(TokenDescription::ReservedKeyword), _) => Some("reserved keyword"),
-        (Some(TokenDescription::DocComment), _) => Some("doc comment"),
-        (None, TokenKind::NtIdent(..)) => Some("identifier"),
-        (None, TokenKind::NtLifetime(..)) => Some("lifetime"),
-        (None, TokenKind::Interpolated(node)) => Some(node.descr()),
-        (None, _) => None,
-    };
+pub fn token_descr(token: &Token) -> String {
+    use TokenDescription::*;
+
+    let s = pprust::token_to_string(token).to_string();
 
-    if let Some(kind) = kind { format!("{kind} `{name}`") } else { format!("`{name}`") }
+    match (TokenDescription::from_token(token), &token.kind) {
+        (Some(ReservedIdentifier), _) => format!("reserved identifier `{s}`"),
+        (Some(Keyword), _) => format!("keyword `{s}`"),
+        (Some(ReservedKeyword), _) => format!("reserved keyword `{s}`"),
+        (Some(DocComment), _) => format!("doc comment `{s}`"),
+        // Deliberately doesn't print `s`, which is empty.
+        (Some(MetaVar(kind)), _) => format!("`{kind}` metavariable"),
+        (None, TokenKind::NtIdent(..)) => format!("identifier `{s}`"),
+        (None, TokenKind::NtLifetime(..)) => format!("lifetime `{s}`"),
+        (None, _) => format!("`{s}`"),
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
@@ -589,7 +591,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn check(&mut self, tok: &TokenKind) -> bool {
         let is_present = self.token == *tok;
         if !is_present {
-            self.expected_tokens.push(TokenType::Token(tok.clone()));
+            self.expected_tokens.push(TokenType::Token(*tok));
         }
         is_present
     }
@@ -600,6 +602,24 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.token == *tok
     }
 
+    // Check the first token after the delimiter that closes the current
+    // delimited sequence. (Panics if used in the outermost token stream, which
+    // has no delimiters.) It uses a clone of the relevant tree cursor to skip
+    // past the entire `TokenTree::Delimited` in a single step, avoiding the
+    // need for unbounded token lookahead.
+    //
+    // Primarily used when `self.token` matches
+    // `OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(_))`, to look ahead through the current
+    // metavar expansion.
+    fn check_noexpect_past_close_delim(&self, tok: &TokenKind) -> bool {
+        let mut tree_cursor = self.token_cursor.stack.last().unwrap().0.clone();
+        let tt = tree_cursor.next_ref();
+        matches!(
+            tt,
+            Some(ast::tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token::Token { kind, .. }, _)) if kind == tok
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Consumes a token 'tok' if it exists. Returns whether the given token was present.
     ///
     /// the main purpose of this function is to reduce the cluttering of the suggestions list
@@ -708,6 +728,43 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         if !self.eat_keyword(kw) { self.unexpected() } else { Ok(()) }
     }
 
+    /// Consume a sequence produced by a metavar expansion, if present.
+    fn eat_metavar_seq<T>(
+        &mut self,
+        mv_kind: MetaVarKind,
+        f: impl FnMut(&mut Parser<'a>) -> PResult<'a, T>,
+    ) -> Option<T> {
+        self.eat_metavar_seq_with_matcher(|mvk| mvk == mv_kind, f)
+    }
+
+    /// A slightly more general form of `eat_metavar_seq`, for use with the
+    /// `MetaVarKind` variants that have parameters, where an exact match isn't
+    /// desired.
+    fn eat_metavar_seq_with_matcher<T>(
+        &mut self,
+        match_mv_kind: impl Fn(MetaVarKind) -> bool,
+        mut f: impl FnMut(&mut Parser<'a>) -> PResult<'a, T>,
+    ) -> Option<T> {
+        if let token::OpenDelim(delim) = self.token.kind
+            && let Delimiter::Invisible(token::InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mv_kind)) = delim
+            && match_mv_kind(mv_kind)
+        {
+            self.bump();
+            let res = f(self).expect("failed to reparse {mv_kind:?}");
+            if let token::CloseDelim(delim) = self.token.kind
+                && let Delimiter::Invisible(token::InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(mv_kind)) = delim
+                && match_mv_kind(mv_kind)
+            {
+                self.bump();
+                Some(res)
+            } else {
+                panic!("no close delim when reparsing {mv_kind:?}");
+            }
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Is the given keyword `kw` followed by a non-reserved identifier?
     fn is_kw_followed_by_ident(&self, kw: Symbol) -> bool {
         self.token.is_keyword(kw) && self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.is_ident() && !t.is_reserved_ident())
@@ -753,8 +810,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn check_inline_const(&self, dist: usize) -> bool {
         self.is_keyword_ahead(dist, &[kw::Const])
             && self.look_ahead(dist + 1, |t| match &t.kind {
-                token::Interpolated(nt) => matches!(&**nt, token::NtBlock(..)),
                 token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) => true,
+                token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                    MetaVarKind::Block,
+                ))) => true,
                 _ => false,
             })
     }
@@ -1009,10 +1068,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let initial_semicolon = self.token.span;
 
         while self.eat(&TokenKind::Semi) {
-            let _ = self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::No).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                e.cancel();
-                None
-            });
+            let _ = self
+                .parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::No, false)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                    e.cancel();
+                    None
+                });
         }
 
         expect_err
@@ -1162,7 +1223,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
         debug_assert!(!matches!(
             next.0.kind,
-            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible) | token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible)
+            token::OpenDelim(delim) | token::CloseDelim(delim) if delim.skip()
         ));
         self.inlined_bump_with(next)
     }
@@ -1186,7 +1247,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     match tree {
                         TokenTree::Token(token, _) => return looker(token),
                         &TokenTree::Delimited(dspan, _, delim, _) => {
-                            if delim != Delimiter::Invisible {
+                            if !delim.skip() {
                                 return looker(&Token::new(token::OpenDelim(delim), dspan.open));
                             }
                         }
@@ -1196,7 +1257,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     // The tree cursor lookahead went (one) past the end of the
                     // current token tree. Try to return a close delimiter.
                     if let Some(&(_, span, _, delim)) = self.token_cursor.stack.last()
-                        && delim != Delimiter::Invisible
+                        && !delim.skip()
                     {
                         // We are not in the outermost token stream, so we have
                         // delimiters. Also, those delimiters are not skipped.
@@ -1215,7 +1276,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             token = cursor.next().0;
             if matches!(
                 token.kind,
-                token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible) | token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible)
+                token::OpenDelim(delim) | token::CloseDelim(delim) if delim.skip()
             ) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -1224,6 +1285,17 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         looker(&token)
     }
 
+    /// Like `lookahead`, but skips over token trees rather than tokens. Useful
+    /// when looking past possible metavariable pasting sites.
+    pub fn tree_look_ahead<R>(&self, dist: usize, looker: impl FnOnce(&Token) -> R) -> Option<R> {
+        assert_ne!(dist, 0);
+
+        match self.token_cursor.tree_cursor.look_ahead(dist - 1) {
+            Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => Some(looker(token)),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns whether any of the given keywords are `dist` tokens ahead of the current one.
     pub(crate) fn is_keyword_ahead(&self, dist: usize, kws: &[Symbol]) -> bool {
         self.look_ahead(dist, |t| kws.iter().any(|&kw| t.is_keyword(kw)))
@@ -1293,7 +1365,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         // Avoid const blocks and const closures to be parsed as const items
         if (self.check_const_closure() == is_closure)
             && !self
-                .look_ahead(1, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_whole_block())
+                .look_ahead(1, |t| *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) || t.is_metavar_block())
             && self.eat_keyword_case(kw::Const, case)
         {
             Const::Yes(self.prev_token.uninterpolated_span())
@@ -1415,7 +1487,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             _ => {
                 let prev_spacing = self.token_spacing;
                 self.bump();
-                TokenTree::Token(self.prev_token.clone(), prev_spacing)
+                TokenTree::Token(self.prev_token, prev_spacing)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1449,7 +1521,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// so emit a proper diagnostic.
     // Public for rustfmt usage.
     pub fn parse_visibility(&mut self, fbt: FollowedByType) -> PResult<'a, Visibility> {
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtVis, |vis| vis.into_inner());
+        if let Some(vis) = self
+            .eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Vis, |this| this.parse_visibility(FollowedByType::Yes))
+        {
+            return Ok(vis);
+        }
 
         if !self.eat_keyword(kw::Pub) {
             // We need a span for our `Spanned<VisibilityKind>`, but there's inherently no
@@ -1604,7 +1680,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 dbg_fmt.field("prev_token", &parser.prev_token);
                 let mut tokens = vec![];
                 for i in 0..*lookahead {
-                    let tok = parser.look_ahead(i, |tok| tok.kind.clone());
+                    let tok = parser.look_ahead(i, |tok| tok.kind);
                     let is_eof = tok == TokenKind::Eof;
                     tokens.push(tok);
                     if is_eof {
@@ -1638,6 +1714,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     pub fn approx_token_stream_pos(&self) -> u32 {
         self.num_bump_calls
     }
+
+    pub fn uninterpolated_token_span(&self) -> Span {
+        match &self.token.kind {
+            token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_))) => {
+                self.look_ahead(1, |t| t.span)
+            }
+            _ => self.token.span,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn make_unclosed_delims_error(
@@ -1687,7 +1772,14 @@ pub enum ParseNtResult {
     Tt(TokenTree),
     Ident(Ident, IdentIsRaw),
     Lifetime(Ident, IdentIsRaw),
-
-    /// This case will eventually be removed, along with `Token::Interpolate`.
-    Nt(Lrc<Nonterminal>),
+    Item(P<ast::Item>),
+    Block(P<ast::Block>),
+    Stmt(P<ast::Stmt>),
+    Pat(P<ast::Pat>, NtPatKind),
+    Expr(P<ast::Expr>, NtExprKind),
+    Literal(P<ast::Expr>),
+    Ty(P<ast::Ty>),
+    Meta(P<ast::AttrItem>),
+    Path(P<ast::Path>),
+    Vis(P<ast::Visibility>),
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/nonterminal.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/nonterminal.rs
index 43c3de90d9d99..98052628c6d9b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/nonterminal.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/nonterminal.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-use rustc_ast::HasTokens;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::Nonterminal::*;
 use rustc_ast::token::NtExprKind::*;
 use rustc_ast::token::NtPatKind::*;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, NonterminalKind, Token};
-use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, NonterminalKind, Token};
 use rustc_errors::PResult;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{Ident, kw};
 
@@ -22,19 +18,24 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn nonterminal_may_begin_with(kind: NonterminalKind, token: &Token) -> bool {
         /// Checks whether the non-terminal may contain a single (non-keyword) identifier.
-        fn may_be_ident(nt: &token::Nonterminal) -> bool {
-            match nt {
-                NtStmt(_)
-                | NtPat(_)
-                | NtExpr(_)
-                | NtTy(_)
-                | NtLiteral(_) // `true`, `false`
-                | NtMeta(_)
-                | NtPath(_) => true,
+        fn may_be_ident(kind: MetaVarKind) -> bool {
+            use MetaVarKind::*;
+            match kind {
+                Stmt
+                | Pat(_)
+                | Expr { .. }
+                | Ty
+                | Literal // `true`, `false`
+                | Meta
+                | Path => true,
 
-                NtItem(_)
-                | NtBlock(_)
-                | NtVis(_) => false,
+                Item
+                | Block
+                | Vis => false,
+
+                Ident
+                | Lifetime
+                | TT => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
 
