Expression

Abstract

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• Codes that always returns a value like 5+6 return s 11. Function and Macro are also considered as expression
• Can be part of a Statement like 5+6 in let a = 5+6

Evaluation vs Execution?

Evaluation focuses on computing values like evaluating the expression.

Execution focuses on performing actions and producing effects in the system like executing a Statement to print out a value to the screen or assign a value to a variable.

Important

This powers code optimisation techniques like Lazy Evaluation which delays the evaluation of an expression until we need it.

Rust Expression

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• if in Rust is an Expression, so we can do the following let number = if condition { 5 } else { 6 };