Pre-feature request: suppress unused variable warning for unit-type arguments
Rust Internals [Unofficial]
March 11, 2026
My point is that I don't think unused variables are sufficiently more likely to be noise just because they are zero-sized. We have established ways of quieting the lint (leading _), and IMO that is entirely sufficient, also for this case.
I agree lints should avoid noise. I just don't think this proposal significantly improves the signal-to-noise ratio of this lint.
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