Advent of Code project template

A Rust template for Advent of Code that I made to easily run any day or combination of days and measure the execution time.

Each day has a solve() function that returns a pair of Solution. The type Solution is an enum that can contain any integer or a string.

You can create a Solution by specifying its type, for example Solution::U32(value), or by using the From trait which is implemented for all supported types, for example, Solution::from(value).

To run: cargo run --release [days...]

Utilities

The project has a few extra utilities and goodies available in the etc module:

• DOUBLE_NEWLINE: A platform-specific constant to allow splitting input strings on double newlines.
• Grid: A two-dimensional matrix with some utilities to check for bounds, provide a default for OOB access, find and enumerate elements, etc.
• Point: A representation of a discrete point in 2D space. It includes utilities for distance calculation, moving in the cardinal directions, listing neighboring points, and so on. A Point can also be used to index a Grid.