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explain why Rvalue::Len still exists
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RalfJung committed Sep 3, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -1307,6 +1307,9 @@ pub enum Rvalue<'tcx> {
/// If the type of the place is an array, this is the array length. For slices (`[T]`, not
/// `&[T]`) this accesses the place's metadata to determine the length. This rvalue is
/// ill-formed for places of other types.
///
/// This cannot be a `UnOp(PtrMetadata, _)` because that expects a value, and we only
/// have a place, and `UnOp(PtrMetadata, RawPtr(place))` is not a thing.
Len(Place<'tcx>),

/// Performs essentially all of the casts that can be performed via `as`.
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