From 7e8ee5ed9cad6484e9f13f81731b102ced58402e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Carpenter Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:14:04 -0400 Subject: Init. --- rust-book/lifetimes/src/main.rs | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100755 rust-book/lifetimes/src/main.rs (limited to 'rust-book/lifetimes/src') diff --git a/rust-book/lifetimes/src/main.rs b/rust-book/lifetimes/src/main.rs new file mode 100755 index 0000000..87b6ce6 --- /dev/null +++ b/rust-book/lifetimes/src/main.rs @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str { + // what this is doing is basically tagging x and y and the + // result with the same 'a, telling rust not to let any + // of them expire before the others; that way nothing + // will go out of scope prematurely and the result will + // always have a non-null reference + + // basically, 'a gives all three values the same lifetime. + // so long as they're all alive at the same time, there are + // no reference errors + + // note that the lifetime selected for the result is + // equal to the smaller of the lifetimes of the + // parameters + + if x.len() > y.len() { + x + } + else { + y + } +} + +struct ImportantExcerpt<'a> { + part: &'a str, +} + +fn main() { + let string1 = String::from("abcd"); + { + let string2 = "xyz"; + + let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2); + //dbg!(result); + } + + let script = String::from("Before time began, there was the cube. We know not where it comes from."); + let first_sentence = script.split('.') + .next() + .expect("Could not find a '.'"); + let i = ImportantExcerpt { part: first_sentence }; + dbg!(i.part); +} -- cgit v1.2.3