field of struct is private when importing module

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I am trying to split my project into multiple files but I am having problems importing them into my main.rs as it says the Column's fields are private but I have declared the struct as public.

src/column.rs

pub struct Column { name: String, vec: Vec<i32>, }

src/main.rs

pub mod column; fn main() { let col = column::Column{name:"a".to_string(), vec:vec![1;10]}; println!("Hello, world!"); }

cargo build

src/main.rs:4:15: 4:75 error: field `name` of struct `column::Column` is private src/main.rs:4 let col = column::Column{name:"a".to_string(), vec:vec![1;10]}; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ src/main.rs:4:15: 4:75 error: field `vec` of struct `column::Column` is private src/main.rs:4 let col = column::Column{name:"a".to_string(), vec:vec![1;10]};

rcorre · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 00:25:10Z

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Try labeling the fields as public:

pub struct Column { pub name: String, pub vec: Vec<i32>, }

Labeling Column as pub means that other modules can use the struct itself, but not necessarily all of its members.

answered Mar 20, 2015 at 0:25

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jimjampez Over a year ago

Ahhh, ok. I assumed that using pub struct would make the struct's fields as that's the impression I got from the book.

fjh · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 00:24:54Z

You've declared the struct as public, but not the fields. To make both fields public, the struct declaration should look as follows:

pub struct Column { pub name: String, pub vec: Vec<i32>, }

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