rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
remove redundant `crate::x` prefix in imports
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Since Jun 2, 2026.
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Description
What it does
tells u to remove redundant crate::x prefix in imports
Advantage
cut noise
Drawbacks
none AFAIK
Example
use crate::a::b::c::D
Could be written as:
use b::c::D
if this is written in in file a.rs
Comparison with existing lints
I couldn't find any lint that does anything like this
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