I'm getting a Rust compile error from the borrow checker, and I don't understand why. There's probably something about lifetimes I don't fully understand.
I've boiled it down to a short code sample. In main, I want to do this:
fn main() {
let codeToScan = "40 + 2";
let mut scanner = Scanner::new(codeToScan);
let first_token = scanner.consume_till(|c| { ! c.is_digit ()});
println!("first token is: {}", first_token);
// scanner.consume_till(|c| { c.is_whitespace ()}); // WHY DOES THIS LINE FAIL?
}
Trying to call scanner.consume_till a second time gives me this error:
example.rs:64:5: 64:12 error: cannot borrow `scanner` as mutable more than once at a time
example.rs:64 scanner.consume_till(|c| { c.is_whitespace ()}); // WHY DOES THIS LINE FAIL?
^~~~~~~
example.rs:62:23: 62:30 note: previous borrow of `scanner` occurs here; the mutable borrow prevents subsequent moves, borrows, or modification of `scanner` until the borrow ends
example.rs:62 let first_token = scanner.consume_till(|c| { ! c.is_digit ()});
^~~~~~~
example.rs:65:2: 65:2 note: previous borrow ends here
example.rs:59 fn main() {
...
example.rs:65 }
Basically, I've made something like my own iterator, and the equivalent to the "next" method takes &mut self. Because of that, I can't use the method more than once in the same scope.
However, the Rust std library has an iterator which can be used more than once in the same scope, and it also takes a &mut self parameter.
let test = "this is a string";
let mut iterator = test.chars();
iterator.next();
iterator.next(); // This is PERFECTLY LEGAL
So why does the Rust std library code compile, but mine doesn't? (I'm sure the lifetime annotations are at the root of it, but my understanding of lifetimes doesn't lead to me expecting a problem).
Here's my full code (only 60 lines, shortened for this question):
use std::str::{Chars};
use std::iter::{Enumerate};
#[deriving(Show)]
struct ConsumeResult<'lt> {
value: &'lt str,
startIndex: uint,
endIndex: uint,
}
struct Scanner<'lt> {
code: &'lt str,
char_iterator: Enumerate<Chars<'lt>>,
isEof: bool,
}
impl<'lt> Scanner<'lt> {
fn new<'lt>(code: &'lt str) -> Scanner<'lt> {
Scanner{code: code, char_iterator: code.chars().enumerate(), isEof: false}
}
fn assert_not_eof<'lt>(&'lt self) {
if self.isEof {fail!("Scanner is at EOF."); }
}
fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(uint, char)> {
self.assert_not_eof();
let result = self.char_iterator.next();
if result == None { self.isEof = true; }
return result;
}
fn consume_till<'lt>(&'lt mut self, quit: |char| -> bool) -> ConsumeResult<'lt> {
self.assert_not_eof();
let mut startIndex: Option<uint> = None;
let mut endIndex: Option<uint> = None;
loop {
let should_quit = match self.next() {
None => {
endIndex = Some(endIndex.unwrap() + 1);
true
},
Some((i, ch)) => {
if startIndex == None { startIndex = Some(i);}
endIndex = Some(i);
quit (ch)
}
};
if should_quit {
return ConsumeResult{ value: self.code.slice(startIndex.unwrap(), endIndex.unwrap()),
startIndex:startIndex.unwrap(), endIndex: endIndex.unwrap() };
}
}
}
}
fn main() {
let codeToScan = "40 + 2";
let mut scanner = Scanner::new(codeToScan);
let first_token = scanner.consume_till(|c| { ! c.is_digit ()});
println!("first token is: {}", first_token);
// scanner.consume_till(|c| { c.is_whitespace ()}); // WHY DOES THIS LINE FAIL?
}
