diff --git a/ch10/traits/Cargo.lock b/ch10/traits/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "traits"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/ch10/traits/Cargo.toml b/ch10/traits/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "traits"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/ch10/traits/src/main.rs b/ch10/traits/src/main.rs
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+// trait defines functionalitity a particular type has and
+// can share with other types. Can use traits to define shared
+// behavior in an abstract way. Can use trait bounds to specify
+// that a generic type can be any type that has certain behavior
+
+// Like Haskell's deriving
+// Except orphans aren't allowed at all
+pub trait Summary {
+    // fn summarize(&self) -> String; // Structs must provide own implementation
+    fn summarize(&self) -> String {
+        String::from("(Read more...)")
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct NewsArticle {
+    pub headline: String,
+    pub location: String,
+    pub author: String,
+    pub content: String,
+}
+
+impl Summary for NewsArticle {
+    fn summarize(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}, by {} ({})", self.headline, self.author, self.location)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Tweet {
+    pub username: String,
+    pub content: String,
+    pub reply: bool,
+    pub retweet: bool,
+}
+
+impl Summary for Tweet {
+    fn summarize(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}: {}", self.username, self.content)
+    }
+}
+
+// Should use lifetime annotations when using a reference
+// in a variable
+struct ImportantExcerpt<'a> {
+    part: &'a str,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let tweet = Tweet {
+        username: String::from("horse_ebooks"),
+        content: String::from("of course, as you probably already know, people"),
+        reply: false,
+        retweet: false,
+    };
+
+    println!("1 new tweet: {}", tweet.summarize());
+
+    // The next lines fail as borrowing
+    // let r;
+
+    // {
+    //     let x = 5;
+    //     r = &x;
+    // }
+
+    // println!("r: {}", r);
+
+    let x = 5;
+    let r = &x;
+    println!("r: {r}");
+
+    let string1 = String::from("abcd");
+    let string2 = "xyz";
+
+    // need a lifetime reference for situations like this
+    // &i32: a regular reference
+    // &'a i32: a reference with an explicit lifetime
+    // &'a mut i32: a mutable reference with an explicit lifetime
+    let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2);
+    println!("The longest string is {result}");
+
+    let string1 = String::from("long string is long");
+    // let result;
+
+    {
+        let string2 = String::from("xyz");
+        let result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2.as_str());
+        // result = longest(string1.as_str(), string2.as_str());
+        println!("The longest string is {result}");
+    }
+
+    // println!("The longest string is {result}");
+}
+
+// fn notify<T: Summary>(item1: &T, item2: &T) {}
+fn notify(item: &(impl Summary + std::fmt::Display)) {}
+fn notify2<T: Summary + std::fmt::Display>(item: &T) {}
+
+fn some_function<T, U>(t: &T, u: &U) -> i32
+where
+    // Similar to haskell :)
+    T: std::fmt::Display + Clone,
+    U: Clone + std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    2
+}
+
+// impl<T: Display> ToString for T {}
+
+// <'a> and 'a dispersed in the function parameters are
+// lifetime annotations. Lifetimes annotations are needed because
+// Rust can't tell whether the reference being returned refers to x or y
+fn longest<'a>(x: &'a str, y: &'a str) -> &'a str {
+    if x.len() > y.len() {
+        x
+    } else {
+        y
+    }
+}
+
+// lifetime elision rules. Some functions that have common patterns
+// with references passed as a parameter have lifetime annotations
+// passed implicitly due to soooooo many functions having this
+// lifetime annotation pattern used.
+
+// Stopped here pre red river gorge:
+// https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html#lifetime-elision