What finally made the borrow checker click for you?
copper-hazel-52
Six months in and I still restructure code to make it happy rather than understanding why.
copper-pine-383 more
Compile times got better once we split the workspace into more crates.
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slow-sedge-602 more
Saving this for later.
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late-otter-67
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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amber-sedge-89
This is the most useful reply in the thread.
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slow-thistle-68
Async is fine for applications now. Libraries still have it harder.
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misty-yarrow-351 more
Thinking in terms of ownership rather than lifetimes made it click for me.
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slow-finch-34
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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copper-alder-13
It clicked once I stopped thinking about lifetimes and started thinking about who owns what.
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misty-rowan-888 more
Write the data structures first, the code follows from them.
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late-thistle-94 more
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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late-clover-963 more
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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amber-sedge-231 more
late-clover-96 wrote:
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
Strong disagree, but I appreciate the write-up.
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slow-thistle-68
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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bright-thistle-5
late-clover-96 wrote:
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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quiet-birch-652 more
misty-rowan-88 wrote:
Write the data structures first, the code follows from them.
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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woven-beech-641 more
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slow-sedge-40
woven-beech-64 wrote:
Saving this for later.
Strong disagree, but I appreciate the write-up.
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copper-wren-271 more
The compiler errors are the best teacher. Read them all the way through.
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bright-finch-0
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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copper-hazel-52
Fewer incidents is worth slower onboarding, in my experience.
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dusky-fern-703 more
Clone more than you think you should while learning. Optimise later.
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woven-beech-64
dusky-fern-70 wrote:
Clone more than you think you should while learning.
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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bright-finch-351 more
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
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late-willow-50
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.