I have a struct:
pub struct Test {
pub x: i32,
pub y: i32,
}
I'd like to have a function that mutates this — easy:
pub fn mutateit(&mut self) {
self.x += 1;
}
This makes the entire struct mutable for the duration of the function call of mutateit
, correct? I only want to mutate x
, and I don't want to mutate y
. Is there any way to just mutably borrow x
?
Citing The Book:
Rust does not support field mutability at the language level, so you cannot write something like this:
struct Point {
mut x: i32, // This causes an error.
y: i32,
}
You need interior mutability, which is nicely described in the standard docs:
use std::cell::Cell;
pub struct Test {
pub x: Cell<i32>,
pub y: i32
}
fn main() {
// note lack of mut:
let test = Test {
x: Cell::new(1), // interior mutability using Cell
y: 0
};
test.x.set(2);
assert_eq!(test.x.get(), 2);
}
And, if you wanted to incorporate it in a function:
impl Test {
pub fn mutateit(&self) { // note: no mut again
self.x.set(self.x.get() + 1);
}
}
fn main() {
let test = Test {
x: Cell::new(1),
y: 0
};
test.mutateit();
assert_eq!(test.x.get(), 2);
}