rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
Dynamic Drop
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A-lint
E-hard
S-needs-discussion
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Description
Some people are die-hard fans of static drop semantics as a way to make sure both branches do basically the same thing. Would it be possible to have a lint against using dynamic drop?
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 reviewing the issue's request for a lint against dynamic drop semantics and the surrounding discussion. Determine the intended lint behavior, scope, and completion criteria before identifying the relevant Clippy lint entry points and tests; the issue does not name files or tests.
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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
- 25/100