How to compare enum variables of two different enums

[Trivenu]

enum data {
    val = 2
}
enum v {
    v1 = 2
}
impl PartialEq for data {
 fn eq(&self,other:&data) -> bool {
     self == other
 }   
}
fn main() {
    let mut x = data::val;
    
    let mut y = v::v1;
    
    if x == y {
        println!("equal");
    }
   // println!("{}",x.val);
}

The above code generates an error

[alice]

Please edit your post to use code blocks.

```
// your code here
```

[alice]

The easiest is to cast them to integers.

if x as u32 == y as u32 {
    println!("equal");
}

[Trivenu]

Standard Error

   Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
warning: type `data` should have an upper camel case name
 --> src/main.rs:2:6
  |
2 | enum data {
  |      ^^^^ help: convert the identifier to upper camel case: `Data`
  |
  = note: `#[warn(non_camel_case_types)]` on by default

warning: variant `val` should have an upper camel case name
 --> src/main.rs:3:5
  |
3 |     val = 2
  |     ^^^ help: convert the identifier to upper camel case (notice the capitalization): `Val`

warning: type `v` should have an upper camel case name
 --> src/main.rs:6:6
  |
6 | enum v {
  |      ^ help: convert the identifier to upper camel case (notice the capitalization): `V`

warning: variant `v1` should have an upper camel case name
 --> src/main.rs:7:5
  |
7 |     v1 = 2
  |     ^^ help: convert the identifier to upper camel case (notice the capitalization): `V1`

error[E0308]: mismatched types
  --> src/main.rs:21:13
   |
21 |     if x == y {
   |             ^ expected enum `data`, found enum `v`

error: aborting due to previous error

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.
error: could not compile `playground`.

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose.

[alice]

You should probably fix the warnings about naming.

[Trivenu]

How to implement PartialEq Trait on the enum.
My implementation is wrong???

[Trivenu]

error[E0308]: mismatched types
  --> src/main.rs:21:13
   |
21 |     if x == y {
   |             ^ expected enum `data`, found enum `v

[alice]

Your PartialEq allows you to compare data with data. It doesn't allow comparison of data with v. Additionally you are using == in your implementation, which will cause an infinite loop, since == just uses the PartialEq implementation.

Here's how you can allow comparison between the different kinds of enums:

impl PartialEq<V> for Data {
    fn eq(&self, other: &V) -> bool {
        *self as u32 == *other as u32
    }
}

impl PartialEq<Data> for V {
    fn eq(&self, other: &Data) -> bool {
        *self as u32 == *other as u32
    }
}

click here to see full example

[Trivenu]

what is the *self and *other returns???
it is same as de-reference concept in c-programming???

[alice]

Yes, it turns a &Data into a Data, which is required before we can cast the enum to an integer. Note that it depends on the #[derive(Copy)], and without it, you could not do that dereference.

[Trivenu]

enum Data {
    val = 2
}

enum V {
    v1 = 2
}

impl PartialEq<V> for Data {
    fn eq(&self, other: &V) -> bool {
        *self as u32 == *other as u32
    }
}

impl PartialEq<Data> for V {
    fn eq(&self, other: &Data) -> bool {
        *self as u32 == *other as u32
    }
} 

fn main() {
    let mut x = Data::val;
    
    let mut y = V::v1;
    
    if x == y {
        println!("equal");
    }
   // println!("{}",x.val);
}

[Trivenu]

Throws an error

error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*self` which is behind a shared reference
  --> src/main.rs:11:9
   |
11 |         *self as u32 == *other as u32
   |         ^^^^^ move occurs because `*self` has type `Data`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait

error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*other` which is behind a shared reference
  --> src/main.rs:11:25
   |
11 |         *self as u32 == *other as u32
   |                         ^^^^^^ move occurs because `*other` has type `V`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait

error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*self` which is behind a shared reference
  --> src/main.rs:17:9
   |
17 |         *self as u32 == *other as u32
   |         ^^^^^ move occurs because `*self` has type `V`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait

error[E0507]: cannot move out of `*other` which is behind a shared reference
  --> src/main.rs:17:25
   |
17 |         *self as u32 == *other as u32
   |                         ^^^^^^ move occurs because `*other` has type `Data`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait

[alice]

If you click my link, you will see that I added #[derive(Copy, Clone)] to the enums. As I mentioned in the previous comment, this is necessary, as you otherwise can't copy them with a dereference.

[Trivenu]

Thank u