Struct stylecs::StaticName

pub struct StaticName { /* private fields */ }

A statically defined Name.

Creating a static private name

use stylecs::{static_name, Name, StaticName};

static PRIVATE: StaticName = static_name!("private");
assert_eq!(PRIVATE.to_name(), Name::private("private").unwrap());

Why use StaticName?

This type enables a minor optimization. Each Identifier guarantees that only one copy of the string it points to exists. This allows for optimizations when using names as keys in a hash map. To support this, each time an Identifier is created, the global list must be first checked and a copy of the existing value returned if it already exists.

This type allows performing this initialization once upon first access of the StaticName. This type can be converted to Name using Into/From.

Implementations

impl StaticName

pub fn to_name(&self) -> Name

Returns this static instance as a regular Name.

Trait Implementations

impl<'a> From<&'a StaticName> for Name

fn from(value: &'a StaticName) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.