diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acc9d8ffbf7..437f08dd777 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4819,6 +4819,7 @@ Released 2018-09-13
[`equatable_if_let`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#equatable_if_let
[`erasing_op`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#erasing_op
[`err_expect`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#err_expect
+[`error_impl_error`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#error_impl_error
[`eval_order_dependence`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#eval_order_dependence
[`excessive_nesting`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#excessive_nesting
[`excessive_precision`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#excessive_precision
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/declared_lints.rs b/clippy_lints/src/declared_lints.rs
index 47995fea9f9..a0d181be3b1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/declared_lints.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/declared_lints.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub(crate) static LINTS: &[&crate::LintInfo] = &[
crate::enum_variants::MODULE_INCEPTION_INFO,
crate::enum_variants::MODULE_NAME_REPETITIONS_INFO,
crate::equatable_if_let::EQUATABLE_IF_LET_INFO,
+ crate::error_impl_error::ERROR_IMPL_ERROR_INFO,
crate::escape::BOXED_LOCAL_INFO,
crate::eta_reduction::REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_INFO,
crate::eta_reduction::REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_FOR_METHOD_CALLS_INFO,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/error_impl_error.rs b/clippy_lints/src/error_impl_error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..379af9b2234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/error_impl_error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use clippy_utils::diagnostics::{span_lint, span_lint_hir_and_then};
+use clippy_utils::path_res;
+use clippy_utils::ty::implements_trait;
+use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LocalDefId};
+use rustc_hir::{Item, ItemKind};
+use rustc_hir_analysis::hir_ty_to_ty;
+use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass};
+use rustc_middle::ty::Visibility;
+use rustc_session::{declare_lint_pass, declare_tool_lint};
+use rustc_span::sym;
+
+declare_clippy_lint! {
+ /// ### What it does
+ /// Checks for types named `Error` that implement `Error`.
+ ///
+ /// ### Why is this bad?
+ /// It can become confusing when a codebase has 20 types all named `Error`, requiring either
+ /// aliasing them in the `use` statement or qualifying them like `my_module::Error`. This
+ /// hinders comprehension, as it requires you to memorize every variation of importing `Error`
+ /// used across a codebase.
+ ///
+ /// ### Example
+ /// ```rust,ignore
+ /// #[derive(Debug)]
+ /// pub enum Error { ... }
+ ///
+ /// impl std::fmt::Display for Error { ... }
+ ///
+ /// impl std::error::Error for Error { ... }
+ /// ```
+ #[clippy::version = "1.72.0"]
+ pub ERROR_IMPL_ERROR,
+ restriction,
+ "exported types named `Error` that implement `Error`"
+}
+declare_lint_pass!(ErrorImplError => [ERROR_IMPL_ERROR]);
+
+impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for ErrorImplError {
+ fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, item: &'tcx Item<'tcx>) {
+ let Some(error_def_id) = cx.tcx.get_diagnostic_item(sym::Error) else {
+ return;
+ };
+
+ match item.kind {
+ ItemKind::TyAlias(ty, _) if implements_trait(cx, hir_ty_to_ty(cx.tcx, ty), error_def_id, &[])
+ && item.ident.name == sym::Error
+ && is_visible_outside_module(cx, item.owner_id.def_id) =>
+ {
+ span_lint(
+ cx,
+ ERROR_IMPL_ERROR,
+ item.ident.span,
+ "exported type alias named `Error` that implements `Error`",
+ );
+ },
+ ItemKind::Impl(imp) if let Some(trait_def_id) = imp.of_trait.and_then(|t| t.trait_def_id())
+ && error_def_id == trait_def_id
+ && let Some(def_id) = path_res(cx, imp.self_ty).opt_def_id().and_then(DefId::as_local)
+ && let hir_id = cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def_id)
+ && let Some(ident) = cx.tcx.opt_item_ident(def_id.to_def_id())
+ && ident.name == sym::Error
+ && is_visible_outside_module(cx, def_id) =>
+ {
+ span_lint_hir_and_then(
+ cx,
+ ERROR_IMPL_ERROR,
+ hir_id,
+ ident.span,
+ "exported type named `Error` that implements `Error`",
+ |diag| {
+ diag.span_note(item.span, "`Error` was implemented here");
+ }
+ );
+ }
+ _ => {},
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/// Do not lint private `Error`s, i.e., ones without any `pub` (minus `pub(self)` of course) and
+/// which aren't reexported
+fn is_visible_outside_module(cx: &LateContext<'_>, def_id: LocalDefId) -> bool {
+ !matches!(
+ cx.tcx.visibility(def_id),
+ Visibility::Restricted(mod_def_id) if cx.tcx.parent_module_from_def_id(def_id).to_def_id() == mod_def_id
+ )
+}
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 4ea25e4be9d..1609eb396b4 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ mod entry;
mod enum_clike;
mod enum_variants;
mod equatable_if_let;
+mod error_impl_error;
mod escape;
mod eta_reduction;
mod excessive_bools;
@@ -1080,6 +1081,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
store.register_late_pass(move |_| Box::new(tuple_array_conversions::TupleArrayConversions { msrv: msrv() }));
store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(manual_float_methods::ManualFloatMethods));
store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(four_forward_slashes::FourForwardSlashes));
+ store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(error_impl_error::ErrorImplError));
// add lints here, do not remove this comment, it's used in `new_lint`
}
diff --git a/tests/ui/error_impl_error.rs b/tests/ui/error_impl_error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40ce4181bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/error_impl_error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#![allow(unused)]
+#![warn(clippy::error_impl_error)]
+#![no_main]
+
+pub mod a {
+ #[derive(Debug)]
+ pub struct Error;
+
+ impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
+mod b {
+ #[derive(Debug)]
+ pub(super) enum Error {}
+
+ impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
+pub mod c {
+ pub union Error {
+ a: u32,
+ b: u32,
+ }
+
+ impl std::fmt::Debug for Error {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
+pub mod d {
+ pub type Error = std::fmt::Error;
+}
+
+mod e {
+ #[derive(Debug)]
+ pub(super) struct MyError;
+
+ impl std::fmt::Display for MyError {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::error::Error for MyError {}
+}
+
+pub mod f {
+ pub type MyError = std::fmt::Error;
+}
+
+// Do not lint module-private types
+
+mod g {
+ #[derive(Debug)]
+ enum Error {}
+
+ impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
+ fn fmt(&self, _: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+ todo!()
+ }
+ }
+
+ impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
+mod h {
+ type Error = std::fmt::Error;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/error_impl_error.stderr b/tests/ui/error_impl_error.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3e04b64167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/error_impl_error.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+error: exported type named `Error` that implements `Error`
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:7:16
+ |
+LL | pub struct Error;
+ | ^^^^^
+ |
+note: `Error` was implemented here
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:15:5
+ |
+LL | impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ = note: `-D clippy::error-impl-error` implied by `-D warnings`
+
+error: exported type named `Error` that implements `Error`
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:20:21
+ |
+LL | pub(super) enum Error {}
+ | ^^^^^
+ |
+note: `Error` was implemented here
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:28:5
+ |
+LL | impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: exported type named `Error` that implements `Error`
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:32:15
+ |
+LL | pub union Error {
+ | ^^^^^
+ |
+note: `Error` was implemented here
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:49:5
+ |
+LL | impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: exported type alias named `Error` that implements `Error`
+ --> $DIR/error_impl_error.rs:53:14
+ |
+LL | pub type Error = std::fmt::Error;
+ | ^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 4 previous errors
+