Rust for C-Programmers

2.15 Code Conventions and Style

2.15.1 Formatting

• 4 spaces for indentation (by convention).
• Use rustfmt and cargo fmt for automated formatting.

2.15.2 Naming Conventions

• Variables/Functions: snake_case
• Constants/Statics: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
• Types/Traits/Enums: PascalCase
• Crates/Modules: snake_case

2.15.3 Comparison with C

Style varies widely in C. Rust's community uses more standardized, tool-enforced conventions.