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| author | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2015-03-27 14:48:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Steve Klabnik <steve@steveklabnik.com> | 2015-03-27 18:31:44 -0400 |
| commit | e604382ad230219f0f692188a6802fd046574444 (patch) | |
| tree | 722efbb595399dd0851fe75a4772f26f56d1c05d /src | |
| parent | 242ed0b7c0f6a21096f2cc3e1ad1bdb176d02545 (diff) | |
| download | rust-e604382ad230219f0f692188a6802fd046574444.tar.gz rust-e604382ad230219f0f692188a6802fd046574444.zip | |
Explain why &self is common
Fixes #23748
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/doc/trpl/method-syntax.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/method-syntax.md b/src/doc/trpl/method-syntax.md index 8cb16f7ab33..f7cda400526 100644 --- a/src/doc/trpl/method-syntax.md +++ b/src/doc/trpl/method-syntax.md @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ You can think of this first parameter as being the `x` in `x.foo()`. The three variants correspond to the three kinds of thing `x` could be: `self` if it's just a value on the stack, `&self` if it's a reference, and `&mut self` if it's a mutable reference. We should default to using `&self`, as it's the most -common. Here's an example of all three variants: +common, as Rustaceans prefer borrowing over taking ownership, and references +over mutable references. Here's an example of all three variants: ```rust struct Circle { |