I am trying to impl the Add trait for a vector-like type with wrap around indexing. I want (a + b) to return a vector whose length is the maximum of the lengths of a and b. Here's my attempt which fails.
It doesn't like my const max(M,N), says "expected lifetime, type, or constant, found keyword const". I tried it first without the const and it said "not a type". I tried to extract it by writing const P: usize = max(M,N);, but it says "not a member of trait 'Add'". So, is it possible to return a type with length max of M and N?
Const values are substituted into generic parameters using the {expr} syntax. Furthermore, in order to perform operations on const generic parameters, you will need the nightly toolchain with the generic_const_exprs feature:
#![feature(generic_const_exprs)]
use core::ops::Add;
use num_traits::Float;
const fn max(x: usize, y: usize) -> usize {
if x < y { y } else { x }
}
struct ChanVec<T, const N: usize>([T; N]);
impl<T, const M: usize, const N: usize> Add<&ChanVec<T, N>> for &ChanVec<T, M>
where
T: Float,
[(); max(M, N)]:,
{
type Output = ChanVec<T, {max(M, N)}>;
fn add(self, b: &ChanVec<T, N>) -> Self::Output {
todo!()
}
}
it just means that the value is small enough to fit in an allocation. Const values have to be constrained somehow, for some technical reason that I haven't yet bothered to fully go after and understand.