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+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct File {
+  name: String,
+  data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl File {
+  fn new(name: &str) -> File {
+    File {                     
+      name: String::from(name),  
+      data: Vec::new(),        
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn new_with_data(name: &str, data: &Vec<u8>) -> File { // <1> This method has snuck in to deal with cases where we want to simulate cases where a file has pre-existing data
+    let mut f = File::new(name);
+    f.data = data.clone();
+    f
+  }
+
+  fn read(self: &File, save_to: &mut Vec<u8>) -> usize { // <2> The `f` argument has been replaced with `self` 
+    let mut tmp = self.data.clone();
+    let read_length = tmp.len();
+    save_to.reserve(read_length);
+    save_to.append(&mut tmp);
+    read_length
+  }
+}
+
+fn open(f: &mut File) -> bool { // <3> These two can remain as-in until we've looked at error handling 
+  true 
+}
+
+fn close(f: &mut File) -> bool { // <3>
+  true
+}
+
+fn main() {
+  let f3_data: Vec<u8> = vec![114, 117, 115, 116, 33]; // <4> An explicit type needs to be provided, as `vec!` can't infer the necessary type through the function boundary
+  let mut f3 = File::new_with_data("2.txt", &f3_data); 
+
+  let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+
+  open(&mut f3);
+  let f3_length = f3.read(&mut buffer); // <5> Here is the the change in the calling code 
+  close(&mut f3);
+  
+  let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer);
+
+  println!("{:?}", f3);
+  println!("{} is {} bytes long", &f3.name, f3_length);
+  println!("{}", text);
+}
+\ No newline at end of file