rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy

string_lit_as_bytes doesn't work correctly

Open
#1,402 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

C-bug E-medium I-suggestion-causes-error
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
13.5k
Forks
2.2k
Avg merge
2d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
32

Description

I'm not shure why this not work correct.
"key".as_bytes().to_owned() => b"key".to_owned() for type Vec<u8>

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the string_lit_as_bytes example and locating the lint implementation in rust-clippy; done means establishing the expected behavior and adding a fix with a regression test.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.