Repo Code vs Manning Zip: Which one to use?

[tajmone]

Hi Tim!

Rust in Action recently went from MEAP to final release, but I've noticed that this repository doesn't always match the code examples mentioned in the book.

E.g., in §2.1.1 Compiling single files with rustc it says:

You’ll find the source code for listing 2.1 in the file ch2/ok.rs

But the file ch2/ok.rs is only found in the code downloaded from Manning, not in this repo (see PR #34).

The Zip code from Manning is from MEAP 12 of the book. So I was wondering:

• Which should be the best code reference for the book, the Zip from Manning or this repository?
• Will the repository be updated to mirror the final book? or is the code of the repository being developed independently?

[timClicks]

It's strange to hear that Manning hasn't updated the .zip file.

I will create the ok.rs file. I omitted it because I thought that it was too trivial. Sorry for the confusion!

[tajmone]

It's strange to hear that Manning hasn't updated the .zip file.

Something didn't quite go right at Manning with the final book release, when I received the first email announcing Rust in Action went out of MEAP, the ePub download was OK but the PDF would still produce the MEAP 16, and the code Zip is still MEAP 12. I wrote to them about it, and after a few weeks got a second email announcing for the book, and now the PDF was fixed.

I will create the ok.rs file. I omitted it because I thought that it was too trivial. Sorry for the confusion!

I was really asking more out of concern about which code should be used, since the Zip from Manning is still marked as MEAP 12, but having seen a missing referenced file here I wasn't sure. Also, I noticed the sources in this repo also contain comments with AsciiDoc callouts in the sources, so I thought this repo was more your source folder for building the book.