Split out from #140600

I tried this code:

pub fn this_errors() { const { panic!("in fn") } //<~ ERROR: evaluation of `this_errors::{constant#0}` failed } pub async fn this_compiles() { const { panic!("in async") } // compiles }

I expected to see this happen: both functions raise a const eval error (or at least both functions don't)

Instead, this happened: sync function raises const eval error, but the same function with an async keyword doesn't.

This is surprising from a perspective of a language user who is not familiar with intricacies of async internals. I didn't expect that making function async would "disable" const checks.

And even though i kinda sorta know some details of async desugaring, it is still surprising that the following "sorta desugared" code does fail to compile (unlike non-desugared version) (I realize that this desugaring is very far from perfect, I'm only dabbling)

fn desugared() -> impl Fn() { || const { panic!("in closure") } //<~ ERROR }

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rustc --version --verbose:

rustc 1.86.0 (05f9846f8 2025-03-31) binary: rustc commit-hash: 05f9846f893b09a1be1fc8560e33fc3c815cfecb commit-date: 2025-03-31 host: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc release: 1.86.0 LLVM version: 19.1.7 

I'm not sure if this current behavior is a bug per se or if it's only just a mildly surprising behaviour, but thought it's still worth making an issue either way.

@rustbot label: +T-compiler +T-lang +A-async-await +A-const-eval