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clippy::mem_forget

Avoid leaking a value with drop semantics; use an explicit ownership or lifetime strategy.

Category
Reliability
Default level
warn
Tier
P2
Producer
Clippy

What it reads

Clippy, with the compiler behind it. The only pass that compiles.

Tier

Ordinary defect.

The tier bounds how severe a rule may be; its category bounds the tier.

Change it

Turn it off, or make it blocking, without touching the code it flags:

rust-doctor --rule clippy::mem_forget=off .
rust-doctor --rule clippy::mem_forget=error .

Set it once in rust-doctor.toml

Upstream

Clippy's own documentation for this lint

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