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book: explain why we default to &self as first parameter in methods #23748

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tshepang opened this issue Mar 26, 2015 · 0 comments · Fixed by #23788
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book: explain why we default to &self as first parameter in methods #23748

tshepang opened this issue Mar 26, 2015 · 0 comments · Fixed by #23788

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In Method Syntax chapter, the reason given for using &self as the method parameter is that "it's the most common". That needs to be replaced with a better explanation.
@tshepang tshepang changed the title book: explain why default to &self as first parameter in methods book: explain why we default to &self as first parameter in methods Mar 26, 2015
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Explain why &self is common
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Fixes rust-lang#23748
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Rollup merge of rust-lang#23788 - steveklabnik:gh23748, r=alexcrichton
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Fixes rust-lang#23748
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