@@ -64,26 +65,39 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             NonterminalKind::Ident => get_macro_ident(token).is_some(),
             NonterminalKind::Literal => token.can_begin_literal_maybe_minus(),
             NonterminalKind::Vis => match token.kind {
-                // The follow-set of :vis + "priv" keyword + interpolated
+                // The follow-set of :vis + "priv" keyword + interpolated/metavar-expansion.
                 token::Comma
                 | token::Ident(..)
                 | token::NtIdent(..)
                 | token::NtLifetime(..)
-                | token::Interpolated(_) => true,
+                | token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(_))) => true,
                 _ => token.can_begin_type(),
             },
             NonterminalKind::Block => match &token.kind {
                 token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace) => true,
                 token::NtLifetime(..) => true,
-                token::Interpolated(nt) => match &**nt {
-                    NtBlock(_) | NtStmt(_) | NtExpr(_) | NtLiteral(_) => true,
-                    NtItem(_) | NtPat(_) | NtTy(_) | NtMeta(_) | NtPath(_) | NtVis(_) => false,
+                token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(k))) => match k {
+                    MetaVarKind::Block
+                    | MetaVarKind::Stmt
+                    | MetaVarKind::Expr { .. }
+                    | MetaVarKind::Literal => true,
+                    MetaVarKind::Item
+                    | MetaVarKind::Pat(_)
+                    | MetaVarKind::Ty
+                    | MetaVarKind::Meta
+                    | MetaVarKind::Path
+                    | MetaVarKind::Vis => false,
+                    MetaVarKind::Lifetime | MetaVarKind::Ident | MetaVarKind::TT => {
+                        unreachable!()
+                    }
                 },
                 _ => false,
             },
             NonterminalKind::Path | NonterminalKind::Meta => match &token.kind {
                 token::PathSep | token::Ident(..) | token::NtIdent(..) => true,
-                token::Interpolated(nt) => may_be_ident(nt),
+                token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(kind))) => {
+                    may_be_ident(*kind)
+                }
                 _ => false,
             },
             NonterminalKind::Pat(pat_kind) => token.can_begin_pattern(pat_kind),
@@ -105,32 +119,26 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         // which requires having captured tokens available. Since we cannot determine
         // in advance whether or not a proc-macro will be (transitively) invoked,
         // we always capture tokens for any `Nonterminal` which needs them.
-        let mut nt = match kind {
+        match kind {
             // Note that TT is treated differently to all the others.
-            NonterminalKind::TT => return Ok(ParseNtResult::Tt(self.parse_token_tree())),
+            NonterminalKind::TT => Ok(ParseNtResult::Tt(self.parse_token_tree())),
             NonterminalKind::Item => match self.parse_item(ForceCollect::Yes)? {
-                Some(item) => NtItem(item),
-                None => {
-                    return Err(self
-                        .dcx()
-                        .create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Item(self.token.span)));
-                }
+                Some(item) => Ok(ParseNtResult::Item(item)),
+                None => Err(self.dcx().create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Item(self.token.span))),
             },
             NonterminalKind::Block => {
                 // While a block *expression* may have attributes (e.g. `#[my_attr] { ... }`),
                 // the ':block' matcher does not support them
-                NtBlock(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_block())?)
+                Ok(ParseNtResult::Block(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_block())?))
             }
             NonterminalKind::Stmt => match self.parse_stmt(ForceCollect::Yes)? {
-                Some(s) => NtStmt(P(s)),
+                Some(stmt) => Ok(ParseNtResult::Stmt(P(stmt))),
                 None => {
-                    return Err(self
-                        .dcx()
-                        .create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Statement(self.token.span)));
+                    Err(self.dcx().create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Statement(self.token.span)))
                 }
             },
-            NonterminalKind::Pat(pat_kind) => {
-                NtPat(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| match pat_kind {
+            NonterminalKind::Pat(pat_kind) => Ok(ParseNtResult::Pat(
+                self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| match pat_kind {
                     PatParam { .. } => this.parse_pat_no_top_alt(None, None),
                     PatWithOr => this.parse_pat_allow_top_alt(
                         None,
@@ -138,62 +146,57 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         RecoverColon::No,
                         CommaRecoveryMode::EitherTupleOrPipe,
                     ),
-                })?)
+                })?,
+                pat_kind,
+            )),
+            NonterminalKind::Expr(expr_kind) => {
+                Ok(ParseNtResult::Expr(self.parse_expr_force_collect()?, expr_kind))
             }
-            NonterminalKind::Expr(_) => NtExpr(self.parse_expr_force_collect()?),
             NonterminalKind::Literal => {
-                // The `:literal` matcher does not support attributes
-                NtLiteral(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_literal_maybe_minus())?)
+                // The `:literal` matcher does not support attributes.
+                Ok(ParseNtResult::Literal(
+                    self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_literal_maybe_minus())?,
+                ))
             }
-            NonterminalKind::Ty => {
-                NtTy(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_ty_no_question_mark_recover())?)
-            }
-            // this could be handled like a token, since it is one
+            NonterminalKind::Ty => Ok(ParseNtResult::Ty(
+                self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_ty_no_question_mark_recover())?,
+            )),
+            // This could be handled like a token, since it is one.
             NonterminalKind::Ident => {
-                return if let Some((ident, is_raw)) = get_macro_ident(&self.token) {
+                if let Some((ident, is_raw)) = get_macro_ident(&self.token) {
                     self.bump();
                     Ok(ParseNtResult::Ident(ident, is_raw))
                 } else {
                     Err(self.dcx().create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Ident {
                         span: self.token.span,
-                        token: self.token.clone(),
+                        token: self.token,
                     }))
-                };
+                }
             }
-            NonterminalKind::Path => {
-                NtPath(P(self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_path(PathStyle::Type))?))
+            NonterminalKind::Path => Ok(ParseNtResult::Path(P(
+                self.collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_path(PathStyle::Type))?
+            ))),
+            NonterminalKind::Meta => {
+                Ok(ParseNtResult::Meta(P(self.parse_attr_item(ForceCollect::Yes)?)))
             }
-            NonterminalKind::Meta => NtMeta(P(self.parse_attr_item(ForceCollect::Yes)?)),
             NonterminalKind::Vis => {
-                NtVis(P(self
-                    .collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_visibility(FollowedByType::Yes))?))
+                Ok(ParseNtResult::Vis(P(self
+                    .collect_tokens_no_attrs(|this| this.parse_visibility(FollowedByType::Yes))?)))
             }
             NonterminalKind::Lifetime => {
                 // We want to keep `'keyword` parsing, just like `keyword` is still
                 // an ident for nonterminal purposes.
-                return if let Some((ident, is_raw)) = self.token.lifetime() {
+                if let Some((ident, is_raw)) = self.token.lifetime() {
                     self.bump();
                     Ok(ParseNtResult::Lifetime(ident, is_raw))
                 } else {
                     Err(self.dcx().create_err(UnexpectedNonterminal::Lifetime {
                         span: self.token.span,
-                        token: self.token.clone(),
+                        token: self.token,
                     }))
-                };
+                }
             }
-        };
-
-        // If tokens are supported at all, they should be collected.
-        if matches!(nt.tokens_mut(), Some(None)) {
-            panic!(
-                "Missing tokens for nt {:?} at {:?}: {:?}",
-                nt,
-                nt.use_span(),
-                pprust::nonterminal_to_string(&nt)
-            );
         }
-
-        Ok(ParseNtResult::Nt(Lrc::new(nt)))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
index bd2ffaa0a892a..61e3a1ec47daa 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/pat.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use rustc_ast::mut_visit::{self, MutVisitor};
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, BinOpToken, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Token};
+use rustc_ast::token::NtPatKind::*;
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, BinOpToken, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, MetaVarKind, Token};
 use rustc_ast::visit::{self, Visitor};
 use rustc_ast::{
     self as ast, Arm, AttrVec, BinOpKind, BindingMode, ByRef, Expr, ExprKind, ExprPrecedence,
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ use crate::errors::{
     UnexpectedLifetimeInPattern, UnexpectedParenInRangePat, UnexpectedParenInRangePatSugg,
     UnexpectedVertVertBeforeFunctionParam, UnexpectedVertVertInPattern, WrapInParens,
 };
+use crate::maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath;
 use crate::parser::expr::{DestructuredFloat, could_be_unclosed_char_literal};
-use crate::{maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath, maybe_whole};
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum Expected {
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 self.dcx().emit_err(TrailingVertNotAllowed {
                     span: self.token.span,
                     start: lo,
-                    token: self.token.clone(),
+                    token: self.token,
                     note_double_vert: matches!(self.token.kind, token::OrOr),
                 });
                 self.bump();
@@ -663,6 +664,27 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         PatVisitor { parser: self, stmt, arm: None, field: None }.visit_stmt(stmt);
     }
 
+    fn eat_metavar_pat(&mut self) -> Option<P<Pat>> {
+        // Must try both kinds of pattern nonterminals.
+        if let Some(pat) = self.eat_metavar_seq_with_matcher(
+            |mv_kind| matches!(mv_kind, MetaVarKind::Pat(PatParam { .. })),
+            |this| this.parse_pat_no_top_alt(None, None),
+        ) {
+            Some(pat)
+        } else if let Some(pat) = self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Pat(PatWithOr), |this| {
+            this.parse_pat_allow_top_alt(
+                None,
+                RecoverComma::No,
+                RecoverColon::No,
+                CommaRecoveryMode::EitherTupleOrPipe,
+            )
+        }) {
+            Some(pat)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Parses a pattern, with a setting whether modern range patterns (e.g., `a..=b`, `a..b` are
     /// allowed).
     fn parse_pat_with_range_pat(
@@ -672,7 +694,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         syntax_loc: Option<PatternLocation>,
     ) -> PResult<'a, P<Pat>> {
         maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath!(self, true);
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtPat, |pat| pat);
+
+        if let Some(pat) = self.eat_metavar_pat() {
+            return Ok(pat);
+        }
 
         let mut lo = self.token.span;
 
@@ -1014,10 +1039,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.recover_additional_muts();
 
         // Make sure we don't allow e.g. `let mut $p;` where `$p:pat`.
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &self.token.kind {
-            if let token::NtPat(..) = &**nt {
-                self.expected_ident_found_err().emit();
-            }
+        if let Some(MetaVarKind::Pat(_)) = self.token.is_metavar_seq() {
+            self.expected_ident_found_err().emit();
         }
 
         // Parse the pattern we hope to be an identifier.
@@ -1203,7 +1226,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 || *t == token::Dot // e.g. `.5` for recovery;
                 || matches!(t.kind, token::Literal(..) | token::BinOp(token::Minus))
                 || t.is_bool_lit()
-                || t.is_whole_expr()
+                || t.is_metavar_expr()
                 || t.is_lifetime() // recover `'a` instead of `'a'`
                 || (self.may_recover() // recover leading `(`
                     && *t == token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Parenthesis)
@@ -1471,8 +1494,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 etc = PatFieldsRest::Rest;
                 let mut etc_sp = self.token.span;
                 if first_etc_and_maybe_comma_span.is_none() {
-                    if let Some(comma_tok) = self
-                        .look_ahead(1, |t| if *t == token::Comma { Some(t.clone()) } else { None })
+                    if let Some(comma_tok) =
+                        self.look_ahead(1, |&t| if t == token::Comma { Some(t) } else { None })
                     {
                         let nw_span = self
                             .psess
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/path.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/path.rs
index 162ff3b94de52..c35992085e37a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/path.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/path.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::mem;
 
 use ast::token::IdentIsRaw;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, MetaVarKind, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::{
     self as ast, AngleBracketedArg, AngleBracketedArgs, AnonConst, AssocItemConstraint,
     AssocItemConstraintKind, BlockCheckMode, GenericArg, GenericArgs, Generics, ParenthesizedArgs,
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 use super::ty::{AllowPlus, RecoverQPath, RecoverReturnSign};
 use super::{Parser, Restrictions, TokenType};
-use crate::errors::{PathSingleColon, PathTripleColon};
+use crate::errors::{self, PathSingleColon, PathTripleColon};
 use crate::parser::{CommaRecoveryMode, RecoverColon, RecoverComma};
-use crate::{errors, maybe_whole};
 
 /// Specifies how to parse a path.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
@@ -196,15 +195,20 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             }
         };
 
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtPath, |path| reject_generics_if_mod_style(self, path.into_inner()));
+        if let Some(path) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Path, |this| this.parse_path(PathStyle::Type))
+        {
+            return Ok(reject_generics_if_mod_style(self, path));
+        }
 
-        if let token::Interpolated(nt) = &self.token.kind {
-            if let token::NtTy(ty) = &**nt {
-                if let ast::TyKind::Path(None, path) = &ty.kind {
-                    let path = path.clone();
-                    self.bump();
-                    return Ok(reject_generics_if_mod_style(self, path));
-                }
+        if let Some(MetaVarKind::Ty) = self.token.is_metavar_seq() {
+            let mut snapshot = self.create_snapshot_for_diagnostic();
+            let ty = snapshot
+                .eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Ty, |this| this.parse_ty_no_question_mark_recover())
+                .expect("metavar seq ty");
+            if let ast::TyKind::Path(None, path) = ty.into_inner().kind {
+                self.restore_snapshot(snapshot);
+                return Ok(reject_generics_if_mod_style(self, path));
             }
         }
 
@@ -384,8 +388,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 } else {
                     // `(T, U) -> R`
 
-                    let prev_token_before_parsing = self.prev_token.clone();
-                    let token_before_parsing = self.token.clone();
+                    let prev_token_before_parsing = self.prev_token;
+                    let token_before_parsing = self.token;
                     let mut snapshot = None;
                     if self.may_recover()
                         && prev_token_before_parsing == token::PathSep
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/stmt.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/stmt.rs
index b7cdae3e3e123..c5c5a30e1ecbf 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/stmt.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/stmt.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use ast::Label;
 use rustc_ast as ast;
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::util::classify::{self, TrailingBrace};
 use rustc_ast::{
     AttrStyle, AttrVec, Block, BlockCheckMode, DUMMY_NODE_ID, Expr, ExprKind, HasAttrs, Local,
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ use super::{
     AttrWrapper, BlockMode, FnParseMode, ForceCollect, Parser, Restrictions, SemiColonMode,
     Trailing, UsePreAttrPos,
 };
-use crate::errors::MalformedLoopLabel;
-use crate::{errors, maybe_whole};
+use crate::errors::{self, MalformedLoopLabel};
 
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Parses a statement. This stops just before trailing semicolons on everything but items.
@@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// If `force_collect` is [`ForceCollect::Yes`], forces collection of tokens regardless of
     /// whether or not we have attributes.
     // Public for rustfmt usage.
-    pub(super) fn parse_stmt(&mut self, force_collect: ForceCollect) -> PResult<'a, Option<Stmt>> {
-        Ok(self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, force_collect).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+    pub fn parse_stmt(&mut self, force_collect: ForceCollect) -> PResult<'a, Option<Stmt>> {
+        Ok(self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, force_collect, false).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
             e.emit();
             self.recover_stmt_(SemiColonMode::Break, BlockMode::Ignore);
             None
@@ -42,23 +41,27 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     }
 
     /// If `force_collect` is [`ForceCollect::Yes`], forces collection of tokens regardless of
-    /// whether or not we have attributes.
-    // Public for `cfg_eval` macro expansion.
+    /// whether or not we have attributes. If `force_full_expr` is true, parses the stmt without
+    /// using `Restriction::STMT_EXPR`. Public for `cfg_eval` macro expansion.
     pub fn parse_stmt_without_recovery(
         &mut self,
         capture_semi: bool,
         force_collect: ForceCollect,
+        force_full_expr: bool,
     ) -> PResult<'a, Option<Stmt>> {
         let pre_attr_pos = self.collect_pos();
         let attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes()?;
         let lo = self.token.span;
 
