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| author | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2014-06-26 15:44:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2014-06-26 15:44:29 -0400 |
| commit | 546b202e0edbeb53a474c6126d8ad5d47081be2f (patch) | |
| tree | cb34dcdb80945d0aec5668a4593167c25693a19f | |
| parent | 8cd906811a1f541772fd526fc61ff2b6ead86f2e (diff) | |
Note that macros != templates
Good call, @chris-morgan and @cmr!
| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/guide.md | 5 |
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diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index b3ae6db8061..fabf04124ba 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ The second point is the `println!()` part. This is calling a Rust **macro**, which is how metaprogramming is done in Rust. If it were a function instead, it would look like this: `println()`. For our purposes, we don't need to worry about this difference. Just know that sometimes, you'll see a `!`, and that -means that you're calling a macro instead of a normal function. +means that you're calling a macro instead of a normal function. One last thing +to mention: Rust's macros are significantly different than C++ templates, if +you've used those. Don't be scared of using macros. We'll get to the details +eventually, you'll just have to trust us for now. Next, `"Hello, world"` is a **string**. Strings are a surprisingly complicated topic in a systems programming language, and this is a **statically allocated** |
