use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_sugg; use clippy_utils::macros::{root_macro_call_first_node, FormatArgsExpn}; use clippy_utils::source::{snippet_opt, snippet_with_applicability}; use clippy_utils::sugg::Sugg; use if_chain::if_chain; use rustc_errors::Applicability; use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind}; use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass}; use rustc_middle::ty; use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint}; use rustc_span::symbol::kw; use rustc_span::{sym, Span}; declare_clippy_lint! { /// ### What it does /// Checks for the use of `format!("string literal with no /// argument")` and `format!("{}", foo)` where `foo` is a string. /// /// ### Why is this bad? /// There is no point of doing that. `format!("foo")` can /// be replaced by `"foo".to_owned()` if you really need a `String`. The even /// worse `&format!("foo")` is often encountered in the wild. `format!("{}", /// foo)` can be replaced by `foo.clone()` if `foo: String` or `foo.to_owned()` /// if `foo: &str`. /// /// ### Examples /// ```rust /// let foo = "foo"; /// format!("{}", foo); /// ``` /// /// Use instead: /// ```rust /// let foo = "foo"; /// foo.to_owned(); /// ``` #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"] pub USELESS_FORMAT, complexity, "useless use of `format!`" } declare_lint_pass!(UselessFormat => [USELESS_FORMAT]); impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for UselessFormat { fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: &'tcx Expr<'_>) { let (format_args, call_site) = if_chain! { if let Some(macro_call) = root_macro_call_first_node(cx, expr); if cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::format_macro, macro_call.def_id); if let Some(format_args) = FormatArgsExpn::find_nested(cx, expr, macro_call.expn); then { (format_args, macro_call.span) } else { return } }; let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable; if format_args.value_args.is_empty() { match *format_args.format_string_parts { [] => span_useless_format_empty(cx, call_site, "String::new()".to_owned(), applicability), [_] => { if let Some(s_src) = snippet_opt(cx, format_args.format_string_span) { // Simulate macro expansion, converting {{ and }} to { and }. let s_expand = s_src.replace("{{", "{").replace("}}", "}"); let sugg = format!("{}.to_string()", s_expand); span_useless_format(cx, call_site, sugg, applicability); } }, [..] => {}, } } else if let [value] = *format_args.value_args { if_chain! { if format_args.format_string_parts == [kw::Empty]; if match cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(value).peel_refs().kind() { ty::Adt(adt, _) => cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::String, adt.did()), ty::Str => true, _ => false, }; if let Some(args) = format_args.args(); if args.iter().all(|arg| arg.format_trait == sym::Display && !arg.has_string_formatting()); then { let is_new_string = match value.kind { ExprKind::Binary(..) => true, ExprKind::MethodCall(path, ..) => path.ident.name == sym::to_string, _ => false, }; let sugg = if is_new_string { snippet_with_applicability(cx, value.span, "..", &mut applicability).into_owned() } else { let sugg = Sugg::hir_with_applicability(cx, value, "", &mut applicability); format!("{}.to_string()", sugg.maybe_par()) }; span_useless_format(cx, call_site, sugg, applicability); } } }; } } fn span_useless_format_empty(cx: &LateContext<'_>, span: Span, sugg: String, applicability: Applicability) { span_lint_and_sugg( cx, USELESS_FORMAT, span, "useless use of `format!`", "consider using `String::new()`", sugg, applicability, ); } fn span_useless_format(cx: &LateContext<'_>, span: Span, sugg: String, applicability: Applicability) { span_lint_and_sugg( cx, USELESS_FORMAT, span, "useless use of `format!`", "consider using `.to_string()`", sugg, applicability, ); }