Static rustc_lint::drop_forget_useless::FORGETTING_COPY_TYPES

pub static FORGETTING_COPY_TYPES: &Lint

The forgetting_copy_types lint checks for calls to std::mem::forget with a value that derives the Copy trait.

Example

let x: i32 = 42; // i32 implements Copy
std::mem::forget(x); // A copy of x is passed to the function, leaving the
                     // original unaffected

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Explanation

Calling std::mem::forget does nothing for types that implement Copy since the value will be copied and moved into the function on invocation.

An alternative, but also valid, explanation is that Copy types do not implement the Drop trait, which means they have no destructors. Without a destructor, there is nothing for std::mem::forget to ignore.