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[โ€“] Nioxic 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isnt the syntax highlighting it as mever used?

So why would they wonder?

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

If it is a pure value, I'd assume yes, but if it is tied to a side effect (E.g. write its value to a file), then it would be not used but still could break your app if removed.

I'm not familiar with rust language specifically, but generally that's what could happen