// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. struct Vec2 { x: float, y: float } // methods we want to export as methods as well as operators impl Vec2 { #[inline(always)] fn vmul(self, other: float) -> Vec2 { Vec2 { x: self.x * other, y: self.y * other } } } // Right-hand-side operator visitor pattern trait RhsOfVec2Mul { fn mul_vec2_by(&self, lhs: &Vec2) -> Result; } // Vec2's implementation of Mul "from the other side" using the above trait impl> Mul for Vec2 { fn mul(&self, rhs: &Rhs) -> Res { rhs.mul_vec2_by(self) } } // Implementation of 'float as right-hand-side of Vec2::Mul' impl RhsOfVec2Mul for float { fn mul_vec2_by(&self, lhs: &Vec2) -> Vec2 { lhs.vmul(*self) } } // Usage with failing inference pub fn main() { let a = Vec2 { x: 3f, y: 4f }; // the following compiles and works properly let v1: Vec2 = a * 3f; printfln!("%f %f", v1.x, v1.y); // the following compiles but v2 will not be Vec2 yet and // using it later will cause an error that the type of v2 // must be known let v2 = a * 3f; printfln!("%f %f", v2.x, v2.y); // error regarding v2's type }