Comment on Sans-IO: The secret to effective Rust for network servicesparentComments−wh33zleOP2yI too came from the OOP world to Rust (6 years ago now) and in my first 2-3 years I produced horrible code!Type parameters and traits everywhere. Structs being (ab-)used as class-like structures that provide functionality.Rust works better if you avoid type parameters and defining your own traits for as much as possible.Encapsulation is good if we talk about ensuring invariants are maintained. This blog post about parse, don't validate comes to my mind: https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/11/05/parse-don-t-va...
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I too came from the OOP world to Rust (6 years ago now) and in my first 2-3 years I produced horrible code!
Type parameters and traits everywhere. Structs being (ab-)used as class-like structures that provide functionality.
Rust works better if you avoid type parameters and defining your own traits for as much as possible.
Encapsulation is good if we talk about ensuring invariants are maintained. This blog post about parse, don't validate comes to my mind: https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/11/05/parse-don-t-va...