Merge pull request #38 from bzindovic/part04-variable-type-patch

[rust-101.git] / src / part03.rs

diff --git a/src/part03.rs b/src/part03.rs
index 44431e6da35c2b25376b0c5f4ddac9a7e0a61089..b81bbc371cd7c3a8c2dc3d16de6c83a58d08a319 100644 (file)
--- a/src/part03.rs
+++ b/src/part03.rs
@@ -99,9 +99,10 @@ pub fn main() {
     min.print();                                                    /*@*/
 }
 
     min.print();                                                    /*@*/
 }
 

-// **Exercise 03.1**: Define a trait `Print` to write a generic version of
-// `SomethingOrNothing::print`.
-// Implement that trait for `i32`, and change the code above to use it.
+// **Exercise 03.1**: The goal is to write a generic version of `SomethingOrNothing::print`.
+// To this end, define a trait `Print` that provides (simple) generic printing, and implement
+// that trait for `i32`. Then define `SomethingOrNothing::print2` to use that trait, and change
+// `main` above to use the new generic `print2` function.

 // I will again provide a skeleton for this solution. It also shows how to attach bounds to generic
 // implementations (just compare it to the `impl` block from the previous exercise).
 // You can read this as "For all types `T` satisfying the `Print` trait, I provide an implementation
 // I will again provide a skeleton for this solution. It also shows how to attach bounds to generic
 // implementations (just compare it to the `impl` block from the previous exercise).
 // You can read this as "For all types `T` satisfying the `Print` trait, I provide an implementation


@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ pub fn main() {
 pub trait Print {
     /* Add things here */
 }
 pub trait Print {
     /* Add things here */
 }

+impl Print for i32 {
+    /* Add things here */
+}

 impl<T: Print> SomethingOrNothing<T> {
     fn print2(self) {
         unimplemented!()
 impl<T: Print> SomethingOrNothing<T> {
     fn print2(self) {
         unimplemented!()