Hi all,
Gettting this error below and tried multiple things, but not sure of the syntax to restrict the associated type
360 | fn get_value(&mut self, index: usize) -> OptionSelf::Item {
| ------------------ expected std::option::Option<f64> because of return type
361 | self.indicator.get_value(index)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected f64, found associated type
|
= note: expected enum std::option::Option<f64>
found enum std::option::Option<<T as traits::Indicator>::Item>
= help: consider constraining the associated type <T as traits::Indicator>::Item to f64
= note: for more information, visit Advanced Traits - The Rust Programming Language
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error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> src/lib.rs:20:9
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18 | fn get_value (&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Self::Item>
| ------------------ expected `Option<f64>` because of return type
19 | {
20 | self.indicator.get_value(index)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `f64`, found associated type
|
= note: expected enum `Option<f64>`
found enum `Option<<T as Indicator>::Item>`
= help: consider constraining the associated type `<T as Indicator>::Item` to `f64`
= note: for more information, visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html
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error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> src/lib.rs:20:9
|
18 | fn get_value (&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Self::Item>
| ------------------ expected `Option<f64>` because of return type
19 | {
20 | self.indicator.get_value(index)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `f64`, found associated type
|
= note: expected enum `Option<f64>`
found enum `Option<<T as Indicator>::Item>`
= help: consider constraining the associated type `<T as Indicator>::Item` to `f64`
= note: for more information, visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html
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Since we are lacking some context, I have inferred that your code may look like:
Indeed, the above code yields an error message very similar to yours:
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> src/lib.rs:21:9
|
19 | fn get_value (&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Self::Item>
| ------------------ expected `Option<f64>` because of return type
20 | {
21 | self.indicator.get_value(index)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `f64`, found associated type
|
= note: expected enum `Option<f64>`
found enum `Option<<T as Indicator>::Item>`
= help: consider constraining the associated type `<T as Indicator>::Item` to `f64`
= note: for more information, visit https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-advanced-traits.html
(The differences between the error messages may be due to different version of Rust being involved).
In that case, the issue is that the Wrapper has been specified to have an Item type of f64, even though its inner Indicator has no constraits on the return type.
In that case, depending on your needs, there are two ways to solve the compilation error.
Either you loosen the requirement that Wrapper yield f64s, and instead, let it return the same item type as its wrappeed .indicator: T:
impl<T : Indicator> Indicator for Wrapper<T> {
- type Item = f64;
+ type Item = T::Item;
fn get_value (&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<Self::Item>
{
self.indicator.get_value(index)
}
}
Hey @Yandros, thank you so much for the reply and sorry for the lack of context. Amazed at how perfectly you inferred the code and have nailed it to the T. Sorry was my first post in the forum and was not aware of the rules. Thanks so much for your help and God bless you.
Also some Rust Rant - One thing though I feel is that compiler could have pointed me to the syntax I should follow in the code rather than a bit of a cryptic message. Also, I feel, the compiler does suggest the issues, but when you make the changes, you see some other issues crop up, there should be a mode for the compiler to run multiple passes, assuming the changes it is suggesting and foresee.
Personally rustc is more helpful than any other compiler I've used... though it's true it took a little while to internalize some error patterns. Anyway, as good as I find them, the error messages are constantly being improved, so perhaps someone will see this and make the associated type equality bounds suggestion a machine-applicable error (i.e. with the explicit syntax demonstrated). Or you could file a feature request asking for such.