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtStmt, |stmt| {
+        if let Some(stmt) = self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Stmt, |this| {
+            this.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::Yes, false)
+        }) {
+            let mut stmt = stmt.expect("an actual statement");
             stmt.visit_attrs(|stmt_attrs| {
                 attrs.prepend_to_nt_inner(stmt_attrs);
             });
-            Some(stmt.into_inner())
-        });
+            return Ok(Some(stmt));
+        }
 
         if self.token.is_keyword(kw::Mut) && self.is_keyword_ahead(1, &[kw::Let]) {
             self.bump();
@@ -147,12 +150,14 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         } else if self.token != token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Brace) {
             // Remainder are line-expr stmts. This is similar to the `parse_stmt_path_start` case
             // above.
+            let restrictions =
+                if force_full_expr { Restrictions::empty() } else { Restrictions::STMT_EXPR };
             let e = self.collect_tokens(
                 Some(pre_attr_pos),
                 AttrWrapper::empty(),
                 force_collect,
                 |this, _empty_attrs| {
-                    let (expr, _) = this.parse_expr_res(Restrictions::STMT_EXPR, attrs)?;
+                    let (expr, _) = this.parse_expr_res(restrictions, attrs)?;
                     Ok((expr, Trailing::No, UsePreAttrPos::Yes))
                 },
             )?;
@@ -229,11 +234,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let mac = P(MacCall { path, args });
 
         let kind = if (style == MacStmtStyle::Braces
-            && self.token != token::Dot
-            && self.token != token::Question)
-            || self.token == token::Semi
-            || self.token == token::Eof
-        {
+            && !matches!(self.token.kind, token::Dot | token::Question))
+            || matches!(
+                self.token.kind,
+                token::Semi
+                    | token::Eof
+                    | token::CloseDelim(Delimiter::Invisible(InvisibleOrigin::MetaVar(
+                        MetaVarKind::Stmt
+                    )))
+            ) {
             StmtKind::MacCall(P(MacCallStmt { mac, style, attrs, tokens: None }))
         } else {
             // Since none of the above applied, this is an expression statement macro.
@@ -485,7 +494,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         //      bar;
         //
         // which is valid in other languages, but not Rust.
-        match self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::No) {
+        match self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::No, false) {
             // If the next token is an open brace, e.g., we have:
             //
             //     if expr other_expr {
@@ -552,9 +561,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         blk_mode: BlockCheckMode,
         can_be_struct_literal: bool,
     ) -> PResult<'a, (AttrVec, P<Block>)> {
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtBlock, |block| (AttrVec::new(), block));
+        if let Some(block) = self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Block, |this| this.parse_block()) {
+            return Ok((AttrVec::new(), block));
+        }
 
-        let maybe_ident = self.prev_token.clone();
+        let maybe_ident = self.prev_token;
         self.maybe_recover_unexpected_block_label();
         if !self.eat(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Brace)) {
             return self.error_block_no_opening_brace();
@@ -655,10 +666,24 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         &mut self,
         recover: AttemptLocalParseRecovery,
     ) -> PResult<'a, Option<Stmt>> {
-        // Skip looking for a trailing semicolon when we have an interpolated statement.
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtStmt, |stmt| Some(stmt.into_inner()));
+        // Skip looking for a trailing semicolon when we have a metavar seq.
+        if let Some(stmt) = self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Stmt, |this| {
+            // Why pass `true` for `force_full_expr`? Statement expressions are less expressive
+            // than "full" expressions, due to the `STMT_EXPR` restriction, and sometimes need
+            // parentheses. E.g. the "full" expression `match paren_around_match {} | true` when
+            // used in statement context must be written `(match paren_around_match {} | true)`.
+            // However, if the expression we are parsing in this statement context was pasted by a
+            // declarative macro, it may have come from a "full" expression context, and lack
+            // these parentheses. So we lift the `STMT_EXPR` restriction to ensure the statement
+            // will reparse successfully.
+            this.parse_stmt_without_recovery(false, ForceCollect::No, true)
+        }) {
+            let stmt = stmt.expect("an actual statement");
+            return Ok(Some(stmt));
+        }
 
-        let Some(mut stmt) = self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(true, ForceCollect::No)? else {
+        let Some(mut stmt) = self.parse_stmt_without_recovery(true, ForceCollect::No, false)?
+        else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
 
@@ -714,7 +739,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                 {
                                     if self.token == token::Colon
                                         && self.look_ahead(1, |token| {
-                                            token.is_whole_block()
+                                            token.is_metavar_block()
                                                 || matches!(
                                                     token.kind,
                                                     token::Ident(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/ty.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/ty.rs
index a8ed8b5df9c00..b4a6e2d1ae4c8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/ty.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/ty.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, BinOpToken, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::token::{self, BinOpToken, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, MetaVarKind, Token, TokenKind};
 use rustc_ast::util::case::Case;
 use rustc_ast::{
     self as ast, BareFnTy, BoundAsyncness, BoundConstness, BoundPolarity, DUMMY_NODE_ID, FnRetTy,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::errors::{
     HelpUseLatestEdition, InvalidDynKeyword, LifetimeAfterMut, NeedPlusAfterTraitObjectLifetime,
     NestedCVariadicType, ReturnTypesUseThinArrow,
 };
-use crate::{maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath, maybe_whole};
+use crate::maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath;
 
 /// Signals whether parsing a type should allow `+`.
 ///
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Parse a type without recovering `:` as `->` to avoid breaking code such as `where fn() : for<'a>`
+    /// Parse a type without recovering `:` as `->` to avoid breaking code such
+    /// as `where fn() : for<'a>`.
     pub(super) fn parse_ty_for_where_clause(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, P<Ty>> {
         self.parse_ty_common(
             AllowPlus::Yes,
@@ -258,7 +259,12 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     ) -> PResult<'a, P<Ty>> {
         let allow_qpath_recovery = recover_qpath == RecoverQPath::Yes;
         maybe_recover_from_interpolated_ty_qpath!(self, allow_qpath_recovery);
-        maybe_whole!(self, NtTy, |ty| ty);
+
+        if let Some(ty) =
+            self.eat_metavar_seq(MetaVarKind::Ty, |this| this.parse_ty_no_question_mark_recover())
+        {
+            return Ok(ty);
+        }
 
         let lo = self.token.span;
         let mut impl_dyn_multi = false;
@@ -560,7 +566,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
             // Recovery
             mutbl = Mutability::Mut;
-            let (dyn_tok, dyn_tok_sp) = (self.token.clone(), self.token_spacing);
+            let (dyn_tok, dyn_tok_sp) = (self.token, self.token_spacing);
             self.bump();
             self.bump_with((dyn_tok, dyn_tok_sp));
         }
@@ -838,7 +844,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// ```
     fn parse_generic_bound(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, GenericBound> {
         let lo = self.token.span;
-        let leading_token = self.prev_token.clone();
+        let leading_token = self.prev_token;
         let has_parens = self.eat(&token::OpenDelim(Delimiter::Parenthesis));
 
         let bound = if self.token.is_lifetime() {
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
index 5a35e115d8f68..2aea43d22e605 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ fn delim_token_to_str(
                 ("{ ", " }")
             }
         }
-        Delimiter::Invisible => unreachable!(),
+        Delimiter::Invisible(_) => unreachable!(),
     };
     if use_multiple_lines {
         let indent_str = shape.indent.to_string_with_newline(context.config);
@@ -879,18 +879,18 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
         };
 
         self.result.push(ParsedMacroArg {
-            kind: MacroArgKind::Repeat(delim, inner, another, self.last_tok.clone()),
+            kind: MacroArgKind::Repeat(delim, inner, another, self.last_tok),
         });
         Some(())
     }
 
-    fn update_buffer(&mut self, t: &Token) {
+    fn update_buffer(&mut self, t: Token) {
         if self.buf.is_empty() {
-            self.start_tok = t.clone();
+            self.start_tok = t;
         } else {
             let needs_space = match next_space(&self.last_tok.kind) {
-                SpaceState::Ident => ident_like(t),
-                SpaceState::Punctuation => !ident_like(t),
+                SpaceState::Ident => ident_like(&t),
+                SpaceState::Punctuation => !ident_like(&t),
                 SpaceState::Always => true,
                 SpaceState::Never => false,
             };
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
             }
         }
 
-        self.buf.push_str(&pprust::token_to_string(t));
+        self.buf.push_str(&pprust::token_to_string(&t));
     }
 
     fn need_space_prefix(&self) -> bool {
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
                 ) if self.is_meta_var => {
                     self.add_meta_variable(&mut iter)?;
                 }
-                TokenTree::Token(ref t, _) => self.update_buffer(t),
+                &TokenTree::Token(t, _) => self.update_buffer(t),
                 &TokenTree::Delimited(_dspan, _spacing, delimited, ref tts) => {
                     if !self.buf.is_empty() {
                         if next_space(&self.last_tok.kind) == SpaceState::Always {
diff --git a/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.rs b/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.rs
index 574a53c58feac..0f99f6b1b1e07 100644
--- a/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pub fn main() {
-    vec![,]; //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `,`
+    vec![,]; //~ ERROR no rules expected `,`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.stderr b/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.stderr
index b3f953af6d278..d76d493eca839 100644
--- a/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/array-slice-vec/vec-macro-with-comma-only.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `,`
+error: no rules expected `,`
   --> $DIR/vec-macro-with-comma-only.rs:2:10
    |
 LL |     vec![,];
diff --git a/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.rs b/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.rs
index 9cc33d53f9cd5..c8b0990d0f0fa 100644
--- a/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ fn e() {
     //~^ ERROR cannot find type `a` in this scope
     //~| ERROR cannot find value
     //~| ERROR associated const equality
+    //~| ERROR associated const equality
     //~| ERROR cannot find trait `p` in this scope
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.stderr b/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.stderr
index dfe78b3d1f380..551b50d0eb6b5 100644
--- a/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/associated-consts/issue-93835.stderr
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ LL |     type_ascribe!(p, a<p:p<e=6>>);
    = help: add `#![feature(associated_const_equality)]` to the crate attributes to enable
    = note: this compiler was built on YYYY-MM-DD; consider upgrading it if it is out of date
 
-error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
+error[E0658]: associated const equality is incomplete
+  --> $DIR/issue-93835.rs:4:28
+   |
+LL |     type_ascribe!(p, a<p:p<e=6>>);
+   |                            ^^^
+   |
+   = note: see issue #92827 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/92827> for more information
+   = help: add `#![feature(associated_const_equality)]` to the crate attributes to enable
+   = note: this compiler was built on YYYY-MM-DD; consider upgrading it if it is out of date
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: aborting due to 5 previous errors
 
 Some errors have detailed explanations: E0405, E0412, E0425, E0658.
 For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0405`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/attributes/inner-attr-metavar.rs b/tests/ui/attributes/inner-attr-metavar.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..345121c252e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/attributes/inner-attr-metavar.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//@ check-pass
+//
+// During `Nonterminal` removal (#124141) there was at one point a problem with
+// calling from_ast on expressions with inner attributes within metavars -- the
+// inner attributes were being inserted in the wrong place in `from_ast`. This
+// test covers that case.
+
+macro_rules! m3 { ($e:expr) => {} }
+macro_rules! m2 { ($e:expr) => { m3!($e); } }
+macro_rules! m1 { ($e:expr) => { m2!($e); } }
+
+m1!({ #![allow(unused)] 0 });
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.rs b/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.rs
index 1b2e92a31703c..004a8a23fd61f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 macro_rules! pass_nonterminal {
     ($n:expr) => {
         #[repr(align($n))]
-        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `n!()`
+        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
         struct S;
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.stderr b/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.stderr
index b640575d17dc7..9c6cb98f61965 100644
--- a/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/attributes/nonterminal-expansion.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `n!()`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-expansion.rs:7:22
    |
 LL |         #[repr(align($n))]
diff --git a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs
index d885281249203..59a95307a227c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ struct S9;
 macro_rules! generate_s10 {
     ($expr: expr) => {
         #[cfg(feature = $expr)]
-        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `concat!("nonexistent")`
-        //~| ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `concat!("nonexistent")`
+        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
+        //~| ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
         struct S10;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.stderr b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.stderr
index 3dd0823389cde..d073f2a7a3448 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.stderr
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ LL | #[cfg(a = b"hi")]
    |           |
    |           help: consider removing the prefix
 
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `concat!("nonexistent")`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs:30:25
    |
 LL |         #[cfg(feature = $expr)]
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ LL | generate_s10!(concat!("nonexistent"));
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `generate_s10` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `concat!("nonexistent")`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/cfg-attr-syntax-validation.rs:30:25
    |
 LL |         #[cfg(feature = $expr)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs
index 07104bdf217d0..4751d280467cb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ pub fn check_async() {
     let mut r#async = 1; // OK
 
     r#async = consumes_async!(async); // OK
-    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `r#async`
-    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `async`
+    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `r#async`
+    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `async`
     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(r#async); // OK
 
     if passes_ident!(async) == 1 {} // OK
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.stderr b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.stderr
index 39944622d07b9..2519a9fded2ee 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `r#async`
+error: no rules expected `r#async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs:16:31
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async!(r#async);
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ note: while trying to match `async`
 LL |     (async) => (1)
    |      ^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `async`
+error: no rules expected `async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2015-2015-parsing.rs:17:35
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async);
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs
index 3c294f95cd265..4404ea26fb30d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ pub fn check_async() {
     let mut r#async = 1; // OK
 
     r#async = consumes_async!(async); // OK
-    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `r#async`
-    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `async`
+    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `r#async`
+    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `async`
     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(r#async); // OK
 
     if passes_ident!(async) == 1 {} // OK
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.stderr b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.stderr
index fa83908e6666e..0c0e573841519 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `r#async`
+error: no rules expected `r#async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs:16:31
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async!(r#async);
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ note: while trying to match `async`
 LL |     (async) => (1)
    |      ^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `async`
+error: no rules expected `async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2015-2018-parsing.rs:17:35
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async);
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs
index 5918454327409..c346be5085601 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ pub fn check_async() {
     let mut r#async = 1; // OK
 
     r#async = consumes_async!(async); // OK
-    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `r#async`
-    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `async`
+    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `r#async`
+    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected keyword `async`
     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(r#async); // OK
 
     if passes_ident!(async) == 1 {} // FIXME: Edition hygiene bug, async here is 2018 and reserved
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.stderr b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.stderr
index 42db75f665973..aed5837abeafe 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.stderr
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ help: escape `async` to use it as an identifier
 LL |     module::r#async();
    |             ++
 
