Lift imports to the top of the block
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Description
A formatting option to lift up all imports to the top of the block would be nice.
Before:
use foo::a;
fn x() {
println!("hello");
use foo::b;
use foo::c;
}
use foo::d;
mod z {
fn y() {
println!("world");
}
use foo::e;
}
use foo::f;
After:
use foo::a;
use foo::d;
use foo::f;
fn x() {
use foo::b;
use foo::c;
println!("hello");
}
mod z {
use foo::e;
fn y() {
println!("world");
}
}
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Research direction
Start by locating rustfmt's existing import-formatting and configuration entry points, then compare their behavior with the Before and After examples in this issue. Done means an opt-in formatting option lifts imports to the beginning of each enclosing block while preserving the shown function and module structure.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100