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| author | Corey Richardson <corey@octayn.net> | 2014-12-05 10:07:48 -0800 |
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| committer | Corey Richardson <corey@octayn.net> | 2014-12-05 10:07:48 -0800 |
| commit | 0fb040f4bd1a3bd7ee9d60dfb8445a587ef7f28e (patch) | |
| tree | 34fdbc1dcc6dc2cb7fad30195e088b5f5a9e227d /src/doc/guide.md | |
| parent | c7d545e2f7d3604a7a3f33cebb0695bfcbea5d8b (diff) | |
| parent | f0f7a9006853902882f7475b400fc9075c798c29 (diff) | |
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rollup merge of #19525: steveklabnik/guide_edits
Fixes #19335. (or at least, the actionable parts)
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diff --git a/src/doc/guide.md b/src/doc/guide.md index 45bff480f7b..2aa7e24f551 100644 --- a/src/doc/guide.md +++ b/src/doc/guide.md @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ $ editor main.rs ``` Rust files always end in a `.rs` extension. If you're using more than one word -in your file name, use an underscore. `hello_world.rs` rather than +in your filename, use an underscore. `hello_world.rs` rather than `helloworld.rs`. Now that you've got your file open, type this in: @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ 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. Rust implements `println!` as a macro rather than a function for good reasons, but that's a very advanced topic. You'll learn more when we talk about macros later. One -last thing to mention: Rust's macros are significantly different than C macros, +last thing to mention: Rust's macros are significantly different from C macros, 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. @@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ let y = if x == 5i { 10i } else { 15i }; ``` This reveals two interesting things about Rust: it is an expression-based -language, and semicolons are different than in other 'curly brace and -semicolon'-based languages. These two things are related. +language, and semicolons are different from semicolons in other 'curly brace +and semicolon'-based languages. These two things are related. ## Expressions vs. Statements @@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ Both `continue` and `break` are valid in both kinds of loops. # Strings Strings are an important concept for any programmer to master. Rust's string -handling system is a bit different than in other languages, due to its systems +handling system is a bit different from other languages, due to its systems focus. Any time you have a data structure of variable size, things can get tricky, and strings are a re-sizable data structure. That said, Rust's strings also work differently than in some other systems languages, such as C. |
