diff --git a/src/libyml/parser.rs b/src/libyml/parser.rs
index c330fb56..960bd4c5 100644
--- a/src/libyml/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libyml/parser.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub struct MappingStart {
 }
 
 /// Represents an anchor in a YAML document.
-#[derive(Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Anchor(Box<[u8]>);
 
 /// Represents the style of a scalar value in a YAML document.
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ unsafe fn convert_event<'input>(
             })
         }
         sys::YamlMappingEndEvent => Event::MappingEnd,
-        sys::YamlNoEvent => unreachable!(),
-        _ => unreachable!(),
+        sys::YamlNoEvent | _ => unreachable!(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -303,8 +302,8 @@ unsafe fn optional_repr<'input>(
     sys: &sys::YamlEventT,
     input: &'input Cow<'input, [u8]>,
 ) -> Option<&'input [u8]> {
-    let start = sys.start_mark.index as usize;
-    let end = sys.end_mark.index as usize;
+    let start = usize::try_from(sys.start_mark.index).ok()?;
+    let end = usize::try_from(sys.end_mark.index).ok()?;
     Some(&input[start..end])
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libyml/safe_cstr.rs b/src/libyml/safe_cstr.rs
index f983a266..d491ccbf 100644
--- a/src/libyml/safe_cstr.rs
+++ b/src/libyml/safe_cstr.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-/// A custom error type for CStr operations.
+/// A custom error type for `CStr` operations.
 ///
-/// This struct represents an error that occurs during CStr operations.
+/// This struct represents an error that occurs during `CStr` operations.
 ///
 /// # Implementations
 ///
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ impl<'a> CStr<'a> {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// A new `CStr` instance representing the input pointer.
-    pub fn from_ptr(ptr: NonNull<std::ffi::c_char>) -> Self {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn from_ptr(ptr: NonNull<std::ffi::c_char>) -> Self {
         CStr {
             // Cast the input pointer to a `NonNull<u8>` pointer
             ptr: ptr.cast(),
@@ -97,11 +98,18 @@ impl<'a> CStr<'a> {
             end = unsafe { end.add(1) };
         }
 
-        // Calculate the length of the C-style string, but only if the input is not empty
-        if end != start {
-            unsafe { end.offset_from(start) as usize }
-        } else {
+        // If the string is empty, return 0. Otherwise, compute the offset safely.
+        if end == start {
             0
+        } else {
+            let offset = unsafe { end.offset_from(start) };
+            usize::try_from(offset).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                debug_assert!(
+                    false,
+                    "offset_from returned a negative value, which shouldn't happen in a forward scan"
+                );
+                0
+            })
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/error.rs b/src/modules/error.rs
index 55d2c523..a923d0fa 100644
--- a/src/modules/error.rs
+++ b/src/modules/error.rs
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ pub struct Location {
 
 impl Location {
     /// Returns the byte index where the error occurred.
+    #[must_use]
     pub const fn index(&self) -> usize {
         self.index
     }
 
     /// Returns the line number where the error occurred.
+    #[must_use]
     pub const fn line(&self) -> usize {
         self.line
     }
 
     /// Returns the column number where the error occurred.
+    #[must_use]
     pub const fn column(&self) -> usize {
         self.column
     }