Implement a deriving(Zero) attribute #7142
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This allows mass-initialization of large structs without having to specify all the fields.
I'm a bit hesitant, but I wanted to get this out there. I don't really like using the
Zero
trait, because it doesn't really make sense for a type likeHashMap
to useZero
as the 'blank allocation' trait. In theory there'd be a new trait, but then that's adding cruft to the language which may not necessarily need to be there.I do think that this can be useful, but I only implemented
Zero
on the basic types where I thought it made sense, so it may not be all that usable yet. (opinions?)