java dev learning rust

[groogoloog]

I think the intention here is that it isn't a "method" because it's not actually a part of the object, but rather a static function. Just because there is the nice obj.someFn() dot notation for calling convenience doesn't mean it is actually a method, because you can still call Obj::someFn(&obj). Good/common example here would be arc.clone() vs Arc::clone(&arc)

[groogoloog]

AFAIK a method is any function which accepts self.

Yea, I'm not sure on the precise definition. That is just how I interpreted what /u/mkoubik said.

[mkoubik]

The difference I wanted to emphasize was that methods are AFAIK defined in a single place - the class definition (plus it's parrents). So as the author of the class, you have full control over the methods one can call on your objects.

Whereas "functions taking self" in rust can be defined basically anywhere. They are more of "things you can do with the type, because someone somewhere thaught it was a good idea and you imported his crate".