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The replace arithmetic assist should be offered on negation and `.pow()`
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Description
While it is offered for most of the binary arithmetic operations, it currently does not trigger on x.pow(e) and the unary -x both of which have variants with specified overflow behavior.
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Research direction
Locate the replace arithmetic assist and inspect how it handles existing binary arithmetic operations. Add coverage for negation and .pow() variants with specified overflow behavior, then run the relevant assist tests and confirm both cases trigger the expected replacement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100