Module std::convert 1.0.0
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Traits for conversions between types.
The traits in this module provide a general way to talk about conversions
from one type to another. They follow the standard Rust conventions of
as
/into
/from
.
Like many traits, these are often used as bounds for generic functions, to support arguments of multiple types.
- Implement the
As*
traits for reference-to-reference conversions - Implement the
Into
trait when you want to consume the value in the conversion - The
From
trait is the most flexible, useful for value and reference conversions - The
TryFrom
andTryInto
traits behave likeFrom
andInto
, but allow for the conversion to fail
As a library author, you should prefer implementing From<T>
or
TryFrom<T>
rather than Into<U>
or TryInto<U>
,
as From
and TryFrom
provide greater flexibility and offer
equivalent Into
or TryInto
implementations for free, thanks to a
blanket implementation in the standard library.
Generic Implementations
AsRef
andAsMut
auto-dereference if the inner type is a referenceFrom
<U> for T
impliesInto
<T> for U
TryFrom
<U> for T
impliesTryInto
<T> for U
From
andInto
are reflexive, which means that all types caninto
themselves andfrom
themselves
See each trait for usage examples.
Enums
Infallible |
[ Experimental ] A type used as the error type for implementations of fallible conversion traits in cases where conversions cannot actually fail. |
Traits
AsMut |
A cheap, mutable reference-to-mutable reference conversion. |
AsRef |
A cheap reference-to-reference conversion. Used to convert a value to a reference value within generic code. |
From |
Simple and safe type conversions in to |
Into |
A conversion that consumes |
TryFrom |
[ Experimental ] Attempt to construct |
TryInto |
[ Experimental ] An attempted conversion that consumes |