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In reply to #14439 (comment):

Are cargo targets a cargo concept?

Yes. See https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/cargo-targets.html.

If so can we define the naming convention somewhere here in the cargo docs that says those targets should be kebab-case?

What's the benefit of it?

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The thing is without a codified standard its hard to enforce. So people will start drifting and you will end up with multiple groups doing different things. If it becomes part of the docs then its easier to PR lints into Clippy in order to enable automatic enforcement for projects and makes the ecosystem easier and more coherent.

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Thank you for explaining that :)

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If it becomes part of the docs then its easier to PR lints into Clippy in order to enable automatic enforcement for projects and makes the ecosystem easier and more coherent.

I suspect this lint should live in cargo, not clippy.

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That's fair. However we still need to spell out the rule in some docs first and I think this is the place for it.

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I disagree that this is the place for it.

Also, even better than documenting this is to lint for it. If we have specific naming recommendations, we can use #12235 (unstable implementation is in place) to lint for naming like rustc does for functions, structs, etc.

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Also, even better than documenting this is to lint for it.

100% agree. However you end up in a chicken and egg problem. If I propose a semantic lint like this with no docs to support it, then I will end up with a really hard time getting it merged. So its just a first step here to remove an ambiguous situation.

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So where specifically should I try to put this?

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Expand Up @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ files, place a `main.rs` file along with the extra [*modules*][def-module]
within a subdirectory of the `src/bin`, `examples`, `benches`, or `tests`
directory. The name of the executable will be the directory name.

> **Note:** By convention, binaries, examples, benches and integration tests follow `kebab-case` naming style, unless there are compatibility reasons to do otherwise (e.g. compatibility with a pre-existing binary name). Modules within those targets are `snake_case` following the [Rust standard](https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/0430-finalizing-naming-conventions.html).

You can learn more about Rust's module system in [the book][book-modules].

See [Configuring a target] for more details on manually configuring targets.
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