src/librustc/lint/mod.rs

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  10
  11 //! Lints, aka compiler warnings.
  12 //!
  13 //! A 'lint' check is a kind of miscellaneous constraint that a user _might_
  14 //! want to enforce, but might reasonably want to permit as well, on a
  15 //! module-by-module basis. They contrast with static constraints enforced by
  16 //! other phases of the compiler, which are generally required to hold in order
  17 //! to compile the program at all.
  18 //!
  19 //! Most lints can be written as `LintPass` instances. These run just before
  20 //! translation to LLVM bytecode. The `LintPass`es built into rustc are defined
  21 //! within `builtin.rs`, which has further comments on how to add such a lint.
  22 //! rustc can also load user-defined lint plugins via the plugin mechanism.
  23 //!
  24 //! Some of rustc's lints are defined elsewhere in the compiler and work by
  25 //! calling `add_lint()` on the overall `Session` object. This works when
  26 //! it happens before the main lint pass, which emits the lints stored by
  27 //! `add_lint()`. To emit lints after the main lint pass (from trans, for
  28 //! example) requires more effort. See `emit_lint` and `GatherNodeLevels`
  29 //! in `context.rs`.
  30
  31 pub use self::Level::*;
  32 pub use self::LintSource::*;
  33
  34 use std::hash;
  35 use std::ascii::AsciiExt;
  36 use syntax::codemap::Span;
  37 use syntax::visit::FnKind;
  38 use syntax::ast;
  39
  40 pub use lint::context::{Context, LintStore, raw_emit_lint, check_crate, gather_attrs};
  41
  42 /// Specification of a single lint.
  43 #[derive(Copy, Show)]
  44 pub struct Lint {
  45     /// A string identifier for the lint.
  46     ///
  47     /// This identifies the lint in attributes and in command-line arguments.
  48     /// In those contexts it is always lowercase, but this field is compared
  49     /// in a way which is case-insensitive for ASCII characters. This allows
  50     /// `declare_lint!()` invocations to follow the convention of upper-case
  51     /// statics without repeating the name.
  52     ///
  53     /// The name is written with underscores, e.g. "unused_imports".
  54     /// On the command line, underscores become dashes.
  55     pub name: &'static str,
  56
  57     /// Default level for the lint.
  58     pub default_level: Level,
  59
  60     /// Description of the lint or the issue it detects.
  61     ///
  62     /// e.g. "imports that are never used"
  63     pub desc: &'static str,
  64 }
  65
  66 impl Lint {
  67     /// Get the lint's name, with ASCII letters converted to lowercase.
  68     pub fn name_lower(&self) -> String {
  69         self.name.to_ascii_lowercase()
  70     }
  71 }
  72
  73 /// Build a `Lint` initializer.
  74 #[macro_export]
  75 macro_rules! lint_initializer {
  76     ($name:ident, $level:ident, $desc:expr) => (
  77         ::rustc::lint::Lint {
  78             name: stringify!($name),
  79             default_level: ::rustc::lint::$level,
  80             desc: $desc,
  81         }
  82     )
  83 }
  84
  85 /// Declare a static item of type `&'static Lint`.
  86 #[macro_export]
  87 macro_rules! declare_lint {
  88     // FIXME(#14660): deduplicate
  89     (pub $name:ident, $level:ident, $desc:expr) => (
  90         pub static $name: &'static ::rustc::lint::Lint
  91             = &lint_initializer!($name, $level, $desc);
  92     );
  93     ($name:ident, $level:ident, $desc:expr) => (
  94         static $name: &'static ::rustc::lint::Lint
  95             = &lint_initializer!($name, $level, $desc);
  96     );
  97 }
  98
  99 /// Declare a static `LintArray` and return it as an expression.
 100 #[macro_export]
 101 macro_rules! lint_array { ($( $lint:expr ),*) => (
 102     {
 103         #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 104         static array: LintArray = &[ $( &$lint ),* ];
 105         array
 106     }
 107 ) }
 108
 109 pub type LintArray = &'static [&'static &'static Lint];
 110
 111 /// Trait for types providing lint checks.
 112 ///
 113 /// Each `check` method checks a single syntax node, and should not
 114 /// invoke methods recursively (unlike `Visitor`). By default they
 115 /// do nothing.
 116 //
 117 // FIXME: eliminate the duplication with `Visitor`. But this also
 118 // contains a few lint-specific methods with no equivalent in `Visitor`.
 119 pub trait LintPass {
 120     /// Get descriptions of the lints this `LintPass` object can emit.
 121     ///
 122     /// NB: there is no enforcement that the object only emits lints it registered.
 123     /// And some `rustc` internal `LintPass`es register lints to be emitted by other
 124     /// parts of the compiler. If you want enforced access restrictions for your
 125     /// `Lint`, make it a private `static` item in its own module.
