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+# ⚠️ wg-grammar has retired
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+Future work to establish an official grammar for Rust will likely be handled as part of the [Rust Specification](https://github.com/rust-lang/spec).
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+----
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 # wg-grammar
 
 This is the home for the Rust Grammar Working Group. The goal of the working