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rustfmt should keep array types together when possible

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Since Jul 29, 2026.

C-bug I-poor-formatting
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Description

Summary

I tried to format this code:

pub(super) const ENCRYPTED_USERNAME_ENTROPY: [u8; usernames::constants::USERNAME_LINK_ENTROPY_SIZE] =
    const_str::hex!("4302c613c092a51c5394becffeb6f697300a605348e93f03c3db95e0b03d28f1");

(don't worry, this is not sensitive entropy data, it was generated for a test case)

Expected behavior

I expected to get this, splitting after the colon:

pub(super) const ENCRYPTED_USERNAME_ENTROPY:
    [u8; usernames::constants::USERNAME_LINK_ENTROPY_SIZE] =
    const_str::hex!("4302c613c092a51c5394becffeb6f697300a605348e93f03c3db95e0b03d28f1");
Actual behavior

Instead, rustfmt did this, splitting the array type after the semicolon:

pub(super) const ENCRYPTED_USERNAME_ENTROPY: [u8;
    usernames::constants::USERNAME_LINK_ENTROPY_SIZE] =
    const_str::hex!("4302c613c092a51c5394becffeb6f697300a605348e93f03c3db95e0b03d28f1");

Configuration

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Meta

Playground rustfmt 1.9.0-stable, also 1.9.0-nightly (0e29c21d93 2026-07-21)

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