Open
Description
Summary
needless_borrowed_reference triggers when a lambda is passed to construct a struct, where the type-restriction is only enforced for an implementation. When the type-restriction is eager (like directly to a function), it doesn't appear to trigger. The lint is a false positive because when applying the lint's suggestion, the compiler does not backward-infer that the closure should be a tuple-reference rather than a tuple. The lifetime is specific to the struct and return-type, which can't be (easily) expressed in lambda typing, thus adding : &(_,)
wont work. There are workarounds to properly type the lambda, but are inappropriate fixes.
Lint Name
needless_borrowed_reference
Reproducer
I tried this code:
#![deny(clippy::needless_borrowed_reference)]
#![allow(dead_code)]
struct Wrap<'a, L, R>(&'a (L,), R);
trait Callable {
fn call(&self);
}
impl<
'a,
T,
F: Fn(&'a (T,)) -> V,
V,
> Callable for Wrap<'a, T, F> {
fn call(&self) {}
}
fn test() {
Wrap(&("blah",), |&(ref v,)| v).call();
}
I saw this happen:
Checking playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
error: dereferencing a tuple pattern where every element takes a reference
--> src/lib.rs:20:23
|
20 | Wrap(&("blah",), |&(ref v,)| v).call();
| ^^^^^^^^^
|
= help: for further information visit https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#needless_borrowed_reference
note: the lint level is defined here
--> src/lib.rs:1:9
|
1 | #![deny(clippy::needless_borrowed_reference)]
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
help: try removing the `&` and `ref` parts
|
20 - Wrap(&("blah",), |&(ref v,)| v).call();
20 + Wrap(&("blah",), |(v,)| v).call();
|
I expected to see this happen:
Version
0.1.74 (2023-09-24 37390d6)
Additional Labels
No response