Statically check that one of args is Some?

[levitanus]

fn make_line(
    start: Position,
    end: impl Into<Option<Position>>,
    length: impl Into<Option<Length>>
) -> Line;

Is it possible to statically express, that one of optional args is mandatory? Now I can see only option in runtime panic:

fn make_line(
    start: Position,
    end: impl Into<Option<Position>>,
    length: impl Into<Option<Length>>)
 -> Line{
    let length = match end {
        None => match length {
            None => panic!("one of args has to be specipied!"),
            Some(x) => x,
        },
        Some(x) => x,
   };
}

[alice]

You can use an enum:

enum EndArg {
    EndPosition(Position),
    Length(Length),
}

impl From<Position> for EndArg {
    fn from(pos: Position) -> EndArg {
        EndArg::EndPosition(pos)
    }
}
impl From<Length> for EndArg {
    fn from(len: Length) -> EndArg {
        EndArg::Length(len)
    }
}

fn make_line(
    start: Position,
    end: impl Into<EndArg>,
) -> Line;

This way, you can pass either a position or length.

[alice]

Actually, this is probably a better option:

trait GetLength {
    fn to_length(self, start: Position) -> Length;
}

impl GetLength for Position {
    fn to_length(self, start: Position) -> Length {
        self - start
    }
}

impl GetLength for Length {
    fn to_length(self, _start: Position) -> Length {
        self
    }
}

fn make_line(
    start: Position,
    end: impl GetLength,
) -> Line;

[levitanus]

Maybe, thanks!

But something bothers me in implementing trait for an arbitrary argument... Have to test, what suits better. Thank You for help!

[alice]

Of course, there's another option you should also consider:

fn make_line(start: Position, length: Length) -> Line {

Then if someone has two positions, they can just call it like this:

make_line(start, end - start)

This is a lot simpler than introducing new enums or traits.