Implement macro-based deref!() syntax for deref patterns

Stop using `box PAT` syntax for deref patterns, as it's misleading and
also causes their semantics being tangled up.

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/equatable_if_let.rs b/clippy_lints/src/equatable_if_let.rs
index 4e728d61b85..37442bf3e28 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/equatable_if_let.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/equatable_if_let.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn unary_pattern(pat: &Pat<'_>) -> bool {
         | PatKind::Err(_) => false,
         PatKind::Struct(_, a, etc) => !etc && a.iter().all(|x| unary_pattern(x.pat)),
         PatKind::Tuple(a, etc) | PatKind::TupleStruct(_, a, etc) => etc.as_opt_usize().is_none() && array_rec(a),
-        PatKind::Ref(x, _) | PatKind::Box(x) => unary_pattern(x),
+        PatKind::Ref(x, _) | PatKind::Box(x) | PatKind::Deref(x) => unary_pattern(x),
         PatKind::Path(_) | PatKind::Lit(_) => true,
     }
 }
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/matches/match_same_arms.rs b/clippy_lints/src/matches/match_same_arms.rs
index c7c453b7f6e..cd61e733694 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/matches/match_same_arms.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/matches/match_same_arms.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ impl<'a> NormalizedPat<'a> {
     fn from_pat(cx: &LateContext<'_>, arena: &'a DroplessArena, pat: &'a Pat<'_>) -> Self {
         match pat.kind {
             PatKind::Wild | PatKind::Binding(.., None) => Self::Wild,
-            PatKind::Binding(.., Some(pat)) | PatKind::Box(pat) | PatKind::Ref(pat, _) => {
+            PatKind::Binding(.., Some(pat)) | PatKind::Box(pat) | PatKind::Deref(pat) | PatKind::Ref(pat, _) => {
                 Self::from_pat(cx, arena, pat)
             },
             PatKind::Never => Self::Never,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs b/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
index 7246214f9bf..d4dd31e1178 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/unnested_or_patterns.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ fn transform_with_focus_on_idx(alternatives: &mut ThinVec<P<Pat>>, focus_idx: us
             |k| matches!(k, Box(_)),
             |k| always_pat!(k, Box(p) => p),
         ),
+        // FIXME(deref_patterns): Should we merge patterns here?
+        Deref(_) => false,
         // Transform `&mut x | ... | &mut y` into `&mut (x | y)`.
         Ref(target, Mutability::Mut) => extend_with_matching(
             target, start, alternatives,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
index 187bfda129c..5319915b2ea 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/author.rs
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> PrintVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                 kind!("Box({pat})");
                 self.pat(pat);
             },
+            PatKind::Deref(pat) => {
+                bind!(self, pat);
+                kind!("Deref({pat})");
+                self.pat(pat);
+            },
             PatKind::Ref(pat, muta) => {
                 bind!(self, pat);
                 kind!("Ref({pat}, Mutability::{muta:?})");