Re:I can't keep up with idiomatic Rust
by dralley on Friday April 10, 2020 @11:07PM
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It really, really, really needs to be stated that the thing that triggered this whole discussion is not a "new feature", it is not even an RFC, it is a blog post written by a prolific Rust developer who also turned the idea into a library, and wanted to share the merits of the idea.
The fact that it's controversial and "doesn't fit with the rest of the language" means it will very likely never become an RFC in its current state, much less become part of the language.
There is no need for the author to make constant changes to his code. It will continue compiling just fine. Moreover, new "editions" come along with nice documentation on what changed and tooling to automatically fixup code, and are totally opt-in. You can simply wait for a new edition to come along to update your code -- or not, it doesn't ultimately matter that much.
The fact that it's controversial and "doesn't fit with the rest of the language" means it will very likely never become an RFC in its current state, much less become part of the language.
There is no need for the author to make constant changes to his code. It will continue compiling just fine. Moreover, new "editions" come along with nice documentation on what changed and tooling to automatically fixup code, and are totally opt-in. You can simply wait for a new edition to come along to update your code -- or not, it doesn't ultimately matter that much.