#![allow(unused_variables)] #[derive(Debug)] struct File { name: String, data: Vec, } impl File { fn new(name: &str) -> File { File { name: String::from(name), data: Vec::new(), } } fn new_with_data(name: &str, data: &Vec) -> 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) -> 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 = 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 = 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); }