From 4dfc11d74ab02ac5765ae5d08fb750c91f4744b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter Kvalevog <hunter@kvog.sh>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 21:53:51 -0500
Subject: rustlings: move to rust/

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 rust/rustlings/solutions/19_smart_pointers/box1.rs | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 rust/rustlings/solutions/19_smart_pointers/box1.rs

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diff --git a/rust/rustlings/solutions/19_smart_pointers/box1.rs b/rust/rustlings/solutions/19_smart_pointers/box1.rs
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+// At compile time, Rust needs to know how much space a type takes up. This
+// becomes problematic for recursive types, where a value can have as part of
+// itself another value of the same type. To get around the issue, we can use a
+// `Box` - a smart pointer used to store data on the heap, which also allows us
+// to wrap a recursive type.
+//
+// The recursive type we're implementing in this exercise is the "cons list", a
+// data structure frequently found in functional programming languages. Each
+// item in a cons list contains two elements: The value of the current item and
+// the next item. The last item is a value called `Nil`.
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum List {
+    Cons(i32, Box<List>),
+    Nil,
+}
+
+fn create_empty_list() -> List {
+    List::Nil
+}
+
+fn create_non_empty_list() -> List {
+    List::Cons(42, Box::new(List::Nil))
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("This is an empty cons list: {:?}", create_empty_list());
+    println!(
+        "This is a non-empty cons list: {:?}",
+        create_non_empty_list(),
+    );
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_create_empty_list() {
+        assert_eq!(create_empty_list(), List::Nil);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_create_non_empty_list() {
+        assert_ne!(create_empty_list(), create_non_empty_list());
+    }
+}
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