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Lint suggestion: Unnecessary Debug bound

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Description

Hi,

for some reason I believed that #[derive(Debug)] requires all fields of a struct to implement Debug. Thus, I wrote code like the following:

#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Example<T: Debug> {
    inner: T
}

However, since then I learned that #[derive(Debug)] generates the appropriate code that Example<T> only implements Debug when T: Debug. Thus, my Debug bound was completely unnecessary.

I am not sure if this is worth turning into a new lint. If you think not, then feel free to just close this issue.

Thanks for clippy!

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Research direction

The issue names no implementation files or tests. Start by locating Clippy's existing lints for redundant generic trait bounds and their test coverage, then verify how a bound such as T: Debug interacts with a derived Debug implementation. Done means the unnecessary-bound pattern is detected without flagging required bounds, with regression coverage added.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
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