X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/rust-101.git/blobdiff_plain/369875f931d841112dd2b6651fc968bb6c569cdb..35c4d2161ea07cfbb4085d7e5242ab9939889afa:/src/part02.rs?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/src/part02.rs b/src/part02.rs index 12faed8..e4f50be 100644 --- a/src/part02.rs +++ b/src/part02.rs @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ // Rust-101, Part 02: Generic types, Traits // ======================================== -use std; - -// Let us for a moment reconsider the type `NumberOrNothing`. Isn't it a bit -// annoying that we had to hard-code the type `i32` in there? What if tomorrow, -// we want a `CharOrNothing`, and later a `FloatOrNothing`? Certainly we don't -// want to re-write the type and all its inherent methods. +// Let us for a moment reconsider the type `NumberOrNothing`. Isn't it a bit annoying that we +// had to hard-code the type `i32` in there? What if tomorrow, we want a `CharOrNothing`, and +// later a `FloatOrNothing`? Certainly we don't want to re-write the type and all its inherent methods. // ## Generic datatypes @@ -24,9 +21,8 @@ pub use self::SomethingOrNothing::*; // `SomethingOrNothing` to get back our `NumberOrNothing`. type NumberOrNothing = SomethingOrNothing; // However, we can also write `SomethingOrNothing` or even `SomethingOrNothing>`. -// In fact, such a type is so useful that it is already present in the standard -// library: It's called an *option type*, written `Option`. -// Go check out its [documentation](http://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/option/index.html)! +// In fact, such a type is so useful that it is already present in the standard library: It's called an +// *option type*, written `Option`. Go check out its [documentation](http://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/option/index.html)! // (And don't worry, there's indeed lots of material mentioned there that we did not cover yet.) // ## Generic `impl`, Static functions @@ -116,7 +112,7 @@ pub fn vec_min(v: Vec) -> SomethingOrNothing { // To make the function usable with a `Vec`, we implement the `Minimum` trait for `i32`. impl Minimum for i32 { fn min(self, b: Self) -> Self { - std::cmp::min(self, b) + if self < b { self } else { b } } } @@ -146,4 +142,7 @@ pub fn main() { // If this printed `3`, then you generic `vec_min` is working! So get ready for the next part. +// **Exercise 02.2**: Change your program such that it computes the minimum of a `Vec` (where `f32` is the type +// of 32-bit floating-point numbers). You should not change `vec_min` in any way, obviously! + // [index](main.html) | [previous](part01.html) | [next](part03.html)