From fed1709f46791c0b46b6460740d15f0f5b89d8d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mikerite <33983332+mikerite@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:48:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about refactoring Co-Authored-By: Philipp Krones --- clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs b/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs index d991d499764..acc83d28897 100644 --- a/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs +++ b/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs @@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ declare_clippy_lint! { /// **What it does:** Checks for tuple patterns with a wildcard /// pattern (`_`) is next to a rest pattern (`..`). /// + /// _NOTE_: While `_, ..` means there is at least one element left, `..` + /// means there are 0 or more elements left. This can make a difference + /// when refactoring, but shouldn't result in errors in the refactored code, + /// since the wildcard pattern isn't used anyway. /// **Why is this bad?** The wildcard pattern is unneeded as the rest pattern /// can match that element as well. ///