feat: refactored as_ref_mut.rs to as_ref.rs and as_mut1.rs and add as_mut2.rs

Author: Jeff Cours

exercises/conversions/as_mut1.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// AsMut allows for cheap mutable reference-to-reference conversions.
+// Read more about it at https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/trait.AsMut.html.
+// Execute `rustlings hint as_mut1` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
+
+// I AM NOT DONE
+
+// Squares a number using as_mut().
+// TODO: Add the appropriate trait bound.
+fn num_sq<T>(arg: &mut T) {
+    // TODO: Implement the function's body.
+    ???
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mult_box() {
+        let mut num: Box<u32> = Box::new(3);
+        num_sq(&mut num);
+        assert_eq!(*num, 9);
+    }
+}

exercises/conversions/as_mut2.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// AsMut allows for cheap reference-to-reference conversions.
+// Read more about it at https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/trait.AsMut.html.
+//
+// In conversions/as_mut1.rs, we implemented a function that would square a
+// Box<u32> in-place using as_mut(). Now we're going to generalize the function
+// to work with a Box containing any numeric type that supports multiplication 
+// and assignment.
+//
+// Execute `rustlings hint as_mut2` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
+
+// I AM NOT DONE
+
+// Squares a number using as_mut().
+// TODO: Add the appropriate trait bounds.
+fn num_sq<T, U>(arg: &mut T) 
+where 
+    T: ???,
+    U: ???,
+{
+    // TODO: Implement the function's body.
+    ???
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mult_box_u32() {
+        let mut num: Box<u32> = Box::new(3);
+        num_sq(&mut num);
+        assert_eq!(*num, 9);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mult_box_f32() {
+        let mut num: Box<f32> = Box::new(3.0);
+        num_sq(&mut num);
+        assert_eq!(*num, 9.0);
+    }
+}

exercises/conversions/as_ref_mut.rs exercises/conversions/as_ref.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-// AsRef and AsMut allow for cheap reference-to-reference conversions.
-// Read more about them at https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/trait.AsRef.html
-// and https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/trait.AsMut.html, respectively.
-// Execute `rustlings hint as_ref_mut` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
+// AsRef allows for cheap reference-to-reference conversions.
+// Read more about it at https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/convert/trait.AsRef.html
+// Execute `rustlings hint as_ref` or use the `hint` watch subcommand for a hint.
 
 // I AM NOT DONE
 
@@ -17,13 +16,6 @@ fn char_counter<T>(arg: T) -> usize {
     arg.as_ref().chars().count()
 }
 
-// Squares a number using as_mut().
-// TODO: Add the appropriate trait bound.
-fn num_sq<T>(arg: &mut T) {
-    // TODO: Implement the function body.
-    ???
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -51,11 +43,4 @@ mod tests {
         let s = String::from("Cafe au lait");
         assert_eq!(char_counter(s.clone()), byte_counter(s));
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mult_box() {
-        let mut num: Box<u32> = Box::new(3);
-        num_sq(&mut num);
-        assert_eq!(*num, 9);
-    }
 }

info.toml

@@ -1154,8 +1154,27 @@ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/error/multiple_error_types/reen
 Challenge: Can you make the `TryFrom` implementations generic over many integer types?"""
 
 [[exercises]]
-name = "as_ref_mut"
-path = "exercises/conversions/as_ref_mut.rs"
+name = "as_ref"
+path = "exercises/conversions/as_ref.rs"
 mode = "test"
 hint = """
 Add AsRef<str> as a trait bound to the functions."""
+
+[[exercises]]
+name = "as_mut1"
+path = "exercises/conversions/as_mut1.rs"
+mode = "test"
+hint = """
+Add AsMut<u32> as a trait bound to the function."""
+
+[[exercises]]
+name = "as_mut2"
+path = "exercises/conversions/as_mut2.rs"
+mode = "test"
+hint = """
+Now we need to tell the compiler about two types. Type T is Box<U>, while
+type U is a number. Numbers can implement std::ops::MulAssign (more at
+https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ops/trait.MulAssign.html). The number
+might also need to be copyable.
+
+You might need to use a temporary variable in the function's body."""