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[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 43 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)
[–] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Sad to be the one that does not get it.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 37 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Unwrap means it forces to evaluate the result as an ”ok value”. If it’s an ”error value”, it will crash. It’s a bad practice to rely on it, as it’s one of the most common ways a Rust programs can crash.

Rust offers many options to handle errors that don’t risk crashing. For example, unwrap_or_default, which means ”if it’s an error value, use the default value for this type, such as 0 for integers”

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