Add unused pre-interned symbols tidy check #110437
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Adds a tidy check that checks for unused pre-interned symbols, inspired by the comment in
rustc_span::symbol.This checks for
sym::*references, which results in 35 unused symbols, although of these are commonly used even if not explicitly referred to, likeFutureorCString, with very few being actually unused.When adding new symbols to the pre-intern list, they must also be added to an ignore list to pass this check if they are not explicitly referenced as
sym::*anywhere in the compiler.I personally don't think it's worth having this extra maintenance burden, but I'm opening this PR anyway for others' opinions on the matter, and for future reference.