Static rustc_ap_rustc_lint_defs::builtin::PUB_USE_OF_PRIVATE_EXTERN_CRATE

pub static PUB_USE_OF_PRIVATE_EXTERN_CRATE: &Lint

The pub_use_of_private_extern_crate lint detects a specific situation of re-exporting a private extern crate.

Example

extern crate core;
pub use core as reexported_core;

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Explanation

A public use declaration should not be used to publicly re-export a private extern crate. pub extern crate should be used instead.

This was historically allowed, but is not the intended behavior according to the visibility rules. This is a future-incompatible lint to transition this to a hard error in the future. See issue #34537 for more details.