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, likeFuture
orCString
, 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.