-error: no rules expected the token `r#async`
+error: no rules expected `r#async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs:20:31
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async!(r#async);
    |                               ^^^^^^^ no rules expected this token in macro call
    |
-note: while trying to match `async`
+note: while trying to match keyword `async`
   --> $DIR/auxiliary/edition-kw-macro-2015.rs:17:6
    |
 LL |     (async) => (1)
    |      ^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `async`
+error: no rules expected keyword `async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2018-2015-parsing.rs:21:35
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async);
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs
index 4975246fa9423..b75b68b3febbd 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ pub fn check_async() {
     let mut r#async = 1; // OK
 
     r#async = consumes_async!(async); // OK
-    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `r#async`
-    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `async`
+    r#async = consumes_async!(r#async); //~ ERROR no rules expected `r#async`
+    r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async); //~ ERROR no rules expected keyword `async`
     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(r#async); // OK
 
     if passes_ident!(async) == 1 {} // FIXME: Edition hygiene bug, async here is 2018 and reserved
diff --git a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.stderr b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.stderr
index 4bbe1597233cf..6503e9cc73cf1 100644
--- a/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/editions/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.stderr
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ help: escape `async` to use it as an identifier
 LL |     module::r#async();
    |             ++
 
-error: no rules expected the token `r#async`
+error: no rules expected `r#async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs:27:31
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async!(r#async);
    |                               ^^^^^^^ no rules expected this token in macro call
    |
-note: while trying to match `async`
+note: while trying to match keyword `async`
   --> $DIR/auxiliary/edition-kw-macro-2018.rs:17:6
    |
 LL |     (async) => (1)
    |      ^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `async`
+error: no rules expected keyword `async`
   --> $DIR/edition-keywords-2018-2018-parsing.rs:28:35
    |
 LL |     r#async = consumes_async_raw!(async);
diff --git a/tests/ui/fail-simple.rs b/tests/ui/fail-simple.rs
index cd81a5d0a0fc6..55e547ee72b0f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/fail-simple.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/fail-simple.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fn main() {
-    panic!(@); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `@`
+    panic!(@); //~ ERROR no rules expected `@`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/fail-simple.stderr b/tests/ui/fail-simple.stderr
index 39fec3e2517b2..50c350b3ef55e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/fail-simple.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/fail-simple.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `@`
+error: no rules expected `@`
   --> $DIR/fail-simple.rs:2:12
    |
 LL |     panic!(@);
diff --git a/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.rs b/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.rs
index 952d161e83fac..17898c0a67995 100644
--- a/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod a {
 }
 
 macro_rules! import {
-    ($p: path) => (use ::$p {S, Z}); //~ERROR  expected identifier, found `a::b::c`
+    ($p: path) => (use ::$p {S, Z}); //~ERROR expected identifier, found metavariable
 }
 
 import! { a::b::c }
diff --git a/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.stderr b/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.stderr
index 070186f2bf2fb..fbeca99b13800 100644
--- a/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/imports/import-prefix-macro-2.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-error: expected identifier, found `a::b::c`
+error: expected identifier, found metavariable
   --> $DIR/import-prefix-macro-2.rs:11:26
    |
 LL |     ($p: path) => (use ::$p {S, Z});
-   |                          ^^ expected identifier
+   |                          ^^ expected identifier, found metavariable
 ...
 LL | import! { a::b::c }
    | ------------------- in this macro invocation
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.with-generic-asset.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.with-generic-asset.stderr
index 1e73320e43912..7582c8e8659bc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.with-generic-asset.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.with-generic-asset.stderr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ error: expected one of `,`, `.`, `?`, or an operator, found `some`
 LL |     assert!(true some extra junk);
    |                  ^^^^ expected one of `,`, `.`, `?`, or an operator
 
-error: no rules expected the token `blah`
+error: no rules expected `blah`
   --> $DIR/assert-trailing-junk.rs:15:30
    |
 LL |     assert!(true, "whatever" blah);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LL |     assert!(true "whatever" blah);
    |                 |
    |                 help: try adding a comma
 
-error: no rules expected the token `blah`
+error: no rules expected `blah`
   --> $DIR/assert-trailing-junk.rs:18:29
    |
 LL |     assert!(true "whatever" blah);
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.without-generic-asset.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.without-generic-asset.stderr
index 1e73320e43912..7582c8e8659bc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.without-generic-asset.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/assert-trailing-junk.without-generic-asset.stderr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ error: expected one of `,`, `.`, `?`, or an operator, found `some`
 LL |     assert!(true some extra junk);
    |                  ^^^^ expected one of `,`, `.`, `?`, or an operator
 
-error: no rules expected the token `blah`
+error: no rules expected `blah`
   --> $DIR/assert-trailing-junk.rs:15:30
    |
 LL |     assert!(true, "whatever" blah);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LL |     assert!(true "whatever" blah);
    |                 |
    |                 help: try adding a comma
 
-error: no rules expected the token `blah`
+error: no rules expected `blah`
   --> $DIR/assert-trailing-junk.rs:18:29
    |
 LL |     assert!(true "whatever" blah);
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.rs b/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.rs
index bbdd465d5ec96..1b73066c8749d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ macro_rules! number {
     (neg false, $self:ident) => { $self };
     ($signed:tt => $ty:ty;) => {
         number!(neg $signed, $self);
-        //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `$`
+        //~^ ERROR no rules expected `$`
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.stderr
index c5f8b9abc19a1..914ff7fd8207f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/best-failure.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `$`
+error: no rules expected `$`
   --> $DIR/best-failure.rs:4:30
    |
 LL | macro_rules! number {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/block-to-expr-metavar.rs b/tests/ui/macros/block-to-expr-metavar.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04f10ad0f9886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/block-to-expr-metavar.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//@ check-pass
+//
+// A test case where a `block` fragment specifier is interpreted as an `expr`
+// fragment specifier. It's an interesting case for the handling of invisible
+// delimiters.
+
+macro_rules! m_expr {
+    ($e:expr) => { const _CURRENT: u32 = $e; };
+}
+
+macro_rules! m_block {
+    ($b:block) => ( m_expr!($b); );
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    m_block!({ 1 });
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2021.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2021.stderr
index b55ae62030c56..82f11358c94a6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2021.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2021.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `const`
+error: no rules expected keyword `const`
   --> $DIR/expr_2021_inline_const.rs:26:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2021 {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$e:expr_2021`
 LL |     ($e:expr_2021) => {
    |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `const`
+error: no rules expected keyword `const`
   --> $DIR/expr_2021_inline_const.rs:27:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2024 {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2024.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2024.stderr
index 285db53d6c834..5c7b672f025c7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2024.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.edi2024.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `const`
+error: no rules expected keyword `const`
   --> $DIR/expr_2021_inline_const.rs:26:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2021 {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.rs b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.rs
index 06b74a466d6e2..c8b05b5364a70 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2021_inline_const.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ macro_rules! test {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    m2021!(const { 1 }); //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `const`
-    m2024!(const { 1 }); //[edi2021]~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `const`
+    m2021!(const { 1 }); //~ ERROR: no rules expected keyword `const`
+    m2024!(const { 1 }); //[edi2021]~ ERROR: no rules expected keyword `const`
 
     test!(expr);
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2021.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2021.stderr
index 335b3f613434b..32d3a310a1fea 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2021.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2021.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `_`
+error: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
   --> $DIR/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs:22:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2021 {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$e:expr_2021`
 LL |     ($e:expr_2021) => {
    |      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `_`
+error: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
   --> $DIR/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs:23:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2024 {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2024.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2024.stderr
index 9e49f66a89ae8..9103974690201 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2024.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.edi2024.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `_`
+error: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
   --> $DIR/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs:22:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m2021 {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs
index b2129bf154f7e..d5ae86571af0b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/expr_2024_underscore_expr.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ macro_rules! m2024 {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    m2021!(_); //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `_`
-    m2024!(_); //[edi2021]~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `_`
+    m2021!(_); //~ ERROR: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
+    m2024!(_); //[edi2021]~ ERROR: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.rs b/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.rs
index a41372e4ea840..a73b737fe07e4 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 macro_rules! make_macro {
     ($macro_name:tt) => {
         macro_rules! $macro_name {
-        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `{` and any following
+        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `{` and any tokens following
         //~| ERROR cannot find macro `macro_rules` in this scope
         //~| put a macro name here
             () => {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.stderr
index 256b742ee160b..7fa5c2b83ddd8 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-118786.stderr
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ help: add a semicolon
 LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name; {
    |                                 +
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `{` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `{` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/issue-118786.rs:7:34
    |
 LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.rs b/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.rs
index 918a821bae925..e36e47a3e7c23 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 macro_rules! t {
-    () => ( String ; );     //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `;`
+    () => ( String ; );     //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores `;`
 }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.stderr
index f303221cf8aa8..129733ed69aba 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-30007.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `;` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `;` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/issue-30007.rs:2:20
    |
 LL |     () => ( String ; );
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.rs b/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.rs
index b24d7e1f6bee5..37ab4e636475b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 macro_rules! m {
     () => {
-        let //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `let` and any following
+        let //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores keyword `let` and any tokens following
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.stderr
index fb2c103139b97..f5f8b8ca2b266 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/issue-54441.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `let` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores keyword `let` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/issue-54441.rs:3:9
    |
 LL |         let
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-as-fn-body.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-as-fn-body.rs
index e0542edc2a521..188c7f7f728c9 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-as-fn-body.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-as-fn-body.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 //@ run-pass
 //
-// Description - ensure Interpolated blocks can act as valid function bodies
+// Description - ensure block metavariables can act as valid function bodies
 // Covered cases: free functions, struct methods, and default trait functions
 
 macro_rules! def_fn {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs
index 8f2531a25aeaf..08967b82531c9 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ macro_rules! barstar {
 pub fn main() {
     foo!();
     foo!(a);
-    foo!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    foo!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    foo!(a?a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    foo!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    foo!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    foo!(a?a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
 
     barplus!(); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     barplus!(a); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
-    barplus!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    barplus!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    barplus!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    barplus!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
     barplus!(a+);
     barplus!(+);
 
     barstar!(); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     barstar!(a); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
-    barstar!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    barstar!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    barstar!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    barstar!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
     barstar!(a*);
     barstar!(*);
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.stderr
index 7c45b85bc8d4e..7f161cdc8d0b4 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: the `?` macro repetition operator does not take a separator
 LL |     ($(a),?) => {};
    |          ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:25:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LL |     foo!(a?);
    |
    = note: while trying to match sequence end
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:26:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LL |     foo!(a?a);
    |
    = note: while trying to match sequence end
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:27:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ note: while trying to match `+`
 LL |     ($(a)?+) => {}; // ok. matches "a+" and "+"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:31:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barplus {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ note: while trying to match `+`
 LL |     ($(a)?+) => {}; // ok. matches "a+" and "+"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:32:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barplus {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ note: while trying to match `*`
 LL |     ($(a)?*) => {}; // ok. matches "a*" and "*"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:38:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barstar {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ note: while trying to match `*`
 LL |     ($(a)?*) => {}; // ok. matches "a*" and "*"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2015.rs:39:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barstar {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs
index 7f43055ded6f4..98fbb2ad20733 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ macro_rules! barstar {
 pub fn main() {
     foo!();
     foo!(a);
-    foo!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    foo!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    foo!(a?a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    foo!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    foo!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    foo!(a?a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
 
     barplus!(); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     barplus!(a); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
-    barplus!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    barplus!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    barplus!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    barplus!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
     barplus!(a+);
     barplus!(+);
 
     barstar!(); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     barstar!(a); //~ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
-    barstar!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
-    barstar!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `?`
+    barstar!(a?); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
+    barstar!(a?a); //~ ERROR no rules expected `?`
     barstar!(a*);
     barstar!(*);
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.stderr
index 696520b28268a..f165a199b10b9 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: the `?` macro repetition operator does not take a separator
 LL |     ($(a),?) => {};
    |          ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:25:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LL |     foo!(a?);
    |
    = note: while trying to match sequence end
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:26:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LL |     foo!(a?a);
    |
    = note: while trying to match sequence end
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:27:11
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ note: while trying to match `+`
 LL |     ($(a)?+) => {}; // ok. matches "a+" and "+"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:31:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barplus {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ note: while trying to match `+`
 LL |     ($(a)?+) => {}; // ok. matches "a+" and "+"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:32:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barplus {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ note: while trying to match `*`
 LL |     ($(a)?*) => {}; // ok. matches "a*" and "*"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:38:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barstar {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ note: while trying to match `*`
 LL |     ($(a)?*) => {}; // ok. matches "a*" and "*"
    |           ^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `?`
+error: no rules expected `?`
   --> $DIR/macro-at-most-once-rep-2018.rs:39:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! barstar {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.rs
index d09fdf118e6f4..a31470263a0a5 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // (typeof used because it's surprisingly hard to find an unparsed token after a stmt)
 macro_rules! m {
     () => ( i ; typeof );   //~ ERROR expected expression, found reserved keyword `typeof`
-                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores token `typeof`
-                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores token `;`
-                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores token `;`
+                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores reserved keyword `typeof`
+                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores `;`
+                            //~| ERROR macro expansion ignores `;`
                             //~| ERROR cannot find type `i` in this scope
                             //~| ERROR cannot find value `i` in this scope
                             //~| WARN trailing semicolon in macro
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.stderr
index 7785f41594627..4820a43f00c79 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-context.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `;` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `;` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-context.rs:3:15
    |
 LL |     () => ( i ; typeof );
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LL |     let a: m!();
    |
    = note: the usage of `m!` is likely invalid in type context
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `typeof` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores reserved keyword `typeof` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-context.rs:3:17
    |
 LL |     () => ( i ; typeof );
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LL |     let i = m!();
    |
    = note: the usage of `m!` is likely invalid in expression context
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `;` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `;` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-context.rs:3:15
    |
 LL |     () => ( i ; typeof );
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.fixed b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.fixed
index f4d04ca37bf5b..7c830707ffd9d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.fixed
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.fixed
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ macro_rules! foo {
         //~| NOTE `#[warn(semicolon_in_expressions_from_macros)]` on by default
         assert_eq!("B", "B");
     }
-    //~^^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `assert_eq` and any following
+    //~^^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `assert_eq` and any tokens following
     //~| NOTE the usage of `foo!` is likely invalid in expression context
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.rs
index 8921a05637725..da95017aa5f74 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ macro_rules! foo {
         //~| NOTE `#[warn(semicolon_in_expressions_from_macros)]` on by default
         assert_eq!("B", "B");
     }
-    //~^^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `assert_eq` and any following
+    //~^^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `assert_eq` and any tokens following
     //~| NOTE the usage of `foo!` is likely invalid in expression context
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.stderr
index 2eee63f307af9..43419f2678c22 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-in-expression-context.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `assert_eq` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `assert_eq` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-in-expression-context.rs:12:9
    |
 LL |         assert_eq!("B", "B");
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.rs
index 48c1f19e777f7..b5d2322c8052c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ macro_rules! qpath {
 
