This document is a style guide for the usage of the Rust programming language at Google. In this context, “style” refers to more than just formatting; it includes guidance on API and implementation design.
Rust is used in many places, including google3, Android, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, and Chrome, and we’d like for Rust usage at Google to be consistent both within and across codebases. In addition to bringing consistency to our Rust code, style guidance also helps establish a standard of quality.
By and large, we have this document for the same reasons we have a C++ style guide.
We expect our code to be around for long periods of time, and we consider a little bit of extra effort applied during code writing to be worth it in the long run if the style rule improves readability.
