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# generic-array
This crate implements generic array types for Rust.
[Documentation](http://fizyk20.github.io/generic-array/generic_array/)
## Usage
The Rust arrays `[T; N]` are problematic in that they can't be used generically with respect to `N`, so for example this won't work:
```rust
struct Foo<N> {
data: [i32; N]
}
```
**generic-array** defines a new trait `ArrayLength<T>` and a struct `GenericArray<T, N: ArrayLength<T>>`, which let the above be implemented as:
```rust
struct Foo<N: ArrayLength<i32>> {
data: GenericArray<i32, N>
}
```
To actually define a type implementing `ArrayLength`, you can use two types `_0` and `_1` grouped in tuples to form a binary representation, e.g.:
```
type _5 = ((_1, _0), _1);
```
Then you can use `GenericArray<T, _5>` almost like you would use `[T; 5]` :)