matthiaskrgr / matthiaskrgr/icemaker
find diagnostic suggestion loops
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Description
if that gets you too many wontfixes, a looser thing you could check instead is that suggestions should converge when running cargo fix repeatedly.
for example, something has gone wrong if the suggestions loop between A <--> B, or diverge with A --> (A) --> ((A)) --> ...
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Research direction
Start with the linked Zulip discussion on automatic diagnostic verification and the cargo fix workflow described here. Investigate how repeated cargo fix runs can be observed, and define completion as detecting suggestion cycles such as A ↔ B or divergence such as A → (A) → ((A)) rather than continuing indefinitely.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100