diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 262904c1cbb..69b612d932d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ fn run_rustpython(vm: &VirtualMachine, run_mode: RunMode) -> PyResult<()> {
     }
     let res = match run_mode {
         RunMode::Command(command) => {
-            debug!("Running command {}", command);
+            debug!("Running command {command}");
             vm.run_code_string(scope.clone(), &command, "<stdin>".to_owned())
                 .map(drop)
         }
         RunMode::Module(module) => {
-            debug!("Running module {}", module);
+            debug!("Running module {module}");
             vm.run_module(&module)
         }
         RunMode::InstallPip(installer) => install_pip(installer, scope.clone(), vm),
diff --git a/src/shell.rs b/src/shell.rs
index 801a989cf21..4222f962719 100644
--- a/src/shell.rs
+++ b/src/shell.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ pub fn run_shell(vm: &VirtualMachine, scope: Scope) -> PyResult<()> {
         continuing_line = false;
         let result = match repl.readline(prompt) {
             ReadlineResult::Line(line) => {
-                debug!("You entered {:?}", line);
+                #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+                debug!("You entered {line:?}");
 
                 repl.add_history_entry(line.trim_end()).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/stdlib/src/binascii.rs b/stdlib/src/binascii.rs
index 1c884770350..c7cd3a129a0 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/binascii.rs
+++ b/stdlib/src/binascii.rs
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ impl ToPyException for Base64DecodeError {
             InvalidLastSymbol(_, PAD) => "Excess data after padding".to_owned(),
             InvalidLastSymbol(length, _) => {
                 format!(
-                    "Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters {} cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4",
-                    length
+                    "Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters {length} cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4"
                 )
             }
             // TODO: clean up errors
diff --git a/stdlib/src/csv.rs b/stdlib/src/csv.rs
index 730d3b2feb6..a7d333d6213 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/csv.rs
+++ b/stdlib/src/csv.rs
@@ -346,13 +346,9 @@ mod _csv {
         if !rest.args.is_empty() {
             let arg_len = rest.args.len();
             if arg_len != 1 {
-                return Err(vm.new_type_error(
-                    format!(
-                        "field_size_limit() takes at most 1 argument ({} given)",
-                        arg_len
-                    )
-                    .to_string(),
-                ));
+                return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
+                    "field_size_limit() takes at most 1 argument ({arg_len} given)"
+                )));
             }
             let Ok(new_size) = rest.args.first().unwrap().try_int(vm) else {
                 return Err(vm.new_type_error("limit must be an integer".to_string()));
@@ -701,7 +697,7 @@ mod _csv {
                     if let Some(dialect) = g.get(name) {
                         Ok(self.update_py_dialect(*dialect))
                     } else {
-                        Err(new_csv_error(vm, format!("{} is not registered.", name)))
+                        Err(new_csv_error(vm, format!("{name} is not registered.")))
                     }
                     // TODO
                     // Maybe need to update the obj from HashMap
diff --git a/vm/src/buffer.rs b/vm/src/buffer.rs
index a07048757a2..0bab22c10a8 100644
--- a/vm/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/vm/src/buffer.rs
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl FormatSpec {
         // Loop over all opcodes:
         for code in &self.codes {
             buffer = &mut buffer[code.pre_padding..];
-            debug!("code: {:?}", code);
+            debug!("code: {code:?}");
             match code.code {
                 FormatType::Str => {
                     let (buf, rest) = buffer.split_at_mut(code.repeat);
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ impl FormatSpec {
         let mut items = Vec::with_capacity(self.arg_count);
         for code in &self.codes {
             data = &data[code.pre_padding..];
-            debug!("unpack code: {:?}", code);
+            debug!("unpack code: {code:?}");
             match code.code {
                 FormatType::Pad => {
                     data = &data[code.repeat..];
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs b/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
index 02324704b31..9eecb552251 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ impl PyObjectRef {
                 warnings::warn(
                     vm.ctx.exceptions.deprecation_warning,
                     format!(
-                        "__complex__ returned non-complex (type {}).  \
+                        "__complex__ returned non-complex (type {ret_class}).  \
                     The ability to return an instance of a strict subclass of complex \
-                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python.",
-                        ret_class
+                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python."
                     ),
                     1,
                     vm,
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/object.rs b/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
index be143275428..5bf47f9fd3a 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/object.rs
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@ impl Constructor for PyBaseObject {
                     0 => {}
                     1 => {
                         return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
-                            "class {} without an implementation for abstract method '{}'",
-                            name, methods
+                            "class {name} without an implementation for abstract method '{methods}'"
                         )));
                     }
                     2.. => {
                         return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
-                            "class {} without an implementation for abstract methods '{}'",
-                            name, methods
+                            "class {name} without an implementation for abstract methods '{methods}'"
                         )));
                     }
                     // TODO: remove `allow` when redox build doesn't complain about it
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/property.rs b/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
index 5bfae5a081c..1ea0c61d142 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ impl PyProperty {
         let func_args_len = func_args.args.len();
         let (_owner, name): (PyObjectRef, PyObjectRef) = func_args.bind(vm).map_err(|_e| {
             vm.new_type_error(format!(
-                "__set_name__() takes 2 positional arguments but {} were given",
-                func_args_len
+                "__set_name__() takes 2 positional arguments but {func_args_len} were given"
             ))
         })?;
 
