Module std::default

The Default trait for types which may have meaningful default values.

Sometimes, you want to fall back to some kind of default value, and don't particularly care what it is. This comes up often with structs that define a set of options:

struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
}

How can we define some default values? You can use Default:

#[derive(Default)]
struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
}


fn main() {
    let options: SomeOptions = Default::default();
}

Now, you get all of the default values. Rust implements Default for various primitives types. If you have your own type, you need to implement Default yourself:

enum Kind {
    A,
    B,
    C,
}

impl Default for Kind {
    fn default() -> Kind { Kind::A }
}

#[derive(Default)]
struct SomeOptions {
    foo: i32,
    bar: f32,
    baz: Kind,
}


fn main() {
    let options: SomeOptions = Default::default();
}

If you want to override a particular option, but still retain the other defaults:

fn main() {
    let options = SomeOptions { foo: 42, ..Default::default() };
}

Traits

Default

A trait for giving a type a useful default value.