From
and Into
Types implement From
and Into
to facilitate type conversions.
Unlike as
, these traits correspond to lossless, infallible conversions.
fn main() { let s = String::from("hello"); let addr = std::net::Ipv4Addr::from([127, 0, 0, 1]); let one = i16::from(true); let bigger = i32::from(123_i16); println!("{s}, {addr}, {one}, {bigger}"); }
Into
is automatically implemented when From
is implemented:
fn main() { let s: String = "hello".into(); let addr: std::net::Ipv4Addr = [127, 0, 0, 1].into(); let one: i16 = true.into(); let bigger: i32 = 123_i16.into(); println!("{s}, {addr}, {one}, {bigger}"); }
This slide should take about 5 minutes.
- That's why it is common to only implement
From
, as your type will getInto
implementation too. - When declaring a function argument input type like "anything that can be
converted into a
String
", the rule is opposite, you should useInto
. Your function will accept types that implementFrom
and those that only implementInto
.