[Manishearth]

I mean, yeah, but you can say the exact same thing about braces in C. Rust lets you use explicit return all the time (with semicolons everywhere), if you want to. C lets you use explicit braces all the time, if you want to.

Rust also lets you use expression returns by omitting semicolons, which is a common programming style. C also lets you omit braces, which is a common programming style. Being common programming styles, you have to deal with them often. Both are a bit confusing to wrap your head around at first. I find that Rust's confusingness is fine because you can't goof up with it; the compiler will error if you do. C on the other hand will happily let you mess up your braces and still compile.

Again, this is different, not worse.