RS.CLIPPY.IO_OTHER_ERROR

Calling `std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, _)`

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This lint warns on calling io::Error::new(..) with a kind of io::ErrorKind::Other.

Why is this bad?

Since Rust 1.74, there's the io::Error::other(_) shortcut.

Example

use std::io;
let _ = io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "bad".to_string());

Use instead:

let _ = std::io::Error::other("bad".to_string());

Configuration

msrv: The minimum rust version that the project supports. Defaults to the rust-version field in Cargo.toml

(default: current version)