More conflicting implementation problems

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I'm again struggling with a conflicting implementation issue.

Using the IndependentSample trait from the rand crate, I have the following code:

pub trait SimpleSample { ... }

impl<T> SimpleSample for T where T: IndependentSample<f64> { ... }

impl SimpleSample for u32 { ... }

The compilation error is:

error[E0119]: conflicting implementations of trait `SimpleSample` for type `u32`:
15 | impl<T> SimpleSample for T where T: IndependentSample<f64> {
   | - first implementation here

22 | impl SimpleSample for u32 {
   | ^ conflicting implementation for `u32`

My understanding is that this second impl for u32 would only conflict if u32 : IndependentSample<f64>, which isn't the case. The docs for IndependentSample list several implementations, and none of them are for `u32. To prove this to myself I tried writing this small test function:

fn foo<T>(t: T) where T: IndependentSample<f64> {  }
foo(0u32)

and got the error:

the trait bound `u32: rand::distributions::IndependentSample<f64>` is not satisfied

So what am I missing? Why do I have a conflicting implementation?

Playground link with the full code

Thanks!

2

The error is present because the crate defining IndependentSample may start implementing it for u32 in the future. We do not want it to be a backwards incompatible change to implement a trait for a new type.

3

Ahh, i see, thanks! And because my SomeOtherTrait is defined within the same crate, so such problem exists. thanks for the explanation.