     (ty, <$type:ty as $trait:ty>::$name:ident) => {
         <$type as $trait>::$name
-        //~^ ERROR expected identifier, found `!`
+        //~^ ERROR expected identifier, found metavariable
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.stderr
index e6b39dfef8581..bc24a15861295 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-interpolation.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-error: expected identifier, found `!`
+error: expected identifier, found metavariable
   --> $DIR/macro-interpolation.rs:21:19
    |
 LL |         <$type as $trait>::$name
-   |                   ^^^^^^ expected identifier
+   |                   ^^^^^^ expected identifier, found metavariable
 ...
 LL |     let _: qpath!(ty, <str as !>::Owned);
    |            -----------------------------
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.rs
index 26e1f2afa91bb..3defffd29604a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ macro_rules! m { ($x:lifetime) => { } }
 
 fn main() {
     m!(a);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `a`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `a`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.stderr
index 9ff3d741c01d2..35040a2229bd3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-non-lifetime.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `a`
+error: no rules expected `a`
   --> $DIR/macro-non-lifetime.rs:6:8
    |
 LL | macro_rules! m { ($x:lifetime) => { } }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/macro-stmt-2.rs b/tests/ui/macros/macro-stmt-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..663d8ddc4843a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/macro-stmt-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//@ check-pass
+//
+// This shows a tricky case for #124141, where `declare!(_x)` was incorrectly
+// being categorised as a `StmtKind::Expr` instead of a `StmtKind::MacCall` in
+// `parse_stmt_mac`.
+
+macro_rules! as_stmt { ($s:stmt) => { $s }; }
+
+macro_rules! declare { ($name:ident) => { let $name = 0u32; }; }
+
+fn main() { as_stmt!(declare!(_x)); }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.rs b/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.rs
index 92f8a77950583..64cfb0db31a0b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.rs
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ fn main() {
     println!("{}" a);
     //~^ ERROR expected `,`, found `a`
     foo!(a b);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `b`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `b`
     foo!(a, b, c, d e);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `e`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `e`
     foo!(a, b, c d, e);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `d`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `d`
     foo!(a, b, c d e);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `d`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `d`
     bar!(Level::Error, );
     //~^ ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     check!(<str as Debug>::fmt, "fmt");
     check!(<str as Debug>::fmt, "fmt",);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `,`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected `,`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.stderr
index 81877a29ed8ae..9913ba3491927 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/missing-comma.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: expected `,`, found `a`
 LL |     println!("{}" a);
    |                   ^ expected `,`
 
-error: no rules expected the token `b`
+error: no rules expected `b`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:21:12
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$a:ident`
 LL |     ($a:ident) => ();
    |      ^^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `e`
+error: no rules expected `e`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:23:21
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$d:ident`
 LL |     ($a:ident, $b:ident, $c:ident, $d:ident) => ();
    |                                    ^^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `d`
+error: no rules expected `d`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:25:18
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$c:ident`
 LL |     ($a:ident, $b:ident, $c:ident) => ();
    |                          ^^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `d`
+error: no rules expected `d`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:27:18
    |
 LL | macro_rules! foo {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$arg:tt`
 LL |     ($lvl:expr, $($arg:tt)+) => {}
    |                   ^^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `,`
+error: no rules expected `,`
   --> $DIR/missing-comma.rs:32:38
    |
 LL | macro_rules! check {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.rs b/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.rs
index 5f0d6b2f90eee..a03ede20c5499 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ macro complex_nonterminal($nt_item: item) {
         struct S;
     }
 
-    n!(a $nt_item b); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `enum E {}`
+    n!(a $nt_item b); //~ ERROR no rules expected `item` metavariable
 }
 
 simple_nonterminal!(a, 'a, (x, y, z)); // OK
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ macro_rules! foo {
     (ident $x:ident) => { bar!(ident $x); };
     (lifetime $x:lifetime) => { bar!(lifetime $x); };
     (tt $x:tt) => { bar!(tt $x); };
-    (expr $x:expr) => { bar!(expr $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `3`
-    (literal $x:literal) => { bar!(literal $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `4`
-    (path $x:path) => { bar!(path $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `a::b::c`
-    (stmt $x:stmt) => { bar!(stmt $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected the token `let abc = 0`
+    (expr $x:expr) => { bar!(expr $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected `expr` metavariable
+    (literal $x:literal) => { bar!(literal $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected `literal` metavariable
+    (path $x:path) => { bar!(path $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected `path` metavariable
+    (stmt $x:stmt) => { bar!(stmt $x); }; //~ ERROR: no rules expected `stmt` metavariable
 }
 
 macro_rules! bar {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.stderr
index 3ee88b5f52ef9..d01561415664c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/nonterminal-matching.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `enum E {}`
+error: no rules expected `item` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:19:10
    |
 LL |     macro n(a $nt_item b) {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LL |     n!(a $nt_item b);
 LL | complex_nonterminal!(enum E {});
    | ------------------------------- in this macro invocation
    |
-note: while trying to match `enum E {}`
+note: while trying to match `item` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:15:15
    |
 LL |     macro n(a $nt_item b) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LL | complex_nonterminal!(enum E {});
    = help: try using `:tt` instead in the macro definition
    = note: this error originates in the macro `complex_nonterminal` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: no rules expected the token `3`
+error: no rules expected `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:32:35
    |
 LL |     (expr $x:expr) => { bar!(expr $x); };
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ LL |     (expr 3) => {};
    = help: try using `:tt` instead in the macro definition
    = note: this error originates in the macro `foo` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: no rules expected the token `4`
+error: no rules expected `literal` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:33:44
    |
 LL |     (literal $x:literal) => { bar!(literal $x); };
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ LL |     (literal 4) => {};
    = help: try using `:tt` instead in the macro definition
    = note: this error originates in the macro `foo` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: no rules expected the token `a::b::c`
+error: no rules expected `path` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:34:35
    |
 LL |     (path $x:path) => { bar!(path $x); };
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ LL |     (path a::b::c) => {};
    = help: try using `:tt` instead in the macro definition
    = note: this error originates in the macro `foo` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: no rules expected the token `let abc = 0`
+error: no rules expected `stmt` metavariable
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:35:35
    |
 LL |     (stmt $x:stmt) => { bar!(stmt $x); };
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ LL | macro_rules! bar {
 LL | foo!(stmt let abc = 0);
    | ---------------------- in this macro invocation
    |
-note: while trying to match `let`
+note: while trying to match keyword `let`
   --> $DIR/nonterminal-matching.rs:45:11
    |
 LL |     (stmt let abc = 0) => {};
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.rs b/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.rs
index f6178c137db97..e1681ea32a2ee 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ macro_rules! values {
             $(
                 #[$attr]
                 $token $($inner)? = $value,
+                //~^ ERROR expected one of `!` or `::`, found `<eof>`
             )*
         }
     };
 }
-//~^^^^^ ERROR expected one of `(`, `,`, `=`, `{`, or `}`, found type `(String)`
-//~| ERROR macro expansion ignores token `(String)` and any following
+//~^^^^^^ ERROR expected one of `(`, `,`, `=`, `{`, or `}`, found `ty` metavariable
+//~| ERROR macro expansion ignores `ty` metavariable and any tokens following
 
 values!(STRING(1) as (String) => cfg(test),);
-//~^ ERROR expected one of `!` or `::`, found `<eof>`
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.stderr
index 6218bf43a1ef2..a2059aa1aa802 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/syntax-error-recovery.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: expected one of `(`, `,`, `=`, `{`, or `}`, found type `(String)`
+error: expected one of `(`, `,`, `=`, `{`, or `}`, found `ty` metavariable
   --> $DIR/syntax-error-recovery.rs:7:26
    |
 LL |                 $token $($inner)? = $value,
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LL | values!(STRING(1) as (String) => cfg(test),);
    = help: enum variants can be `Variant`, `Variant = <integer>`, `Variant(Type, ..., TypeN)` or `Variant { fields: Types }`
    = note: this error originates in the macro `values` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `(String)` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `ty` metavariable and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/syntax-error-recovery.rs:7:26
    |
 LL |                 $token $($inner)? = $value,
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ LL | values!(STRING(1) as (String) => cfg(test),);
    = note: the usage of `values!` is likely invalid in item context
 
 error: expected one of `!` or `::`, found `<eof>`
-  --> $DIR/syntax-error-recovery.rs:15:9
+  --> $DIR/syntax-error-recovery.rs:7:17
    |
-LL | values!(STRING(1) as (String) => cfg(test),);
-   |         ^^^^^^ expected one of `!` or `::`
+LL |                 $token $($inner)? = $value,
+   |                 ^^^^^^ expected one of `!` or `::`
 
 error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.rs b/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.rs
index 87036bb9c6f75..e0cbbd8f5c9e6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ macro_rules! test {
     (let $p:pat = $e:expr) => {test!(($p,$e))};
     // this should be expr
     //           vvv
-    (($p:pat, $e:pat)) => {let $p = $e;}; //~ ERROR expected expression, found pattern `1+1`
+    (($p:pat, $e:pat)) => {let $p = $e;}; //~ ERROR expected expression, found `pat` metavariable
 }
 
 fn foo() {
diff --git a/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.stderr b/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.stderr
index 66d7b76bb0726..73fed66e61906 100644
--- a/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/macros/trace_faulty_macros.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `bcd`
+error: no rules expected `bcd`
   --> $DIR/trace_faulty_macros.rs:7:26
    |
 LL | macro_rules! my_faulty_macro {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ LL |     my_recursive_macro!();
    = note: expanding `my_recursive_macro! {  }`
    = note: to `my_recursive_macro! ();`
 
-error: expected expression, found pattern `A { a : a, b : 0, c : _, .. }`
+error: expected expression, found `pat` metavariable
   --> $DIR/trace_faulty_macros.rs:16:9
    |
 LL |         $a
@@ -69,22 +69,15 @@ LL | #[derive(Debug)]
 LL | fn use_derive_macro_as_attr() {}
    | -------------------------------- not a `struct`, `enum` or `union`
 
-error: expected expression, found pattern `1+1`
+error: expected expression, found `pat` metavariable
   --> $DIR/trace_faulty_macros.rs:49:37
    |
-LL |     (let $p:pat = $e:expr) => {test!(($p,$e))};
-   |                                          -- this is interpreted as expression, but it is expected to be pattern
-...
 LL |     (($p:pat, $e:pat)) => {let $p = $e;};
    |                                     ^^ expected expression
 ...
 LL |     test!(let x = 1+1);
-   |     ------------------
-   |     |             |
-   |     |             this is expected to be expression
-   |     in this macro invocation
+   |     ------------------ in this macro invocation
    |
-   = note: when forwarding a matched fragment to another macro-by-example, matchers in the second macro will see an opaque AST of the fragment type, not the underlying tokens
    = note: this error originates in the macro `test` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
 note: trace_macro
diff --git a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.rs b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.rs
index c86e61a61a725..f4c8b91d7daee 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::mem::offset_of;
 fn main() {
     offset_of!(NotEnoughArguments); //~ ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
     offset_of!(NotEnoughArgumentsWithAComma, ); //~ ERROR unexpected end of macro invocation
-    offset_of!(Container, field, too many arguments); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `too`
+    offset_of!(Container, field, too many arguments); //~ ERROR no rules expected `too`
     offset_of!(S, f); // compiles fine
     offset_of!(S, f,); // also compiles fine
     offset_of!(S, f.); //~ ERROR unexpected token: `)`
diff --git a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.stderr b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.stderr
index 4cb24b3d034b6..0772bb18e0c62 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-arg-count.stderr
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LL |     offset_of!(NotEnoughArgumentsWithAComma, );
 note: while trying to match meta-variable `$fields:expr`
   --> $SRC_DIR/core/src/mem/mod.rs:LL:COL
 
-error: no rules expected the token `too`
+error: no rules expected `too`
   --> $DIR/offset-of-arg-count.rs:6:34
    |
 LL |     offset_of!(Container, field, too many arguments);
diff --git a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-tuple.stderr b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-tuple.stderr
index dd20859e04e1b..38ce49c9179ba 100644
--- a/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-tuple.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/offset-of/offset-of-tuple.stderr
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ error: suffixes on a tuple index are invalid
 LL |     offset_of!((u8, u8), 1_u8);
    |                          ^^^^ invalid suffix `u8`
 
-error: no rules expected the token `+`
+error: no rules expected `+`
   --> $DIR/offset-of-tuple.rs:11:26
    |
 LL |     offset_of!((u8, u8), +1);
diff --git a/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs b/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs
index 7a94c96b79d89..fb227bf0e915f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ macro_rules! accept_pat {
     ($p:pat) => {};
 }
 
-accept_pat!(p | q); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `|`
-accept_pat!(|p| q); //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `|`
+accept_pat!(p | q); //~ ERROR no rules expected `|`
+accept_pat!(|p| q); //~ ERROR no rules expected `|`
diff --git a/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.stderr b/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.stderr
index acc2099bbc6a8..47dac84ee4947 100644
--- a/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/or-patterns/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `|`
+error: no rules expected `|`
   --> $DIR/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs:12:15
    |
 LL | macro_rules! accept_pat {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ note: while trying to match meta-variable `$p:pat`
 LL |     ($p:pat) => {};
    |      ^^^^^^
 
