//! Checks for continue statements in loops that are redundant. //! //! For example, the lint would catch //! //! ``` //! while condition() { //! update_condition(); //! if x { //! // ... //! } else { //! continue; //! } //! println!("Hello, world"); //! } //! ``` //! //! And suggest something like this: //! //! ``` //! while condition() { //! update_condition(); //! if x { //! // ... //! println!("Hello, world"); //! } //! } //! ``` //! //! This lint is **warn** by default. use std; use rustc::lint::*; use syntax::ast; use syntax::codemap::{original_sp,DUMMY_SP}; use utils::{in_macro, span_help_and_lint, snippet_block, snippet}; use self::LintType::*; /// **What it does:** The lint checks for `if`-statements appearing in loops /// that contain a `continue` statement in either their main blocks or their /// `else`-blocks, when omitting the `else`-block possibly with some /// rearrangement of code can make the code easier to understand. /// /// **Why is this bad?** Having explicit `else` blocks for `if` statements /// containing `continue` in their THEN branch adds unnecessary branching and /// nesting to the code. Having an else block containing just `continue` can /// also be better written by grouping the statements following the whole `if` /// statement within the THEN block and omitting the else block completely. /// /// **Known problems:** None /// /// **Example:** /// ```rust /// while condition() { /// update_condition(); /// if x { /// // ... /// } else { /// continue; /// } /// println!("Hello, world"); /// } /// ``` /// /// Could be rewritten as /// /// ```rust /// while condition() { /// update_condition(); /// if x { /// // ... /// println!("Hello, world"); /// } /// } /// ``` /// /// As another example, the following code /// /// ```rust /// loop { /// if waiting() { /// continue; /// } else { /// // Do something useful /// } /// } /// ``` /// Could be rewritten as /// /// ```rust /// loop { /// if waiting() { /// continue; /// } /// // Do something useful /// } /// ``` declare_lint! { pub NEEDLESS_CONTINUE, Warn, "`continue` statements that can be replaced by a rearrangement of code" } #[derive(Copy,Clone)] pub struct NeedlessContinue; impl LintPass for NeedlessContinue { fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray { lint_array!(NEEDLESS_CONTINUE) } } impl EarlyLintPass for NeedlessContinue { fn check_expr(&mut self, ctx: &EarlyContext, expr: &ast::Expr) { if !in_macro(ctx, expr.span) { check_and_warn(ctx, expr); } } } /// Given an Expr, returns true if either of the following is true /// /// - The Expr is a `continue` node. /// - The Expr node is a block with the first statement being a `continue`. /// fn needless_continue_in_else(else_expr: &ast::Expr) -> bool { let mut found = false; match else_expr.node { ast::ExprKind::Block(ref else_block) => { found = is_first_block_stmt_continue(else_block); }, ast::ExprKind::Continue(_) => { found = true }, _ => { }, }; found } fn is_first_block_stmt_continue(block: &ast::Block) -> bool { let mut ret = false; block.stmts.get(0).map(|stmt| { if_let_chain! {[ let ast::StmtKind::Semi(ref e) = stmt.node, let ast::ExprKind::Continue(_) = e.node, ], { ret = true; }} }); ret } /// If `expr` is a loop expression (while/while let/for/loop), calls `func` with /// the AST object representing the loop block of `expr`. fn with_loop_block(expr: &ast::Expr, mut func: F) where F: FnMut(&ast::Block) { match expr.node { ast::ExprKind::While(_, ref loop_block, _) | ast::ExprKind::WhileLet(_, _, ref loop_block, _) | ast::ExprKind::ForLoop( _, _, ref loop_block, _) | ast::ExprKind::Loop(ref loop_block, _) => func(loop_block), _ => {}, } } /// If `stmt` is an if expression node with an else branch, calls func with the /// following: /// /// - The if Expr, /// - The if condition Expr, /// - The then block of this if Expr, and /// - The else expr. /// fn with_if_expr(stmt: &ast::Stmt, mut func: F) where F: FnMut(&ast::Expr, &ast::Expr, &ast::Block, &ast::Expr) { match stmt.node { ast::StmtKind::Semi(ref e) | ast::StmtKind::Expr(ref