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Why would I use this and not the established `cargo fmt`

• jinxdash 4y ago
  Should've had a section about that! In short it prints more readable code in some cases, has better support in macros and supports a wider range of nightly features. With that being said the main show here is still the Prettier Rust VSCode extension Prettier Rust uses the jinx-rust parser, which is unstrict and entirely independent from the Rust compiler. Hence it's capable of formatting half-broken code that doesn't compile. So while you may be using rustfmt as a postprocess, Prettier Rust is moreover capable of formatting programs as you write them. I highly recommend at least trying it! The VSCode extension is a 1 click install/uninstall.