rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

feature request: Convert type alias to tuple struct

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Since Jun 11, 2024.

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Description

It might be useful to convert type alias to structs, ie.

Convert

type T = i32;

to

struct T(i32);

and make every use of t which is of T type into t.0.

It would be useful to adopt New type pattern.

I'm not sure about the action on the opposite direction, since there might be impls on the struct. Maybe allow it only when there are no impls?

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