 126     fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray;
 127
 128     fn check_crate(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Crate) { }
 129     fn check_ident(&mut self, _: &Context, _: Span, _: ast::Ident) { }
 130     fn check_mod(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Mod, _: Span, _: ast::NodeId) { }
 131     fn check_view_item(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::ViewItem) { }
 132     fn check_foreign_item(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::ForeignItem) { }
 133     fn check_item(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Item) { }
 134     fn check_local(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Local) { }
 135     fn check_block(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Block) { }
 136     fn check_stmt(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Stmt) { }
 137     fn check_arm(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Arm) { }
 138     fn check_pat(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Pat) { }
 139     fn check_decl(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Decl) { }
 140     fn check_expr(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Expr) { }
 141     fn check_expr_post(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Expr) { }
 142     fn check_ty(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Ty) { }
 143     fn check_generics(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Generics) { }
 144     fn check_fn(&mut self, _: &Context,
 145         _: FnKind, _: &ast::FnDecl, _: &ast::Block, _: Span, _: ast::NodeId) { }
 146     fn check_ty_method(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::TypeMethod) { }
 147     fn check_trait_method(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::TraitItem) { }
 148     fn check_struct_def(&mut self, _: &Context,
 149         _: &ast::StructDef, _: ast::Ident, _: &ast::Generics, _: ast::NodeId) { }
 150     fn check_struct_def_post(&mut self, _: &Context,
 151         _: &ast::StructDef, _: ast::Ident, _: &ast::Generics, _: ast::NodeId) { }
 152     fn check_struct_field(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::StructField) { }
 153     fn check_variant(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Variant, _: &ast::Generics) { }
 154     fn check_variant_post(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Variant, _: &ast::Generics) { }
 155     fn check_opt_lifetime_ref(&mut self, _: &Context, _: Span, _: &Option<ast::Lifetime>) { }
 156     fn check_lifetime_ref(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Lifetime) { }
 157     fn check_lifetime_def(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::LifetimeDef) { }
 158     fn check_explicit_self(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::ExplicitSelf) { }
 159     fn check_mac(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Mac) { }
 160     fn check_path(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Path, _: ast::NodeId) { }
 161     fn check_attribute(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &ast::Attribute) { }
 162
 163     /// Called when entering a syntax node that can have lint attributes such
 164     /// as `#[allow(...)]`. Called with *all* the attributes of that node.
 165     fn enter_lint_attrs(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &[ast::Attribute]) { }
 166
 167     /// Counterpart to `enter_lint_attrs`.
 168     fn exit_lint_attrs(&mut self, _: &Context, _: &[ast::Attribute]) { }
 169 }
 170
 171 /// A lint pass boxed up as a trait object.
 172 pub type LintPassObject = Box<LintPass + 'static>;
 173
 174 /// Identifies a lint known to the compiler.
 175 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 176 pub struct LintId {
 177     // Identity is based on pointer equality of this field.
 178     lint: &'static Lint,
 179 }
 180
 181 impl PartialEq for LintId {
 182     fn eq(&self, other: &LintId) -> bool {
 183         (self.lint as *const Lint) == (other.lint as *const Lint)
 184     }
 185 }
 186
 187 impl Eq for LintId { }
 188
 189 impl<S: hash::Writer + hash::Hasher> hash::Hash<S> for LintId {
 190     fn hash(&self, state: &mut S) {
 191         let ptr = self.lint as *const Lint;
 192         ptr.hash(state);
 193     }
 194 }
 195
 196 impl LintId {
 197     /// Get the `LintId` for a `Lint`.
 198     pub fn of(lint: &'static Lint) -> LintId {
 199         LintId {
 200             lint: lint,
 201         }
 202     }
 203
 204     /// Get the name of the lint.
 205     pub fn as_str(&self) -> String {
 206         self.lint.name_lower()
 207     }
 208 }
 209
 210 /// Setting for how to handle a lint.
 211 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Eq, Ord, Show)]
 212 pub enum Level {
 213     Allow, Warn, Deny, Forbid
 214 }
 215
 216 impl Level {
 217     /// Convert a level to a lower-case string.
 218     pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
 219         match self {
 220             Allow => "allow",
 221             Warn => "warn",
 222             Deny => "deny",
 223             Forbid => "forbid",
 224         }
 225     }
 226
 227     /// Convert a lower-case string to a level.
 228     pub fn from_str(x: &str) -> Option<Level> {
 229         match x {
 230             "allow" => Some(Allow),
 231             "warn" => Some(Warn),
 232             "deny" => Some(Deny),
 233             "forbid" => Some(Forbid),
 234             _ => None,
 235         }
 236     }
 237 }
 238
 239 /// How a lint level was set.
 240 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 241 pub enum LintSource {
 242     /// Lint is at the default level as declared
 243     /// in rustc or a plugin.
 244     Default,
 245
 246     /// Lint level was set by an attribute.
 247     Node(Span),
 248
 249     /// Lint level was set by a command-line flag.
 250     CommandLine,
 251
 252     /// Lint level was set by the release channel.
 253     ReleaseChannel
 254 }
 255
 256 pub type LevelSource = (Level, LintSource);
 257
 258 pub mod builtin;
 259
 260 mod context;