RS.CLIPPY.OPTION_MAP_UNIT_FN

Using `option.map(f)`, where `f` is a function or closure that returns `()`

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What it does

Checks for usage of option.map(f) where f is a function or closure that returns the unit type ().

Why is this bad?

Readability, this can be written more clearly with an if let statement

Example

let x: Option<String> = do_stuff();
x.map(log_err_msg);
x.map(|msg| log_err_msg(format_msg(msg)));

The correct use would be:

let x: Option<String> = do_stuff();
if let Some(msg) = x {
    log_err_msg(msg);
}

if let Some(msg) = x {
    log_err_msg(format_msg(msg));
}