This is what I get for being smug

rust/curses_test/src/main.rs

@@ -4,23 +4,22 @@ use pancurses::{initscr, endwin, noecho, curs_set, cbreak, Input};
 const SCREENWIDTH: i32 = 15;
 const SCREENHEIGHT: i32 = 15;
 
-
 struct Character {
      row: i32,
      col: i32,
      symbol: char
 }
 
-fn new_character(row: i32, col: i32, symbol: char) -> Character{
-    let mut a = Character {
+impl Character {
+    fn new(row: i32, col: i32, symbol: char) -> Character {
+        Character {
             row: row,
             col: col,
             symbol: symbol,
-    };
-    return a;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-
 fn main() {
 
 	/*Create the window*/
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ fn main() {
 
 
 
-    getmaxyx(stdscr(), &mut max_y, &mut max_x);
+//    getmaxyx(stdscr(), &mut max_y, &mut max_x);
 
     /*Create our dude*/
-    let draco = new_character(5,5,'@');
+    let draco = Character::new(5,5,'@');
 
     /*Set some ncurses config*/
     init();