rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
New Lint: Unnameable type in public API
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Description
a.k.a. an enhanced private-in-public lint.
For example this currently compiles without warning, even though users of the library cannot name the return type of foo (playground):
use self::foo::Foo;
mod foo { pub struct Foo; }
pub fn foo() -> Foo {
Foo
}
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
The issue provides no file or test path. Start by reproducing the Rust example and locating the existing private-in-public lint; done means reporting public APIs whose exposed types users cannot name.
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
- 35/100