const-prop vs lints in unreachable code; bugs vs Quality of Life

[pnkfelix]

Meeting proposal info

• Title: what to do when lints interact in bad ways with unreachable code
• Type: it's complicated

Summary

• "const-propagated arithmetic_overflow in unreachable code" rust#109731
  • has been discussed in two triage meetings (#1 and #2)
  • last summary from past meeting: we'll need to circle back on the question when a problem with a lint like this is a bug vs when it is just QoL improvement
  • worth instancing a dedicated meeting?

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[pnkfelix]

We will be having this meeting on 2023-05-12 at 10am UTC-4:00.

pnkfelix owns making a doc to drive the meeting.

[pnkfelix]

We had the meeting on 2023-05-12 see https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/238009-t-compiler.2Fmeetings/topic/.5Bsteering.5D.202023-05-12.20lint.20bugs.20vs.20QOI.20compiler-team.23627/near/357881881