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what if I need to nest
if let
sUse a
match
? Unless it's for guard clauses, a match is fine enoughwhat if i need to
if let
on the result of anotherif let
Oh, then you use
and_then()
or something similar.There's also the possibility to use the guard clauses patern and do
let <...> = <...> else {}
.And finally, you can always split into another function.
It's not straight rules. It depends on what makes it more readable for your case.
what about
if
on a boolean followed by anif let