-error: no rules expected the token `|`
+error: no rules expected `|`
   --> $DIR/or-patterns-syntactic-fail-2018.rs:13:13
    |
 LL | macro_rules! accept_pat {
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.rs b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.rs
index 2a69ae5ac0639..2d0c6dbb50ab8 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 macro_rules! mac {
     ($attr_item: meta) => {
         #[cfg($attr_item)]
-        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `an(arbitrary token stream)`
-        //~| ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `an(arbitrary token stream)`
+        //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `meta` metavariable
+        //~| ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `meta` metavariable
         struct S;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.stderr
index 192be28db3fb8..dea574fd36d5b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-bad-meta-4.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `-`
 LL | #[cfg(feature = -1)]
    |                 ^
 
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `an(arbitrary token stream)`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `meta` metavariable
   --> $DIR/attr-bad-meta-4.rs:3:15
    |
 LL |         #[cfg($attr_item)]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LL | mac!(an(arbitrary token stream));
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `mac` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `an(arbitrary token stream)`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `meta` metavariable
   --> $DIR/attr-bad-meta-4.rs:3:15
    |
 LL |         #[cfg($attr_item)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.rs b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.rs
index 5b15b8d69fcf8..396265f715e97 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fn main() {
 
 macro_rules! make {
     ($name:ident) => { #[doc(alias = $name)] pub struct S; }
-    //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found `nickname`
+    //~^ ERROR expected unsuffixed literal, found identifier `nickname`
 }
 
 make!(nickname); //~ NOTE in this expansion
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.stderr
index e0f99459c44e7..2d7997f1aea5a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/attribute/attr-unquoted-ident.stderr
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ help: surround the identifier with quotation marks to make it into a string lite
 LL |     #[cfg(key="foo bar baz")]
    |               +           +
 
-error: expected unsuffixed literal, found `nickname`
+error: expected unsuffixed literal, found identifier `nickname`
   --> $DIR/attr-unquoted-ident.rs:21:38
    |
 LL |     ($name:ident) => { #[doc(alias = $name)] pub struct S; }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.rs b/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.rs
index 990f2926dc861..bf7163039c420 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ macro_rules! generate_field_accesses {
         let s = S(0, (0, 0));
 
         s.$a; // OK
-        { s.$b; } //~ ERROR unexpected token: `1.1`
-                  //~| ERROR expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found literal `1.1`
-        { s.$c; } //~ ERROR unexpected token: `1.1`
-                  //~| ERROR expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found expression `1.1`
+        { s.$b; } //~ ERROR unexpected token: `literal` metavariable
+                  //~| ERROR expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `literal` metavariable
+        { s.$c; } //~ ERROR unexpected token: `expr` metavariable
+                  //~| ERROR expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `expr` metavariable
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.stderr
index 2a1a4926cb3c6..e2b7e3a7dbe75 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/float-field-interpolated.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: unexpected token: `1.1`
+error: unexpected token: `literal` metavariable
   --> $DIR/float-field-interpolated.rs:8:13
    |
 LL |         { s.$b; }
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LL |     generate_field_accesses!(1.1, 1.1, 1.1);
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `generate_field_accesses` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found literal `1.1`
+error: expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `literal` metavariable
   --> $DIR/float-field-interpolated.rs:8:13
    |
 LL |         { s.$b; }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LL |     generate_field_accesses!(1.1, 1.1, 1.1);
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `generate_field_accesses` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: unexpected token: `1.1`
+error: unexpected token: `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/float-field-interpolated.rs:10:13
    |
 LL |         { s.$c; }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LL |     generate_field_accesses!(1.1, 1.1, 1.1);
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `generate_field_accesses` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found expression `1.1`
+error: expected one of `.`, `;`, `?`, `}`, or an operator, found `expr` metavariable
   --> $DIR/float-field-interpolated.rs:10:13
    |
 LL |         { s.$c; }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.rs b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.rs
index 30f3781bf7743..1a0833ebb2f61 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ macro_rules! mac2 {
     ($eval:pat) => {
         let mut $eval = ();
         //~^ ERROR `mut` must be followed by a named binding
-        //~| ERROR expected identifier, found `does_not_exist!()`
+        //~| ERROR expected identifier, found metavariable
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.stderr
index 76259b40a9332..aec054c205c37 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/issues/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.stderr
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ LL -         let mut $eval = ();
 LL +         let $eval = ();
    |
 
-error: expected identifier, found `does_not_exist!()`
+error: expected identifier, found metavariable
   --> $DIR/issue-65122-mac-invoc-in-mut-patterns.rs:13:17
    |
 LL |         let mut $eval = ();
-   |                 ^^^^^ expected identifier
+   |                 ^^^^^ expected identifier, found metavariable
 ...
 LL |     mac2! { does_not_exist!() }
    |     --------------------------- in this macro invocation
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.rs
index 0044aa5610f5f..e0957542f8f19 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 macro_rules! test_macro {
     ( $( $t:ty ),* $(),*) => {
         enum SomeEnum {
-            $( $t, )* //~ ERROR expected identifier, found `String`
+            $( $t, )* //~ ERROR expected identifier, found metavariable
         };
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.stderr
index 1f2fe23106ae3..560329df5ccbd 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/issue-37113.stderr
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-error: expected identifier, found `String`
+error: expected identifier, found metavariable
   --> $DIR/issue-37113.rs:4:16
    |
 LL |         enum SomeEnum {
    |              -------- while parsing this enum
 LL |             $( $t, )*
-   |                ^^ expected identifier
+   |                ^^ expected identifier, found metavariable
 ...
 LL |     test_macro!(String,);
    |     -------------------- in this macro invocation
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.rs
index 8d8103bb1e065..1aaa993e0721d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ macro_rules! outer {
 
 outer! {
     //! Inner
-} //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `!`
+} //~^ ERROR no rules expected `!`
 
 fn main() { }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.stderr
index 9d2d1bc00725a..6b7e758980c2b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-1.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `!`
+error: no rules expected `!`
   --> $DIR/macro-doc-comments-1.rs:6:5
    |
 LL | macro_rules! outer {
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.rs
index 8f33720ae80eb..2bee2435ef872 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ macro_rules! inner {
 
 inner! {
     /// Outer
-} //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `[`
+} //~^ ERROR no rules expected `[`
 
 fn main() { }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.stderr
index 22efd995b463c..02c12bf959114 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-doc-comments-2.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `[`
+error: no rules expected `[`
   --> $DIR/macro-doc-comments-2.rs:6:5
    |
 LL | macro_rules! inner {
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.rs
index db38fa0d7bc65..0e27836b718bc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 macro_rules! arm {
     ($pattern:pat => $block:block) => {
         $pattern => $block
-        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `=>` and any following
+        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `=>` and any tokens following
         //~| NOTE the usage of `arm!` is likely invalid in pattern context
         //~| NOTE macros cannot expand to match arms
     };
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.stderr
index e3e7ff89c8134..1927d80fd724c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-expand-to-match-arm.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `=>` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `=>` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-expand-to-match-arm.rs:3:18
    |
 LL |         $pattern => $block
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.rs
index 544e4aa7b1b09..612196aa4b276 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ macro_rules! ignored_item {
     () => {
         fn foo() {}
         fn bar() {}
-        , //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `,`
+        , //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores `,`
     }
 }
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ macro_rules! ignored_expr {
 }
 
 macro_rules! ignored_pat {
-    () => ( 1, 2 ) //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `,`
+    () => ( 1, 2 ) //~ ERROR macro expansion ignores `,`
 }
 
 ignored_item!();
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.stderr
index 707417b725e9f..096b5f718ae1c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/macro-incomplete-parse.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-incomplete-parse.rs:5:9
    |
 LL |         ,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LL |     ignored_expr!();
    |
    = note: this error originates in the macro `ignored_expr` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/macro-incomplete-parse.rs:16:14
    |
 LL |     () => ( 1, 2 )
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.rs
index 97fb564bf6479..b4140613cbae7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 macro_rules! bah {
     ($a:expr) => {
         $a
-    }; //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `2` and any following
+    }; //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `expr` metavariable and any tokens following
 }
 
 trait Bar {
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.stderr
index db20e6b24aa03..62b42fa8b8dd7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-non-item-macros.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: macro expansion ignores token `2` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `expr` metavariable and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/trait-non-item-macros.rs:3:9
    |
 LL |         $a
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs
index 560195977d03a..d4ec199070e7c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ macro_rules! m {
 fn main() {
     m!('static);
     //~^ ERROR lifetime in trait object type must be followed by `+`
+    //~| ERROR lifetime in trait object type must be followed by `+`
     //~| ERROR at least one trait is required for an object type
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.stderr
index 40082564bad4c..81dca6f71c436 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/macro/trait-object-macro-matcher.stderr
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ error: lifetime in trait object type must be followed by `+`
 LL |     m!('static);
    |        ^^^^^^^
 
+error: lifetime in trait object type must be followed by `+`
+  --> $DIR/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs:11:8
+   |
+LL |     m!('static);
+   |        ^^^^^^^
+   |
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
 error[E0224]: at least one trait is required for an object type
   --> $DIR/trait-object-macro-matcher.rs:11:8
    |
 LL |     m!('static);
    |        ^^^^^^^
 
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
 
 For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0224`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.rs b/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.rs
index b8610c4e19050..8b0a2d99ea96c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     // Make sure we don't accidentally allow `mut $p` where `$p:pat`.
     macro_rules! foo {
         ($p:pat) => {
-            let mut $p = 0; //~ ERROR expected identifier, found `x`
+            let mut $p = 0; //~ ERROR expected identifier, found metavariable
         }
     }
     foo!(x);
diff --git a/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.stderr b/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.stderr
index f4f11b88d3615..59cbe01c47894 100644
--- a/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/parser/mut-patterns.stderr
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ help: add `mut` to each binding
 LL |     let W(mut a, W(mut b, W(ref c, W(mut d, B { box mut f }))))
    |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-error: expected identifier, found `x`
+error: expected identifier, found metavariable
   --> $DIR/mut-patterns.rs:44:21
    |
 LL |             let mut $p = 0;
-   |                     ^^ expected identifier
+   |                     ^^ expected identifier, found metavariable
 ...
 LL |     foo!(x);
    |     ------- in this macro invocation
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.rs
index 3d8806ee80030..ec0b79469a457 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fn main() {
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found end of macro arguments
 
     let _ = #[duplicate] "Hello, world!";
-    //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+    //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
 
     let _ = {
         #[no_output]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let _ = {
         #[duplicate]
-        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+        //~^ ERROR macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
         "Hello, world!"
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.stderr b/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.stderr
index f96939bb6efce..0d500c871453f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/attr-invalid-exprs.stderr
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ error: expected expression, found end of macro arguments
 LL |     let _ = #[no_output] "Hello, world!";
    |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/attr-invalid-exprs.rs:15:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = #[duplicate] "Hello, world!";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ help: you might be missing a semicolon here
 LL |     let _ = #[duplicate]; "Hello, world!";
    |                         +
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `,` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `,` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/attr-invalid-exprs.rs:24:9
    |
 LL |         #[duplicate]
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.rs
index 5f7375d7450d6..e06ddc51a297e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.rs
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ expand_expr_fail!(echo_pm!($)); //~ ERROR: expected expression, found `$`
 
 // We get errors reported and recover during macro expansion if the macro
 // doesn't produce a valid expression.
-expand_expr_is!("string", echo_tts!("string"; hello)); //~ ERROR: macro expansion ignores token `hello` and any following
-expand_expr_is!("string", echo_pm!("string"; hello)); //~ ERROR: macro expansion ignores token `;` and any following
+expand_expr_is!("string", echo_tts!("string"; hello)); //~ ERROR: macro expansion ignores `hello` and any tokens following
+expand_expr_is!("string", echo_pm!("string"; hello)); //~ ERROR: macro expansion ignores `;` and any tokens following
 
 // For now, fail if a non-literal expression is expanded.
 expand_expr_fail!(arbitrary_expression() + "etc");
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.stderr b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.stderr
index 2b92472e5ab75..8b1df177cfa6d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-expr.stderr
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ error: expected expression, found `$`
 LL | expand_expr_fail!(echo_pm!($));
    |                            ^ expected expression
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `hello` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `hello` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/expand-expr.rs:117:47
    |
 LL | expand_expr_is!("string", echo_tts!("string"; hello));
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ help: you might be missing a semicolon here
 LL | expand_expr_is!("string", echo_tts!("string"; hello););
    |                                                     +
 
