Primitive Type unit

The () type, sometimes called "unit" or "nil".

The () type has exactly one value (), and is used when there is no other meaningful value that could be returned. () is most commonly seen implicitly: functions without a -> ... implicitly have return type (), that is, these are equivalent:

fn long() -> () {}

fn short() {}

The semicolon ; can be used to discard the result of an expression at the end of a block, making the expression (and thus the block) evaluate to (). For example,

fn returns_i64() -> i64 {
    1i64
}
fn returns_unit() {
    1i64;
}

let is_i64 = {
    returns_i64()
};
let is_unit = {
    returns_i64();
};

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for ()

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl FromIterator<()> for ()

Collapses all unit items from an iterator into one.

This is more useful when combined with higher-level abstractions, like collecting to a Result<(), E> where you only care about errors:

use std::io::*;
let data = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let res: Result<()> = data.iter()
    .map(|x| writeln!(stdout(), "{}", x))
    .collect();
assert!(res.is_ok());

fn from_iter<I>(iter: I) where
    I: IntoIterator<Item = ()>, 

Creates a value from an iterator.

impl Hash for ()

fn hash<H>(&self, _state: &mut H) where
    H: Hasher, 

Feeds this value into the given [Hasher].

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H) where
    H: Hasher, 

Feeds a slice of this type into the given [Hasher].

impl Default for ()

fn default()

Returns the default value of ()

impl PartialOrd<()> for ()

fn partial_cmp(&self, &()) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl Ord for ()

fn cmp(&self, _other: &()) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

impl Eq for ()

impl PartialEq<()> for ()

fn eq(&self, _other: &()) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, _other: &()) -> bool

This method tests for !=.

impl Termination for ()

fn report(self) -> i32

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (termination_trait #43301)

Is called to get the representation of the value as status code. This status code is returned to the operating system.