Stabilizing the `if let guard` feature

270 points Kivooeo1 30 comments

Hey folks!

I've written a blog post about the if let guard feature I've been working on stabilizing. It covers:

  • What it is and why it's useful
  • Its history and interactions
  • The drop-order bugs we found

(And for those who've been following my journey - there's a small note at the end about the next big step in my life ^^)

I also want to say a huge thank you here. Thank you for the support, and a special thanks to those who got genuinely interested, reached out, asked questions, and even started contributing themselves. Seeing that is the best part

https://kivooeo.github.io/blog/if-let-guard/

Also, I want to check with you: would there be interest in a future, very detailed post about how to start contributing? I'm thinking of taking a random issue and walking through the entire process: how I think, where I get stuck, where I look for answers, and how I finally fix it — with all the messy details