-error: macro expansion ignores token `;` and any following
+error: macro expansion ignores `;` and any tokens following
   --> $DIR/expand-expr.rs:118:44
    |
 LL | expand_expr_is!("string", echo_pm!("string"; hello));
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-to-derive.stdout b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-to-derive.stdout
index 81fc52ea22d7b..3a16f23ecf23c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-to-derive.stdout
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/expand-to-derive.stdout
@@ -44,52 +44,58 @@ PRINT-DERIVE INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
                     Group {
                         delimiter: Brace,
                         stream: TokenStream [
-                            Punct {
-                                ch: '#',
-                                spacing: Alone,
-                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:5: 27:6 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Group {
-                                delimiter: Bracket,
-                                stream: TokenStream [
-                                    Ident {
-                                        ident: "rustc_dummy",
-                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:28: 27:39 (#0),
-                                    },
-                                ],
-                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:6: 27:41 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Ident {
-                                ident: "struct",
-                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:5: 28:11 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Ident {
-                                ident: "Inner",
-                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:12: 28:17 (#0),
-                            },
                             Group {
-                                delimiter: Brace,
+                                delimiter: None,
                                 stream: TokenStream [
-                                    Ident {
-                                        ident: "other_inner_field",
-                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:9: 30:26 (#0),
-                                    },
                                     Punct {
-                                        ch: ':',
+                                        ch: '#',
                                         spacing: Alone,
-                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:26: 30:27 (#0),
+                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:5: 27:6 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Group {
+                                        delimiter: Bracket,
+                                        stream: TokenStream [
+                                            Ident {
+                                                ident: "rustc_dummy",
+                                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:28: 27:39 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:27:6: 27:41 (#0),
                                     },
                                     Ident {
-                                        ident: "u8",
-                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:28: 30:30 (#0),
+                                        ident: "struct",
+                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:5: 28:11 (#0),
                                     },
-                                    Punct {
-                                        ch: ',',
-                                        spacing: Alone,
-                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:30: 30:31 (#0),
+                                    Ident {
+                                        ident: "Inner",
+                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:12: 28:17 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Group {
+                                        delimiter: Brace,
+                                        stream: TokenStream [
+                                            Ident {
+                                                ident: "other_inner_field",
+                                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:9: 30:26 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                            Punct {
+                                                ch: ':',
+                                                spacing: Alone,
+                                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:26: 30:27 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                            Ident {
+                                                ident: "u8",
+                                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:28: 30:30 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                            Punct {
+                                                ch: ',',
+                                                spacing: Alone,
+                                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:30:30: 30:31 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                        span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:18: 31:6 (#0),
                                     },
                                 ],
-                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:28:18: 31:6 (#0),
+                                span: $DIR/expand-to-derive.rs:19:17: 19:22 (#3),
                             },
                             Literal {
                                 kind: Integer,
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/macro-rules-derive-cfg.stdout b/tests/ui/proc-macro/macro-rules-derive-cfg.stdout
index c1e46b50d40c2..9482b2784d222 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/macro-rules-derive-cfg.stdout
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/macro-rules-derive-cfg.stdout
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 PRINT-DERIVE INPUT (DISPLAY): struct
-Foo([bool; #[rustc_dummy(first)] #[rustc_dummy(second)]
-{ #![rustc_dummy(third)] #[rustc_dummy(fourth)] 30 }]);
+Foo([bool; #[rustc_dummy(first)]
+#[rustc_dummy(second)] { #![rustc_dummy(third)] #[rustc_dummy(fourth)] 30 }]);
 PRINT-DERIVE DEEP-RE-COLLECTED (DISPLAY): struct
-Foo([bool; #[rustc_dummy(first)] #[rustc_dummy(second)]
+Foo([bool; #[rustc_dummy(first)]
+#[rustc_dummy(second)]
 { #! [rustc_dummy(third)] #[rustc_dummy(fourth)] 30 }]);
 PRINT-DERIVE INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
     Ident {
@@ -53,97 +54,103 @@ PRINT-DERIVE INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
                         ],
                         span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:18:21: 18:63 (#3),
                     },
-                    Punct {
-                        ch: '#',
-                        spacing: Alone,
-                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:13: 23:14 (#0),
-                    },
                     Group {
-                        delimiter: Bracket,
-                        stream: TokenStream [
-                            Ident {
-                                ident: "rustc_dummy",
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:36: 23:47 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Group {
-                                delimiter: Parenthesis,
-                                stream: TokenStream [
-                                    Ident {
-                                        ident: "second",
-                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:48: 23:54 (#0),
-                                    },
-                                ],
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:47: 23:55 (#0),
-                            },
-                        ],
-                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:14: 23:57 (#0),
-                    },
-                    Group {
-                        delimiter: Brace,
+                        delimiter: None,
                         stream: TokenStream [
                             Punct {
                                 ch: '#',
-                                spacing: Joint,
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:5: 24:6 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Punct {
-                                ch: '!',
                                 spacing: Alone,
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:6: 24:7 (#0),
+                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:13: 23:14 (#0),
                             },
                             Group {
                                 delimiter: Bracket,
                                 stream: TokenStream [
                                     Ident {
                                         ident: "rustc_dummy",
-                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:29: 24:40 (#0),
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:36: 23:47 (#0),
                                     },
                                     Group {
                                         delimiter: Parenthesis,
                                         stream: TokenStream [
                                             Ident {
-                                                ident: "third",
-                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:41: 24:46 (#0),
+                                                ident: "second",
+                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:48: 23:54 (#0),
                                             },
                                         ],
-                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:40: 24:47 (#0),
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:47: 23:55 (#0),
                                     },
                                 ],
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:7: 24:49 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Punct {
-                                ch: '#',
-                                spacing: Alone,
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:5: 25:6 (#0),
+                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:14: 23:57 (#0),
                             },
                             Group {
-                                delimiter: Bracket,
+                                delimiter: Brace,
                                 stream: TokenStream [
-                                    Ident {
-                                        ident: "rustc_dummy",
-                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:28: 25:39 (#0),
+                                    Punct {
+                                        ch: '#',
+                                        spacing: Joint,
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:5: 24:6 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Punct {
+                                        ch: '!',
+                                        spacing: Alone,
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:6: 24:7 (#0),
                                     },
                                     Group {
-                                        delimiter: Parenthesis,
+                                        delimiter: Bracket,
+                                        stream: TokenStream [
+                                            Ident {
+                                                ident: "rustc_dummy",
+                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:29: 24:40 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                            Group {
+                                                delimiter: Parenthesis,
+                                                stream: TokenStream [
+                                                    Ident {
+                                                        ident: "third",
+                                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:41: 24:46 (#0),
+                                                    },
+                                                ],
+                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:40: 24:47 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:24:7: 24:49 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Punct {
+                                        ch: '#',
+                                        spacing: Alone,
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:5: 25:6 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Group {
+                                        delimiter: Bracket,
                                         stream: TokenStream [
                                             Ident {
-                                                ident: "fourth",
-                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:40: 25:46 (#0),
+                                                ident: "rustc_dummy",
+                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:28: 25:39 (#0),
+                                            },
+                                            Group {
+                                                delimiter: Parenthesis,
+                                                stream: TokenStream [
+                                                    Ident {
+                                                        ident: "fourth",
+                                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:40: 25:46 (#0),
+                                                    },
+                                                ],
+                                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:39: 25:47 (#0),
                                             },
                                         ],
-                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:39: 25:47 (#0),
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:6: 25:49 (#0),
+                                    },
+                                    Literal {
+                                        kind: Integer,
+                                        symbol: "30",
+                                        suffix: None,
+                                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:26:5: 26:7 (#0),
                                     },
                                 ],
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:25:6: 25:49 (#0),
-                            },
-                            Literal {
-                                kind: Integer,
-                                symbol: "30",
-                                suffix: None,
-                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:26:5: 26:7 (#0),
+                                span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:58: 27:2 (#0),
                             },
                         ],
-                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:23:58: 27:2 (#0),
+                        span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:18:64: 18:69 (#3),
                     },
                 ],
                 span: $DIR/macro-rules-derive-cfg.rs:18:13: 18:70 (#3),
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.rs b/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.rs
index f13d97aaff57b..13d050d56ada6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.rs
@@ -19,4 +19,17 @@ macro_rules! expand_it {
 fn main() {
     expand_it!(1 + (25) + 1);
     expand_it!(("hello".len()) ("world".len()));
+    f();
+}
+
+// The key thing here is to produce a single `None`-delimited `Group`, even
+// though there is multiple levels of macros.
+macro_rules! m5 { ($e:expr) => { print_bang_consume!($e) }; }
+macro_rules! m4 { ($e:expr) => { m5!($e); } }
+macro_rules! m3 { ($e:expr) => { m4!($e); } }
+macro_rules! m2 { ($e:expr) => { m3!($e); } }
+macro_rules! m1 { ($e:expr) => { m2!($e); } }
+
+fn f() {
+    m1!(123);
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.stdout b/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.stdout
index cdf851b535aa5..61001035c26cf 100644
--- a/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.stdout
+++ b/tests/ui/proc-macro/nodelim-groups.stdout
@@ -165,3 +165,18 @@ PRINT-BANG INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
         span: $DIR/nodelim-groups.rs:16:52: 16:59 (#8),
     },
 ]
+PRINT-BANG INPUT (DISPLAY): 123
+PRINT-BANG INPUT (DEBUG): TokenStream [
+    Group {
+        delimiter: None,
+        stream: TokenStream [
+            Literal {
+                kind: Integer,
+                symbol: "123",
+                suffix: None,
+                span: $DIR/nodelim-groups.rs:34:9: 34:12 (#0),
+            },
+        ],
+        span: $DIR/nodelim-groups.rs:27:54: 27:56 (#16),
+    },
+]
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.rs b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.rs
index b8c0eb3e6d6d7..110c03d0e5491 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ fn _macros() {
     }
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
     match () {
         #[cfg(FALSE)]
         () if let 0 = 1 => {}
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ fn _macros() {
         _ => {}
     }
     use_expr!(let 0 = 1);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `let`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected keyword `let`
 }
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.stderr b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.stderr
index 2341dbbbdbd00..0997f0c81a019 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2294-if-let-guard/feature-gate.stderr
@@ -124,15 +124,33 @@ LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:62:16
+  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:60:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:63:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:63:16
    |
 LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
    |                ^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
 
-error: no rules expected the token `let`
-  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:70:15
+error: no rules expected keyword `let`
+  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:72:15
    |
 LL |     macro_rules! use_expr {
    |     --------------------- when calling this macro
@@ -202,7 +220,7 @@ LL |         () if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = (true..true) && false => {}
    = help: you can write `if matches!(<expr>, <pattern>)` instead of `if let <pattern> = <expr>`
 
 error[E0658]: `if let` guards are experimental
-  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:66:12
+  --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:68:12
    |
 LL |         () if let 0 = 1 => {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -262,6 +280,6 @@ LL |         () if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = (true..true) && false => {}
    = help: add `#![feature(let_chains)]` to the crate attributes to enable
    = note: this compiler was built on YYYY-MM-DD; consider upgrading it if it is out of date
 
-error: aborting due to 23 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 25 previous errors
 
 For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0658`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs
index 096036bb1333a..c6aa5126c8285 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ fn _macros() {
     }
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
 }
 
 fn nested_within_if_expr() {
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.stderr b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.stderr
index 31f389512edb4..9ba1e0162955f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.stderr
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ LL |     while (let 2 = 3 && let 3 = 4 && let 4 = 5) {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:70:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:74:9
    |
 LL |     if &let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ LL |     if &let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:73:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:77:9
    |
 LL |     if !let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ LL |     if !let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:75:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:79:9
    |
 LL |     if *let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ LL |     if *let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:77:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:81:9
    |
 LL |     if -let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ LL |     if -let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:85:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:89:9
    |
 LL |     if (let 0 = 0)? {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -273,20 +273,20 @@ LL |     if (let 0 = 0)? {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:88:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:92:16
    |
 LL |     if true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                ^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `||` operators are not supported in let chain expressions
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:88:13
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:92:13
    |
 LL |     if true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |             ^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:90:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:94:17
    |
 LL |     if (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                 ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ LL |     if (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:92:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:96:25
    |
 LL |     if true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ LL |     if true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:94:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:98:25
    |
 LL |     if true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ LL |     if true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:98:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:102:12
    |
 LL |     if x = let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ LL |     if x = let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:101:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:105:15
    |
 LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:104:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:108:11
    |
 LL |     if ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ LL |     if ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:106:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:110:9
    |
 LL |     if (let 0 = 0).. {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ LL |     if (let 0 = 0).. {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:110:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:114:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:113:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:117:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:119:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:123:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:125:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:129:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:129:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:133:19
    |
 LL |     if let true = let true = true {}
    |                   ^^^
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ LL |     if let true = let true = true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:134:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:138:12
    |
 LL |     while &let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ LL |     while &let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:137:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:141:12
    |
 LL |     while !let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ LL |     while !let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:139:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:143:12
    |
 LL |     while *let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ LL |     while *let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:141:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:145:12
    |
 LL |     while -let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ LL |     while -let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:149:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:153:12
    |
 LL |     while (let 0 = 0)? {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -422,20 +422,20 @@ LL |     while (let 0 = 0)? {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:152:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:156:19
    |
 LL |     while true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                   ^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `||` operators are not supported in let chain expressions
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:152:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:156:16
    |
 LL |     while true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                ^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:154:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:158:20
    |
 LL |     while (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                    ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ LL |     while (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:156:28
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:160:28
    |
 LL |     while true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ LL |     while true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:158:28
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:162:28
    |
 LL |     while true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    |                            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ LL |     while true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:162:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:166:15
    |
 LL |     while x = let 0 = 0 {}
    |               ^^^
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ LL |     while x = let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:165:18
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:169:18
    |
 LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |                  ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:168:14
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:172:14
    |
 LL |     while ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |              ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ LL |     while ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:170:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:174:12
    |
 LL |     while (let 0 = 0).. {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ LL |     while (let 0 = 0).. {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:174:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:178:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:177:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:181:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:183:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:187:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:189:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:193:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:193:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:197:22
    |
 LL |     while let true = let true = true {}
    |                      ^^^
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ LL |     while let true = let true = true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:208:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:212:6
    |
 LL |     &let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ LL |     &let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:211:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:215:6
    |
 LL |     !let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ LL |     !let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:213:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:217:6
    |
 LL |     *let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ LL |     *let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:215:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:219:6
    |
 LL |     -let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ LL |     -let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:217:13
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:221:13
    |
 LL |     let _ = let _ = 3;
    |             ^^^
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ LL |     let _ = let _ = 3;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:225:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:229:6
    |
 LL |     (let 0 = 0)?;
    |      ^^^
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ LL |     (let 0 = 0)?;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:228:13
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:232:13
    |
 LL |     true || let 0 = 0;
    |             ^^^
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ LL |     true || let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:230:14
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:234:14
    |
 LL |     (true || let 0 = 0);
    |              ^^^
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ LL |     (true || let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:232:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:236:22
    |
 LL |     true && (true || let 0 = 0);
    |                      ^^^
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ LL |     true && (true || let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:236:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:240:9
    |
 LL |     x = let 0 = 0;
    |         ^^^
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ LL |     x = let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:239:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:243:12
    |
 LL |     true..(let 0 = 0);
    |            ^^^
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ LL |     true..(let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:241:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:245:8
    |
 LL |     ..(let 0 = 0);
    |        ^^^
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ LL |     ..(let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:243:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:247:6
    |
 LL |     (let 0 = 0)..;
    |      ^^^
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ LL |     (let 0 = 0)..;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:246:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:250:6
    |
 LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    |      ^^^
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:250:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:254:6
    |
 LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    |      ^^^
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:250:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:254:17
    |
 LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    |                 ^^^
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:256:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:260:25
    |
 LL |         let x = true && let y = 1;
    |                         ^^^
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ LL |         let x = true && let y = 1;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:262:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:266:19
    |
 LL |         [1, 2, 3][let _ = ()]
    |                   ^^^
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ LL |         [1, 2, 3][let _ = ()]
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:267:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:271:6
    |
 LL |     &let 0 = 0
    |      ^^^
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ LL |     &let 0 = 0
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:277:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:281:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:282:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:286:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:287:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:291:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:298:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:302:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expressions must be enclosed in braces to be used as const generic arguments
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:298:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:302:9
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -726,124 +726,124 @@ LL |         { true && let 1 = 1 }
    |         +                   +
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:307:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:311:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && true) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:307:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:311:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && true) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:311:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:315:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:311:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:315:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:314:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:318:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:314:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:318:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:314:32
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:318:32
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:314:32
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:318:32
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:319:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:319:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:319:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:319:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:323:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:331:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (true)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:327:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:331:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (true)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:332:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:336:22
    |
 LL |     let x = (true && let y = 1);
    |                      ^^^
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ LL |     let x = (true && let y = 1);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:337:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:341:20
    |
 LL |         ([1, 2, 3][let _ = ()])
    |                    ^^^
@@ -867,15 +867,51 @@ LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:65:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:63:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:63:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:67:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:67:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:67:16
    |
 LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
    |                ^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:101:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:105:8
    |
 LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `bool`, found `Range<bool>`
@@ -884,7 +920,7 @@ LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<bool>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:110:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:114:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -895,7 +931,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:113:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:117:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -906,7 +942,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:119:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:123:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `fn() -> bool`
@@ -917,7 +953,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
                   found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:125:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:129:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `&&bool`
@@ -928,7 +964,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:81:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:85:20
    |
 LL |         if let 0 = 0? {}
    |                    ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
@@ -936,7 +972,7 @@ LL |         if let 0 = 0? {}
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:165:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:169:11
    |
 LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `bool`, found `Range<bool>`
@@ -945,7 +981,7 @@ LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<bool>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:174:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:178:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -956,7 +992,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:177:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:181:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -967,7 +1003,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:183:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:187:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `fn() -> bool`
@@ -978,7 +1014,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
                   found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:189:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:193:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `&&bool`
@@ -989,7 +1025,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:145:23
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:149:23
    |
 LL |         while let 0 = 0? {}
    |                       ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
@@ -997,7 +1033,7 @@ LL |         while let 0 = 0? {}
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:246:10
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:250:10
    |
 LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -1008,14 +1044,14 @@ LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:221:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions-without-feature-gate.rs:225:17
    |
 LL |         let 0 = 0?;
    |                 ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
    |
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
-error: aborting due to 105 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 109 previous errors
 
