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>IMO, the fact that exclusive references are spelled "&mut", and often colloquially called "mutable references", was a pedagogical mistake that we're unfortunat
by beeflet 2y ago
>IMO, the fact that exclusive references are spelled "&mut", and often colloquially called "mutable references", was a pedagogical mistake that we're unfortunately now stuck with.
You couldn't just roll out a change like alias &e to &mut and &s to &, and then have a compiler warning for using the old &mut or &?
- School-Cotton 2y agoThat’s technically possible, yes, but I really doubt there is any appetite to change basic syntax like that when it’s already so ingrained in everyone’s mind.