diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b1753a..84eb973 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "wellen"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Kevin Laeufer <laeufer@berkeley.edu>"]
 description = "Fast VCD and FST library for waveform viewers written in Rust."
diff --git a/benches/wavemem.rs b/benches/wavemem.rs
index 57420d0..fcae948 100644
--- a/benches/wavemem.rs
+++ b/benches/wavemem.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // released under BSD 3-Clause License
 // author: Kevin Laeufer <laeufer@berkeley.edu>
 
-use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 use wellen::check_states_pub;
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
diff --git a/src/fst.rs b/src/fst.rs
index de7e9af..be5abaf 100644
--- a/src/fst.rs
+++ b/src/fst.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl<R: BufRead + Seek> SignalSourceImplementation for FstWaveDatabase<R> {
                 .enumerate()
                 .map(|(pos, idx)| (idx, pos)),
         );
-        let foo = |time: u64, handle: FstSignalHandle, value: FstSignalValue| {
+        let callback = |time: u64, handle: FstSignalHandle, value: FstSignalValue| {
             // determine time index
             while *(index_and_time.1) < time {
                 index_and_time = time_table.next().unwrap();
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl<R: BufRead + Seek> SignalSourceImplementation for FstWaveDatabase<R> {
             signals[signal_pos].add_change(time_idx, handle, value);
         };
 
-        self.reader.read_signals(&filter, foo).unwrap();
+        self.reader.read_signals(&filter, callback).unwrap();
         signals.into_iter().map(|w| w.finish()).collect()
     }
     fn print_statistics(&self) {
@@ -308,13 +308,13 @@ pub(crate) fn get_bytes_per_entry(len: usize, has_meta: bool) -> usize {
 
 const META_MASK: u8 = 3 << 6;
 
-fn expand_entries(from: States, to: States, old: &Vec<u8>, entries: usize, bits: u32) -> Vec<u8> {
+fn expand_entries(from: States, to: States, old: &[u8], entries: usize, bits: u32) -> Vec<u8> {
     let (from_len, from_meta) = get_len_and_meta(from, bits);
     let from_bytes_per_entry = get_bytes_per_entry(from_len, from_meta);
     let (to_len, to_meta) = get_len_and_meta(to, bits);
 
     if from_len == to_len && from_meta == to_meta {
-        return old.clone(); // no change necessary
+        return Vec::from(old); // no change necessary
     }
 
     let to_bytes_per_entry = get_bytes_per_entry(to_len, to_meta);
diff --git a/src/ghw/common.rs b/src/ghw/common.rs
index 6fcb632..69c60f6 100644
--- a/src/ghw/common.rs
+++ b/src/ghw/common.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub fn check_magic_end(
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let mut end_magic = [0u8; 4];
     input.read_exact(&mut end_magic)?;
-    if &end_magic == expected {
+    if end_magic == expected {
         Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(GhwParseError::UnexpectedSection(format!(
diff --git a/src/ghw/hierarchy.rs b/src/ghw/hierarchy.rs
index cb79f73..36f99f0 100644
--- a/src/ghw/hierarchy.rs
+++ b/src/ghw/hierarchy.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub(crate) fn read_ghw_header(input: &mut impl BufRead) -> Result<HeaderData> {
     // check full header
     let mut magic_rest = [0u8; GHW_HEADER_START.len() - 2];
     input.read_exact(&mut magic_rest)?;
-    if &magic_rest != &GHW_HEADER_START[2..] {
+    if magic_rest != GHW_HEADER_START[2..] {
         return Err(GhwParseError::UnexpectedHeaderMagic(format!(
             "{}{}",
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&comp_header),
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ impl GhwSignalTracker {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn add_var(
     tables: &GhwTables,
     input: &mut impl BufRead,
diff --git a/src/hierarchy.rs b/src/hierarchy.rs
index bc04803..1e0b3d2 100644
--- a/src/hierarchy.rs
+++ b/src/hierarchy.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl Var {
     }
 
     /// Full hierarchical name of the variable.
-    pub fn full_name<'a>(&self, hierarchy: &Hierarchy) -> String {
+    pub fn full_name(&self, hierarchy: &Hierarchy) -> String {
         match self.parent {
             None => self.name(hierarchy).to_string(),
             Some(parent) => {
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ impl Scope {
     }
 
