Closed
Description
Given the following code: https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=46491383b2d69ee047fd7312d8ba7c94
fn main() {
struct X;
let xs = [X, X, X];
let eq = xs == [X, X, X];
}
The current output is:
Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
error[E0369]: binary operation `==` cannot be applied to type `[X; 3]`
--> src/main.rs:4:17
|
4 | let eq = xs == [X, X, X];
| -- ^^ --------- [X; 3]
| |
| [X; 3]
For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0369`.
error: could not compile `playground` due to previous error
Ideally the output should look like:
Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
error[E0369]: binary operation `==` cannot be applied to type `[X; 3]`; the trait `PartialEq` is not implemented for `[X; 3]`
--> src/main.rs:4:17
|
4 | let eq = xs == [X, X, X];
| -- ^^ --------- [X; 3]
| |
| [X; 3]
= help: consider implementing PartialEq trait or add `#[derive(PartialEq)]` to the `X` definition:
--> src/main.rs:2:5
|
2 | #[derive(PartialEq)]
++ | ++++++++++++++++++++
3 | struct X;
For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0369`.
error: could not compile `playground` due to previous error
This error could be confusing for beginners or even experienced rust programmers because it does not explain why one can't compare such type. It should point out that type is not comparable and suggest to implement PartialEq<{TYPE}>
where {TYPE}
is type of the thing they tried to compare it with.
For example, another error that can occur:
Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
error[E0277]: can't compare `{integer}` with `X`
--> src/main.rs:4:22
|
4 | let eq = vec![1] == [X, X, X];
| ^^ no implementation for `{integer} == X`
|
= help: the trait `PartialEq<X>` is not implemented for `{integer}`
= note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `PartialEq<[X; 3]>` for `Vec<{integer}>`
This error message explains in details, why the comparison isn't possible to do: types Vec<{integer}>
and [X; 3]
are not comparable because of the absence of the PartialEq
implementation. E0369
should look like it.