rust/src/libcore/util.rs
2012-08-02 14:31:58 -04:00

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/**
* Miscellaneous helpers for common patterns.
*/
/// The identity function.
pure fn id<T>(+x: T) -> T { x }
/**
* Swap the values at two mutable locations of the same type, without
* deinitialising or copying either one.
*/
fn swap<T>(x: &mut T, y: &mut T) {
*x <-> *y;
}
/**
* Replace the value at a mutable location with a new one, returning the old
* value, without deinitialising or copying either one.
*/
fn replace<T>(dest: &mut T, +src: T) -> T {
let mut tmp = src;
swap(dest, &mut tmp);
tmp
}
/// A non-copyable dummy type.
class noncopyable {
i: ();
new() { self.i = (); }
drop { }
}
mod tests {
#[test]
fn identity_crisis() {
// Writing a test for the identity function. How did it come to this?
let x = ~[{mut a: 5, b: false}];
assert x == id(copy x);
}
#[test]
fn test_swap() {
let mut x = 31337;
let mut y = 42;
swap(&mut x, &mut y);
assert x == 42;
assert y == 31337;
}
#[test]
fn test_replace() {
let mut x = some(noncopyable());
let y = replace(&mut x, none);
assert x.is_none();
assert y.is_some();
}
}