Rollup merge of rust-lang#44466 - clarcharr:cow_error, r=alexcrichton

Add Cow<str> -> Box<Error> impls.

Considering how impls exist for `String` and `&str`, it makes sense to also add an impl for `Cow<str>` as well.

This would allow converting `String::from_utf8_lossy` directly into a `Box<Error>` or `io::Error` without having to add an extra `into_ownd()`.

src/libstd/error.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 use alloc::allocator;
 use any::TypeId;
+use borrow::Cow;
 use cell;
 use char;
 use fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
@@ -217,6 +218,20 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Box<Error> {
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "cow_box_error", since = "1.22.0")]
+impl<'a, 'b> From<Cow<'b, str>> for Box<Error + Send + Sync + 'a> {
+    fn from(err: Cow<'b, str>) -> Box<Error + Send + Sync + 'a> {
+        From::from(String::from(err))
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "cow_box_error", since = "1.22.0")]
+impl<'a> From<Cow<'a, str>> for Box<Error> {
+    fn from(err: Cow<'a, str>) -> Box<Error> {
+        From::from(String::from(err))
+    }
+}
+
 #[unstable(feature = "never_type_impls", issue = "35121")]
 impl Error for ! {
     fn description(&self) -> &str { *self }