What is the difference between Some and Option in Rust?

option-type, rust, types

Solution

The `Option` type is defined as:

enum Option<T> {
    None,
    Some(T),
}

Which means that the `Option` type can have either a `None` or a `Some` value.

See also:

- What are Some and None?

- Why don't Option's Some and None variants need to be qualified?

Problem

Are they the same? I can sometimes see the documentation use them as if they were equal.

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