On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 15:02:40 +0200 Miguel Ojeda <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM FUJITA Tomonori <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Miguel, what do you think? > > I suggested it due to seeing the multi-line combination of `if false` > and `_ = ...`, and the fact that we will probably want to reuse the > combination in other macros. It makes the concept more explicit, > easier to grep, and follows other cases we have created for similar > things like this (e.g. `static_assert!`). > > Having said that, I do prefer using plain language instead of macros > where possible/reasonable, i.e. I don't like introducing macros and > more concepts in general just for the sake of it. On the other hand, > sometimes language features aren't the best spellings to be honest > (like the `const _` "abuse") and some people prefer abbreviations > (like the discussion on `SZ_*` constants). > > Either way is fine, obviously. Thanks, I'll drop it.
