inspect_type 0.10.0

Diagnostic-purpose tools to inspect type of a variable and its size.
Documentation

Module :: inspect_type

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Diagnostic-purpose tools to inspect type of a variable and its size.

Basic use-case

// #![ cfg_attr( feature = "nightly", feature( type_name_of_val ) ) ]
pub use inspect_type::*;

#[ cfg( feature = "nightly" ) ]
{
  inspect_type_of!( &[ 1, 2, 3 ][ .. ] );
  // < sizeof( &[1, 2, 3][..] : &[i32] ) = 16
  inspect_type_of!( &[ 1, 2, 3 ] );
  // < sizeof( &[1, 2, 3] : &[i32; 3] ) = 8
}

To add to your project

cargo add inspect_type

Try out from the repository

git clone https://github.com/Wandalen/wTools
cd wTools
cargo run --example inspect_type_trivial