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Auto merge of #98655 - nnethercote:dont-derive-PartialEq-ne, r=dtolnay
Don't derive `PartialEq::ne`.
Currently we skip deriving `PartialEq::ne` for C-like (fieldless) enums
and empty structs, thus reyling on the default `ne`. This behaviour is
unnecessarily conservative, because the `PartialEq` docs say this:
> Implementations must ensure that eq and ne are consistent with each other:
>
> `a != b` if and only if `!(a == b)` (ensured by the default
> implementation).
This means that the default implementation (`!(a == b)`) is always good
enough. So this commit changes things such that `ne` is never derived.
The motivation for this change is that not deriving `ne` reduces compile
times and binary sizes.
Observable behaviour may change if a user has defined a type `A` with an
inconsistent `PartialEq` and then defines a type `B` that contains an
`A` and also derives `PartialEq`. Such code is already buggy and
preserving bug-for-bug compatibility isn't necessary.
Two side-effects of the change:
- There is only one error message produced for types where `PartialEq`
cannot be derived, instead of two.
- For coverage reports, some warnings about generated `ne` methods not
being executed have disappeared.
Both side-effects seem fine, and possibly preferable.
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