Add #[must_use] to expensive computations

library/alloc/src/collections/btree/set.rs

@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ pub struct Range<'a, T: 'a> {
 /// See its documentation for more.
 ///
 /// [`difference`]: BTreeSet::difference
+#[must_use = "this returns the difference as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Difference<'a, T: 'a> {
     inner: DifferenceInner<'a, T>,
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ impl<T: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for Difference<'_, T> {
 /// [`BTreeSet`]. See its documentation for more.
 ///
 /// [`symmetric_difference`]: BTreeSet::symmetric_difference
+#[must_use = "this returns the difference as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct SymmetricDifference<'a, T: 'a>(MergeIterInner<Iter<'a, T>>);
 
@@ -183,6 +187,8 @@ impl<T: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for SymmetricDifference<'_, T> {
 /// See its documentation for more.
 ///
 /// [`intersection`]: BTreeSet::intersection
+#[must_use = "this returns the intersection as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Intersection<'a, T: 'a> {
     inner: IntersectionInner<'a, T>,
@@ -215,6 +221,8 @@ impl<T: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for Intersection<'_, T> {
 /// See its documentation for more.
 ///
 /// [`union`]: BTreeSet::union
+#[must_use = "this returns the union as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Union<'a, T: 'a>(MergeIterInner<Iter<'a, T>>);
 

library/alloc/src/string.rs

@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ impl String {
     ///
     /// assert_eq!("Hello �World", output);
     /// ```
+    #[must_use]
     #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn from_utf8_lossy(v: &[u8]) -> Cow<'_, str> {
@@ -646,6 +647,7 @@ impl String {
     ///            String::from_utf16_lossy(v));
     /// ```
     #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn from_utf16_lossy(v: &[u16]) -> String {

library/core/src/slice/ascii.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::ops;
 impl [u8] {
     /// Checks if all bytes in this slice are within the ASCII range.
     #[stable(feature = "ascii_methods_on_intrinsics", since = "1.23.0")]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_ascii(&self) -> bool {
         is_ascii(self)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ impl [u8] {
     /// Same as `to_ascii_lowercase(a) == to_ascii_lowercase(b)`,
     /// but without allocating and copying temporaries.
     #[stable(feature = "ascii_methods_on_intrinsics", since = "1.23.0")]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     pub fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: &[u8]) -> bool {
         self.len() == other.len() && iter::zip(self, other).all(|(a, b)| a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b))

library/core/src/slice/memchr.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fn repeat_byte(b: u8) -> usize {
 }
 
 /// Returns the first index matching the byte `x` in `text`.
+#[must_use]
 #[inline]
 pub fn memchr(x: u8, text: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
     // Fast path for small slices
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ fn memchr_general_case(x: u8, text: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
 }
 
 /// Returns the last index matching the byte `x` in `text`.
+#[must_use]
 pub fn memrchr(x: u8, text: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
     // Scan for a single byte value by reading two `usize` words at a time.
     //

library/core/src/str/iter.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use super::{IsAsciiWhitespace, IsNotEmpty, IsWhitespace};
 /// [`char`]: prim@char
 /// [`chars`]: str::chars
 #[derive(Clone)]
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Chars<'a> {
     pub(super) iter: slice::Iter<'a, u8>,
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ impl<'a> Chars<'a> {
 /// [`char`]: prim@char
 /// [`char_indices`]: str::char_indices
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct CharIndices<'a> {
     pub(super) front_offset: usize,
@@ -1089,6 +1091,7 @@ generate_pattern_iterators! {
 ///
 /// [`lines`]: str::lines
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Lines<'a>(pub(super) Map<SplitTerminator<'a, char>, LinesAnyMap>);
 
@@ -1128,6 +1131,7 @@ impl FusedIterator for Lines<'_> {}
 /// [`lines_any`]: str::lines_any
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 #[rustc_deprecated(since = "1.4.0", reason = "use lines()/Lines instead now")]
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 #[allow(deprecated)]
 pub struct LinesAny<'a>(pub(super) Lines<'a>);

library/core/src/str/lossy.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl Utf8Lossy {
 }
 
 /// Iterator over lossy UTF-8 string
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
 #[unstable(feature = "str_internals", issue = "none")]
 #[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
 pub struct Utf8LossyChunksIter<'a> {

library/core/src/str/mod.rs

@@ -2255,6 +2255,7 @@ impl str {
     /// assert!(!non_ascii.is_ascii());
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "ascii_methods_on_intrinsics", since = "1.23.0")]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_ascii(&self) -> bool {
         // We can treat each byte as character here: all multibyte characters
@@ -2276,6 +2277,7 @@ impl str {
     /// assert!(!"Ferrös".eq_ignore_ascii_case("FERRÖS"));
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "ascii_methods_on_intrinsics", since = "1.23.0")]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     pub fn eq_ignore_ascii_case(&self, other: &str) -> bool {
         self.as_bytes().eq_ignore_ascii_case(other.as_bytes())

library/core/tests/ascii.rs

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ fn test_eq_ignore_ascii_case() {
 #[test]
 fn inference_works() {
     let x = "a".to_string();
-    x.eq_ignore_ascii_case("A");
+    let _ = x.eq_ignore_ascii_case("A");
 }
 
 // Shorthands used by the is_ascii_* tests.

library/std/src/collections/hash/set.rs

@@ -1320,6 +1320,8 @@ where
 ///
 /// let mut intersection = a.intersection(&b);
 /// ```
+#[must_use = "this returns the intersection as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Intersection<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
     // iterator of the first set
@@ -1345,6 +1347,8 @@ pub struct Intersection<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
 ///
 /// let mut difference = a.difference(&b);
 /// ```
+#[must_use = "this returns the difference as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Difference<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
     // iterator of the first set
@@ -1370,6 +1374,8 @@ pub struct Difference<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
 ///
 /// let mut intersection = a.symmetric_difference(&b);
 /// ```
+#[must_use = "this returns the difference as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct SymmetricDifference<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
     iter: Chain<Difference<'a, T, S>, Difference<'a, T, S>>,
@@ -1392,6 +1398,8 @@ pub struct SymmetricDifference<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
 ///
 /// let mut union_iter = a.union(&b);
 /// ```
+#[must_use = "this returns the union as an iterator, \
+              without modifying either input set"]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Union<'a, T: 'a, S: 'a> {
     iter: Chain<Iter<'a, T>, Difference<'a, T, S>>,

library/std/src/ffi/os_str.rs

@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ impl OsStr {
     /// assert!(!non_ascii.is_ascii());
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "osstring_ascii", since = "1.53.0")]
+    #[must_use]
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_ascii(&self) -> bool {
         self.inner.is_ascii()

library/std/src/io/stdio.rs

@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ impl Stdin {
     ///     println!("got a chunk: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&split.unwrap()));
     /// }
     /// ```
+    #[must_use = "`self` will be dropped if the result is not used"]
     #[unstable(feature = "stdin_forwarders", issue = "87096")]
     pub fn split(self, byte: u8) -> Split<StdinLock<'static>> {
         self.into_locked().split(byte)