Rust packages are called crates. There are 2 types of crates:
- Binary crate
- Library crate
Variables are by default immutable but adding mut to the declaration will make them mutable
Variables passed to functions default to byval but can be passed byref using &variablename
This makes an immutable reference but using &mut variable name we can get a mutable reference to the variable
Associated or static methods are referenced by ::
Lines are terminated using ;
Most functions return a Result enumeration to indicate success or failure and provide the returned value
Macros are called using macroname! where the ! differentiates it from a normal method call
The standard library does not support random number generation but there is a rand crate available
It’s possible to build documentation for all installed dependencies using cargo doc --open
Normal member methods are referenced by .
You can shadow previous variables by defining them again
Variable types can be assigned using annotations which follow a colon let guess: u32 this will create an immutable variable named guess with annotation indicating type is a 32-bit unsigned integer
The docs seem to prefer snake_case for source file names, variables and methods