suboptimal-float-operation

Prefer faster floating-point operations when their precision is sufficient

General floating-point formulas can require extra instructions or rounding steps when a dedicated operation exists.
Instead, you SHOULD call the dedicated floating-point method.

- Category: performance
- Level: warning
- Fix: suggestion
- Scope: module

Reported

function root(value: float64): float64 {
    return value ** 0.5;
}
Accepted

function root(value: float64): float64 {
    return value.sqrt();
}
Prior art

- Clippy · suboptimalflops

language/linter/src/rules/performance/suboptimalfloatoperation.rs:8