Unable to compile Iron example: expected struct `i

Question

I'm trying to get a simple Iron example to work:

extern crate iron;
extern crate router;

use iron::prelude::*;
use iron::status;

use router::Router;

fn main() {

    let mut router = Router::new();

    router.get("/controller", controller);

    fn controller(_: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
        Ok(Response::with((status::Ok, "Hello World!")))
    }

    Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
}

I maintain the following Cargo.toml:

[package]
name = "simple_router"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["Thijs"]

[dependencies]
iron="*"
router = "*"

I can see the following error:

type mismatch: the type `fn(&mut iron::Request<'_, '_>) -> std::result::Result<iron::Response, iron::IronError> {main::controller}` implements the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::Fn<(&'r mut iron::Request<'r, 'r>,)>`, but the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::Fn<(&'r mut iron::request::Request<'r, 'r>,)>` is required (expected struct `iron::request::Request`, found struct `iron::Request`) [E0281]at line 13 col 12

when running cargo build I got the following:

  Compiling SimpleRouter v0.1.0 (file:///home/kolbein/workspaces/simplerust/SimpleRouter)
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 error: type mismatch: the type `fn(&mut iron::Request<'_, '_>) -> std::result::Result<iron::Response, iron::IronError> {main::controller}` implements the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::Fn<(&'r mut iron::Request<'r, 'r>,)>`, but the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::Fn<(&'r mut iron::request::Request<'r, 'r>,)>` is required (expected struct `iron::request::Request`, found struct `iron::Request`) [E0281]
src/main.rs:13     router.get("/controller", controller);
                          ^~~
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 help: run `rustc --explain E0281` to see a detailed explanation
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `iron::middleware::Handler` for `fn(&mut iron::Request<'_, '_>) -> std::result::Result<iron::Response, iron::IronError> {main::controller}`
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 error: type mismatch: the type `fn(&mut iron::Request<'_, '_>) -> std::result::Result<iron::Response, iron::IronError> {main::controller}` implements the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::FnOnce<(&'r mut iron::Request<'r, 'r>,)>`, but the trait `for<'r, 'r, 'r> std::ops::FnOnce<(&'r mut iron::request::Request<'r, 'r>,)>` is required (expected struct `iron::request::Request`, found struct `iron::Request`) [E0281]
src/main.rs:13     router.get("/controller", controller);
                          ^~~
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 help: run `rustc --explain E0281` to see a detailed explanation
src/main.rs:13:12: 13:15 note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `iron::middleware::Handler` for `fn(&mut iron::Request<'_, '_>) -> std::result::Result<iron::Response, iron::IronError> {main::controller}`
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 error: the trait bound `for<'r, 'r, 'r> router::Router: std::ops::Fn<(&'r mut iron::Request<'r, 'r>,)>` is not satisfied [E0277]
src/main.rs:19     Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
                   ^~~~~~~~~
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 help: run `rustc --explain E0277` to see a detailed explanation
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `iron::Handler` for `router::Router`
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 note: required by `iron::Iron::new`
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 error: the trait bound `for<'r, 'r, 'r> router::Router: std::ops::FnOnce<(&'r mut iron::Request<'r, 'r>,)>` is not satisfied [E0277]
src/main.rs:19     Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
                   ^~~~~~~~~
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 help: run `rustc --explain E0277` to see a detailed explanation
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 note: required because of the requirements on the impl of `iron::Handler` for `router::Router`
src/main.rs:19:5: 19:14 note: required by `iron::Iron::new`
src/main.rs:19:23: 19:27 error: no method named `http` found for type `iron::Iron<router::Router>` in the current scope
src/main.rs:19     Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
                                     ^~~~
src/main.rs:19:23: 19:27 note: the method `http` exists but the following trait bounds were not satisfied: `router::Router : iron::Handler`
error: aborting due to 5 previous errors
error: Could not compile `SimpleRouter`.

Below you'll find the Cargo.lock file:

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I should add more details. What more details can I add..

Answer 1

I removed the Cargo.lock file and rebuilt and it works as expected.

Answer 2

See also Cannot access parameters in Iron because the trait bound plugin::Plugin<iron::Request> is not satisfied

You are including an old version of router that replies on Iron 0.3:

[[package]]
name = "router"
version = "0.1.1"
source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
dependencies = [
 "iron 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 "route-recognizer 0.1.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
]

But then are using Iron 0.4 directly:

[[package]]
name = "iron"
version = "0.4.0"

Different crate versions act as completely separate crates (even though they look similar in error messages). It's not valid to mix and match the versions in this manner.