Auto merge of #6278 - ThibsG:DerefAddrOf, r=llogiq

[rust.git] / clippy_lints / src / transmute.rs

diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/transmute.rs b/clippy_lints/src/transmute.rs
index 50d9c93f9d405f16e956de1c6446fada39ea7b75..47c650ac27d4c08cc594347789d2a8962de706bb 100644 (file)
--- a/clippy_lints/src/transmute.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/transmute.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@
     ///
     /// **Why is this bad?** This can always be rewritten with `&` and `*`.
     ///
-    /// **Known problems:** None.
+    /// **Known problems:**
+    /// - `mem::transmute` in statics and constants is stable from Rust 1.46.0,
+    /// while dereferencing raw pointer is not stable yet.
+    /// If you need to do this in those places,
+    /// you would have to use `transmute` instead.
     ///
     /// **Example:**
     /// ```rust,ignore
@@ -331,14 +335,15 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
             if let Some(def_id) = cx.qpath_res(qpath, path_expr.hir_id).opt_def_id();
             if match_def_path(cx, def_id, &paths::TRANSMUTE);
             then {
-                // Avoid suggesting from/to bits in const contexts.
+                // Avoid suggesting from/to bits and dereferencing raw pointers in const contexts.
                 // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/73736 for progress on making them `const fn`.
+                // And see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/51911 for dereferencing raw pointers.
                 let const_context = in_constant(cx, e.hir_id);
 
                 let from_ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(&args[0]);
                 let to_ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(e);
 
-                match (&from_ty.kind, &to_ty.kind) {
+                match (&from_ty.kind(), &to_ty.kind()) {
                     _ if from_ty == to_ty => span_lint(
                         cx,
                         USELESS_TRANSMUTE,
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
                             &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `char`", from_ty),
                             |diag| {
                                 let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
-                                let arg = if let ty::Int(_) = from_ty.kind {
+                                let arg = if let ty::Int(_) = from_ty.kind() {
                                     arg.as_ty(ast::UintTy::U32.name_str())
                                 } else {
                                     arg
@@ -462,8 +467,8 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
                     },
                     (ty::Ref(_, ty_from, from_mutbl), ty::Ref(_, ty_to, to_mutbl)) => {
                         if_chain! {
-                            if let (&ty::Slice(slice_ty), &ty::Str) = (&ty_from.kind, &ty_to.kind);
-                            if let ty::Uint(ast::UintTy::U8) = slice_ty.kind;
+                            if let (&ty::Slice(slice_ty), &ty::Str) = (&ty_from.kind(), &ty_to.kind());
+                            if let ty::Uint(ast::UintTy::U8) = slice_ty.kind();
                             if from_mutbl == to_mutbl;
                             then {
                                 let postfix = if *from_mutbl == Mutability::Mut {
@@ -486,7 +491,8 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
                                     Applicability::Unspecified,
                                 );
                             } else {
-                                if cx.tcx.erase_regions(&from_ty) != cx.tcx.erase_regions(&to_ty) {
+                                if (cx.tcx.erase_regions(&from_ty) != cx.tcx.erase_regions(&to_ty))
+                                    && !const_context {
                                     span_lint_and_then(
                                         cx,
                                         TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR,
@@ -555,7 +561,7 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
                         &format!("transmute from a `{}` to a `{}`", from_ty, to_ty),
                         |diag| {
                             let arg = sugg::Sugg::hir(cx, &args[0], "..");
-                            let arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = from_ty.kind {
+                            let arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = from_ty.kind() {
                                 arg.as_ty(format!(
                                     "u{}",
                                     int_ty.bit_width().map_or_else(|| "size".to_string(), |v| v.to_string())
@@ -601,7 +607,7 @@ fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, e: &'tcx Expr<'_>) {
                             arg = sugg::Sugg::NonParen(format!("{}.to_bits()", arg.maybe_par()).into());
 
                             // cast the result of `to_bits` if `to_ty` is signed
-                            arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = to_ty.kind {
+                            arg = if let ty::Int(int_ty) = to_ty.kind() {
                                 arg.as_ty(int_ty.name_str().to_string())
                             } else {
                                 arg