//! lint when there is an enum with no variants use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_help; use rustc_hir::{Item, ItemKind}; use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass}; use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint}; declare_clippy_lint! { /// ### What it does /// Checks for `enum`s with no variants. /// /// As of this writing, the `never_type` is still a /// nightly-only experimental API. Therefore, this lint is only triggered /// if the `never_type` is enabled. /// /// ### Why is this bad? /// If you want to introduce a type which /// can't be instantiated, you should use `!` (the primitive type "never"), /// or a wrapper around it, because `!` has more extensive /// compiler support (type inference, etc...) and wrappers /// around it are the conventional way to define an uninhabited type. /// For further information visit [never type documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.never.html) /// /// /// ### Example /// ```rust /// enum Test {} /// ``` /// /// Use instead: /// ```rust /// #![feature(never_type)] /// /// struct Test(!); /// ``` #[clippy::version = "pre 1.29.0"] pub EMPTY_ENUM, pedantic, "enum with no variants" } declare_lint_pass!(EmptyEnum => [EMPTY_ENUM]); impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for EmptyEnum { fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, item: &Item<'_>) { // Only suggest the `never_type` if the feature is enabled if !cx.tcx.features().never_type { return; } if let ItemKind::Enum(..) = item.kind { let ty = cx.tcx.type_of(item.owner_id).subst_identity(); let adt = ty.ty_adt_def().expect("already checked whether this is an enum"); if adt.variants().is_empty() { span_lint_and_help( cx, EMPTY_ENUM, item.span, "enum with no variants", None, "consider using the uninhabited type `!` (never type) or a wrapper \ around it to introduce a type which can't be instantiated", ); } } } }