rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
unnecessary binding in if-let statement
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Description
What it does
Checks for if-let statements that bind a variable where a single value could be specified instead.
Advantage
Improves readability by replacing a variable with its value and potentially removing a nested if statement.
Drawbacks
Somewhat niche use case, could be prone to false negatives.
Example
let x = Some(("foo", true));
if let Some((message, enabled)) = x {
if enabled {
println!("{message}");
}
}
Could be written as:
let x = Some(("foo", true));
if let Some((message, true)) = x {
println!("{message}");
}
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating existing Clippy lints for if-let patterns and their tests, then verify the supplied example and potential false positives; done means the lint recognizes the described binding and replacement case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100