     /// Full hierarchical name of the scope.
-    pub fn full_name<'a>(&self, hierarchy: &Hierarchy) -> String {
+    pub fn full_name(&self, hierarchy: &Hierarchy) -> String {
         let mut parents = Vec::new();
         let mut parent = self.parent;
         while let Some(id) = parent {
@@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ impl HierarchyBuilder {
         }
     }
 
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub fn add_var(
         &mut self,
         name: HierarchyStringId,
diff --git a/src/vcd.rs b/src/vcd.rs
index 75ea7e1..9b6381d 100644
--- a/src/vcd.rs
+++ b/src/vcd.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ fn parse_attribute(
                 return Err(unexpected_n_tokens("attribute", &tokens));
             }
             let type_name = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[2])?.to_string();
-            let arg = u64::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?, 10)?;
+            let arg = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?.parse::<u64>()?;
             let var_type =
                 FstVhdlVarType::try_from_primitive((arg >> FST_SUP_VAR_DATA_TYPE_BITS) as u8)?;
             let data_type =
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn parse_attribute(
                 return Err(unexpected_n_tokens("attribute", &tokens));
             }
             let path = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[2])?.to_string();
-            let id = u64::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?, 10)?;
+            let id = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?.parse::<u64>()?;
             let string_ref = h.add_string(path);
             path_names.insert(id, string_ref);
             Ok(None)
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ fn parse_attribute(
                 //       instance of the normal source path
                 return Err(unexpected_n_tokens("attribute", &tokens));
             }
-            let path_id = u64::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(tokens[2])?, 10)?;
-            let line = u64::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?, 10)?;
+            let path_id = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[2])?.parse::<u64>()?;
+            let line = std::str::from_utf8(tokens[3])?.parse::<u64>()?;
             let is_instance = false;
             Ok(Some(Attribute::SourceLoc(
                 path_names[&path_id],
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fn read_hierarchy(
         }
     };
 
-    let foo = |cmd: HeaderCmd| match cmd {
+    let callback = |cmd: HeaderCmd| match cmd {
         HeaderCmd::Scope(tpe, name) => {
             let flatten = options.remove_scopes_with_empty_name && name.is_empty();
             let (declaration_source, instance_source) =
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ fn read_hierarchy(
             Ok(())
         }
         HeaderCmd::Var(tpe, size, id, name) => {
-            let length = match u32::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(size).unwrap(), 10) {
+            let length = match std::str::from_utf8(size).unwrap().parse::<u32>() {
                 Ok(len) => len,
                 Err(_) => {
                     return Err(VcdParseError::VcdVarLengthParsing(
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ fn read_hierarchy(
             Ok(())
         }
         HeaderCmd::Timescale(factor, unit) => {
-            let factor_int = u32::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(factor).unwrap(), 10)?;
+            let factor_int = std::str::from_utf8(factor)?.parse::<u32>()?;
             let value = Timescale::new(factor_int, convert_timescale_unit(unit));
             h.set_timescale(value);
             Ok(())
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ fn read_hierarchy(
         }
     };
 
-    read_vcd_header(input, foo)?;
+    read_vcd_header(input, callback)?;
     let end = input.stream_position().unwrap();
     let hierarchy = h.finish();
     let lookup = if use_id_map { Some(id_map) } else { None };
@@ -396,16 +396,16 @@ fn parse_inner_index(index: &[u8]) -> Option<VarIndex> {
     match sep {
         None => {
             let inner_str = std::str::from_utf8(index).unwrap();
-            let bit = i32::from_str_radix(inner_str, 10).unwrap();
+            let bit = inner_str.parse::<i32>().unwrap();
             Some(VarIndex::new(bit, bit))
         }
         Some(pos) => {
             let msb_bytes = &index[0..pos];
             let msb_str = std::str::from_utf8(msb_bytes).unwrap();
-            let msb = i32::from_str_radix(msb_str, 10).unwrap();
+            let msb = msb_str.parse::<i32>().unwrap();
             let lsb_bytes = &index[(pos + 1)..index.len()];
             let lsb_str = std::str::from_utf8(lsb_bytes).unwrap();
-            let lsb = i32::from_str_radix(lsb_str, 10).unwrap();
+            let lsb = lsb_str.parse::<i32>().unwrap();
             Some(VarIndex::new(msb, lsb))
         }
     }
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ fn read_values(
     }
 }
 
