core: Make Debug impl of raw pointers print metadata if present

Make Rust pointers less magic by including metadata information in their
`Debug` output.

This does not break Rust stability guarantees because `Debug` output is
explicitly exempted from stability:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/trait.Debug.html#stability

Co-authored-by: Lukas <26522220+lukas-code@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Enselic

library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -2776,7 +2776,16 @@ impl Display for char {
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T: ?Sized> Pointer for *const T {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
-        pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f)
+        if core::any::TypeId::of::<<T as core::ptr::Pointee>::Metadata>()
+            == core::any::TypeId::of::<()>()
+        {
+            pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f)
+        } else {
+            f.debug_struct("Pointer")
+                .field_with("addr", |f| pointer_fmt_inner(self.expose_provenance(), f))
+                .field("metadata", &core::ptr::metadata(*self))
+                .finish()
+        }
     }
 }
 

library/core/src/ptr/metadata.rs

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub trait Pointee {
     // NOTE: Keep trait bounds in `static_assert_expected_bounds_for_metadata`
     // in `library/core/src/ptr/metadata.rs`
     // in sync with those here:
-    type Metadata: fmt::Debug + Copy + Send + Sync + Ord + Hash + Unpin + Freeze;
+    type Metadata: fmt::Debug + Copy + Send + Sync + Ord + Hash + Unpin + Freeze + 'static;
 }
 
 /// Pointers to types implementing this trait alias are “thin”.

library/coretests/tests/fmt/mod.rs

@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ fn test_fmt_debug_of_raw_pointers() {
     check_fmt(plain as *const i32, "$HEX");
 
     let slice = &mut [200, 300, 400][..];
-    check_fmt(slice as *mut [i32], "$HEX");
-    check_fmt(slice as *const [i32], "$HEX");
+    check_fmt(slice as *mut [i32], "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: 3 }");
+    check_fmt(slice as *const [i32], "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: 3 }");
 
     let vtable = &mut 500 as &mut dyn Debug;
-    check_fmt(vtable as *mut dyn Debug, "$HEX");
-    check_fmt(vtable as *const dyn Debug, "$HEX");
+    check_fmt(vtable as *mut dyn Debug, "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: DynMetadata($HEX) }");
+    check_fmt(vtable as *const dyn Debug, "Pointer { addr: $HEX, metadata: DynMetadata($HEX) }");
 }
 
 #[test]