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diff --git a/book/src/development/adding_lints.md b/book/src/development/adding_lints.md index b80ac6370e7..415022612ca 100644 --- a/book/src/development/adding_lints.md +++ b/book/src/development/adding_lints.md @@ -299,10 +299,10 @@ This is good, because it makes writing this particular lint less complicated. We have to make this decision with every new Clippy lint. It boils down to using either [`EarlyLintPass`][early_lint_pass] or [`LateLintPass`][late_lint_pass]. -In short, the `LateLintPass` has access to type information while the -`EarlyLintPass` doesn't. If you don't need access to type information, use the -`EarlyLintPass`. The `EarlyLintPass` is also faster. However, linting speed -hasn't really been a concern with Clippy so far. +In short, the `EarlyLintPass` runs before type checking and +[HIR](https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/hir.html) lowering and the `LateLintPass` +has access to type information. Consider using the `LateLintPass` unless you need +something specific from the `EarlyLintPass`. Since we don't need type information for checking the function name, we used `--pass=early` when running the new lint automation and all the imports were |