Hey all, How can you implement the typestate pattern with generic types instead of an enum for a linked list? Would this have any performance impact? Here is some minimal example: enum EnumVariant { A, B, } impl EnumVariant { /// abstract example for the funct…

if your collection allows you to store structs at different states then you need a runtime check for what state and element is in (or you could do it with dynamic dispatch but that's probably way messier for almost all scenarios) in this case typestate pattern cannot reduce boilerplate and will mos…

wow - that was a quick answer and that's a nice concept. Thanks for the support :slightly_smiling_face: So the StateMachine takes care of the Type.

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fabifabifabi June 17, 2026, 12:56pm 3

wow - that was a quick answer and that's a nice concept. Thanks for the support

So the StateMachine takes care of the Type.

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