diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/builder.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/builder.rs
index 36d6c6a7e..0b20f9eee 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/builder.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/builder.rs
@@ -389,10 +389,7 @@ impl<'fbb> FlatBufferBuilder<'fbb> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn track_field(&mut self, slot_off: VOffsetT, off: UOffsetT) {
-        let fl = FieldLoc {
-            id: slot_off,
-            off: off,
-        };
+        let fl = FieldLoc { id: slot_off, off };
         self.field_locs.push(fl);
     }
 
@@ -406,7 +403,7 @@ impl<'fbb> FlatBufferBuilder<'fbb> {
         // Write the vtable offset, which is the start of any Table.
         // We fill its value later.
         let object_revloc_to_vtable: WIPOffset<VTableWIPOffset> =
-            WIPOffset::new(self.push::<UOffsetT>(0xF0F0F0F0 as UOffsetT).value());
+            WIPOffset::new(self.push::<UOffsetT>(0xF0F0_F0F0 as UOffsetT).value());
 
         // Layout of the data this function will create when a new vtable is
         // needed.
@@ -496,7 +493,7 @@ impl<'fbb> FlatBufferBuilder<'fbb> {
         {
             let n = self.head + self.used_space() - object_revloc_to_vtable.value() as usize;
             let saw = read_scalar_at::<UOffsetT>(&self.owned_buf, n);
-            debug_assert_eq!(saw, 0xF0F0F0F0);
+            debug_assert_eq!(saw, 0xF0F0_F0F0);
             emplace_scalar::<SOffsetT>(
                 &mut self.owned_buf[n..n + SIZE_SOFFSET],
                 vt_use as SOffsetT - object_revloc_to_vtable.value() as SOffsetT,
@@ -619,7 +616,7 @@ impl<'fbb> FlatBufferBuilder<'fbb> {
     #[inline]
     fn push_bytes_unprefixed(&mut self, x: &[u8]) -> UOffsetT {
         let n = self.make_space(x.len());
-        &mut self.owned_buf[n..n + x.len()].copy_from_slice(x);
+        self.owned_buf[n..n + x.len()].copy_from_slice(x);
 
         n as UOffsetT
     }
diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/primitives.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/primitives.rs
index cfd414048..2f3b7421e 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/primitives.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/primitives.rs
@@ -60,33 +60,28 @@ pub type UOffsetT = u32;
 pub type VOffsetT = i16;
 
 /// TableFinishedWIPOffset marks a WIPOffset as being for a finished table.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct TableFinishedWIPOffset {}
 
 /// TableUnfinishedWIPOffset marks a WIPOffset as being for an unfinished table.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct TableUnfinishedWIPOffset {}
 
 /// UnionWIPOffset marks a WIPOffset as being for a union value.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct UnionWIPOffset {}
 
 /// VTableWIPOffset marks a WIPOffset as being for a vtable.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct VTableWIPOffset {}
 
 /// WIPOffset contains an UOffsetT with a special meaning: it is the location of
 /// data relative to the *end* of an in-progress FlatBuffer. The
 /// FlatBufferBuilder uses this to track the location of objects in an absolute
 /// way. The impl of Push converts a WIPOffset into a ForwardsUOffset.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct WIPOffset<T>(UOffsetT, PhantomData<T>);
 
-// TODO(rw): why do we need to reimplement (with a default impl) Copy to
-//           avoid ownership errors?
-impl<T> Copy for WIPOffset<T> {}
-impl<T> Clone for WIPOffset<T> {
-    #[inline]
-    fn clone(&self) -> WIPOffset<T> {
-        WIPOffset::new(self.0.clone())
-    }
-}
 impl<T> PartialEq for WIPOffset<T> {
     fn eq(&self, o: &WIPOffset<T>) -> bool {
         self.value() == o.value()
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ impl<T> Push for ForwardsUOffset<T> {
 
