crate.io docs.rs lib.rs This crate makes it more ergonomic to use arbitrary integer types as indices. This is especially important for programs where indices are dictated by an external standard. Another reason could be platform or performance requirements due to which usize is the wrong choice. Wi…

Thanks. This is much cleaner than the simple, limited-utility macro_rules macro that I created as my first macro in Rust when I tired of the many, ugly as usize casts in my first serious code.

Thanks for finding that thread for me, the crate was indeed very much inspired by its discussion. I'm also going to page @fintelia who also had a fight with this inconvenience. There have also been a few threads on internals. Any sort of adding integer converters (traits) felt motivated in non-negli…

[image] zicklag: @ZiCog , this looks like it would help some of that code you were messing with in "as" considered harmful? . Thanks for the heads up on this. Yes, it looks like it could be very useful in such situations. As it happens, the code I was "messing" with that caused me ask "'as' …

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@ZiCog, this looks like it would help some of that code you were messing with in "as" considered harmful? .

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