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22 changes: 12 additions & 10 deletions src/doc/tutorial.md
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Expand Up @@ -2079,21 +2079,23 @@ struct Stack<T> {
elements: Vec<T>
}

enum Option<T> {
Some(T),
None
enum Maybe<T> {
Just(T),
Nothing
}
# fn main() {}
~~~~

These declarations can be instantiated to valid types like `Set<int>`,
`Stack<int>`, and `Option<int>`.

The last type in that example, `Option`, appears frequently in Rust code.
Because Rust does not have null pointers (except in unsafe code), we need
another way to write a function whose result isn't defined on every possible
combination of arguments of the appropriate types. The usual way is to write
a function that returns `Option<T>` instead of `T`.
`Stack<int>`, and `Maybe<int>`.

The last type in that example, `Maybe`, is already defined in Rust as
the type `Option` with the variants `Some(T)` and `None`.
`Option` appears frequently in Rust code.
Because Rust does not have null pointers (except in unsafe code),
we need another way to write a function whose result isn't defined on every
possible combination of arguments of the appropriate types. The usual way is to
write a function that returns `Option<T>` instead of `T`.

~~~~
# struct Point { x: f64, y: f64 }
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