commit 5800faa0da43a87b313dbd36ef68bc8c2fae4b68
Author: Ed Guloien <edgul@mozilla.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 9 14:30:26 2026 -0400

    init - added fmt_debug tinkering

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "playground"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "playground"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/fmt_debug.rs b/src/fmt_debug.rs
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+use  std::fmt::Debug;
+
+fn report<T: Debug>(item: T) {
+    println!("{:?}", item);
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Point {
+    x: u8,
+    y: u8,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Thing {
+    One,
+    Two,
+}
+
+struct CustomPoint {
+    x: u8,
+    y: u8
+}
+// the same as derive(Debug)
+impl std::fmt::Debug for CustomPoint {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+       f.debug_struct("CustomPoint").field("x", &self.x). field("y", &self.y).finish()
+    }
+}
+
+// need to use newtype wrapper so we can implement std::fmt::Debug
+struct Matrix([[u8; 5]; 5]);
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Matrix {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        // f.debug_list().entries(self.0.iter()).finish() // respects {:#?}
+
+        // best for human readable
+        for row in &self.0 {
+            writeln!(f, "{:?}", row)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+// same as newtype, but generic, we get a stampped version for each type passed in the call
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct GenericNewType<T>(T);
+
+
+pub fn test_report() {
+    // works fine out of the box
+    report("string literal");
+    report("String".to_string());
+    report(['a','r', 'r', 'a', 'y']);
+    report(vec!['v','e', 'c', 't', 'o', 'r']);
+
+    report(1);
+    report(0x34); // prints as 52
+    report((1,2));
+    
+    // needs #[derive(Debug)] or impl std::fmt::Debug
+    report(Point{x:1, y:2}); // prints "Point { x: 1, y: 2 }"
+    println!("{:#?}", Point { x: 1, y: 2 }); // pretty prints the fields on newlines
+    report(CustomPoint{x:1, y:2}); // prints "CustomPoint { x: 1, y: 2 }"
+    report(Thing::One); // prints "One"
+
+    report(Matrix([[0;5];5]));
+    //println!("{:#?}", [[0;5];5]); // pretty prints each element on newlines; a bit excessive
+    //
+    report(GenericNewType(2));
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+mod fmt_debug;
+
+fn main() {
+    fmt_debug::test_report();
+}