use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_sugg; use clippy_utils::higher::FormatExpn; 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 /// /// // Bad /// let foo = "foo"; /// format!("{}", foo); /// /// // Good /// foo.to_owned(); /// ``` 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 FormatExpn { call_site, format_args } = match FormatExpn::parse(expr) { Some(e) if !e.call_site.from_expansion() => e, _ => return, }; let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable; if format_args.value_args.is_empty() { if format_args.format_string_parts.is_empty() { span_useless_format_empty(cx, call_site, "String::new()".to_owned(), applicability); } else { if_chain! { if let [e] = &*format_args.format_string_parts; if let ExprKind::Lit(lit) = &e.kind; if let Some(s_src) = snippet_opt(cx, lit.span); then { // 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_symbols == [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.is_display() && !arg.has_string_formatting()); then { let is_new_string = match value.kind { ExprKind::Binary(..) => true, ExprKind::MethodCall(path, ..) => path.ident.name.as_str() == "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, ); }