Custom Smart Pointer

Data structure similar to Box

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
struct MyBox<T>(T);

impl<T> MyBox<T> {
    fn new(x: T) -> MyBox<T> {
        MyBox(x)
    }
}
}

Implementing Deref trait

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
use std::ops::Deref;
impl<T> Deref for MyBox<T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        &self.0
    }
}
}

Now running the dereference operator will return what it's pointing to

fn main() {
    let x = 5;
    let y = MyBox::new(x);

    assert_eq!(5, x);
    assert_eq!(5, *y);
}

Behind the scenes this is running: *(y.deref())