MudEngine Part 1: Requirements

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Install Clippy

Clippy is Rust's official linter. It catches common mistakes, suggests idiomatic alternatives, and helps enforce best practices. It ships with the Rust toolchain.

Install clippy

rustup component add clippy

💡 Already have it?

Run clippy-driver --version to check. If it's already installed, you're all set.

🔍 What does Clippy do?

Clippy provides over 700 lint checks that cover correctness, performance, style, and complexity. Run it with cargo clippy in any Rust project.

Example warnings:

boxed_local — using Box when a local variable would do
collapsible_if — merging nested if statements
needless_return — omitting an unnecessary return keyword

Adding Clippy to your CI pipeline is a great way to keep code quality high.

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