Extract the logic for if a snippet equals a type

clippy_lints/src/casts/mod.rs

@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// ### Why is this bad?
     /// It's just unnecessary.
     ///
+    /// ### Known problems
+    /// When the expression on the left is a function call, the lint considers the return type to be
+    /// a type alias if it's aliased through a `use` statement
+    /// (like `use std::io::Result as IoResult`). It will not lint such cases.
+    ///
+    /// This check is also rather primitive. It will only work on primitive types without any
+    /// intermediate references, raw pointers and trait objects may or may not work.
+    ///
     /// ### Example
     /// ```rust
     /// let _ = 2i32 as i32;

clippy_lints/src/casts/unnecessary_cast.rs

@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ pub(super) fn check<'tcx>(
         }
     }
 
-    // skip cast of fn call that returns type alias
-    if let ExprKind::Cast(inner, ..) = expr.kind && is_cast_from_ty_alias(cx, inner, cast_from) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     // skip cast to non-primitive type
     if_chain! {
         if let ExprKind::Cast(_, cast_to) = expr.kind;
@@ -101,6 +96,11 @@ pub(super) fn check<'tcx>(
         }
     }
 
+    // skip cast of fn call that returns type alias
+    if let ExprKind::Cast(inner, ..) = expr.kind && is_cast_from_ty_alias(cx, inner, cast_from) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if let Some(lit) = get_numeric_literal(cast_expr) {
         let literal_str = &cast_str;
 
@@ -259,16 +259,7 @@ fn is_cast_from_ty_alias<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: impl Visitable<'tcx
                 if !snippet
                     .split("->")
                     .skip(1)
-                    .map(|s| {
-                        s.trim() == cast_from.to_string()
-                            || s.trim().contains(&format!("::{cast_from}"))
-                            || s.split("where").any(|ty| {
-                                ty.trim() == cast_from.to_string()
-                                    || ty.trim() == cast_from.to_string()
-                                    // Fully qualified path, or something silly like `::u32`
-                                    || s.trim().contains(&format!("::{cast_from}"))
-                            })
-                    })
+                    .map(|s| snippet_eq_ty(s, cast_from) || s.split("where").any(|ty| snippet_eq_ty(ty, cast_from)))
                     .any(|a| a)
                 {
                     return ControlFlow::Break(());
@@ -295,3 +286,7 @@ fn is_cast_from_ty_alias<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: impl Visitable<'tcx
     })
     .is_some()
 }
+
+fn snippet_eq_ty(snippet: &str, ty: Ty<'_>) -> bool {
+    snippet.trim() == ty.to_string() || snippet.trim().contains(&format!("::{ty}"))
+}