Produce error message for use of flatten within struct variant

serde_derive_internals/src/ast.rs

@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ impl<'a> Container<'a> {
             Data::Enum(ref mut variants) => for variant in variants {
                 variant.attrs.rename_by_rule(attrs.rename_all());
                 for field in &mut variant.fields {
+                    if field.attrs.flatten() {
+                        has_flatten = true;
+                    }
                     field.attrs.rename_by_rule(variant.attrs.rename_all());
                 }
             },

serde_derive_internals/src/check.rs

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ fn check_getter(cx: &Ctxt, cont: &Container) {
 fn check_flatten(cx: &Ctxt, cont: &Container) {
     match cont.data {
         Data::Enum(_) => {
-            assert!(!cont.attrs.has_flatten());
+            if cont.attrs.has_flatten() {
+                cx.error("#[serde(flatten)] cannot be used within enums");
+            }
         }
         Data::Struct(_, _) => {
             for field in cont.data.all_fields() {