Brief description

"Down-to-earth" (explained further below) money [^fowler] and currency implementation written in Rust.

See further below for more detailed design considerations. [^fowler]: Money consists of an amount and a Currency, as described by Martin Fowler in his Money EAA Pattern.

Usage

// You create a Currency either with a string code ...
let eur = Currency::new("EUR", 2)?;
// ... or a byte array ...
let kwt = Currency::new_using_bytes(b"KWD", 2)?;
// ... you need a byte array also to create a constant (compiler doesn't allow unwrap) ...
const EUR: Currency = Currency::new_using_bytes_const(b"EUR", 2);

// ... and use either to instantiate Money instances:
let money1 = Money { full_amount_as_minor: 12_95, currency: eur };
let money2 = Money { full_amount_as_minor: 15_99, currency: EUR };
let result =  money1 + money2;

Other implementations

Simple Money has similar implementations in other programming languages. There's a Simple Money project page on BitBucket, but I haven't published all of them.

Features and design considerations

Features in common with all implementations: see Design Considerations

Comparison to similar libraries

Here are two alternatives I've found:

• steel-cent
  • uses an i64 for the amount, just like this implementation
  • has the same precision as the minor amount allows (no "half Cents")
  • its currency has the Copy trait and is as small as mine
  • the ISO currencies are provided, but IntelliJ's Rust plugin fails to see them (works in the terminal though)
• rusty-money:
  • uses its own 128 representation for the amount
  • has more precision than available by the minor amount
  • its currency...
    • has lots of fields, ...
    • ... but the ISO currencies are provided ready to use
    • has the Copy trait, but is eighty bytes in size
  • is bristling with features (e.g. exchange rates?)