snaggen to Rust · 11 months agoAnnouncing Rust 1.79.0blog.rust-lang.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoI don’t understand what the advantages of const expressions are. Isn’t const { None } the same as just None?
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoconst expressions are evaluated at compile time and can be used in locations where you would have to otherwise specify a literal (or something that amounts to a named literal like a const value).
I don’t understand what the advantages of const expressions are.
Isn’t
const { None }the same as justNone?const expressions are evaluated at compile time and can be used in locations where you would have to otherwise specify a literal (or something that amounts to a named literal like a const value).