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Tim Chevalier 2012-07-19 17:56:30 -07:00
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@ -2504,15 +2504,17 @@ needed because it could also, for example, specify an implementation
of `seq<int>`—the `of` clause *refers* to a type, rather than defining
one.
Note that functions do not explicitly have the type parameters that
are provided by the iface. It will cause a compile-time error if you
include them in the iface or impl.
The type parameters bound by an iface are in scope in each of the
method declarations. So, re-declaring the type parameter
`T` as an explicit type parameter for `len` -- in either the iface or
the impl -- would be a compile-time error.
## Use of the type `self` in interfaces
## The `self` type in interfaces
Interfaces may use `self` as a type where the implementation uses its
own type. This defines an interface for testing equality of a type with
itself:
In an interface, `self` is a special type that you can think of as a
type parameter. An implementation of the interface for any given type
`T` replaces the `self` type parameter with `T`. The following
interface describes types that support an equality operation:
~~~~
iface eq {
@ -2520,6 +2522,15 @@ iface eq {
}
~~~~
In an implementation for type `int`, the `equals` method takes an
`int` argument:
~~~~
impl of eq for int {
fn equals(other: int) { other == self }
}
~~~~
## Casting to an interface type
The above allows us to define functions that polymorphically act on