The old C style syntax

[Gorilla]

Why does rust has the old C style syntax?
This is a new and exiting language, for new developers (like me) who code mostly on python but need speed and C, C++ is clunky and cumbersome.

I thought about one possible solution:
Build a new operator (like ':=' of something) for functions that functions that use this operator does not have curly brackets, doesn't have ';' and are returned with a Ret statement.

Does something like this possible?

[notriddle]

Python-like syntax for Rust

im coming from python (like most people here) and im constantly disappointed by how the code looks and how it behaves. i obviously talk about the use of : '{' '}' and ';' is there a way to change the theme to look like python (without {};)? I believe that the compiler (with few adjustments) can translate the code the same ether way so i dont see why not.

This seems like a duplicate of your older post.

[lukechu]

Could you please explain specifically which part of the syntax you dislike? After programming in quite a few different languages, I find that Rust's decisions around its syntax are one of the most intuitive and well designed. Personally, I really dislike Python's ident based scoping, especially with tab/space nightmare.

[2e71828]

@Gorilla

Does something like this possible?

For Rust, that ship sailed many years ago. At this point, there's too much code that would break with any major syntax change.

[trentj]

More previous discussions:

• Why semicolons?
• White space dependent syntax
• What do you think about less code? - Let's cut off the Semicolons!