How to convert generic primitive types in Rust? [duplicate]

Answer 1

you can use ToPrimitive trait from num
example (you can avoid Option with AsPrimitive):

pub struct Point<T> {
    pub x: T,
    pub y: T,
}

impl<T: Copy + 'static> Point<T> {
    pub fn from<U: num::cast::AsPrimitive<T>>(other: Point<U>) -> Point<T> {
        Point {
            x: other.x.as_(),
            y: other.y.as_(),
        }
    }
}

fn do_stuff() {
    let a = Point{x: 0i32, y: 0i32};
    let b = Point::<f32>::from(a);
}