Trait Default

1.0.0 (const: unstable) · Source

pub trait Default: Sized {
    // Required method
    fn default() -> Self;
}

Expand description

A trait for giving a type a useful default value.

Sometimes, you want to fall back to some kind of default value, and don’t particularly care what it is. This comes up often with structs that define a set of options:

struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
}

How can we define some default values? You can use Default:

#[derive(Default)]
struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
}

fn main() {
    let options: SomeOptions = Default::default();
}

Now, you get all of the default values. Rust implements Default for various primitive types.

If you want to override a particular option, but still retain the other defaults:

fn main() {
    let options = SomeOptions { foo: 42, ..Default::default() };
}

§Derivable

This trait can be used with #[derive] if all of the type’s fields implement Default. When derived, it will use the default value for each field’s type.

§`enum`s

When using #[derive(Default)] on an enum, you need to choose which unit variant will be default. You do this by placing the #[default] attribute on the variant.

#[derive(Default)]
enum Kind {
    #[default]
    A,
    B,
    C,
}

You cannot use the #[default] attribute on non-unit or non-exhaustive variants.

The #[default] attribute was stabilized in Rust 1.62.0.

§How can I implement `Default`?

Provide an implementation for the default() method that returns the value of your type that should be the default:

enum Kind {
    A,
    B,
    C,
}

impl Default for Kind {
    fn default() -> Self { Kind::A }
}

§Examples

#[derive(Default)]
struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
}

Required Methods§

1.0.0 · Source

fn default() -> Self

Returns the “default value” for a type.

Default values are often some kind of initial value, identity value, or anything else that may make sense as a default.

§Examples

Using built-in default values:

let i: i8 = Default::default();
let (x, y): (Option<String>, f64) = Default::default();
let (a, b, (c, d)): (i32, u32, (bool, bool)) = Default::default();

Making your own:

enum Kind {
    A,
    B,
    C,
}

impl Default for Kind {
    fn default() -> Self { Kind::A }
}

Dyn Compatibility§

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety", so this trait is not object safe.

Implementors§

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impl Default for &str

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impl Default for &CStr

1.9.0 · Source§

impl Default for &OsStr

1.28.0 (const: unstable) · Source§

impl Default for &mut str

1.0.0 (const: unstable) · Source§

Default

Trait Default Copy item path

§Derivable

§enums

§How can I implement Default?

§Examples

Required Methods§

fn default() -> Self

§Examples

Dyn Compatibility§

Implementors§

impl Default for &str

impl Default for &CStr

impl Default for &OsStr

impl Default for &mut str

impl Default for AsciiChar

impl Default for BigEndian

impl Default for LittleEndian

impl Default for PollNext

impl Default for bool

impl Default for char

impl Default for f16

impl Default for f32

impl Default for f64

impl Default for f128

impl Default for i8

impl Default for i16

impl Default for i32

impl Default for i64

impl Default for i128

impl Default for isize

impl Default for u8

impl Default for u16

impl Default for u32

impl Default for u64

impl Default for u128

impl Default for ()

impl Default for usize

impl Default for GStdArgs

impl Default for GStdRemoting

impl Default for CString

impl Default for Error

impl Default for FormattingOptions

impl Default for SipHasher

impl Default for alloc::alloc::Global

impl Default for ByteString

impl Default for Arc<str>

impl Default for Arc<CStr>

impl Default for AtomicBool

impl Default for AtomicI8

impl Default for AtomicI16

impl Default for AtomicI32

impl Default for AtomicI64

impl Default for AtomicIsize

impl Default for AtomicU8

impl Default for AtomicU16

impl Default for AtomicU32

impl Default for AtomicU64

impl Default for AtomicUsize

impl Default for System

impl Default for OsString

impl Default for FileTimes

impl Default for DefaultHasher

impl Default for std::hash::random::RandomState

impl Default for std::io::util::Empty

impl Default for Sink

impl Default for PathBuf

impl Default for ExitCode

impl Default for ExitStatus

impl Default for DefaultRandomSource

impl Default for std::sync::nonpoison::condvar::Condvar

impl Default for std::sync::poison::condvar::Condvar

impl Default for AHasher

§Example

impl Default for allocator_api2::stable::alloc::global::Global

impl Default for Eager

impl Default for block_buffer::Lazy

impl Default for MacError

impl Default for InvalidBufferSize

impl Default for InvalidOutputSize

Trait Default

§`enum`s

§How can I implement `Default`?

impl<'a, K, V> Default for sails_rs::prelude::collections::btree_map::Iter<'a, K, V>
where K: 'a, V: 'a,

impl<'a, K, V> Default for sails_rs::prelude::collections::btree_map::IterMut<'a, K, V>
where K: 'a, V: 'a,