rust-best-practices
作者: apollographql
基于Apollo GraphQL最佳实践手册的习惯性Rust编码标准。涵盖九个核心领域:编码风格与习惯用法、clippy lint检查、性能优化、错误处理、测试模式、泛型与分发、类型状态模式、文档编写及指针安全。强调借用优于克隆、使用thiserror/anyhow进行基于Result的错误处理、以及通过release构建进行性能分析。包含所有权模式、避免panic等快速参考指南...
npx skills add https://github.com/apollographql/skills --skill rust-best-practicesRust Best Practices
Apply these guidelines when writing or reviewing Rust code. Based on Apollo GraphQL's Rust Best Practices Handbook.
Best Practices Reference
Before reviewing, familiarize yourself with Apollo's Rust best practices. Read ALL relevant chapters in the same turn in parallel. Reference these files when providing feedback:
- Chapter 1 - Coding Styles and Idioms: Borrowing vs cloning, Copy trait, Option/Result handling, iterators, comments, when to extract a function (duplication vs. wrong abstraction)
- Chapter 2 - Clippy and Linting: Clippy configuration, important lints, workspace lint setup
- Chapter 3 - Performance Mindset: Profiling, avoiding redundant clones, stack vs heap, zero-cost abstractions
- Chapter 4 - Error Handling: Result vs panic, thiserror vs anyhow, error hierarchies
- Chapter 5 - Automated Testing: Test naming, one assertion per test, snapshot testing
- Chapter 6 - Generics and Dispatch: Static vs dynamic dispatch, trait objects
- Chapter 7 - Type State Pattern: Compile-time state safety, when to use it
- Chapter 8 - Comments vs Documentation: When to comment, doc comments, rustdoc
- Chapter 9 - Understanding Pointers: Thread safety, Send/Sync, pointer types
Quick Reference
Borrowing & Ownership
- Prefer
&Tover.clone()unless ownership transfer is required - Use
&stroverString,&[T]overVec<T>in function parameters - Small
Copytypes (≤24 bytes) can be passed by value - Use
Cow<'_, T>when ownership is ambiguous
Error Handling
- Return
Result<T, E>for fallible operations; avoidpanic!in production - Never use
unwrap()/expect()outside tests - Use
thiserrorfor library errors,anyhowfor binaries only - Prefer
?operator over match chains for error propagation
Performance
- Always benchmark with
--releaseflag - Run
cargo clippy -- -D clippy::perffor performance hints - Avoid cloning in loops; use
.iter()instead of.into_iter()for Copy types - Prefer iterators over manual loops; avoid intermediate
.collect()calls
Linting
Run regularly: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features --locked -- -D warnings
Key lints to watch:
redundant_clone- unnecessary cloninglarge_enum_variant- oversized variants (consider boxing)needless_collect- premature collection
Use #[expect(clippy::lint)] over #[allow(...)] with justification comment.
Testing
- Name tests descriptively:
process_should_return_error_when_input_empty() - One assertion per test when possible
- Use doc tests (
///) for public API examples - Consider
cargo instafor snapshot testing generated output
Generics & Dispatch
- Prefer generics (static dispatch) for performance-critical code
- Use
dyn Traitonly when heterogeneous collections are needed - Box at API boundaries, not internally
Type State Pattern
Encode valid states in the type system to catch invalid operations at compile time:
struct Connection<State> { /* ... */ _state: PhantomData<State> }
struct Disconnected;
struct Connected;
impl Connection<Connected> {
fn send(&self, data: &[u8]) { /* only connected can send */ }
}
Documentation
//comments explain why (safety, workarounds, design rationale)///doc comments explain what and how for public APIs- Every
TODOneeds a linked issue:// TODO(#42): ... - Enable
#![deny(missing_docs)]for libraries