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/super.rs b/vm/src/builtins/super.rs
index 442d162c783..e2c5aa1a39d 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/super.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/super.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// cspell:ignore cmeth
 /*! Python `super` class.
 
 See also [CPython source code.](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/50b48572d9a90c5bb36e2bef6179548ea927a35a/Objects/typeobject.c#L7663)
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ impl Initializer for PySuper {
             (typ, obj)
         };
 
-        let mut inner = PySuperInner::new(typ, obj, vm)?;
-        std::mem::swap(&mut inner, &mut zelf.inner.write());
+        let inner = PySuperInner::new(typ, obj, vm)?;
+        *zelf.inner.write() = inner;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/vm/src/codecs.rs b/vm/src/codecs.rs
index 8d002916a6f..6d7e009c4a5 100644
--- a/vm/src/codecs.rs
+++ b/vm/src/codecs.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl StandardEncoding {
                 match encoding {
                     "be" => Some(Self::Utf32Be),
                     "le" => Some(Self::Utf32Le),
-                    _ => return None,
+                    _ => None,
                 }
             } else {
                 None
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ fn replace_errors(err: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<(PyObjectRe
         let replace = replacement_char.repeat(range.end - range.start);
         Ok((replace.to_pyobject(vm), range.end))
     } else {
-        return Err(bad_err_type(err, vm));
+        Err(bad_err_type(err, vm))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/vm/src/eval.rs b/vm/src/eval.rs
index 4c48efc7004..be09b3e4cc9 100644
--- a/vm/src/eval.rs
+++ b/vm/src/eval.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::{PyResult, VirtualMachine, compiler, scope::Scope};
 pub fn eval(vm: &VirtualMachine, source: &str, scope: Scope, source_path: &str) -> PyResult {
     match vm.compile(source, compiler::Mode::Eval, source_path.to_owned()) {
         Ok(bytecode) => {
-            debug!("Code object: {:?}", bytecode);
+            debug!("Code object: {bytecode:?}");
             vm.run_code_obj(bytecode, scope)
         }
         Err(err) => Err(vm.new_syntax_error(&err, Some(source))),
diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index 60b6d867043..42bd8c75da4 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
                 lineno
             )?;
         } else if let Some(filename) = maybe_filename {
-            filename_suffix = format!(" ({})", filename);
+            filename_suffix = format!(" ({filename})");
         }
 
         if let Some(text) = maybe_text {
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
             let l_text = r_text.trim_start_matches([' ', '\n', '\x0c']); // \x0c is \f
             let spaces = (r_text.len() - l_text.len()) as isize;
 
