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Virtual car reports reverse while driving

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
86/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
embedded-iot

Research direction

Read cars/virtual-car/src/lib.rs, especially lines 53-54 and 69, then inspect the generated Gear enum and the existing tests. Replace the reported numeric gear values with the specified enum variants and update the tests. Done when the reported gear is Drive while driving and Park when parked, and the updated tests pass.

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Description

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cars/virtual-car/src/lib.rs:69 uses 2 (= GEAR_REVERSE) for driving and
0 (= GEAR_UNSPECIFIED) for parked; the doc comment at :53-54 calls them
DRIVE and PARK. Use Gear::Drive (4) / Gear::Park (1) from the generated
enum and update the tests.

Dominant language
Rust
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