 Some errors have detailed explanations: E0277, E0308.
 For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0277`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.rs b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.rs
index 4ac3ea53a08ab..dd05d16e0fdc0 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.rs
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ fn _macros() {
     }
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
+    //~| ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
 }
 
 fn nested_within_if_expr() {
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.stderr b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.stderr
index ab58abf4d4605..c40269f270360 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/disallowed-positions.stderr
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ LL |     while let 0 = 1 && let 1 = 2 && (let 2 = 3 && let 3 = 4 && let 4 = 5) {
    |                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:88:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:92:9
    |
 LL |     if &let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ LL |     if &let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:91:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:95:9
    |
 LL |     if !let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ LL |     if !let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:93:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:97:9
    |
 LL |     if *let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ LL |     if *let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:95:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:99:9
    |
 LL |     if -let 0 = 0 {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ LL |     if -let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:103:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:107:9
    |
 LL |     if (let 0 = 0)? {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -273,20 +273,20 @@ LL |     if (let 0 = 0)? {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:106:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:110:16
    |
 LL |     if true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                ^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `||` operators are not supported in let chain expressions
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:106:13
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:110:13
    |
 LL |     if true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |             ^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:108:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:112:17
    |
 LL |     if (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                 ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ LL |     if (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:110:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:114:25
    |
 LL |     if true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ LL |     if true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:112:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:116:25
    |
 LL |     if true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ LL |     if true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:116:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:120:12
    |
 LL |     if x = let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ LL |     if x = let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:119:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:123:15
    |
 LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:122:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:126:11
    |
 LL |     if ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ LL |     if ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:124:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:128:9
    |
 LL |     if (let 0 = 0).. {}
    |         ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ LL |     if (let 0 = 0).. {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:128:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:132:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:131:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:135:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:137:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:141:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:143:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:147:8
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:147:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:151:19
    |
 LL |     if let true = let true = true {}
    |                   ^^^
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ LL |     if let true = let true = true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:152:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:156:12
    |
 LL |     while &let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ LL |     while &let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:155:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:159:12
    |
 LL |     while !let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ LL |     while !let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:157:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:161:12
    |
 LL |     while *let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ LL |     while *let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:159:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:163:12
    |
 LL |     while -let 0 = 0 {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ LL |     while -let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:167:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:171:12
    |
 LL |     while (let 0 = 0)? {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -422,20 +422,20 @@ LL |     while (let 0 = 0)? {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:170:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:174:19
    |
 LL |     while true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                   ^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `||` operators are not supported in let chain expressions
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:170:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:174:16
    |
 LL |     while true || let 0 = 0 {}
    |                ^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:172:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:176:20
    |
 LL |     while (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                    ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ LL |     while (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:174:28
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:178:28
    |
 LL |     while true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    |                            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ LL |     while true && (true || let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:176:28
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:180:28
    |
 LL |     while true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    |                            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ LL |     while true || (true && let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:180:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:184:15
    |
 LL |     while x = let 0 = 0 {}
    |               ^^^
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ LL |     while x = let 0 = 0 {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:183:18
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:187:18
    |
 LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |                  ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:186:14
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:190:14
    |
 LL |     while ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |              ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ LL |     while ..(let 0 = 0) {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:188:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:192:12
    |
 LL |     while (let 0 = 0).. {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ LL |     while (let 0 = 0).. {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:192:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:196:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:195:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:199:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:201:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:205:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:207:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:211:11
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:211:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:215:22
    |
 LL |     while let true = let true = true {}
    |                      ^^^
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ LL |     while let true = let true = true {}
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:226:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:230:6
    |
 LL |     &let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ LL |     &let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:229:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:233:6
    |
 LL |     !let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ LL |     !let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:231:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:235:6
    |
 LL |     *let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ LL |     *let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:233:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:237:6
    |
 LL |     -let 0 = 0;
    |      ^^^
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ LL |     -let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:241:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:245:6
    |
 LL |     (let 0 = 0)?;
    |      ^^^
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ LL |     (let 0 = 0)?;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:244:13
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:248:13
    |
 LL |     true || let 0 = 0;
    |             ^^^
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ LL |     true || let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:246:14
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:250:14
    |
 LL |     (true || let 0 = 0);
    |              ^^^
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ LL |     (true || let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:248:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:252:22
    |
 LL |     true && (true || let 0 = 0);
    |                      ^^^
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ LL |     true && (true || let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:252:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:256:9
    |
 LL |     x = let 0 = 0;
    |         ^^^
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ LL |     x = let 0 = 0;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:255:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:259:12
    |
 LL |     true..(let 0 = 0);
    |            ^^^
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ LL |     true..(let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:257:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:261:8
    |
 LL |     ..(let 0 = 0);
    |        ^^^
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ LL |     ..(let 0 = 0);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:259:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:263:6
    |
 LL |     (let 0 = 0)..;
    |      ^^^
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ LL |     (let 0 = 0)..;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:262:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:266:6
    |
 LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    |      ^^^
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:266:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:270:6
    |
 LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    |      ^^^
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:266:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:270:17
    |
 LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    |                 ^^^
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ LL |     (let true = let true = true);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:272:25
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:276:25
    |
 LL |         let x = true && let y = 1;
    |                         ^^^
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ LL |         let x = true && let y = 1;
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:278:19
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:282:19
    |
 LL |         [1, 2, 3][let _ = ()]
    |                   ^^^
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ LL |         [1, 2, 3][let _ = ()]
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:283:6
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:287:6
    |
 LL |     &let 0 = 0
    |      ^^^
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ LL |     &let 0 = 0
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:293:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:297:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:298:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:302:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:303:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:307:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:314:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:318:17
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |                 ^^^
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expressions must be enclosed in braces to be used as const generic arguments
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:314:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:318:9
    |
 LL |         true && let 1 = 1
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -718,124 +718,124 @@ LL |         { true && let 1 = 1 }
    |         +                   +
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:323:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:327:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && true) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:323:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:327:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && true) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:327:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:331:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:327:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:331:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:330:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:334:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:330:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:334:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:330:32
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:334:32
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:330:32
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:334:32
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt) && (let Some(b) = a) {
    |                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:337:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:337:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:337:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:337:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && b == 1 {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:341:31
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:31
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (let Some(b) = a)) && true {
    |                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:349:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (true)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 note: `let`s wrapped in parentheses are not supported in a context with let chains
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:345:9
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:349:9
    |
 LL |     if (let Some(a) = opt && (true)) && true {
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:361:22
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:365:22
    |
 LL |     let x = (true && let y = 1);
    |                      ^^^
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ LL |     let x = (true && let y = 1);
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:366:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:370:20
    |
 LL |         ([1, 2, 3][let _ = ()])
    |                    ^^^
@@ -859,15 +859,51 @@ LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
 error: expected expression, found `let` statement
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:83:16
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:81:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:81:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1 && 0 == 0));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:85:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:85:16
+   |
+LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
+   |                ^^^
+   |
+   = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
+
+error: expected expression, found `let` statement
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:85:16
    |
 LL |     use_expr!((let 0 = 1));
    |                ^^^
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
+   = note: duplicate diagnostic emitted due to `-Z deduplicate-diagnostics=no`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:119:8
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:123:8
    |
 LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `bool`, found `Range<bool>`
@@ -876,7 +912,7 @@ LL |     if true..(let 0 = 0) {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<bool>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:128:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:132:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -887,7 +923,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:131:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:135:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -898,7 +934,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:137:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:141:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `fn() -> bool`
@@ -909,7 +945,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
                   found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:143:12
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:147:12
    |
 LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `&&bool`
@@ -920,7 +956,7 @@ LL |     if let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:99:20
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:103:20
    |
 LL |         if let 0 = 0? {}
    |                    ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
@@ -928,7 +964,7 @@ LL |         if let 0 = 0? {}
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:183:11
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:187:11
    |
 LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
    |           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `bool`, found `Range<bool>`
@@ -937,7 +973,7 @@ LL |     while true..(let 0 = 0) {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<bool>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:192:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:196:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -948,7 +984,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true && false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:195:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:199:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -959,7 +995,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:201:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:205:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `fn() -> bool`
@@ -970,7 +1006,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: F, end } = F..|| true {}
                   found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:207:15
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:211:15
    |
 LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
    |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   - this expression has type `&&bool`
@@ -981,7 +1017,7 @@ LL |     while let Range { start: true, end } = t..&&false {}
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:163:23
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:167:23
    |
 LL |         while let 0 = 0? {}
    |                       ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
@@ -989,7 +1025,7 @@ LL |         while let 0 = 0? {}
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
 error[E0308]: mismatched types
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:262:10
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:266:10
    |
 LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
    |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ---- this expression has type `bool`
@@ -1000,14 +1036,14 @@ LL |     (let Range { start: _, end: _ } = true..true || false);
             found struct `std::ops::Range<_>`
 
 error[E0277]: the `?` operator can only be applied to values that implement `Try`
-  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:237:17
+  --> $DIR/disallowed-positions.rs:241:17
    |
 LL |         let 0 = 0?;
    |                 ^^ the `?` operator cannot be applied to type `{integer}`
    |
    = help: the trait `Try` is not implemented for `{integer}`
 
-error: aborting due to 104 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 108 previous errors
 
 Some errors have detailed explanations: E0277, E0308.
 For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0277`.
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.rs b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.rs
index bca7564efd83f..2087fc42cf102 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn _macros() {
     #[cfg(FALSE)] (let 0 = 1);
     //~^ ERROR expected expression, found `let` statement
     use_expr!(let 0 = 1);
-    //~^ ERROR no rules expected the token `let`
+    //~^ ERROR no rules expected keyword `let`
 }
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.stderr b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.stderr
index 2b1a49be3daa5..7c874ae78a8ad 100644
--- a/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/rfcs/rfc-2497-if-let-chains/feature-gate.stderr
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LL |     noop_expr!((let 0 = 1));
    |
    = note: only supported directly in conditions of `if` and `while` expressions
 
-error: no rules expected the token `let`
+error: no rules expected keyword `let`
   --> $DIR/feature-gate.rs:56:15
    |
 LL |     macro_rules! use_expr {
diff --git a/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.rs b/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.rs
index bddc8c80a7b96..77ec70d43d54e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ macro_rules! identity {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let identity!(_) = 10; //~ ERROR no rules expected the token `_`
+    let identity!(_) = 10; //~ ERROR no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
 }
diff --git a/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.stderr b/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.stderr
index a663f34cde1b1..0c3f980cf6c71 100644
--- a/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/underscore-ident-matcher.stderr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: no rules expected the token `_`
+error: no rules expected reserved identifier `_`
   --> $DIR/underscore-ident-matcher.rs:8:19
    |
 LL | macro_rules! identity {