Struct Block 

pub struct Block {
    pub index: usize,
    pub name: String,
    pub duration_hours: f64,
}

A load block within a stage, representing a sub-period with uniform demand and generation characteristics.

Blocks partition the stage duration into sub-periods (e.g., peak, off-peak, shoulder). Block IDs are contiguous within each stage, starting at 0. The block weight (fraction of stage duration) is derived from duration_hours and is not stored — it is computed on demand as duration_hours / sum(all block hours in stage).

Source: stages.json stages[].blocks[]. See Input Scenarios §1.5.

Fields

index: usize

0-based index within the parent stage. Matches the id field from stages.json, validated to be contiguous (0, 1, 2, …, n-1) during loading.

name: String

Human-readable block label (e.g., “LEVE”, “MEDIA”, “PESADA”).

duration_hours: f64

Duration of this block in hours. Must be positive. Validation: the sum of all block hours within a stage must equal the total stage duration in hours. See Input Scenarios §1.10, rule 3.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Block

fn clone(&self) -> Block

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Block

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl PartialEq for Block

fn eq(&self, other: &Block) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl StructuralPartialEq for Block