> thus bloating the type Mildly off-topic, but as of Rust 1.50 [0], Option<File> is now the same size as File, as "-1" can be used to represent no-file. You're

> thus bloating the type Mildly off-topic, but as of Rust 1.50 [0], Option<File> is now the same size as File, as "-1" can be used to represent no-file. You're completely right though about how it would be good to unwrap it as soon as possible once it is successfully created... [0] https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/02/11/Rust-1.50.0.html#a-niche-for-file-on-unix-platforms https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/02/11/Rust-1.50.0.html#a-nic...