Summary

  • You can create new types with a struct declaration

  • structs allow you to combine multiple values into a larger value

  • You can create a new value using a struct expression

  • You can access the fields of a struct using a field access expression

  • Every value in Rust has exactly one owner

  • You can move a value from one owner to another

  • The compiler will automatically make copies of some “copyable” types marked by the Copy trait

  • You can move values out of a function in its return value

  • You can mutate fields in a struct as long as the variable holding the struct is marked mut

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