https://errorvault.dev/tags/module/Recent content in Module on ErrorVault — Developer Error Code DictionaryHugoen-usWed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://errorvault.dev/rust/rust-e0001-expected-item-found-semicolon/Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://errorvault.dev/rust/rust-e0001-expected-item-found-semicolon/<h1 id="fix-e0001-expected-item-found-semicolon-in-rust-module">Fix E0001: Expected item, found semicolon in Rust module</h1> <h2 id="1-symptoms">1. Symptoms</h2> <p>Rust compiler error <code>E0001</code> manifests during parsing when a semicolon (<code>;</code>) appears in a context expecting a top-level <em>item</em>. Items in Rust include functions (<code>fn</code>), structs (<code>struct</code>), enums (<code>enum</code>), modules (<code>mod</code>), traits (<code>trait</code>), impl blocks (<code>impl</code>), constants (<code>const</code>), and statics (<code>static</code>).</p> <p>The error message typically looks like this:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#282a36;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span>error[E0001]: expected item, found `;` </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> --&gt; src/main.rs:3:1 </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> | </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>3 | ; </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> | ^ expected item </span></span></code></pre></div><p>This occurs at module scope (file or <code>mod</code> block level), not inside functions where statements are allowed.</p>