Levenshtein edit distance (rust)

levenshtein_distance.rs

use std::cmp::{self, Ord};

pub fn levenshtein_distance(source: &str, target: &str) -> usize {
    if source.is_empty() || target.is_empty() {
        return 0;
    }

    let source_chars: Vec<char> = source.chars().collect();
    let target_chars: Vec<char> = target.chars().collect();

    let mut last_row: Vec<usize> = (0..=target.len()).collect();

    for (i, source_char) in source_chars.iter().enumerate() {
        let mut next_dist = i + 1;

        for (j, target_char) in target_chars.iter().enumerate() {
            let current_dist = next_dist;

            let dist_if_substitute = if source_char == target_char {
                last_row[j]
            } else {
                last_row[j] + 1
            };

            let dist_if_insert = current_dist + 1;
            let dist_if_delete = last_row[j + 1] + 1;

            next_dist = min_3(dist_if_substitute, dist_if_insert, dist_if_delete);

            last_row[j] = current_dist;
        }

        last_row[target.len()] = next_dist;
    }

    last_row[target.len()]
}

fn min_3<T: Ord>(a: T, b: T, c: T) -> T {
    cmp::min(a, cmp::min(b, c))
}