rust_book_code 0.2.1

The code of rust book
Documentation
use crate::ch15::smart_pointer::List::{Cons, Nil};
use crate::ch15::smart_pointer::RcList::{RcCons, RcNil};
use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::ops::Deref;
use std::rc::Rc;

pub fn heap_box() {
    let b = Box::new(5);
    println!("b = {}", b);
}

enum List {
    Cons(i32, Box<List>),
    Nil,
}

pub fn cons_list() {
    let list = Cons(1, Box::new(Cons(2, Box::new(Cons(3, Box::new(Nil))))));
}

struct MyBox<T>(T);

impl<T> MyBox<T> {
    fn new(x: T) -> MyBox<T> {
        MyBox(x)
    }
}

impl<T> Deref for MyBox<T> {
    type Target = T; //  syntax defines an associated type for the Deref trait to use

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        &self.0
    }
}

fn hello_str(name: &str) {
    println!("Hello, {}!", name);
}

fn hello_string(name: &String) {
    println!("Hello, {}!", name);
}

pub fn deref() {
    let x = 5;
    let y = MyBox::new(x);
    assert_eq!(5, x);
    assert_eq!(5, *y); // *(y.deref())

    let m = MyBox::new(String::from("Rust"));
    hello_str(&m);
    hello_string(&m);
}

struct CustomSmartPointer {
    data: String,
}

impl Drop for CustomSmartPointer {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        println!("Dropping CustomSmartPointer with data `{}`!", self.data);
    }
}

pub fn drop_trait() {
    let c = CustomSmartPointer {
        data: String::from("my stuff"),
    };
    let d = CustomSmartPointer {
        data: String::from("other stuff"),
    };
    println!("CustomSmartPointers created.");
}

pub fn std_mem_drop() {
    let c = CustomSmartPointer {
        data: String::from("some data"),
    };
    println!("CustomSmartPointer created.");
    drop(c);
    println!("CustomSmartPointer dropped before the end of main.");
}

enum RcList {
    RcCons(i32, Rc<RcList>),
    RcNil,
}

pub fn reference_counting() {
    let a = Rc::new(RcCons(5, Rc::new(RcCons(10, Rc::new(RcNil)))));
    println!("count after creating a = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
    let b = RcCons(3, Rc::clone(&a));
    println!("count after creating b = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
    {
        let c = RcCons(4, Rc::clone(&a));
        println!("count after creating c = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
    }
    println!("count after c goes out of scope = {}", Rc::strong_count(&a));
}