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Re:Thoughts on Rust, a few thousand lines in by Thiez on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:50PM (#18869294)
You forgot `match` and closures. But in general I think new variables can be created in all contexts where a pattern can be used.
Re:Thoughts on Rust, a few thousand lines in by steveklabnik on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:55PM (#18869341)
Yes, in fact, it's always a pattern. Even let x = 5; is a pattern, just a very simple one!