Radar · Rust · Archive · Week 14 · Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2026
Update thread-request box to be less leading and more helpful
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- What changed
- The RFC thread‑request box was rewritten to encourage review‑comment threads over direct comments.
- Production impact
- The source does not say.
- Try it
- Open an RFC on GitHub and practice adding a review‑comment thread instead of a direct comment.
- Source
- github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3942
Understand it, then run it
The change updates the message that appears on the RFC review page. It replaces the old wording that said “try to use inline review comments” with a new sentence that says “please use review comment threads on the text changes instead of direct comments.” The new text also explains how to create a thread when you don’t have a specific section to comment on. The goal is to make the instructions clearer and less prescriptive.
Run it now
// This program demonstrates the current behavior of the RFC thread‑request box.
// Since the change only updates UI text, we cannot programmatically show it.
// Instead, we print the new instruction text to illustrate what a user would see.
fn main() {
// New instruction shown on the RFC review page
println!("Since RFCs involve many conversations at once that can be difficult to follow, please use review comment threads on the text changes instead of direct comments on the RFC.");
println!("If you don't have a particular section of the RFC to comment on, you can click on the \"Comment on this file\" button on the top-right corner of the diff, to the right of the \"Viewed\" checkbox. This will create a separate thread even if others have commented on the file too.");
}
What it printed when we ran it on Rust 1.98.1 (edition 2024)
Since RFCs involve many conversations at once that can be difficult to follow, please use review comment threads on the text changes instead of direct comments on the RFC. If you don't have a particular section of the RFC to comment on, you can click on the "Comment on this file" button on the top-right corner of the diff, to the right of the "Viewed" checkbox. This will create a separate thread even if others have commented on the file too.
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