rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
Lint on converting to/from serde_*::Value instead of directly implementing Serialize/Deserialize
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Description
Basically, we want to avoid code that converts String to Value to a type defined in the current crate, because the types should implement Deserialize directly instead. Similarly for the other direction and Serialize.
Because these types can also act as serializers/deserializers you should always just implement Serialize or Deserialize because it's cleaner.
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
Start by locating Clippy's existing lint entry points and test structure, then inspect how conversions to and from serde_*::Value are represented. Done means a lint identifies these conversions and tests demonstrate the intended direct Serialize or Deserialize implementations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100