rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy

elide zero-check for integral dividend

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Description

What it does

elide check that compare to zero for integral dividend

Lint Name

zero_dividend_check

Category

suspicious

Advantage
  • Remove redundancy
Drawbacks
  • this may wrong if both operands are zero at runtime
Example
/* let rest = ...; */
/* let div_100 = ...; */
if rest == 0 {
    0 // only zero
} else {
    rest / div_100
};

Could be written as:

rest / div_100

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Research direction

The issue names the proposed zero_dividend_check lint but does not identify implementation files or tests. Start by reading Clippy's contribution guidance and locating existing suspicious lints with similar arithmetic checks; done means the lint handles the shown integral-dividend case and has tests covering the stated zero-operand concern.

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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

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