rustlings/exercises/19_smart_pointers/box1.rs
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// At compile time, Rust needs to know how much space a type takes up. This
// becomes problematic for recursive types, where a value can have as part of
// itself another value of the same type. To get around the issue, we can use a
// `Box` - a smart pointer used to store data on the heap, which also allows us
// to wrap a recursive type.
//
// The recursive type we're implementing in this exercise is the `cons list` - a
// data structure frequently found in functional programming languages. Each
// item in a cons list contains two elements: the value of the current item and
// the next item. The last item is a value called `Nil`.
//
// Step 1: use a `Box` in the enum definition to make the code compile
// Step 2: create both empty and non-empty cons lists by replacing `todo!()`
//
// Note: the tests should not be changed
#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
enum List {
Cons(i32, List),
Nil,
}
fn main() {
println!("This is an empty cons list: {:?}", create_empty_list());
println!(
"This is a non-empty cons list: {:?}",
create_non_empty_list()
);
}
fn create_empty_list() -> List {
todo!()
}
fn create_non_empty_list() -> List {
todo!()
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn test_create_empty_list() {
assert_eq!(List::Nil, create_empty_list());
}
#[test]
fn test_create_non_empty_list() {
assert_ne!(create_empty_list(), create_non_empty_list());
}
}