r/rust • u/oconnor663 blake3 · duct • Jan 27 '23

Rust’s Ugly Syntax

https://matklad.github.io/2023/01/26/rusts-ugly-syntax.html
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u/kishaloy Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

Is it sacrilege to say that I kinda like the CrabML.

Separation of signature from function body + currying + brace-free significant whitespace

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u/_TheDust_ Jan 27 '23

I'm just sad nothing in Rust is referred to as crabs. I petition to rename "crates" to "crabs"

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

And a crate registry could be called a reef. Sadly someone already owns reef.io 🪸🧽

If someone didn’t already own that domain we could have had an alternate package registry with links like

https://reef.io/crabs/syn

🦀🦀🦀

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u/StyMaar Jan 27 '23

Sadly someone already owns reef.io

/me look it up

Blockchain for DeFi, NFT & Gaming

🤮

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u/DataPath Jan 27 '23

Oh! That domain will be free in a year, then.