 /// ForwardsUOffset is used by Follow to traverse a FlatBuffer: the pointer
 /// is incremented by the value contained in this type.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct ForwardsUOffset<T>(UOffsetT, PhantomData<T>);
 impl<T> ForwardsUOffset<T> {
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/table.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/table.rs
index 7b1c4a542..397d24c6d 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/table.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct Table<'a> {
 impl<'a> Table<'a> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn new(buf: &'a [u8], loc: usize) -> Self {
-        Table { buf: buf, loc: loc }
+        Table { buf, loc }
     }
     #[inline]
     pub fn vtable(&self) -> VTable<'a> {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl<'a> Follow<'a> for Table<'a> {
     type Inner = Table<'a>;
     #[inline]
     fn follow(buf: &'a [u8], loc: usize) -> Self::Inner {
-        Table { buf: buf, loc: loc }
+        Table { buf, loc }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vector.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vector.rs
index 66653ebe4..de97abb4f 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vector.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vector.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use endian_scalar::{read_scalar, read_scalar_at};
 use follow::Follow;
 use primitives::*;
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct Vector<'a, T: 'a>(&'a [u8], usize, PhantomData<T>);
 
 impl<'a, T: 'a> Vector<'a, T> {
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ impl<'a, T: 'a> Vector<'a, T> {
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         read_scalar::<UOffsetT>(&self.0[self.1 as usize..]) as usize
     }
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Follow<'a> + 'a> Vector<'a, T> {
@@ -102,8 +106,7 @@ impl<'a> Follow<'a> for &'a str {
     fn follow(buf: &'a [u8], loc: usize) -> Self::Inner {
         let len = read_scalar_at::<UOffsetT>(&buf, loc) as usize;
         let slice = &buf[loc + SIZE_UOFFSET..loc + SIZE_UOFFSET + len];
-        let s = unsafe { from_utf8_unchecked(slice) };
-        s
+        unsafe { from_utf8_unchecked(slice) }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
index 580867039..f8f266a07 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl<'a> PartialEq for VTable<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> VTable<'a> {
     pub fn init(buf: &'a [u8], loc: usize) -> Self {
-        VTable { buf: buf, loc: loc }
+        VTable { buf, loc }
     }
     pub fn num_fields(&self) -> usize {
         (self.num_bytes() / SIZE_VOFFSET) - 2
diff --git a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable_writer.rs b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable_writer.rs
index d1e87dde2..f065fdd05 100644
--- a/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable_writer.rs
+++ b/rust/flatbuffers/src/vtable_writer.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct VTableWriter<'a> {
 impl<'a> VTableWriter<'a> {
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn init(buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Self {
-        VTableWriter { buf: buf }
+        VTableWriter { buf }
     }
 
     /// Writes the vtable length (in bytes) into the vtable.
diff --git a/tests/rust_usage_test/bin/alloc_check.rs b/tests/rust_usage_test/bin/alloc_check.rs
index ae1039cb1..e7ec9e5bc 100644
--- a/tests/rust_usage_test/bin/alloc_check.rs
+++ b/tests/rust_usage_test/bin/alloc_check.rs
@@ -106,10 +106,13 @@ fn main() {
             assert_eq!("MyMonster", m.name());
 
             let pos = m.pos().unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(pos.x(), 1.0f32);
-            assert_eq!(pos.y(), 2.0f32);
-            assert_eq!(pos.z(), 3.0f32);
-            assert_eq!(pos.test1(), 3.0f64);
+            // We know the bits should be exactly equal here but compilers may
+            // optimize floats in subtle ways so we're playing it safe and using
+            // epsilon comparison
+            assert!((pos.x() - 1.0f32).abs() < std::f32::EPSILON);
+            assert!((pos.y() - 2.0f32).abs() < std::f32::EPSILON);
+            assert!((pos.z() - 3.0f32).abs() < std::f32::EPSILON);
+            assert!((pos.test1() - 3.0f64).abs() < std::f64::EPSILON);
             assert_eq!(pos.test2(), my_game::example::Color::Green);
             let pos_test3 = pos.test3();
             assert_eq!(pos_test3.a(), 5i16);
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@ fn main() {
 
             let test4 = m.test4().unwrap();
             assert_eq!(test4.len(), 2);
-            assert_eq!(test4[0].a() as i32 + test4[0].b() as i32 +
-                       test4[1].a() as i32 + test4[1].b() as i32, 100);
+            assert_eq!(i32::from(test4[0].a()) + i32::from(test4[1].a()) +
+                       i32::from(test4[0].b()) + i32::from(test4[1].b()), 100);
 
             let testarrayofstring = m.testarrayofstring().unwrap();
             assert_eq!(testarrayofstring.len(), 2);