use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_help; use clippy_utils::source::snippet; use clippy_utils::{is_entrypoint_fn, is_no_std_crate}; use if_chain::if_chain; use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind, QPath}; use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass}; use rustc_session::{declare_tool_lint, impl_lint_pass}; declare_clippy_lint! { /// ### What it does /// Checks for recursion using the entrypoint. /// /// ### Why is this bad? /// Apart from special setups (which we could detect following attributes like #![no_std]), /// recursing into main() seems like an unintuitive anti-pattern we should be able to detect. /// /// ### Example /// ```no_run /// fn main() { /// main(); /// } /// ``` #[clippy::version = "1.38.0"] pub MAIN_RECURSION, style, "recursion using the entrypoint" } #[derive(Default)] pub struct MainRecursion { has_no_std_attr: bool, } impl_lint_pass!(MainRecursion => [MAIN_RECURSION]); impl LateLintPass<'_> for MainRecursion { fn check_crate(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>) { self.has_no_std_attr = is_no_std_crate(cx); } fn check_expr_post(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) { if self.has_no_std_attr { return; } if_chain! { if let ExprKind::Call(func, _) = &expr.kind; if let ExprKind::Path(QPath::Resolved(_, path)) = &func.kind; if let Some(def_id) = path.res.opt_def_id(); if is_entrypoint_fn(cx, def_id); then { span_lint_and_help( cx, MAIN_RECURSION, func.span, &format!("recursing into entrypoint `{}`", snippet(cx, func.span, "main")), None, "consider using another function for this recursion" ) } } } }