rust/src/transmute.rs
2015-12-14 08:03:01 +01:00

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Rust

use rustc::lint::*;
use rustc_front::hir::*;
use utils;
/// **What it does:** This lint checks for transmutes to the original type of the object. It is `Warn` by default.
///
/// **Why is this bad?** Readability. The code tricks people into thinking that the original value was of some other type.
///
/// **Known problems:** None.
///
/// **Example:** `core::intrinsics::transmute(t)` where the result type is the same as `t`'s.
declare_lint! {
pub USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
Warn,
"transmutes that have the same to and from types"
}
pub struct UselessTransmute;
impl LintPass for UselessTransmute {
fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray {
lint_array!(USELESS_TRANSMUTE)
}
}
impl LateLintPass for UselessTransmute {
fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext, e: &Expr) {
if let ExprCall(ref path_expr, ref args) = e.node {
if let ExprPath(None, _) = path_expr.node {
let def_id = cx.tcx.def_map.borrow()[&path_expr.id].def_id();
if utils::match_def_path(cx, def_id, &["core", "intrinsics", "transmute"]) {
let from_ty = cx.tcx.expr_ty(&args[0]);
let to_ty = cx.tcx.expr_ty(e);
if from_ty == to_ty {
cx.span_lint(USELESS_TRANSMUTE, e.span,
&format!("transmute from a type (`{}`) to itself", from_ty));
}
}
}
}
}
}