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Remove the box_pointers lint.

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As the comment says, this lint "is mostly historical, and not
particularly useful". It's not worth keeping it around.
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Nicholas Nethercote 2024-06-05 18:06:09 +10:00
parent 4bc39f028d
commit c053e8939b
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compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
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@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ use crate::fluent_generated as fluent;
use crate::{
errors::BuiltinEllipsisInclusiveRangePatterns,
lints::{
BuiltinAnonymousParams, BuiltinBoxPointers, BuiltinConstNoMangle,
BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLink, BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion, BuiltinDeprecatedAttrUsed,
BuiltinDerefNullptr, BuiltinEllipsisInclusiveRangePatternsLint, BuiltinExplicitOutlives,
BuiltinAnonymousParams, BuiltinConstNoMangle, BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLink,
BuiltinDeprecatedAttrLinkSuggestion, BuiltinDeprecatedAttrUsed, BuiltinDerefNullptr,
BuiltinEllipsisInclusiveRangePatternsLint, BuiltinExplicitOutlives,
BuiltinExplicitOutlivesSuggestion, BuiltinFeatureIssueNote, BuiltinIncompleteFeatures,
BuiltinIncompleteFeaturesHelp, BuiltinInternalFeatures, BuiltinKeywordIdents,
BuiltinMissingCopyImpl, BuiltinMissingDebugImpl, BuiltinMissingDoc,
@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ use rustc_middle::bug;
use rustc_middle::lint::in_external_macro;
use rustc_middle::ty::layout::LayoutOf;
use rustc_middle::ty::print::with_no_trimmed_paths;
use rustc_middle::ty::GenericArgKind;
use rustc_middle::ty::TypeVisitableExt;
use rustc_middle::ty::Upcast;
use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt, VariantDef};
@ -134,80 +133,6 @@ impl EarlyLintPass for WhileTrue {
}
}
declare_lint! {
/// The `box_pointers` lints use of the Box type.
///
/// ### Example
///
/// ```rust,compile_fail
/// #![deny(box_pointers)]
/// struct Foo {
/// x: Box<i32>,
/// }
/// ```
///
/// {{produces}}
///
/// ### Explanation
///
/// This lint is mostly historical, and not particularly useful. `Box<T>`
/// used to be built into the language, and the only way to do heap
/// allocation. Today's Rust can call into other allocators, etc.
BOX_POINTERS,
Allow,
"use of owned (Box type) heap memory"
}
declare_lint_pass!(BoxPointers => [BOX_POINTERS]);
impl BoxPointers {
fn check_heap_type(&self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, span: Span, ty: Ty<'_>) {
for leaf in ty.walk() {
if let GenericArgKind::Type(leaf_ty) = leaf.unpack()
&& leaf_ty.is_box()
{
cx.emit_span_lint(BOX_POINTERS, span, BuiltinBoxPointers { ty });
}
}
}
}
impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for BoxPointers {
fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, it: &hir::Item<'_>) {
match it.kind {
hir::ItemKind::Fn(..)
| hir::ItemKind::TyAlias(..)
| hir::ItemKind::Enum(..)
| hir::ItemKind::Struct(..)
| hir::ItemKind::Union(..) => self.check_heap_type(
cx,
it.span,
cx.tcx.type_of(it.owner_id).instantiate_identity(),
),
_ => (),
}
// If it's a struct, we also have to check the fields' types
match it.kind {
hir::ItemKind::Struct(ref struct_def, _) | hir::ItemKind::Union(ref struct_def, _) => {
for field in struct_def.fields() {
self.check_heap_type(
cx,
field.span,
cx.tcx.type_of(field.def_id).instantiate_identity(),
);
}
}
_ => (),
}
}
fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, e: &hir::Expr<'_>) {
let ty = cx.typeck_results().node_type(e.hir_id);
self.check_heap_type(cx, e.span, ty);
}
}
declare_lint! {
/// The `non_shorthand_field_patterns` lint detects using `Struct { x: x }`
/// instead of `Struct { x }` in a pattern.
@ -1640,7 +1565,6 @@ declare_lint_pass!(
/// which are used by other parts of the compiler.
SoftLints => [
WHILE_TRUE,
BOX_POINTERS,
NON_SHORTHAND_FIELD_PATTERNS,
UNSAFE_CODE,
MISSING_DOCS,