Auto merge of #12735 - xFrednet:changelog-1-78, r=dswij

Changelog for Clippy 1.78 🪄

Roses and Violets have colors,
Red and Blue are the two,
I'm getting to the end of my masters,
what a cool goal to pursue

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### The cat of this release is: *Shadow* submitted by `@benwh1:`

<img height=500 src="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/assets/32911992/c56af314-4644-482a-a08e-f32f4c7d7b22" alt="The cats of this Clippy release" />

Cats for the next release can be nominated in the comments :D

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changelog: none

Author: bors

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,11 +6,62 @@ document.
 
 ## Unreleased / Beta / In Rust Nightly
 
-[66c29b97...master](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/compare/66c29b97...master)
+[93f0a9a9...master](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/compare/93f0a9a9...master)
+
+## Rust 1.78
+
+Current stable, released 2024-05-02
+
+[View all 112 merged pull requests](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pulls?q=merged%3A2024-01-26T05%3A46%3A23Z..2024-03-07T16%3A25%3A52Z+base%3Amaster)
+
+### New Lints
+
+* [`assigning_clones`]
+  [#12077](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12077)
+* [`mixed_attributes_style`]
+  [#12354](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12354)
+* [`empty_docs`]
+  [#12342](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12342)
+* [`unnecessary_get_then_check`]
+  [#12339](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12339)
+* [`multiple_bound_locations`]
+  [#12259](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12259)
+* [`unnecessary_clippy_cfg`]
+  [#12303](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12303)
+* [`deprecated_clippy_cfg_attr`]
+  [#12292](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12292)
+* [`manual_c_str_literals`]
+  [#11919](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/11919)
+* [`ref_as_ptr`]
+  [#12087](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12087)
+* [`lint_groups_priority`]
+  [#11832](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/11832)
+* [`unnecessary_result_map_or_else`]
+  [#12169](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12169)
+* [`to_string_trait_impl`]
+  [#12122](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12122)
+* [`incompatible_msrv`]
+  [#12160](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12160)
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* [`thread_local_initializer_can_be_made_const`]: Now checks the [`msrv`] configuration
+  [#12405](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12405)
+* [`disallowed_macros`]: Code generated by derive macros can no longer allow this lint
+  [#12267](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12267)
+* [`wildcard_imports`]: Add configuration [`allowed-wildcard-imports`] to allow preconfigured wildcards
+  [#11979](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/11979)
+
+### ICE Fixes
+
+* [`ptr_as_ptr`]: No longer ICEs when the cast source is a function call to a local variable
+  [#12617](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12617)
+* [`cast_sign_loss`]: Avoids an infinite loop when casting two chained `.unwrap()` calls
+  [#12508](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/12508)
 
 ## Rust 1.77
 
-Current stable, released 2024-03-18
+Released 2024-03-18
 
 [View all 93 merged pull requests](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pulls?q=merged%3A2023-12-16T18%3A20%3A00Z..2024-01-25T18%3A15%3A56Z+base%3Amaster)
 

clippy_lints/src/assigning_clones.rs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     ///     a.clone_from(&b);
     /// }
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.77.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub ASSIGNING_CLONES,
     perf,
     "assigning the result of cloning may be inefficient"

clippy_lints/src/cargo/mod.rs

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// pedantic = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
     /// similar_names = "allow"
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.76.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub LINT_GROUPS_PRIORITY,
     correctness,
     "a lint group in `Cargo.toml` at the same priority as a lint"

clippy_lints/src/casts/mod.rs

@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// let a_ref = &1;
     /// let a_ptr = std::ptr::from_ref(a_ref);
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.77.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub REF_AS_PTR,
     pedantic,
     "using `as` to cast a reference to pointer"

clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs

@@ -3993,7 +3993,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// let x: Result<u32, ()> = Ok(0);
     /// let y = x.unwrap_or_else(|err| handle_error(err));
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.77.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub UNNECESSARY_RESULT_MAP_OR_ELSE,
     suspicious,
     "making no use of the \"map closure\" when calling `.map_or_else(|err| handle_error(err), |n| n)`"
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// needs_cstr(c"Hello");
     /// unsafe { libc::puts(c"World".as_ptr()) }
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.76.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub MANUAL_C_STR_LITERALS,
     pedantic,
     r#"creating a `CStr` through functions when `c""` literals can be used"#

clippy_lints/src/multiple_bound_locations.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     ///     F: Sized + std::fmt::Debug,
     /// {}
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.77.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub MULTIPLE_BOUND_LOCATIONS,
     suspicious,
     "defining generic bounds in multiple locations"

clippy_lints/src/to_string_trait_impl.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     ///   }
     /// }
     /// ```
-    #[clippy::version = "1.77.0"]
+    #[clippy::version = "1.78.0"]
     pub TO_STRING_TRAIT_IMPL,
     style,
     "check for direct implementations of `ToString`"