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Trailing whitespace remains when passing `--edition 2024`

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A-2024-style-edition C-bug I-trailing-whitespace S-has-mcve
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Description

❯ rustfmt --version
rustfmt 1.8.0-stable (4d91de4e48 2025-02-17)

Consider the following file foo.rs:

fn f() {} // This has trailing whitespace  

The trailing whitespace remains when calling rustfmt --edition 2024 foo.rs but rustfmt foo.rs removes it.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the difference with the shown foo.rs input, comparing rustfmt foo.rs with rustfmt --edition 2024 foo.rs. Trace how the edition option reaches formatting and verify that the trailing spaces are removed in both commands; done means the 2024 invocation matches the default behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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