rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
feature: find-references for `std::fmt::Debug` and `std::fmt::Display` should include usage in format strings
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Description
@hawkw mentioned to me that it'd be very helpful if rust-analyzer could include the usages of std::fmt::Debug and std::fmt::Display inside calls to format!.
I assume https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/pull/19130 is a necessary pre-requisite.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing how rust-analyzer currently finds references for std::fmt::Debug and std::fmt::Display, then examine the referenced rust-analyzer PR 19130 as a possible prerequisite. The work is done when find-references also reports usages inside format! calls and format strings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100