m15-anti-pattern

Common Rust anti-patterns include excessive cloning, unhelpful unwraps, overuse of Rc, unsafe blocks for convenience, and long match expressions. These degrade code safety and readability, requiring refactoring into idiomatic alternatives for better ownership and error handling.

Detecting Rust anti-patterns during code reviews helps surface common mistakes like excessive cloning and unhelpful unwraps. It provides guidance on idiomatic refactoring steps to improve ownership, error handling, and API design for safer, clearer alternatives.

During pair programming or teaching sessions, surface Rust anti-patterns like excessive cloning and unsafe blocks. Propose safer, clearer alternatives by enforcing guidelines that minimize clones, avoid unwrap, and favor clear ownership with safe error handling.

Avoid using Rc and unsafe blocks in Rust when idiomatic patterns can achieve the same result safely. Overusing Rc complicates ownership, and unsafe blocks for convenience degrade reliability; refactor them to improve code safety and readability.