<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Guards on rustbites</title><link>https://www.rustbites.com/tags/guards/</link><description>Recent content in Guards on rustbites</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:22:15 +0200</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rustbites.com/tags/guards/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>58. Option::is_none_or — The Guard Clause You Were Missing</title><link>https://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-058/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.rustbites.com/posts/bite-058/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;You know &lt;code&gt;is_some_and&lt;/code&gt; — it checks if the Option holds a value matching a predicate. But what about &amp;ldquo;it&amp;rsquo;s fine if it&amp;rsquo;s missing, just validate it when it&amp;rsquo;s there&amp;rdquo;? That&amp;rsquo;s &lt;code&gt;is_none_or&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>