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nine_k 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Zig; what I think after months of using it

Said promise should also be checked for sanity. E.g.

  for i in range(N) {
    for i in range(M) {
      # Typo; wanted j.
      # The compiler should complain.
    }
  }

Maxatar 3 months ago [–]

The Rust compiler would complain in this case that the initial i variable is unused. Unused variables should be named with an underscore, _.

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