compiler/rustc_error_codes/src/error_codes/E0517.md

#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.
This error code was replaced with the
`attribute cannot be used on...` diagnostic that does not have an error code.

A `#[repr(..)]` attribute was placed on an unsupported item.

Examples of erroneous code:

```compile_fail
#[repr(C)]
type Foo = u8;

#[repr(packed)]
enum Foo {Bar, Baz}

#[repr(u8)]
struct Foo {bar: bool, baz: bool}

#[repr(C)]
impl Foo {
    // ...
}
```

* The `#[repr(C)]` attribute can only be placed on structs and enums.
* The `#[repr(packed)]` and `#[repr(simd)]` attributes only work on structs.
* The `#[repr(u8)]`, `#[repr(i16)]`, etc attributes only work on enums.

These attributes do not work on typedefs, since typedefs are just aliases.

Representations like `#[repr(u8)]`, `#[repr(i64)]` are for selecting the
discriminant size for enums. For enums with no data fields on any of the
variants, e.g. `enum Color {Red, Blue, Green}`, this effectively sets the size
of the enum to the size of the provided type. Such an enum can be cast to a
value of the same type as well. In short, `#[repr(u8)]` makes a field-less enum
behave like an integer with a constrained set of allowed values.

For a description of how `#[repr(C)]` and representations like `#[repr(u8)]`
affect the layout of enums with data fields, see [RFC 2195][rfc2195].

Only field-less enums can be cast to numerical primitives. Representations like
`#[repr(u8)]` will not apply to structs.

`#[repr(packed)]` reduces padding to make the struct size smaller. The
representation of enums isn't strictly defined in Rust, and this attribute
won't work on enums.

`#[repr(simd)]` will give a struct consisting of a homogeneous series of machine
types (i.e., `u8`, `i32`, etc) a representation that permits vectorization via
SIMD. This doesn't make much sense for enums since they don't consist of a
single list of data.

[rfc2195]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/2195-really-tagged-unions.html