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by zk4x 1y ago
Indices are the way to go for a whole range of programs - compilers (IR instructions), GUI (widgets), web browser (UI elements), databases, games (ECS), simulations, etc. It is however without borrowcheck guarantees. Rc and Arc are definite
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by zk4x 1y ago
This is very nice article, objectively lists possible pitfalls. It's however not quite that simple. I am in favor of removing as, but then try_from needs to work with more types, for example try converting u64 into f32 without using as
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by zk4x 2y ago
What came before was regression. Which is to this day no 1 method if we want something interpretable, especially if we know which functions our variables follow. And self attention is very similar to correlation matrix. In a way neural netw
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by zk4x 2y ago
Perhaps I should have been more clear. The point is you would not implement traits. You would just implement functions. You would not implemet traits, you would just write functions iter and len for your type. When calling a function, compi
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by zk4x 2y ago
If there are two modules module_a and module_b, and each defines a function called foo, how does the compiler decide which foo should be used? It just checks whether you imported module_a::foo or module_b::foo.
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by zk4x 2y ago
This. Traits and macros are two real problems with rust. Orphan rule is one, but also const, async and unnamable types (mostly closures). These barely work with traits or do not work at all. If rust did not have closures, it'd be a lot