rust/src/test/run-pass/assignability-trait.rs

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// Tests that type assignability is used to search for instances when
// making method calls, but only if there aren't any matches without
// it.

trait iterable<A> {
    fn iterate(&self, blk: &fn(x: &A) -> bool) -> bool;
}

impl<'self,A> iterable<A> for &'self [A] {
    fn iterate(&self, f: &fn(x: &A) -> bool) -> bool {
        vec::each(*self, f)
    }
}

impl<A> iterable<A> for ~[A] {
    fn iterate(&self, f: &fn(x: &A) -> bool) -> bool {
        vec::each(*self, f)
    }
}

fn length<A, T: iterable<A>>(x: T) -> uint {
    let mut len = 0;
    for x.iterate() |_y| { len += 1 }
    return len;
}

pub fn main() {
    let x = ~[0,1,2,3];
    // Call a method
    for x.iterate() |y| { assert!(x[*y] == *y); }
    // Call a parameterized function
    assert_eq!(length(x.clone()), x.len());
    // Call a parameterized function, with type arguments that require
    // a borrow
    assert_eq!(length::<int, &[int]>(x), x.len());

    // Now try it with a type that *needs* to be borrowed
    let z = [0,1,2,3];
    // Call a method
    for z.iterate() |y| { assert!(z[*y] == *y); }
    // Call a parameterized function
    assert_eq!(length::<int, &[int]>(z), z.len());
}