rust-clippy/clippy_lints/src/methods/implicit_clone.rs

use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_sugg;
use clippy_utils::{is_diag_item_method, is_diag_trait_item};
use if_chain::if_chain;
use rustc_errors::Applicability;
use rustc_hir as hir;
use rustc_lint::LateContext;
use rustc_middle::ty::TyS;
use rustc_span::{sym, Span};

use super::IMPLICIT_CLONE;

pub fn check(cx: &LateContext<'_>, method_name: &str, expr: &hir::Expr<'_>, recv: &hir::Expr<'_>, span: Span) {
    if_chain! {
        if let Some(method_def_id) = cx.typeck_results().type_dependent_def_id(expr.hir_id);
        if match method_name {
            "to_os_string" => is_diag_item_method(cx, method_def_id, sym::OsStr),
            "to_owned" => is_diag_trait_item(cx, method_def_id, sym::ToOwned),
            "to_path_buf" => is_diag_item_method(cx, method_def_id, sym::Path),
            "to_vec" => cx.tcx.impl_of_method(method_def_id)
                .map(|impl_did| Some(impl_did) == cx.tcx.lang_items().slice_alloc_impl())
                == Some(true),
            _ => false,
        };
        let return_type = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(expr);
        let input_type = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(recv).peel_refs();
        if let Some(ty_name) = input_type.ty_adt_def().map(|adt_def| cx.tcx.item_name(adt_def.did));
        if TyS::same_type(return_type, input_type);
        then {
            span_lint_and_sugg(
                cx,
                IMPLICIT_CLONE,
                span,
                &format!("implicitly cloning a `{}` by calling `{}` on its dereferenced type", ty_name, method_name),
                "consider using",
                "clone".to_string(),
                Applicability::MachineApplicable
            );
        }
    }
}