From 18f1f5a06eb772a5772a728a97b4056d821e7e56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Klabnik Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 18:50:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] guide: Remove reference to uninitialized bindings There isn't a good way to fit this in, so let's just not mention it. Fixes #16792. --- src/doc/guide.md | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index e4bb3ae6ba6..6d0fd54cd4c 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -520,10 +520,8 @@ error: aborting due to previous error Could not compile `hello_world`. ``` -Rust will not let us use a value that has not been initialized. So why let us -declare a binding without initializing it? You'd think our first example would -have errored. Well, Rust is smarter than that. Before we get to that, let's talk -about this stuff we've added to `println!`. +Rust will not let us use a value that has not been initialized. Next, let's +talk about this stuff we've added to `println!`. If you include two curly braces (`{}`, some call them moustaches...) in your string to print, Rust will interpret this as a request to interpolate some sort @@ -538,12 +536,6 @@ format in a more detailed manner, there are a [wide number of options available](std/fmt/index.html). For now, we'll just stick to the default: integers aren't very complicated to print. -So, we've cleared up all of the confusion around bindings, with one exception: -why does Rust let us declare a variable binding without an initial value if we -must initialize the binding before we use it? And how does it know that we have -or have not initialized the binding? For that, we need to learn our next -concept: `if`. - # If Rust's take on `if` is not particularly complex, but it's much more like the @@ -582,7 +574,6 @@ if x == 5i { This is all pretty standard. However, you can also do this: - ``` let x = 5i;