Hi, I'm new to Rust, currently trying out a few simple tests to get a handle on things.
I have a few questions about linked lists. I see there are two list modules in extra, one for ~ pointers and one for @ pointers. (I'm using the current trunk rather than 0.7 if that makes a difference.) The interfaces between the two look quite different however. Is this because one is newer and the other hasn't caught up yet, or are the differences by design and the two interfaces will stay more or less as they are? In extra::list, I don't see methods to append or remove a single element. Intentional or todo? In extra::dlist, there are methods to remove the back or front element, but not an arbitrary link? On a related note, I'd be interested to read about implementing data structures in Rust. The examples of structs in the tutorial are mostly very simple (Point, Circle, etc). The use of Rust's pointers get much more complicated when dealing with non-tree structures. For example, extra::dlist uses raw pointers rather than @ pointers for links. An overview of what the tradeoffs look like (code clarity, memory-leak/memory-corruption issues, performance numbers, memory usage) and some cookbook patterns could be quite helpful. Thanks, -Nicholas _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
