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+// Using catch-all error types like `Box<dyn Error>` isn't recommended for
+// library code where callers might want to make decisions based on the error
+// content instead of printing it out or propagating it further. Here, we define
+// a custom error type to make it possible for callers to decide what to do next
+// when our function returns an error.
+
+use std::num::ParseIntError;
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum CreationError {
+    Negative,
+    Zero,
+}
+
+// A custom error type that we will be using in `PositiveNonzeroInteger::parse`.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum ParsePosNonzeroError {
+    Creation(CreationError),
+    ParseInt(ParseIntError),
+}
+
+impl ParsePosNonzeroError {
+    fn from_creation(err: CreationError) -> Self {
+        Self::Creation(err)
+    }
+
+    fn from_parseint(err: ParseIntError) -> Self {
+        Self::ParseInt(err)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+struct PositiveNonzeroInteger(u64);
+
+impl PositiveNonzeroInteger {
+    fn new(value: i64) -> Result<Self, CreationError> {
+        match value {
+            x if x < 0 => Err(CreationError::Negative),
+            0 => Err(CreationError::Zero),
+            x => Ok(Self(x as u64)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<Self, ParsePosNonzeroError> {
+        // Return an appropriate error instead of panicking when `parse()`
+        // returns an error.
+        let x: i64 = s.parse().map_err(ParsePosNonzeroError::from_parseint)?;
+        //                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+        Self::new(x).map_err(ParsePosNonzeroError::from_creation)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // You can optionally experiment here.
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_error() {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            PositiveNonzeroInteger::parse("not a number"),
+            Err(ParsePosNonzeroError::ParseInt(_)),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_negative() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            PositiveNonzeroInteger::parse("-555"),
+            Err(ParsePosNonzeroError::Creation(CreationError::Negative)),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_zero() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            PositiveNonzeroInteger::parse("0"),
+            Err(ParsePosNonzeroError::Creation(CreationError::Zero)),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_positive() {
+        let x = PositiveNonzeroInteger::new(42).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(x.0, 42);
+        assert_eq!(PositiveNonzeroInteger::parse("42"), Ok(x));
+    }
+}