Important Traits in the Standard Library #

std::borrow: Traits for working with borrowed data #

Borrow / BorrowMut #

Conversion traits, like AsRef/AsMut, but additionally guaranteeing consistent hashing, ordering, and equality.

ToOwned #

Conversion trait for converting a reference to an owned value.

std::clone #

Contains only one trait, Clone. Types which implement this trait can’t be copied “implicitly”, but have to be cloned by using the clone method. Mutually exclusive with Copy.

std::convert: Conversion traits #

AsMut / AsRef #

Conversion traits for borrwing one type of reference from another.

From / Into #

Conversion traits for transforming one type of value into another.

std::default #

Contains only one trait, Default. Used by types which may have meaningful default values.

std::marker #

Primitive traits representing basic properties of types

Copy #

Trait for types that can be cloned simply by making a byte-for-byte copy of the memory containing the value. Mutually exclusive with Clone.

Send #

Types that can be transferred across thread boundaries. Automatically implmented when the compiler determines it’s appropriate.

Sized #

Trait for types with a fixed size known at compile time, as opposed to types (such as slices) that are dynamically sized.

Sync #

Types for which it is safe to share references between threads. Automatically implmented when the compiler determines it’s appropriate.

std::ops: Overloadable operators #

Many operators are overloadable by implementing its base trait. These traits are provided by this module.

Deref / DerefMut #

Traits for smart pointer types.

Drop #

Destructors. Cleanup code that Rust runs automatically whenever a value is dropped.