Auto merge of #8711 - kyoto7250:new-lint-bytes-count-to-len, r=giraffate

Take over: New lint bytes count to len

take over #8375
close #8083

This PR adds new lint about  considering replacing `.bytes().count()` with `.len()`.

Thank you in advance.

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r! `@Manishearth`

changelog: adds new lint [`bytes_count_to_len`] to consider replacing `.bytes().count()` with `.len()`

tests/ui/bytes_count_to_len.fixed

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+// run-rustfix
+#![warn(clippy::bytes_count_to_len)]
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+fn main() {
+    // should fix, because type is String
+    let _ = String::from("foo").len();
+
+    let s1 = String::from("foo");
+    let _ = s1.len();
+
+    // should fix, because type is &str
+    let _ = "foo".len();
+
+    let s2 = "foo";
+    let _ = s2.len();
+
+    // make sure using count() normally doesn't trigger warning
+    let vector = [0, 1, 2];
+    let _ = vector.iter().count();
+
+    // The type is slice, so should not fix
+    let _ = &[1, 2, 3].bytes().count();
+
+    let bytes: &[u8] = &[1, 2, 3];
+    bytes.bytes().count();
+
+    // The type is File, so should not fix
+    let _ = File::open("foobar").unwrap().bytes().count();
+
+    let f = File::open("foobar").unwrap();
+    let _ = f.bytes().count();
+}

tests/ui/bytes_count_to_len.rs

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+// run-rustfix
+#![warn(clippy::bytes_count_to_len)]
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+fn main() {
+    // should fix, because type is String
+    let _ = String::from("foo").bytes().count();
+
+    let s1 = String::from("foo");
+    let _ = s1.bytes().count();
+
+    // should fix, because type is &str
+    let _ = "foo".bytes().count();
+
+    let s2 = "foo";
+    let _ = s2.bytes().count();
+
+    // make sure using count() normally doesn't trigger warning
+    let vector = [0, 1, 2];
+    let _ = vector.iter().count();
+
+    // The type is slice, so should not fix
+    let _ = &[1, 2, 3].bytes().count();
+
+    let bytes: &[u8] = &[1, 2, 3];
+    bytes.bytes().count();
+
+    // The type is File, so should not fix
+    let _ = File::open("foobar").unwrap().bytes().count();
+
+    let f = File::open("foobar").unwrap();
+    let _ = f.bytes().count();
+}

tests/ui/bytes_count_to_len.stderr

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+error: using long and hard to read `.bytes().count()`
+  --> $DIR/bytes_count_to_len.rs:8:13
+   |
+LL |     let _ = String::from("foo").bytes().count();
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider calling `.len()` instead: `String::from("foo").len()`
+   |
+   = note: `-D clippy::bytes-count-to-len` implied by `-D warnings`
+
+error: using long and hard to read `.bytes().count()`
+  --> $DIR/bytes_count_to_len.rs:11:13
+   |
+LL |     let _ = s1.bytes().count();
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider calling `.len()` instead: `s1.len()`
+
+error: using long and hard to read `.bytes().count()`
+  --> $DIR/bytes_count_to_len.rs:14:13
+   |
+LL |     let _ = "foo".bytes().count();
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider calling `.len()` instead: `"foo".len()`
+
+error: using long and hard to read `.bytes().count()`
+  --> $DIR/bytes_count_to_len.rs:17:13
+   |
+LL |     let _ = s2.bytes().count();
+   |             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider calling `.len()` instead: `s2.len()`
+
+error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
+