Thanks Patrick, that makes sense.
I need to think about how to code this into Racer. Can I assume that
anything preceding a :: in a path is from the type namespace?
(Is there somewhere other than the rustc source where I should be reading
about this?)
Thanks,
Phil
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Patrick Walton <pcwal...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> On 7/5/14 1:43 PM, Phil Dawes wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I was surprised to find the following compile and run without any bother:
>>
>> #[deriving(Show)]
>> pub enum MyEnum {
>> Path
>> }
>> fn main() {
>> let p = Path::new("/filepath/");
>> let p2 = Path;
>>
>> println!("{}",p.as_str());
>> println!("{}",p2);
>> }
>>
>> % ./run
>> Some(/filepath)
>> Path
>>
>> What is the name resolution rule that stops MyEnum's Path overriding the
>> posix Path struct? I'm interested because racer gets this wrong at the
>> moment.
>>
>
> Rust has two namespaces: a type namespace and a value namespace. (Modules
> are in the type namespace.) Structs are in the type namespace and enum
> variants are in the value namespace.
>
> Patrick
>
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