This is actually not true. You can't do it in stable rust, but on nightly slice destructuring has been possible for a while now (just as the compile error indic

This is actually not true. You can't do it in stable rust, but on nightly slice destructuring has been possible for a while now (just as the compile error indicates). See: - https://doc.rust-lang.org/unstable-book/language-features/slice-patterns.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/unstable-book/language-features/sl... - https://doc.rust-lang.org/unstable-book/language-features/advanced-slice-patterns.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/unstable-book/language-features/ad...