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`result-unit-error`

Flags `pub fn` returning `Result<_, ()>`. A unit error carries no information about what went wrong.

Severity: warning
Confidence: medium
Analyzer: syn-ast
Default policy: Enabled

Tags

error-handling
heuristic

Framework requirements

No framework requirement.

Limitations

Syntactic analysis does not have rustc name resolution or inferred type information.

Remediation

Use a meaningful error type that describes the failure.

Fix capability: guidance