// use Write trait that contains write() function
use std::io::Write;
fn main() {
std::io::stdout().write(b"Hello, world!\n").unwrap();
}
The std::io::Write
trait is designed for objects which accept byte streams. In this case, a handle to standard output is acquired with std::io::stdout()
.
Write::write()
accepts a byte slice (&[u8]
), which is created with a byte-string literal (b"<string>"
). Write::write()
returns a Result<usize, IoError>
, which contains either the number of bytes written (on success) or an error value (on failure).
The call to Result::unwrap()
indicates that the call is expected to succeed (Result<usize, IoError> -> usize
), and the value is discarded.