Crate bounded_integer[−][src]

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This crate provides two types of bounded integer.

Macro-generated bounded integers

The bounded_integer! macro allows you to define your own bounded integer type, given a specific range it inhabits. For example:

bounded_integer! {
    struct MyInteger { 0..8 }
}
let num = MyInteger::new(5).unwrap();
assert_eq!(num, 5);

This macro supports both structs and enums. See the examples module for the documentation of generated types.

Const generics-based bounded integers

You can also create ad-hoc bounded integers via types in this library that use const generics, for example:

let num = <BoundedU8<0, 7>>::new(5).unwrap();
assert_eq!(num, 5);

These integers are shorter to use as they don’t require a type declaration or explicit name, and they interoperate better with other integers that have different ranges. However due to the limits of const generics, they do not implement some traits like Default.

`no_std`

All the integers in this crate depend only on libcore and so work in #![no_std] environments.

Crate Features

By default, no crate features are enabled.

macro: Enable the bounded_integer! macro.
types: Enable the bounded integer types that use const generics.
serde: Implement Serialize and Deserialize for the bounded integers, making sure all values will never be out of bounds.
step_trait: Implement the Step trait which allows the bounded integers to be easily used in ranges. This will require you to use nightly and place #![feature(step_trait)] in your crate root if you use the macro.