-fn read_single_stream_of_values<'a>(
+fn read_single_stream_of_values(
     input: &[u8],
     stop_pos: usize,
     is_first: bool,
@@ -956,8 +956,7 @@ fn read_single_stream_of_values<'a>(
             match cmd {
                 BodyCmd::Time(value) => {
                     found_first_time_step = true;
-                    let int_value =
-                        u64::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(value).unwrap(), 10).unwrap();
+                    let int_value = std::str::from_utf8(value).unwrap().parse::<u64>().unwrap();
                     encoder.time_change(int_value);
                 }
                 BodyCmd::Value(value, id) => {
@@ -991,11 +990,8 @@ fn read_single_stream_of_values<'a>(
 #[inline]
 fn advance_to_first_newline(input: &[u8]) -> (&[u8], usize) {
     for (pos, byte) in input.iter().enumerate() {
-        match *byte {
-            b'\n' => {
-                return (&input[pos..], pos);
-            }
-            _ => {}
+        if *byte == b'\n' {
+            return (&input[pos..], pos);
         }
     }
     (&[], 0) // no whitespaces found
diff --git a/src/viewers.rs b/src/viewers.rs
index 71a6118..ff1004d 100644
--- a/src/viewers.rs
+++ b/src/viewers.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ pub struct HeaderResult {
     pub body: ReadBodyContinuation,
 }
 
-///
 pub fn read_header(filename: &str, options: &LoadOptions) -> Result<HeaderResult> {
     let file_format = open_and_detect_file_format(filename);
     match file_format {
diff --git a/src/wavemem.rs b/src/wavemem.rs
index 70e3b21..652b9f0 100644
--- a/src/wavemem.rs
+++ b/src/wavemem.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use bytesize::ByteSize;
 use num_enum::TryFromPrimitive;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ fn load_reals(
         let changed = if out.is_empty() {
             true
         } else {
-            &out[out.len() - 8..] != buf
+            out[out.len() - 8..] != buf
         };
         if changed {
             out.append(&mut buf);
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_if_changed_and_truncate(bytes_per_entry: usize, out: &mut Ve
     } else {
         let prev_start = out.len() - 2 * bytes_per_entry;
         let new_start = out.len() - bytes_per_entry;
-        &out[prev_start..new_start] != &out[new_start..]
+        out[prev_start..new_start] != out[new_start..]
     };
 
     if !changed {
@@ -465,15 +466,21 @@ impl Encoder {
     pub fn time_change(&mut self, time: u64) {
         // sanity check to make sure that time is increasing
         if let Some(prev_time) = self.time_table.last() {
-            if *prev_time == time {
-                return; // ignore calls to time_change that do not actually change anything
-            } else if *prev_time > time {
-                println!(
-                    "WARN: time decreased from {} to {}. Skipping!",
-                    *prev_time, time
-                );
-                self.skipping_time_step = true;
-                return;
+            match prev_time.cmp(&time) {
+                Ordering::Equal => {
+                    return; // ignore calls to time_change that do not actually change anything
+                }
+                Ordering::Greater => {
+                    println!(
+                        "WARN: time decreased from {} to {}. Skipping!",
+                        *prev_time, time
+                    );
+                    self.skipping_time_step = true;
+                    return;
+                }
+                Ordering::Less => {
+                    // this is the normal situation where we actually increment the time
+                }
             }
         }
         // if we run out of time indices => start a new block
diff --git a/tests/diff_tests.rs b/tests/diff_tests.rs
index 052b3bd..9e094fe 100644
--- a/tests/diff_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/diff_tests.rs
@@ -88,18 +88,20 @@ fn diff_hierarchy(
 
 fn diff_meta(ours: &Hierarchy, ref_header: &::vcd::Header) {
     match &ref_header.version {
-        None => match ours.file_format() {
-            FileFormat::Vcd => assert!(ours.version().is_empty(), "{}", ours.version()),
-            _ => {}
-        },
+        None => {
+            if ours.file_format() == FileFormat::Vcd {
+                assert!(ours.version().is_empty(), "{}", ours.version());
+            }
+        }
         Some(version) => assert_eq!(version, ours.version()),
     }
 
     match &ref_header.date {
-        None => match ours.file_format() {
-            FileFormat::Vcd => assert!(ours.date().is_empty(), "{}", ours.date()),
-            _ => {}
-        },
+        None => {
+            if ours.file_format() == FileFormat::Vcd {
+                assert!(ours.date().is_empty(), "{}", ours.date());
+            }
+        }
         Some(date) => assert_eq!(date, ours.date()),
     }