[Solved] Example of Rust By Example can not be built with Rust 2018 Edition

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Hi.
The following two examples of Rust By Example succeeded in building on Rust 2015 Edition, but failed to build on 2018 Edition. And I did not understand how to solve it.
How do you get to succeed in building with 2018 Edition?

error: expected one of `:` or `@`, found `,`
 --> src/main.rs:6:26
  |
6 |     fn contains(&self, &A, &B) -> bool; // Explicitly requires `A` and `B`.
  |                          ^ expected one of `:` or `@` here

error[E0407]: method `contains` is not a member of trait `Contains`
  --> src/main.rs:13:5
   |
13 | /     fn contains(&self, number_1: &i32, number_2: &i32) -> bool {
14 | |         (&self.0 == number_1) && (&self.1 == number_2)
15 | |     }
   | |_____^ not a member of trait `Contains`

error[E0599]: no method named `contains` found for type `Container` in the current scope
  --> src/main.rs:39:19
   |
1  | struct Container(i32, i32);
   | --------------------------- method `contains` not found for this
...
39 |         container.contains(&number_1, &number_2));
   |                   ^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: items from traits can only be used if the trait is implemented and in scope
   = note: the following trait defines an item `contains`, perhaps you need to implement it:
           candidate #1: `std::ops::RangeBounds`

error: aborting due to 3 previous errors

Some errors occurred: E0407, E0599.
For more information about an error, try `rustc --explain E0407`.
error: Could not compile `rust_by_example`.

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose.
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You can put _: before &A and &B to get rid of the error.

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Anonymous parameters are no longer allowed in trait method declarations.

You can read about it here.

As @RustyYato says you can use an underscore as a replacement for variable names you don't care about, eg.

fn contains(&self, _: &A, _: &B) -> bool;

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@RustyYato, @harmic.
I could build it and I understood the reason why I had to change it.
Thanks for your advice!:smiley:

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Hi guys, one more Rust by Example fails to build with Rust 2018: Visibility - Rust By Example

The solution is written in the error:

error: relative paths are not supported in visibilities on 2018 edition
--> src/main.rs:33:16
|
33 | pub(in my_mod) fn public_function_in_my_mod() {
| ^^^^^^ help: try: crate::my_mod

I'm leaving this here so that it gets indexed for the next guy who doesn't read the whole error message :slight_smile:

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