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HIR/MIR don't really help much, actually. A stable plugin interface would probably be completely different. And clippy uses a _lot_ of internals, so even if a
by Manishearth 11y ago
HIR/MIR don't really help much, actually. A stable plugin interface would probably be completely different.
And clippy uses a _lot_ of internals, so even if a plugin interface stabilizes there's no guarantee clippy will.
- steveklabnik 11y agoMy understanding was that HIR was supposed to _be_ a stable plugin interface.
- Manishearth 11y agoPerhaps. There's still a long way to go though, since you need a stable AST builder or qquote mechanism, among other things. And HIR isn't nearly enough for clippy to work on stable.