Don't use "if let" bindings to only check a value and not actually bind anything.

For example:  `if let Some(_) = foo() {}`	can be reduced to	`if foo().is_some() {}`   (clippy::redundant_pattern_matching)

Author: matthiaskrgr

src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn codegen(
                         Err(_) => return 0,
                     };
 
-                    if let Err(_) = write!(cursor, "{:#}", demangled) {
+                    if write!(cursor, "{:#}", demangled).is_err() {
                         // Possible only if provided buffer is not big enough
                         return 0;
                     }

src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/write.rs

@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ fn start_executing_work<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
                 if main_thread_worker_state == MainThreadWorkerState::Idle {
                     if !queue_full_enough(work_items.len(), running, max_workers) {
                         // The queue is not full enough, codegen more items:
-                        if let Err(_) = codegen_worker_send.send(Message::CodegenItem) {
+                        if codegen_worker_send.send(Message::CodegenItem).is_err() {
                             panic!("Could not send Message::CodegenItem to main thread")
                         }
                         main_thread_worker_state = MainThreadWorkerState::Codegenning;

src/librustc_errors/lib.rs

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl CodeSuggestion {
                         None => buf.push_str(&line[lo..]),
                     }
                 }
-                if let None = hi_opt {
+                if hi_opt.is_none() {
                     buf.push('\n');
                 }
             }

src/librustc_interface/util.rs

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_attr_crate_type(attrs: &[ast::Attribute], lint_buffer: &mut
     for a in attrs.iter() {
         if a.check_name(sym::crate_type) {
             if let Some(n) = a.value_str() {
-                if let Some(_) = categorize_crate_type(n) {
+                if categorize_crate_type(n).is_some() {
                     return;
                 }
 

src/librustc_lint/context.rs

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl LintStore {
             lint_name.to_string()
         };
         // If the lint was scoped with `tool::` check if the tool lint exists
-        if let Some(_) = tool_name {
+        if tool_name.is_some() {
             match self.by_name.get(&complete_name) {
                 None => match self.lint_groups.get(&*complete_name) {
                     None => return CheckLintNameResult::Tool(Err((None, String::new()))),

src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/mod.rs

@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> TypeChecker<'a, 'tcx> {
             // expressions evaluate through `as_temp` or `into` a return
             // slot or local, so to find all unsized rvalues it is enough
             // to check all temps, return slots and locals.
-            if let None = self.reported_errors.replace((ty, span)) {
+            if self.reported_errors.replace((ty, span)).is_none() {
                 let mut diag = struct_span_err!(
                     self.tcx().sess,
                     span,

src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/type_check/relate_tys.rs

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl TypeRelatingDelegate<'tcx> for NllTypeRelatingDelegate<'_, '_, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn next_existential_region_var(&mut self, from_forall: bool) -> ty::Region<'tcx> {
-        if let Some(_) = &mut self.borrowck_context {
+        if self.borrowck_context.is_some() {
             let origin = NLLRegionVariableOrigin::Existential { from_forall };
             self.infcx.next_nll_region_var(origin)
         } else {

src/librustc_mir/interpret/memory.rs

@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ impl<'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> Memory<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
 
         // # Function pointers
         // (both global from `alloc_map` and local from `extra_fn_ptr_map`)
-        if let Some(_) = self.get_fn_alloc(id) {
+        if self.get_fn_alloc(id).is_some() {
             return if let AllocCheck::Dereferenceable = liveness {
                 // The caller requested no function pointers.
                 throw_unsup!(DerefFunctionPointer)

src/librustc_passes/entry.rs

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ fn no_main_err(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, visitor: &EntryContext<'_, '_>) {
     // The file may be empty, which leads to the diagnostic machinery not emitting this
     // note. This is a relatively simple way to detect that case and emit a span-less
     // note instead.
-    if let Ok(_) = tcx.sess.source_map().lookup_line(sp.lo()) {
+    if tcx.sess.source_map().lookup_line(sp.lo()).is_ok() {
         err.set_span(sp);
         err.span_label(sp, &note);
     } else {