Rust beginner notes & questions

[gilescope]

Just a reminder that this more general thread has sporned a more targeted thread for exploring some concrete improvements on the IO front:

Towards a more perfect RustIO

From an API perspective, I would like to see a more fluent IO API for Rust. The current one effectively forces an imperative programming style: ... fn foo() -> Result<String> { let mut contents = String::new(); File::open("foo.txt")?.read_to_string(&mut contents)?; Ok(contents) } To have the API create and return the buffer as a Result would be more ergonomic IMHO: ... fn foo() -> Result<String> { File::open("foo.txt")?.read_to_string() } This kind of stuff adds up fast. Th…

I'd suggest crating separate topics for other specific improvements so people can give more targeted discussion.