# Implementation

Similar to functions, implementations require care to remain generic.

    # #![allow(unused_variables)]
    #fn main() {
    struct S; // Concrete type `S`
    struct GenericVal<T>(T,); // Generic type `GenericVal`

    // impl of GenericVal where we explicitly specify type parameters:
    impl GenericVal<f32> {} // Specify `f32`
    impl GenericVal<S> {} // Specify `S` as defined above

    // `<T>` Must precede the type to remain generic
    impl <T> GenericVal<T> {}
    #}

    struct Val {
        val: f64
    }

    struct GenVal<T>{
        gen_val: T
    }

    // impl of Val
    impl Val {
        fn value(&self) -> &f64 { &self.val }
    }

    // impl of GenVal for a generic type `T`
    impl <T> GenVal<T> {
        fn value(&self) -> &T { &self.gen_val }
    }

    fn main() {
        let x = Val { val: 3.0 };
        let y = GenVal { gen_val: 3i32 };

        println!("{}, {}", x.value(), y.value());
    }

### See also:

functions returning references, `impl`, and `struct`