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Created November 23, 2014 17:24
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This should be at least warned against
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warnme.rs
type Cell = u32 ;
type Kilo = u32 ;
fn main() {
let x: Cell = 5 ;
let y: Kilo = 10 ;
let z = x + y ;
println!("Cell is {}, Kilo is {}, Nonsense is {}", x, y, z);
}
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The alternative is basically

type CellUInt = u32 ;

struct Cell(CellUInt) ;

let x: CellUInt = Cell(a_cell) ; //etc

and that's probably better. Day 4 humans and robots, day 4.

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