vx-lang / vx-lang/Vx

Replace all catch all (_ => {}) with panic

Open
#491 2 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

@minzyfox is already working on this.

Since Sep 14, 2026.

core-lang refactor
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
14
Forks
2
Avg merge
12h 42m
Merged PRs (30d)
61

Description

Catch all are source of bugs. They should be panics. Add a lint that errors for catch all.

Here is output of git grep _ =? {} but there might be more.

src/codegen/lower/seam_cert.rs:148:        _ => {}
src/codegen/lower/seam_cert.rs:180:        _ => {}
src/driver.rs:1053:            _ => {}
src/formatter.rs:68:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/calls.rs:324:                    _ => {}
src/hir/check/control.rs:265:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/control.rs:285:                        _ => {}
src/hir/check/operators.rs:172:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/raw.rs:1044:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/raw.rs:1784:                    _ => {}
src/hir/check/transfer.rs:97:                _ => {}
src/hir/check/transfer.rs:132:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/transfer.rs:663:            _ => {}
src/hir/check/transfer.rs:684:                _ => {}
src/hir/env.rs:462:            _ => {}
src/hir/env.rs:693:                        _ => {}
src/hir/env.rs:858:            _ => {}
src/hir/env.rs:939:            _ => {}
src/hir/expr.rs:90:                _ => {}
src/hir/expr.rs:256:            _ => {}
src/hir/flatten.rs:4950:                _ => {}
src/hir/flatten.rs:5036:            _ => {}
src/hir/flatten.rs:5089:                _ => {}
src/hir/flatten.rs:5173:            _ => {}
src/hir/flatten.rs:5559:            _ => {}
src/hir/provenance.rs:226:            _ => {}
src/hir/provenance.rs:258:            _ => {}
src/hir/stmt.rs:75:                _ => {}
src/hir/stmt.rs:875:                _ => {}
src/ide/mod.rs:341:                    _ => {}
src/parser/expr.rs:85:        _ => {}
src/parser/macro_expand.rs:245:            _ => {}
src/parser/macro_expand.rs:397:            _ => {}
src/pipeline.rs:563:        _ => {}
src/syntax/resolve.rs:225:            _ => {}
src/syntax/resolve.rs:304:            _ => {}
src/syntax/types.rs:771:            _ => {}

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.