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=== Structs ===

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Struct example:<ref name="Knott"/><ref name="section"/>

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assert p.a == 15

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=== Heap structs ===

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Structs are allocated on the stack by default. The {{code|&}} prefix can be used, for getting a reference to it and allocating on the heap instead:{{sfn|Rao|2021}}

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println(p.a)

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=== Methods ===

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The is_registered method has a receiver of type User named u. The convention is not to use receiver names like self or this, but preferably a short name. For example:<ref name="Knott"/><ref name="nasufi"/>

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struct User {

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println(user2.is_registered()) // "true"

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=== Error handling ===

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Optional types are for types which may represent none. Result types may represent an error returned from a function.

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==See also==