Implementation - Rust By Example
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# Implementation

Similar to functions, implementations require care to remain generic.

    # #![allow(unused_variables)]
    #fn main() {
    struct S; // Concrete type `S`
    struct GenericVal<T>(T); // Generic type `GenericVal`

    // impl of GenericVal where we explicitly specify type parameters:
    impl GenericVal<f32> {} // Specify `f32`
    impl GenericVal<S> {} // Specify `S` as defined above

    // `<T>` Must precede the type to remain generic
    impl<T> GenericVal<T> {}
    #}

    struct Val {
        val: f64,
    }

    struct GenVal<T> {
        gen_val: T,
    }

    // impl of Val
    impl Val {
        fn value(&self) -> &f64 {
            &self.val
        }
    }

    // impl of GenVal for a generic type `T`
    impl<T> GenVal<T> {
        fn value(&self) -> &T {
            &self.gen_val
        }
    }

    fn main() {
        let x = Val { val: 3.0 };
        let y = GenVal { gen_val: 3i32 };

        println!("{}, {}", x.value(), y.value());
    }

### See also:

functions returning references, `impl`, and `struct`