rust-lang / rust-lang/reference
Rename "Value expressions and place expressions" section to "Expression categories"
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Description
C++ calls them value categories. Since we call one "value expression", I'd like to avoid that term and instead call them a category of some kind. Since the distinction is about what kind of thing the expression evaluates to, I figured "evaluation category" would be the best term.
Having this term would also let me say parenthesized expressions are of the same evaluation category as their enclosed operand.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Reference section named “Value expressions and place expressions” and review its terminology and surrounding references. Check the issue discussion before deciding between “Expression categories” and “evaluation category”; done means the chosen terminology is applied consistently wherever the section and its concepts are described.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100