structs_vs_enums.rs

// all cases are unit enums
pub enum ServerPacket
{
    AllShipSettings(AllShipSettingsPacket),
    BeamFired(BeamFiredPacket),
    CommsIncoming(CommsIncomingPacket),
    ConsoleStatus(ConsoleStatusPacket),
    DestroyObject(DestroyObjectPacket),
    Difficulty(DifficultyPacket),
    DmxMessage(DmxMessagePacket),
    // ....
}

// all cases are struct enums
pub enum ServerPacket
{
    AllShipSettings
    {
        /// A list of the eight available player ships. Each ship is structured as
        /// follows:
        ships: [Ship; 8],
    },

    BeamFired
    {
        /// A unique identifier for this beam. Each time a beam is fired, it gets
        /// its own ID.
        id: i32,

        /// All ships that can fire beams have beam ports. These are defined in
        /// vesselData.xml as <beam_port> entries. This value gives the index of
        /// the beam port on the originating ship that fired the beam. This value
        /// is zero-based; thus, vessels that only have one beam port will always
        /// give 0 for this value.
        beam_port_index: i32,

        // ...
    }
    // ...
}