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Rollup merge of #24149 - bombless:update-faq, r=steveklabnik
I think "let is used to introduce variables" is incorrent. You can use ```rust match (42, true) { (x, y) => { /* ... */ } } ``` to replace ```rust let x = 42; let y = true; ``` so it's nothing special for `let`.
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of higher-order functions. `fn foo<T>(f: fn(int): int, fn(T): U): U` is not
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## `let` is used to introduce variables
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## Why is `let` used to introduce variables?
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`let` not only defines variables, but can do pattern matching. One can also
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redeclare immutable variables with `let`. This is useful to avoid unnecessary
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`mut` annotations. An interesting historical note is that Rust comes,
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syntactically, most closely from ML, which also uses `let` to introduce
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bindings.
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We don't use the term "variable", instead, we use "variable bindings". The
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simplest way for binding is the `let` syntax, other ways including `if let`,
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`while let` and `match`. Bindings also exist in function arguments positions.
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Bindings always happen in pattern matching positions, and it's also Rust's way
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to declare mutability. One can also redeclare mutability of a binding in
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pattern matching. This is useful to avoid unnecessary `mut` annotations. An
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interesting historical note is that Rust comes, syntactically, most closely
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from ML, which also uses `let` to introduce bindings.
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See also [a long thread][alt] on renaming `let mut` to `var`.
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