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Rule Request: `redundant_self_in_non_escaping_closure`

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Description

New rule request

The existing rule redundant_self_in_closure is unable to know whether a closure capturing self in a class is actually not @escaping. An Analyzer rule would know the type of the closure at hand. The rule should flag usages of self in closures that are not @escaping in classes.

See the original rule request #59 and its (partial) implementation #4911 for more details. The herein requested rule complements redundant_self_in_closure and may inherit/use parts of its implementation.

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the existing redundant_self_in_closure rule and the partial implementation in pull request #4911, then compare them with the original request in issue #59. The work is complete when an Analyzer rule flags self usages in non-escaping closures within classes while complementing the existing rule.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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