rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy

Suggest pattern-matching structs instead of doing wall of lets

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Description

For example, if I have:

struct Thing {
    part1: u64,
    part2: u64,
    part3: u64,
}

Whenever someone does something like:

let part1 = thing.part1;
let mut part3 = thing.part3;

Offer to replace it with:

let Thing { part1, mut part3, .. } = thing;

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Research direction

The issue provides Rust examples but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating Clippy lint implementations and tests for existing suggestions involving destructuring. Done means the relevant pattern produces a suggestion using struct pattern matching while preserving mutable bindings and ignored fields.

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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
45/100

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