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Add AlertSuppression.ql for Rust (inline // codeql[...] suppression)

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Description

**Description of the issue**

Rust is missing an `AlertSuppression.ql` query, which means `// codeql[...]` and `// lgtm[...]` inline suppression comments have no effect on Rust code scanning alerts. Every other supported language (C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Swift) has this query.

All the building blocks already exist in the Rust CodeQL library:

- **Shared suppression module**: [`shared/util/codeql/util/suppression/AlertSuppression.qll`](https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/main/shared/util/codeql/util/suppression/AlertSuppression.qll) — requires `AstNode` (with `hasLocationInfo`) and `SingleLineComment` (with `hasLocationInfo`, `getText`, `toString`)
- **Rust `Comment` class**: [`rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/elements/Comment.qll`](https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/main/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/elements/Comment.qll) — already has `getText()` (raw text including `//`), `getCommentText()` (stripped), `hasLocationInfo` (inherited from `AstNode`/`Token`), and `toString`
- **Rust `AstNode`**: [`rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/elements/AstNode.qll`](https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/main/rust/ql/lib/codeql/rust/elements/AstNode.qll)

### Proposed implementation

A new file at `rust/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql`, following the same pattern as [`python/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql`](https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/main/python/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql):

```ql
/**
* @name Alert suppression
* @description Generates information about alert suppressions.
* @kind alert-suppression
* @id rust/alert-suppression
*/

private import codeql.util.suppression.AlertSuppression as AS
private import codeql.rust.elements.Comment as C
private import codeql.rust.elements.AstNode as A

class AstNode instanceof A::AstNode {
predicate hasLocationInfo(
string filepath, int startline, int startcolumn, int endline, int endcolumn
) {
super.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(filepath, startline, startcolumn, endline, endcolumn)
}

string toString() { result = super.toString() }
}

class SingleLineComment instanceof C::Comment {
SingleLineComment() {
// Only match single-line comments (// ...), not block comments (/* ... */)
super.getText().matches("//%")
}

predicate hasLocationInfo(
string filepath, int startline, int startcolumn, int endline, int endcolumn
) {
super.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(filepath, startline, startcolumn, endline, endcolumn)
}

string getText() { result = super.getText() }

string toString() { result = super.toString() }
}

import AS::Make
```

The `qlpack.yml` at `rust/ql/src/qlpack.yml` already depends on `codeql/util`, so no dependency changes are needed.

### Motivation

Without this, there is no way to suppress false positives inline for Rust. The only workaround is dismissing alerts via the GitHub API or UI, which doesn't persist reliably across code changes.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start with the proposed pattern in python/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql, then read shared/util/codeql/util/suppression/AlertSuppression.qll and the Rust Comment.qll and AstNode.qll files. Add rust/ql/src/AlertSuppression.ql and confirm that // codeql[...] and // lgtm[...] comments produce Rust alert suppressions without changing rust/ql/src/qlpack.yml.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
78/100

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