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+// `Vec<T>` is generic over the type `T`. In most cases, the compiler is able to
+// infer `T`, for example after pushing a value with a concrete type to the vector.
+// But in this exercise, the compiler needs some help through a type annotation.
+
+fn main() {
+ // `u8` and `i8` can both be converted to `i16`.
+ let mut numbers: Vec<i16> = Vec::new();
+ // ^^^^^^^^^^ added
+
+ // Don't change the lines below.
+ let n1: u8 = 42;
+ numbers.push(n1.into());
+ let n2: i8 = -1;
+ numbers.push(n2.into());
+
+ println!("{numbers:?}");
+}