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We have a trait <code>Foo</code>:</p> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">trait</span> <span class="ident">Foo</span> { <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">bar</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="self">self</span>); <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">baz</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="self">self</span>); }<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0Atrait%20Foo%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20bar(%26self)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20baz(%26self)%3B%0A%7D%0A%7D">Run</a></pre> <p>We want to implement <code>Foo</code> on one of our types, but we also want to work on just <code>bar()</code> first. In order for our code to compile, we need to implement <code>baz()</code>, so we can use <code>unimplemented!</code>:</p> <pre class="rust rust-example-rendered"> <span class="kw">struct</span> <span class="ident">MyStruct</span>; <span class="kw">impl</span> <span class="ident">Foo</span> <span class="kw">for</span> <span class="ident">MyStruct</span> { <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">bar</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="self">self</span>) { <span class="comment">// implementation goes here</span> } <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">baz</span>(<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="self">self</span>) { <span class="comment">// let's not worry about implementing baz() for now</span> <span class="macro">unimplemented</span><span class="macro">!</span>(); } } <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">main</span>() { <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">s</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">MyStruct</span>; <span class="ident">s</span>.<span class="ident">bar</span>(); <span class="comment">// we aren't even using baz() yet, so this is fine.</span> }<a class="test-arrow" target="_blank" href="https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%23!%5Ballow(unused)%5D%0Atrait%20Foo%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20bar(%26self)%3B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20baz(%26self)%3B%0A%7D%0Astruct%20MyStruct%3B%0A%0Aimpl%20Foo%20for%20MyStruct%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20bar(%26self)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2F%2F%20implementation%20goes%20here%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20%20%20fn%20baz(%26self)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2F%2F%20let's%20not%20worry%20about%20implementing%20baz()%20for%20now%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20unimplemented!()%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%0Afn%20main()%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20let%20s%20%3D%20MyStruct%3B%0A%20%20%20%20s.bar()%3B%0A%0A%20%20%20%20%2F%2F%20we%20aren't%20even%20using%20baz()%20yet%2C%20so%20this%20is%20fine.%0A%7D%0A">Run</a></pre> </div></section> <section id='search' class="content hidden"></section> <section class="footer"></section> <aside id="help" class="hidden"> <div> <h1 class="hidden">Help</h1> <div class="shortcuts"> <h2>Keyboard Shortcuts</h2> <dl> <dt><kbd>?</kbd></dt> <dd>Show this help dialog</dd> <dt><kbd>S</kbd></dt> <dd>Focus the search field</dd> <dt><kbd>↑</kbd></dt> <dd>Move up in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↓</kbd></dt> <dd>Move down in search results</dd> <dt><kbd>↹</kbd></dt> <dd>Switch tab</dd> <dt><kbd>⏎</kbd></dt> <dd>Go to active search result</dd> <dt><kbd>+</kbd></dt> <dd>Expand all sections</dd> <dt><kbd>-</kbd></dt> <dd>Collapse all sections</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="infos"> <h2>Search Tricks</h2> <p> Prefix searches with a type followed by a colon (e.g. <code>fn:</code>) to restrict the search to a given type. </p> <p> Accepted types are: <code>fn</code>, <code>mod</code>, <code>struct</code>, <code>enum</code>, <code>trait</code>, <code>type</code>, <code>macro</code>, and <code>const</code>. </p> <p> Search functions by type signature (e.g. <code>vec -> usize</code> or <code>* -> vec</code>) </p> </div> </div> </aside> <script> window.rootPath = "../"; window.currentCrate = "std"; </script> <script src="../main.js"></script> <script defer src="../search-index.js"></script> </body> </html>