-            writeln!(output, "    {}", l_text)?;
+            writeln!(output, "    {l_text}")?;
 
             let maybe_offset: Option<isize> =
                 getattr("offset").and_then(|obj| obj.try_to_value::<isize>(vm).ok());
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ pub(super) mod types {
                     format!("{} ({}, line {})", msg, basename(filename.as_str()), lineno)
                 }
                 (Some(lineno), None) => {
-                    format!("{} (line {})", msg, lineno)
+                    format!("{msg} (line {lineno})")
                 }
                 (None, Some(filename)) => {
                     format!("{} ({})", msg, basename(filename.as_str()))
diff --git a/vm/src/frame.rs b/vm/src/frame.rs
index dbe5cb077ab..54f740e8836 100644
--- a/vm/src/frame.rs
+++ b/vm/src/frame.rs
@@ -1667,7 +1667,8 @@ impl ExecutingFrame<'_> {
                 .topmost_exception()
                 .ok_or_else(|| vm.new_runtime_error("No active exception to reraise".to_owned()))?,
         };
-        debug!("Exception raised: {:?} with cause: {:?}", exception, cause);
+        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+        debug!("Exception raised: {exception:?} with cause: {cause:?}");
         if let Some(cause) = cause {
             exception.set_cause(cause);
         }
diff --git a/vm/src/protocol/number.rs b/vm/src/protocol/number.rs
index dd039c27335..94c4f397960 100644
--- a/vm/src/protocol/number.rs
+++ b/vm/src/protocol/number.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ impl PyObject {
                     Err(err) => return err,
                 };
                 vm.new_value_error(format!(
-                    "invalid literal for int() with base {}: {}",
-                    base, repr,
+                    "invalid literal for int() with base {base}: {repr}",
                 ))
             })?;
             Ok(PyInt::from(i).into_ref(&vm.ctx))
@@ -475,10 +474,9 @@ impl PyNumber<'_> {
                 warnings::warn(
                     vm.ctx.exceptions.deprecation_warning,
                     format!(
-                        "__int__ returned non-int (type {}).  \
+                        "__int__ returned non-int (type {ret_class}).  \
                     The ability to return an instance of a strict subclass of int \
-                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python.",
-                        ret_class
+                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python."
                     ),
                     1,
                     vm,
@@ -509,10 +507,9 @@ impl PyNumber<'_> {
                 warnings::warn(
                     vm.ctx.exceptions.deprecation_warning,
                     format!(
-                        "__index__ returned non-int (type {}).  \
+                        "__index__ returned non-int (type {ret_class}).  \
                     The ability to return an instance of a strict subclass of int \
-                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python.",
-                        ret_class
+                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python."
                     ),
                     1,
                     vm,
@@ -543,10 +540,9 @@ impl PyNumber<'_> {
                 warnings::warn(
                     vm.ctx.exceptions.deprecation_warning,
                     format!(
-                        "__float__ returned non-float (type {}).  \
+                        "__float__ returned non-float (type {ret_class}).  \
                     The ability to return an instance of a strict subclass of float \
-                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python.",
-                        ret_class
+                    is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version of Python."
                     ),
                     1,
                     vm,
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/base.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/base.rs
index 6cc19be3dfd..8d7fd6849d2 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/base.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/base.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl PyCSimple {
     #[pyclassmethod]
     fn repeat(cls: PyTypeRef, n: isize, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
         if n < 0 {
-            return Err(vm.new_value_error(format!("Array length must be >= 0, not {}", n)));
+            return Err(vm.new_value_error(format!("Array length must be >= 0, not {n}")));
         }
         Ok(PyCArrayType {
             inner: PyCArray {
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/function.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/function.rs
index 21043da27d6..dc9ff6051b6 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/function.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/function.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use libffi::middle::{Arg, Cif, CodePtr, Type};
 use libloading::Symbol;
 use num_traits::ToPrimitive;
 use rustpython_common::lock::PyRwLock;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 // https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/4f8bb3947cfbc20f970ff9d9531e1132a9e95396/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c#L15
@@ -77,10 +78,11 @@ impl Function {
                 }
             })
             .collect::<PyResult<Vec<Type>>>()?;
-        let terminated = format!("{}\0", function);
+        let c_function_name = CString::new(function)
+            .map_err(|_| vm.new_value_error("Function name contains null bytes".to_string()))?;
         let pointer: Symbol<'_, FP> = unsafe {
             library
-                .get(terminated.as_bytes())
+                .get(c_function_name.as_bytes())
                 .map_err(|err| err.to_string())
                 .map_err(|err| vm.new_attribute_error(err))?
         };
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/structure.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/structure.rs
index 10c1fa3df81..0d1b4057038 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/structure.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/ctypes/structure.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl GetAttr for PyCStructure {
         let data = zelf.data.read();
         match data.get(&name) {
             Some(value) => Ok(value.clone()),
-            None => Err(vm.new_attribute_error(format!("No attribute named {}", name))),
+            None => Err(vm.new_attribute_error(format!("No attribute named {name}"))),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
index e4339ae61ae..91efb4481b1 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ mod _io {
                         vm.call_method(self.raw.as_ref().unwrap(), "readinto", (mem_obj.clone(),));
 
