Rust syntax is only getting worse
Rust syntax is only getting worse
Posted Sep 24, 2025 22:18 UTC (Wed) by sunshowers (guest, #170655)In reply to: Rust syntax is only getting worse by sturmflut
Parent article: Canceling asynchronous Rust
(I presented the talk -- thanks for featuring it on LWN!)
I think the Ok(Ok(()) stuff is quite readable once you're used to it -- nested pattern matching is something to be used sparingly, but is reasonable to avoid added nesting levels (a match statement adds 2 nesting levels). It looks pretty reasonable with syntax highlighting.