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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-17 12:03:36 +0000
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+### What it does
+Checks for usage of `*&` and `*&mut` in expressions.
+
+### Why is this bad?
+Immediately dereferencing a reference is no-op and
+makes the code less clear.
+
+### Known problems
+Multiple dereference/addrof pairs are not handled so
+the suggested fix for `x = **&&y` is `x = *&y`, which is still incorrect.
+
+### Example
+```
+let a = f(*&mut b);
+let c = *&d;
+```
+
+Use instead:
+```
+let a = f(b);
+let c = d;
+``` \ No newline at end of file