Since the commit 50384460c68f
("Rewrite method resolution to follow rustc more closely"), the method
resolution logic has changed: rust-analyzer only looks up inherent
methods for primitive types in sysroot crates.
Unfortunately, this change broke at least one project that relies on
`rust-project.json`: Rust-for-Linux. Its auto-generated
`rust-project.json` directly embeds `core`, `alloc`, and `std` in the
`crates` list without defining `sysroot_src`. Consequently,
rust-analyzer fails to identify them as sysroot crates, breaking IDE
support for primitive methods (e.g., `0_i32.rotate_left(0)`).
However, specifying `sysroot_src` creates a new issue: it implicitly
adds `std` as a dependency to all kernel module crates, which are
actually compiled with `-Zcrate-attr=no_std`. Since rust-analyzer cannot
see compiler flags passed outside of the project definition, we need a
method to explicitly specify `#![no_std]` or, more generally,
crate-level attributes through the project configuration.
To resolve this, extend the `rust-project.json` format with a new
`crate_attrs` field. This allows users to specify crate-level attributes
such as `#![no_std]` directly into the configuration, enabling
rust-analyzer to respect them when analyzing crates.
References:
- The original Zulip discussion:
https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/185405-t-compiler.2Frust-analyzer/topic/Primitive.20type.20inherent.20method.20lookup.20fails/with/562983853
rustdoc has a separate environment variable for banning warnings, so
set that in the GitHub action configuration.
https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8424#issuecomment-1070988443
Fix all the rustdoc warnings on unknown types or functions. I've
updated references wherever it's obvious, otherwise I've replaced the
rustdoc link with plain backticks.
There were also some cases where rustdoc links referred to private
APIs. I've disabled the rustdoc private API warning in those crates.
- Discussed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/issues/21107
- Avoids activating an `attributes` feature to crates that do not use it
- Updates the 6 crates that use attributes feature to specify it in
their Cargo.toml: {hir,hir-def,hir-ty,ide-assists,ide-db,project-model}
