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Rust provides us with two types of constants. These are −const − an unchangeable valuestatic − possible mutable value with static lifetime.If we try to assign another value to an already declared const value, the compiler will throw an error.ExampleConsider the example shown below − Live Demostatic LANGUAGE: &str = "TutorialsPoint-Rust"; const THRESHOLD: i32 = 10; fn is_small(n: i32) -> bool {    n < THRESHOLD } fn main() {    // Error! Cannot modify a `const`.    THRESHOLD = 5;    println!("Everything worked fine!"); }In the above code, we are trying to modify the value of a variable that is ... Read More

Channels are a medium that allow communication to take place between two or more threads. Rust provides asynchronous channels that enable communication between threads.Channels in Rust allow a unidirectional flow of communication between two endpoints. These two endpoints are Sender and Receiver.ExampleConsider the example shown below −use std::sync::mpsc::{Sender, Receiver}; use std::sync::mpsc; use std::thread; static NTHREADS: i32 = 3; fn main() {    let (tx, rx): (Sender, Receiver) = mpsc::channel();    let mut children = Vec::new();    for id in 0..NTHREADS {       let thread_tx = tx.clone();       let child = thread::spawn(move || {   ... Read More

Casting or explicit conversion is only allowed in Rust, there’s no implicit conversion that the compiler of Rust does for us. It is known that, in many cases, implicit conversion can lead to data losses, which is not a good thing.Rules for converting between different types is pretty similar to C. In Rust though, we make use of as keyword when we want to convert from one type to another.Example:Consider the following example: Live Demo// Suppress all warnings from casts which overflow. #![allow(overflowing_literals)] fn main() {    let decimal = 65.43_f32;    // Error! No implicit conversion    // ... Read More

An array is a data structure that is used to contain objects of the same type T. These objects are stored in contiguous memory locations.In Rust, the arrays are created by making the use of [ ] brackets. It is important that the size of the arrays must be known at the compile time. Also, unlike other languages like Java and C++, the length of the array is part of its type in Rust.[T; length].This means that an array of signature say, [i32, 4], is different from an array with the signature [i32, 5].Arrays can be immutable in nature and there ... Read More

PHP 8 uses a new built-in exception ValueError. PHP throws this exception when we pass a value to a function, which has a valid type but cannot be used for operation. In the earlier versions of PHP, we used to get a Warning error in such cases, but PHP 8 will show a ValueError.Example: ValueError in PHP 8OutputFatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_rand(): Argument #1 ($array) cannot be emptyExample Live DemoOutputbool(false)Example: ValueError in PHP 8OutputFatal error: Uncaught ValueError: array_rand(): Argument #1 ($array) cannot be empty

The resource is a type of variable that holds a reference to an external resource. The resource can be a filehandle, a database connection, or a URL handle. Every resource is identified by a unique id. In the previous versions of PHP, we needed to cast a resource to int to get the resource id.Example: get_recource_id using int.Output1In PHP 8, the get_resource_id() function always returns an int. It is used to get the ID for a given resource. This function always guarantees type safety.Example: Using get_recource_id in PHP 8.Output1

In the previous versions of PHP, if we wanted to catch an exception, then we needed it to store in a variable to check whether that variable is used or not.Before PHP 8, to handle the exception catch block, we needed to catch the exception (thrown by the try block) to a variable.Example: Capturing Exception Catches in PHPExplanation − In the above program, the exception is being caught by the catch block to a variable $e. Now the $e variable can hold any information about the exception as code, message, etc.PHP 8 introduced non-capturing catches. Now, it is possible to ... Read More

In PHP 8, fdiv() function is used to perform floating-point division on IEEE 754 standard. fdiv() is a mathematical operation that divides two numbers and returns a floating-point number.The fdiv() function works similar to the intdiv() and fmod() function, which allows division by zero. Instead of showing an error, the fdiv() function returns INF, -INF or NAN, when a number is divided by zero.INF (Infinity or real number) – It is the result of a numerical calculation that is mathematically infinite.-INF (Negative Infinite) – it is a negative infinite number or a number below -1.796E308.NAN (Not a Number) – it ... Read More

In the earlier versions of PHP, if we wanted to get the type of a variable, we used to employ the gettype() function. This function returns the type of a variable in the custom of a string. It returns all possible values like integer, string, array, boolean, double, resource, NULL, unknown type, etc.However, there were issues in the gettype function. It does not return native and familiar type names. It returns double instead of float and integer instead of int, and so on.To overcome this problem, PHP 8 uses the get_debug_type function.get_debug_type() functionIn PHP 8, the get_debug_type function returns the ... Read More

str_starts_with and str_ends_with function are added in PHP 8 to check if a given string starts or ends with another string or not. If it starts and ends with another string, it returns true, otherwise false.Examplestr_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hello'); //starts string found 'True' str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'stack'); //ends string found 'True'str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hay'); //starts string found 'False' str_starts_with('hello haystack', 'hay'); //ends string found 'False'str_starts_with() function in PHP 8This function checks if a given string starts with the string needle. It returns true if the first string is found, otherwise false.str_starts_with(string $haystack, string $needle): boolExample : using str_starts_with() function.OutputString starts with 'hello'Note: If ... Read More