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Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0

Rust error E0407: method `b` is not a member of trait `Foo`

What it meansA definition of a method not in the implemented trait was given in a trait implementation.

What rustc prints

error[E0407]: method `b` is not a member of trait `Foo`
 --> main.rs:9:5
  |
9 |     fn b() {} // error: method `b` is not a member of trait `Foo`
  |     ^^^-^^^^^
  |     |  |
  |     |  help: there is an associated function with a similar name: `a`
  |     not a member of trait `Foo`

Real output of rustc 1.99.0 compiling the official example below (2021 edition). Your names and line numbers will differ; the first line is the part to match.

E0407Types and traits
Activein rustc 1.99.0
8related errors linked below

The compiler team's explanation

A definition of a method not in the implemented trait was given in a trait implementation.

Erroneous code example:

trait Foo {
    fn a();
}

struct Bar;

impl Foo for Bar {
    fn a() {}
    fn b() {} // error: method `b` is not a member of trait `Foo`
}

Please verify you didn't misspell the method name and you used the correct trait. First example:

trait Foo {
    fn a();
    fn b();
}

struct Bar;

impl Foo for Bar {
    fn a() {}
    fn b() {} // ok!
}

Second example:

trait Foo {
    fn a();
}

struct Bar;

impl Foo for Bar {
    fn a() {}
}

impl Bar {
    fn b() {}
}

From rustc --explain E0407 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.

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