Rust by Example

How about when we want to reuse a specific Result type many times? Recall that Rust allows us to create aliases. Conveniently, we can define one for the specific Result in question.

At a module level, creating aliases can be particularly helpful. Errors found in a specific module often have the same Err type, so a single alias can succinctly define all associated Results. This is so useful that the std library even supplies one: io::Result!

Here's a quick example to show off the syntax:

use std::num::ParseIntError;

// Define a generic alias for a `Result` with the error type `ParseIntError`.

type AliasedResult = Result;

// Use the above alias to refer to our specific `Result` type.

fn multiply(first_number_str: &str, second_number_str: &str) -> AliasedResult {

first_number_str.parse::().and_then(|first_number| {

second_number_str.parse::().map(|second_number| first_number * second_number)

})

}

// Here, the alias again allows us to save some space.

fn print(result: AliasedResult) {

match result {

Ok(n)  => println!("n is {}", n),

Err(e) => println!("Error: {}", e),

}

}

fn main() {

print(multiply("10", "2"));

print(multiply("t", "2"));

}

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