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2013-03-02 Thread Patrick Walton
On 3/2/13 4:48 PM, Renato Lenzi wrote: Hi there. How can i cast from int to float? that is: let x = 3 let mut f = 3.0 f = f * x this doesn't work... i have to change from int to float... is this possible? Use `as`; e.g. `f = f * (x as float)`. Patrick

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2013-03-02 Thread Renato Lenzi
Hi there. How can i cast from int to float? that is: let x = 3 let mut f = 3.0 f = f * x this doesn't work... i have to change from int to float... is this possible? Thx in advance. ___ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org

Re: [rust-dev] rust unit testing

2013-03-02 Thread Brian Anderson
On 03/02/2013 07:39 AM, David Siefert wrote: Wow--thanks for everyone responding so quickly and helping out! This solves my problem--how can I update the documentation for at least version 0.5? The documentation is in the markdown files in doc/, and the docs on the website are automatically

Re: [rust-dev] How to use concat_idents! properly

2013-03-02 Thread Ashish Myles
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Ashish Myles wrote: > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Paul Stansifer > wrote: >> >> `concat_idents!` is currently broken, and it's my fault. Here's a >> discussion of how it might be fixed in the future: >> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-February

Re: [rust-dev] How to use concat_idents! properly

2013-03-02 Thread Ashish Myles
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Paul Stansifer wrote: > > `concat_idents!` is currently broken, and it's my fault. Here's a > discussion of how it might be fixed in the future: > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-February/003170.html Sadly, > there is no workaround. Perhaps it shoul

Re: [rust-dev] How to use concat_idents! properly

2013-03-02 Thread Paul Stansifer
`concat_idents!` is currently broken, and it's my fault. Here's a discussion of how it might be fixed in the future: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-February/003170.htmlSadly, there is no workaround. Perhaps it should be removed so that it stops confusing people? Paul

[rust-dev] How to use concat_idents! properly

2013-03-02 Thread Ashish Myles
So far, I have had a difficult time finding anything definitive on this except for some rust test code. fn main() { // PART 1: works (from rust test code) let asdf_fdsa = ~"<.<"; io::println(concat_idents!(asd, f_f, dsa)); io::println(stringify!(use_mention_distinction)); // P

Re: [rust-dev] rust unit testing

2013-03-02 Thread David Siefert
Wow--thanks for everyone responding so quickly and helping out! This solves my problem--how can I update the documentation for at least version 0.5? Thanks, David On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Niko Matsakis wrote: > You need to include "extern mod std;" at the top of your program. This > wi

Re: [rust-dev] rust unit testing

2013-03-02 Thread Niko Matsakis
You need to include "extern mod std;" at the top of your program.  This will link in the standard library (as opposed to the core lib).  I think that in modern versions of the compiler (i.e., the trunk) this is automatic, or at least has a better error message, but I am not sure. Niko