Lint inconsistent casing in hex literals (closes #703)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [`mem_forget`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mem_forget
 [`min_max`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#min_max
 [`misrefactored_assign_op`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#misrefactored_assign_op
+[`mixed_case_hex_literals`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mixed_case_hex_literals
 [`modulo_one`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#modulo_one
 [`mut_mut`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mut_mut
 [`mutex_atomic`]: https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mutex_atomic

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Table of contents:
 
 ## Lints
 
-There are 160 lints included in this crate:
+There are 161 lints included in this crate:
 
 name                                                                                                                 | default | meaning
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ name
 [mem_forget](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mem_forget)                                             | allow   | `mem::forget` usage on `Drop` types is likely to cause memory leaks
 [min_max](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#min_max)                                                   | warn    | `min(_, max(_, _))` (or vice versa) with bounds clamping the result to a constant
 [misrefactored_assign_op](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#misrefactored_assign_op)                   | warn    | having a variable on both sides of an assign op
+[mixed_case_hex_literals](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mixed_case_hex_literals)                   | warn    | letter digits in hex literals should be either completely upper- or lowercased
 [modulo_one](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#modulo_one)                                             | warn    | taking a number modulo 1, which always returns 0
 [mut_mut](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mut_mut)                                                   | allow   | usage of double-mut refs, e.g. `&mut &mut ...`
 [mutex_atomic](https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-clippy/wiki#mutex_atomic)                                         | warn    | using a mutex where an atomic value could be used instead

clippy_lints/src/lib.rs

@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry) {
         misc::TOPLEVEL_REF_ARG,
         misc_early::DOUBLE_NEG,
         misc_early::DUPLICATE_UNDERSCORE_ARGUMENT,
+        misc_early::MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS,
         misc_early::REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_CALL,
         misc_early::UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN,
         mut_reference::UNNECESSARY_MUT_PASSED,

clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use syntax::ast::*;
 use syntax::codemap::Span;
 use syntax::visit::FnKind;
-use utils::{span_lint, span_help_and_lint, snippet, span_lint_and_then};
+use utils::{span_lint, span_help_and_lint, snippet, snippet_opt, span_lint_and_then};
 /// **What it does:** This lint checks for structure field patterns bound to wildcards.
 ///
 /// **Why is this bad?** Using `..` instead is shorter and leaves the focus on the fields that are actually bound.
@@ -64,13 +64,29 @@ declare_lint! {
     "`--x` is a double negation of `x` and not a pre-decrement as in C or C++"
 }
 
+/// **What it does:** Warns on hexadecimal literals with mixed-case letter digits.
+///
+/// **Why is this bad?** It looks confusing.
+///
+/// **Known problems:** None.
+///
+/// **Example:**
+/// ```rust
+/// let y = 0x1a9BAcD;
+/// ```
+declare_lint! {
+    pub MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS, Warn,
+    "letter digits in hex literals should be either completely upper- or lowercased"
+}
+
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct MiscEarly;
 
 impl LintPass for MiscEarly {
     fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray {
-        lint_array!(UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN, DUPLICATE_UNDERSCORE_ARGUMENT, REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_CALL, DOUBLE_NEG)
+        lint_array!(UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN, DUPLICATE_UNDERSCORE_ARGUMENT, REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_CALL,
+                    DOUBLE_NEG, MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS)
     }
 }
 
@@ -176,6 +192,27 @@ impl EarlyLintPass for MiscEarly {
                               "`--x` could be misinterpreted as pre-decrement by C programmers, is usually a no-op");
                 }
             }
+            ExprKind::Lit(ref lit) => {
+                if_let_chain! {[
+                    let LitKind::Int(..) = lit.node,
+                    let Some(src) = snippet_opt(cx, lit.span),
+                    src.starts_with("0x")
+                ], {
+                    let mut seen = (false, false);
+                    for ch in src.chars() {
+                        match ch {
+                            'a' ... 'f' => seen.0 = true,
+                            'A' ... 'F' => seen.1 = true,
+                            'i' | 'u'   => break,   // start of suffix already
+                            _ => ()
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if seen.0 && seen.1 {
+                        span_lint(cx, MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS, lit.span,
+                                  "inconsistent casing in hexadecimal literal");
+                    }
+                }}
+            }
             _ => ()
         }
     }

tests/compile-fail/literals.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#![feature(plugin)]
+#![plugin(clippy)]
+#![deny(mixed_case_hex_literals)]
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+fn main() {
+    let ok1 = 0xABCD;
+    let ok3 = 0xab_cd;
+    let ok4 = 0xab_cd_i32;
+    let ok5 = 0xAB_CD_u32;
+    let ok5 = 0xAB_CD_isize;
+    let fail1 = 0xabCD;       //~ERROR inconsistent casing in hexadecimal literal
+    let fail2 = 0xabCD_u32;   //~ERROR inconsistent casing in hexadecimal literal
+    let fail2 = 0xabCD_isize; //~ERROR inconsistent casing in hexadecimal literal
+}