                     mem_obj.release();
-                    std::mem::swap(v, &mut read_buf.take());
+                    *v = read_buf.take();
 
                     res?
                 }
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/posix.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/posix.rs
index d75629745c9..0808c79b4ca 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/posix.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/posix.rs
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ pub mod module {
         let pathname = vm.ctx.new_dict();
         for variant in PathconfVar::iter() {
             // get the name of variant as a string to use as the dictionary key
-            let key = vm.ctx.new_str(format!("{:?}", variant));
+            let key = vm.ctx.new_str(format!("{variant:?}"));
             // get the enum from the string and convert it to an integer for the dictionary value
             let value = vm.ctx.new_int(variant as u8);
             pathname
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ pub mod module {
         let names = vm.ctx.new_dict();
         for variant in SysconfVar::iter() {
             // get the name of variant as a string to use as the dictionary key
-            let key = vm.ctx.new_str(format!("{:?}", variant));
+            let key = vm.ctx.new_str(format!("{variant:?}"));
             // get the enum from the string and convert it to an integer for the dictionary value
             let value = vm.ctx.new_int(variant as u8);
             names
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
index 3a66f7f80d9..c66968c7a12 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/sys.rs
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ mod sys {
         let mut source = String::new();
         handle
             .read_to_string(&mut source)
-            .map_err(|e| vm.new_os_error(format!("Error reading from stdin: {}", e)))?;
+            .map_err(|e| vm.new_os_error(format!("Error reading from stdin: {e}")))?;
         vm.compile(&source, crate::compiler::Mode::Single, "<stdin>".to_owned())
-            .map_err(|e| vm.new_os_error(format!("Error running stdin: {}", e)))?;
+            .map_err(|e| vm.new_os_error(format!("Error running stdin: {e}")))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ mod sys {
             vm.state.int_max_str_digits.store(maxdigits);
             Ok(())
         } else {
-            let error = format!("maxdigits must be 0 or larger than {:?}", threshold);
+            let error = format!("maxdigits must be 0 or larger than {threshold:?}");
             Err(vm.new_value_error(error))
         }
     }
diff --git a/vm/src/vm/compile.rs b/vm/src/vm/compile.rs
index f5145e4739f..ee813bf7b46 100644
--- a/vm/src/vm/compile.rs
+++ b/vm/src/vm/compile.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
                 self.run_code_string(scope, &source, path.to_owned())?;
             }
             Err(err) => {
-                error!("Failed reading file '{}': {}", path, err);
+                error!("Failed reading file '{path}': {err}");
                 // TODO: Need to change to ExitCode or Termination
                 std::process::exit(1);
             }