I find myself constantly thinking if I should prepend self with ampersand or not, and I'm surprised it is sometimes a reference and sometimes not, depending on the signature: fn this(&self) -> &Self { self // why not &self } Looks like self is not always of type Self, but its type depends on the…

Confusing syntax of self

notriddle Split this topic November 22, 2022, 10:05pm 18

11 posts were split to a new topic: Confusing syntax of .await

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