Data Structuring

  • Structure types e.g. struct Name { x: u8, y: char }

  • Enumerated types e.g. enum Name { X, Y(char) }

Structs

  • Fairly standard structure syntax with colons

      struct Point {
          x: u64,
          y: u64,
      }
    

    initialized as they look

      let p = Point { x: 12, y: 20 };
    
  • Structs can have an "implementation"

      impl Point {
          fn x_coord(&self) -> u64 {
              self.x
          }
      }
    

    for OO-like syntax and vaguely OO semantics

      let px = p.x_coord()
    
  • "Tuple structs" are a thing:

      struct Point(u64, u64);
    

Enums

  • Fairly simple

      enum Color {
          Red,
          Green,
          Blue,
          Custom(f64, f64, f64),
      }
    
  • "Disjoint union" / "sum type": value of this type is one of the above. Note that variants can contain values

      let c = Color::Custom(0.7,0.5,0.3)
    
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