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I saw this code in the wild:



fields.sort_by_key(|&(_, ref field)| field.tags().into_iter().min().unwrap());

let fields = fields;


What does the let fields = fields; line do? Why is it there?






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    fields.sort_by_key(|&(_, ref field)| field.tags().into_iter().min().unwrap());
    
let fields = fields;


    What does the let fields = fields; line do? Why is it there?






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      I saw this code in the wild:



      fields.sort_by_key(|&(_, ref field)| field.tags().into_iter().min().unwrap());
      
let fields = fields;


      What does the let fields = fields; line do? Why is it there?






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      I saw this code in the wild:



      fields.sort_by_key(|&(_, ref field)| field.tags().into_iter().min().unwrap());
      
let fields = fields;


      What does the let fields = fields; line do? Why is it there?






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          It makes fields immutable again.



          fields was previously defined as mutable (let mut fields = …;), to be used with sort_by_key which sorts in-place and requires the target to be mutable. The author has chosen here to explicitly prevent further mutability.



          "Downgrading" a mutable binding to immutable is quite common in Rust.



          Another common way to do this is to use a block expression:



          let fields = {
          
    let mut fields = …;
          
    fields.sort_by_key(…);
          
    fields
          
};





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            The statement let var = var; makes var immutable and bound to its current value. fields was declared as mut earlier.






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              It makes fields immutable again.



              fields was previously defined as mutable (let mut fields = …;), to be used with sort_by_key which sorts in-place and requires the target to be mutable. The author has chosen here to explicitly prevent further mutability.



              "Downgrading" a mutable binding to immutable is quite common in Rust.



              Another common way to do this is to use a block expression:



              let fields = {
              
    let mut fields = …;
              
    fields.sort_by_key(…);
              
    fields
              
};





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                It makes fields immutable again.



                fields was previously defined as mutable (let mut fields = …;), to be used with sort_by_key which sorts in-place and requires the target to be mutable. The author has chosen here to explicitly prevent further mutability.



                "Downgrading" a mutable binding to immutable is quite common in Rust.



                Another common way to do this is to use a block expression:



                let fields = {
                
    let mut fields = …;
                
    fields.sort_by_key(…);
                
    fields
                
};





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                  It makes fields immutable again.



                  fields was previously defined as mutable (let mut fields = …;), to be used with sort_by_key which sorts in-place and requires the target to be mutable. The author has chosen here to explicitly prevent further mutability.



                  "Downgrading" a mutable binding to immutable is quite common in Rust.



                  Another common way to do this is to use a block expression:



                  let fields = {
                  
    let mut fields = …;
                  
    fields.sort_by_key(…);
                  
    fields
                  
};





                  share|improve this answer















                  It makes fields immutable again.



                  fields was previously defined as mutable (let mut fields = …;), to be used with sort_by_key which sorts in-place and requires the target to be mutable. The author has chosen here to explicitly prevent further mutability.



                  "Downgrading" a mutable binding to immutable is quite common in Rust.



                  Another common way to do this is to use a block expression:



                  let fields = {
                  
    let mut fields = …;
                  
    fields.sort_by_key(…);
                  
    fields
                  
};






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