Add new lint: `std_wildcard_imports` #14868

alanbondarun · 2025-05-22T10:50:03Z

changelog: [std_wildcard_imports]: Initial implementation

This fixes #13961.

Please let me know if there any missing test cases and/or changes!

TODO

Fix failed tests from other lints
Add more test cases

rustbot · 2025-05-27T09:43:41Z

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There seems to be some duplication with the wildcard_imports lint. It probably makes sense to pull those lint passes together into one pass that implements both lints.

Otherwise I'm dubious about making this a warn-by-default lint, but we can discuss this during the final comment period.

llogiq · 2025-06-02T12:28:39Z

clippy_lints/src/std_wildcard_imports.rs

+    /// Wildcard imports can pollute the namespace. This is especially bad when importing from the
+    /// standard library through wildcards:
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run


This belongs into the Example section.

llogiq · 2025-06-02T12:35:42Z

clippy_lints/src/std_wildcard_imports.rs

+    /// ```
+    #[clippy::version = "1.89.0"]
+    pub STD_WILDCARD_IMPORTS,
+    style,


I'm not sure about the lint group. Yes, namespace pollution is bad. But there are four stdlib namespaces (of which three might be imported from in somewhat normal code), so this could lead to serious churn.

I also don't follow the argument that names imported from std are somehow worse than others. Why? The standard library moves slower than other crates if anything.

(Sorry for late reply) Then how about setting the lint group to pedantic, and denying this lint in Cargo.toml of standard libraries? I think it would solve the issue without editing a bunch of existing codes outside of stdlib.

For some context, the libs team expressed interest in having some form of this builtin at some point rust-lang/rust#135672 (comment). But we likely need a smarter version for that - some discussion at rust-lang/rust#142448.

Based on the discussions in the linked issues, I suggest we close this PR, clearly define what this lint should do, and then implement it accordingly. What do you think of this approach?

Oh I still think this is useful in its current state, just with some updated docs per @jieyouxu's comment. We probably eventually want some version of this as a rustc builtin lint and that will be a bit smarter, but having something in Clippy (regardless of whatever level the maintainers feel comfortable placing it at) definitely helps get us off the ground.

llogiq · 2025-06-02T12:36:45Z

clippy_lints/src/std_wildcard_imports.rs

+                cx,
+                STD_WILDCARD_IMPORTS,
+                span,
+                "usage of wildcard import from `std` crates",


It would be shorter and clearer to replace the "std crates" with the actual crate name.

rustbot · 2025-06-04T05:26:21Z

☔ The latest upstream changes (possibly 84ef7fb) made this pull request unmergeable. Please resolve the merge conflicts.

jieyouxu · 2025-06-18T16:22:43Z

clippy_lints/src/std_wildcard_imports.rs

+    /// Wildcard imports can pollute the namespace. This is especially bad when importing from the
+    /// standard library through wildcards:


Suggestion: as far as I understand it, the motivation of #13961 is mostly not about namespace pollution, but about name resolution breakage (such as introduction of new ambiguities) from people glob-importing std modules, and then std introducing a new item whose name collides with that of an item defined locally. The very bad part about this situation is that even unstable std API editions can introduce name resolution ambiguities.

That is, the strongest motivation for this lint is the name resolution ambiguity related breakages, and not namespace pollution.

alanbondarun · 2025-06-24T12:23:13Z

@rustbot ready

ada4a · 2025-10-11T16:37:44Z

clippy_lints/src/wildcard_imports.rs

    segments.iter().any(|seg| allowed_segments.contains(seg.ident.as_str()))
 }
+
+// Returns the entire span for a given glob import statement, including the `*` symbol.


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// Returns the entire span for a given glob import statement, including the `*` symbol.

/// Returns the entire span for a given glob import statement, including the `*` symbol.

ada4a · 2025-10-11T16:37:55Z

clippy_lints/src/wildcard_imports.rs

+    }
+}
+
+// Generates a suggestion for a glob import using only the actually used items.


Suggested change

// Generates a suggestion for a glob import using only the actually used items.

/// Generates a suggestion for a glob import using only the actually used items.

ada4a · 2025-10-11T16:42:23Z

tests/ui/into_iter_on_ref.fixed


 struct X;
-use std::collections::*;
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, LinkedList, VecDeque};


I imagine the suggestion was quite long in this case. Because of that, I think it would make sense to give a Diag::span_suggestion_verbose (inside span_lint_and_then)

ada4a · 2025-10-11T16:44:13Z

clippy_lints/src/wildcard_imports.rs

+            } else if is_std_import(use_path.segments) {
+                (
+                    STD_WILDCARD_IMPORTS,
+                    format!("usage of wildcard import from `{}`", use_path.segments[0].ident),


nit: you could make these into Cows to avoid allocating a String in 2 out of 3 cases

ada4a · 2025-10-11T16:44:50Z

clippy_lints/src/wildcard_imports.rs

+    /// bar();
+    /// let _ = Rc::new(5);
+    /// ```
+    #[clippy::version = "1.89.0"]


Just a bit of churn^^

Suggested change

#[clippy::version = "1.89.0"]

#[clippy::version = "1.92.0"]

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upstream globs + other globs should be linted on rust-lang/rust#142448

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		/// Wildcard imports can pollute the namespace. This is especially bad when importing from the
		/// standard library through wildcards:

	// Returns the entire span for a given glob import statement, including the `*` symbol.
	/// Returns the entire span for a given glob import statement, including the `*` symbol.

	// Generates a suggestion for a glob import using only the actually used items.
	/// Generates a suggestion for a glob import using only the actually used items.

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