Warning prompt is not accurate？Prompt that the function or field is not used? Actually used. Is this a mistake?

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lib.rs

pub struct Post {
    state: Option<Box<dyn State>>,
    content: String,
}

impl Post {
    pub fn new() -> Post {
        Post {
            state: Some(Box::new(DraftPost {})),
            content: String::new()
        }
    }

    pub fn add_content(&mut self, content: &str) {
        self.content.push_str(content);
    }

    pub fn content(&self) -> &str {
        self.state.as_ref().unwrap().content(self)
    }

    pub fn request_review(&mut self) {
        if let Some(t) = self.state.take() {
            self.state = Some(t.request_review())
        }
    }

    pub fn approve(&mut self) {
        if let Some(t) = self.state.take() {
            self.state = Some(t.approve())
        }
    }
}

trait State {
    fn content<'a>(&self, _post: &'a Post) -> &'a str {
        ""
    }

    fn request_review(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State>;

    fn approve(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State>;
}

struct DraftPost {
}

struct PendingReviewPost {
}

struct PublishedPost {
}

impl State for DraftPost {
    fn request_review(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        Box::new(PendingReviewPost {})
    }

    fn approve(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        self
    }
}

impl State for PendingReviewPost {
    fn request_review(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        self
    }

    fn approve(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        Box::new(PublishedPost {})
    }
}

impl State for PublishedPost {
    fn content<'a>(&self, post: &'a Post) -> &'a str {
        post.content.as_str()
    }

    fn request_review(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        self
    }

    fn approve(self: Box<Self>) -> Box<dyn State> {
        self
    }
}

main.rs

mod lib;
use oop_exercise::Post;

fn main() {
    let t = "I love you";
    let mut post = Post::new();
    post.add_content(t);
    assert_eq!("", post.content());

    post.request_review();
    assert_eq!("", post.content());

    post.approve();
    assert_eq!(t, post.content());
}

cargo run:

D:\CLionProjects\oop_exercise>cargo run
warning: unused variable: `post`
  --> src\lib.rs:36:27
   |
36 |     fn content<'a>(&self, post: &'a Post) -> &'a str {
   |                           ^^^^ help: if this is intentional, prefix it with an underscore: `_post`
   |
   = note: `#[warn(unused_variables)]` on by default

warning: 1 warning emitted

warning: unused variable: `post`
  --> src\lib.rs:36:27
   |
36 |     fn content<'a>(&self, post: &'a Post) -> &'a str {
   |                           ^^^^ help: if this is intentional, prefix it with an underscore: `_post`
   |
   = note: `#[warn(unused_variables)]` on by default

warning: field is never read: `state`
 --> src\lib.rs:2:5
  |
2 |     state: Option<Box<dyn State>>,
  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  |
  = note: `#[warn(dead_code)]` on by default

warning: associated function is never used: `new`
 --> src\lib.rs:7:12
  |
7 |     pub fn new() -> Post {
  |            ^^^

warning: associated function is never used: `add_content`
  --> src\lib.rs:14:12
   |
14 |     pub fn add_content(&mut self, content: &str) {
   |            ^^^^^^^^^^^

warning: associated function is never used: `content`
  --> src\lib.rs:18:12
   |
18 |     pub fn content(&self) -> &str {
   |            ^^^^^^^

warning: associated function is never used: `request_review`
  --> src\lib.rs:22:12
   |
22 |     pub fn request_review(&mut self) {
   |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

warning: associated function is never used: `approve`
  --> src\lib.rs:28:12
   |
28 |     pub fn approve(&mut self) {
   |            ^^^^^^^

warning: 7 warnings emitted

    Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.04s
     Running `target\debug\oop_exercise.exe`

Is this a compiler error, or am I using it incorrectly?

2

Remove mod lib; from main.rs so it's just:

use oop_exercise::Post;

Rust automatically loads lib.rs and makes it available as the crate name (oop_exercise in this case). You don't need to declare a module for it explicitly.

I think you're actually creating a separate module lib which is never used, hence the errors. For example, the errors go away with this in main.rs:

mod lib;
use lib::Post;