Rust Type Coercion and the Dot Operator Explained

For Rust beginners (like me), it has always been a mystery why some types suddenly transform into one another, and why some method calls with mismatched parameter types succeed. Well, the magic behind this is actually called *Type Coercion*. In this post, we will explore various type coercions and then explain how the dot operator works by applying the type coercion concepts we have learned (and some other features).