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Hands-On Functional Programming in Rust

You're reading from   Hands-On Functional Programming in Rust Build modular and reactive applications with functional programming techniques in Rust 2018

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788839358
Length 249 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Functional Programming – a Comparison 2. Functional Control Flow FREE CHAPTER 3. Functional Data Structures 4. Generics and Polymorphism 5. Code Organization and Application Architecture 6. Mutability, Ownership, and Pure Functions 7. Design Patterns 8. Implementing Concurrency 9. Performance, Debugging, and Metaprogramming 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Generics and Polymorphism

  1. What is an algebraic data type?

An algebraic data type is a kind of composite type formed by combining other types.

  1. What is polymorphism?

Polymorphism is the quality of having many forms.

  1. What is parametric polymorphism?

Parametric polymorphism is the quality of having many forms according to a parameter.

  1. What is a ground type?

A ground type is a type that has no parameters, modifiers, or substitutions. For example, i32 or String.

  1. What is Universal Function Call syntax?

Universal Function Call syntax is used to disambiguate functions or methods. It looks like Foo::f(&b) instead of b.f().

  1. What are the possible type signatures of a trait object?

A trait object is any signature for a trait that will give it a known size at compile time. Common examples of this are &Trait or Box<Trait>.

  1. What are two ways to obscure type information...
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