e) => { if let ast::ExprKind::If(ref cond, ref if_block, Some(ref else_expr)) = e.node { func(e, cond, if_block, else_expr); } }, _ => { }, } } /// A type to distinguish between the two distinct cases this lint handles. enum LintType { ContinueInsideElseBlock, ContinueInsideThenBlock, } /// Data we pass around for construction of help messages. struct LintData<'a> { if_expr: &'a ast::Expr, // The `if` expr encountered in the above loop. if_cond: &'a ast::Expr, // The condition expression for the above `if`. if_block: &'a ast::Block, // The `then` block of the `if` statement. else_expr: &'a ast::Expr, /* The `else` block of the `if` statement. Note that we only work with `if` exprs that have an `else` branch. */ stmt_idx: usize, /* The 0-based index of the `if` statement in the containing loop block. */ block_stmts: &'a [ast::Stmt], // The statements of the loop block. } const MSG_REDUNDANT_ELSE_BLOCK: &'static str = "This else block is redundant.\n"; const MSG_ELSE_BLOCK_NOT_NEEDED: &'static str = "There is no need for an explicit `else` block for this `if` expression\n"; const DROP_ELSE_BLOCK_AND_MERGE_MSG: &'static str = "Consider dropping the else clause and merging the code that follows (in the loop) with the if block, like so:\n"; const DROP_ELSE_BLOCK_MSG: &'static str = "Consider dropping the else clause, and moving out the code in the else block, like so:\n"; fn emit_warning<'a>(ctx: &EarlyContext, data: &'a LintData, header: &str, typ: LintType) { // snip is the whole *help* message that appears after the warning. // message is the warning message. // expr is the expression which the lint warning message refers to. let (snip, message, expr) = match typ { ContinueInsideElseBlock => { (suggestion_snippet_for_continue_inside_else(ctx, data, header), MSG_REDUNDANT_ELSE_BLOCK, data.else_expr) }, ContinueInsideThenBlock => { (suggestion_snippet_for_continue_inside_if(ctx, data, header), MSG_ELSE_BLOCK_NOT_NEEDED, data.if_expr) } }; span_help_and_lint(ctx, NEEDLESS_CONTINUE, expr.span, message, &snip); } fn suggestion_snippet_for_continue_inside_if<'a>(ctx: &EarlyContext, data: &'a LintData, header: &str) -> String { let cond_code = &snippet(ctx, data.if_cond.span, "..").into_owned(); let if_code = format!("if {} {{\n continue;\n}}\n", cond_code); /* ^^^^--- Four spaces of indentation. */ // region B let else_code = snippet(ctx, data.else_expr.span, "..").into_owned(); let else_code = erode_block(&else_code); let else_code = trim_indent(&else_code, false); let mut ret = String::from(header); ret.push_str(&if_code); ret.push_str(&else_code); ret.push_str("\n..."); ret } fn suggestion_snippet_for_continue_inside_else<'a>(ctx: &EarlyContext, data: &'a LintData, header: &str) -> String { let cond_code = &snippet(ctx, data.if_cond.span, "..").into_owned(); let mut if_code = format!("if {} {{\n", cond_code); // Region B let block_code = &snippet(ctx, data.if_block.span, "..").into_owned(); let block_code = erode_block(block_code); let block_code = trim_indent(&block_code, false); let block_code = left_pad_lines_with_spaces(&block_code, 4usize); if_code.push_str(&block_code); // Region C // These is the code in the loop block that follows the if/else construction // we are complaining about. We want to pull all of this code into the // `then` block of the `if` statement. let to_annex = data.block_stmts[data.stmt_idx+1..] .iter() .map(|stmt| { original_sp(ctx.sess().codemap(), stmt.span, DUMMY_SP) }) .map(|span| snippet_block(ctx, span, "..").into_owned()) .collect::>().join("\n"); let mut ret = String::from(header); ret.push_str(&align_snippets(&[&if_code, "\n// Merged code follows...", &to_annex])); ret.push_str("\n}\n"); ret } fn check_and_warn<'a>(ctx: &EarlyContext, expr: &'a ast::Expr) { with_loop_block(expr, |loop_block| { for (i, stmt) in loop_block.stmts.iter().enumerate() { with_if_expr(stmt, |if_expr, cond, then_block, else_expr| { let data = &LintData { stmt_idx: i, if_expr: if_expr, if_cond: cond, if_block: then_block, else_expr: else_expr, block_stmts: &loop_block.stmts, }; if needless_continue_in_else(else_expr) { emit_warning(ctx, data, DROP_ELSE_BLOCK_AND_MERGE_MSG, ContinueInsideElseBlock); } else if is_first_block_stmt_continue(then_block) { emit_warning(ctx, data, DROP_ELSE_BLOCK_MSG, ContinueInsideThenBlock); } }); } }); } /// Eats at `s` from the end till a closing brace `}` is encountered, and then /// continues eating till a non-whitespace character is found. /// e.g., the string /// /// " /// { /// let x = 5; /// } /// " /// /// is transformed to /// /// " /// { /// let x = 5;" /// fn erode_from_back(s: &str) -> String { let mut ret = String::from(s); while ret.pop().map_or(false, |c| c != '}') { } while let Some(c) = ret.pop() { if !c.is_whitespace() { ret.push(c); break; } } ret } fn erode_from_front(s: &str) -> String { s.chars() .skip_while(|c| c.is_whitespace()) .skip_while(|c| *c == '{') .skip_while(|c| *c == '\n') .collect::() } fn erode_block(s: &str) -> String { erode_from_back(&erode_from_front(s)) } fn is_all_whitespace(s: &str) -> bool { s.chars().all(|c| c.is_whitespace()) } /// Returns true if a string is empty or just spaces. fn is_null(s: &str) -> bool { s.is_empty() || is_all_whitespace(s) } /// Returns the indentation level of a string. It just returns the count of /// whitespace characters in the string before a non-whitespace character /// is encountered. fn indent_level(s: &str) -> usize { s.chars() .enumerate() .find(|&(_, c)| !c.is_whitespace()) .map_or(0usize, |(i, _)| i) } /// Trims indentation from a snippet such that the line with the minimum /// indentation has no indentation after the trasformation. fn trim_indent(s: &str, skip_first_line: bool) -> String { let min_indent_level = s.lines() .filter(|line| !is_null(line)) .skip(skip_first_line as usize) .map(indent_level) .min() .unwrap_or(0usize); let ret = s.lines().map(|line| { if is_null(line) { String::from(line) } else { line.chars() .enumerate() .skip_while(|&(i, c)| c.is_whitespace() && i < min_indent_level) .map(|pair| pair.1) .collect::() } }).collect::>(); ret.join("\n") } /// Add `n` spaces to the left of `s`. fn left_pad_with_spaces(s: &str, n: usize) -> String { let mut new_s = std::iter::repeat(' '/* <-space */).take(n).collect::(); new_s.push_str(s); new_s } /// Add `n` spaces to the left of each line in `s` and return the result /// in a new String. fn left_pad_lines_with_spaces(s: &str, n: usize) -> String { s.lines() .map(|line| left_pad_with_spaces(line, n)) .collect::>() .join("\n") } /// Remove upto `n` whitespace characters from the beginning of `s`. fn remove_whitespace_from_left(s: &str, n: usize) -> String { s.chars() .enumerate() .skip_while(|&(i, c)| i < n && c.is_whitespace()) .map(|(_, c)| c) .collect::() } /// Aligns two snippets such that the indentation level of the last non-empty, /// non-space line of the first snippet matches the first non-empty, non-space /// line of the second. fn align_two_snippets(s: &str, t: &str) -> String { // indent level of the last nonempty, non-whitespace line of s. let target_ilevel = s.lines() .rev() .skip_while(|line| line.is_empty() || is_all_whitespace(line)) .next() .map_or(0usize, indent_level); // We want to align the first nonempty, non-all-whitespace line of t to // have the same indent level as target_ilevel let level = t.lines() .skip_while(|line| line.is_empty() || is_all_whitespace(line)) .next() .map_or(0usize, indent_level); let add_or_not_remove = target_ilevel > level; /* when true, we add spaces, otherwise eat. */ let delta = if add_or_not_remove { target_ilevel - level } else { level - target_ilevel }; let new_t = t.lines() .filter(|line| !is_null(line)) .map(|line| if add_or_not_remove { left_pad_with_spaces(line, delta) } else { remove_whitespace_from_left(line, delta) }) .collect::>().join("\n"); format!("{}\n{}", s, new_t) } fn align_snippets(xs: &[&str]) -> String { match xs.len() { 0 => String::from(""), _ => { let mut ret = String::new(); ret.push_str(xs[0]); for x in xs.iter().skip(1usize) { ret = align_two_snippets(&ret, x); } ret } } }