dyn.alu

protocol Slot<Self, Element> {
    fn get(self: &Self) -> Option<Element>;
    fn set(self: &mut Self, element: Element);
    fn type_name(self: &Self) -> &[u8] {
        std::typing::type_name::<Self>()
    }
}

struct RealSlot {
    value: Option<i32>,
}
impl RealSlot {
    fn get(self: &RealSlot) -> Option<i32> {
        self.value
    }
    fn set(self: &mut RealSlot, element: i32) {
        self.value = Option::some(element);
    }
    mixin Slot<RealSlot, i32>;
}

struct NullSlot {}
impl NullSlot {
    fn get(self: &NullSlot) -> Option<i32> {
        Option::none()
    }
    fn set(self: &mut NullSlot, _element: i32) {
    }
    mixin Slot<NullSlot, i32>;
}

/// Static polymorphism.
///
/// During monomorphization, the compiler will generate a copy of `roundtrip_generic`
/// for each type of slot encountered (RealSlot and NullSlot).
fn roundtrip_generic<T: Slot<T, i32>>(slot: &mut T) {
    let val = 42;
    println!("[GENERIC] Inserting {} into {}", val, slot.type_name());
    slot.set(val);
    println!("[GENERIC] Retrieving value from {}: {}", slot.type_name(), slot.get());
}

/// Dynamic polymorphism.
///
/// `roundtrip_dyn` is a non-generic function. It takes a dyn object, which contains
/// a pointer to a virtual method table so an appropriate implementation of `Slot` can be
/// found at runtime.
fn roundtrip_dyn(slot: &mut dyn Slot<Self, i32>) {
    let val = 42;
    println!("[DYN] Inserting {} into {}", val, slot.type_name());
    slot.set(val);
    println!("[DYN] Retrieving value from {}: {}", slot.type_name(), slot.get());
}

fn main() {
    let real_slot = RealSlot { value: Option::none() };
    let null_slot = NullSlot {};

    roundtrip_generic(&real_slot);
    roundtrip_generic(&null_slot);

    roundtrip_dyn(&real_slot);
    roundtrip_dyn(&null_slot);
}