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Update comments re type parameter hack in object safety #65850

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To check if a method's receiver type is object safe, we create a new receiver type by substituting in a bogus type parameter (let's call it U) for Self, and checking that the unmodified receiver type implements DispatchFromDyn<receiver type with Self = U>. It would be better to use dyn Trait directly, and the only reason we don't is because it triggers another check that Trait is object safe, resulting in a query cycle. Once the feature object_safe_for_dispatch (tracking issue #43561) is stabilized, this will no longer be the case, and we'll be able to use dyn Trait as the unsized Self type. I've updated the comments in object_safety.rs accordingly.

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To check if a method's receiver type is object safe, we create a new receiver type by substituting in a bogus type parameter (let's call it `U`) for `Self`, and checking that the unmodified receiver type implements `DispatchFromDyn<receiver type with Self = U>`. It would be better to use `dyn Trait` directly, and the only reason we don't is because it triggers another check that `Trait` is object safe, resulting in a query cycle. Once the feature `object_safe_for_dispatch` (tracking issue rust-lang#43561) is stabilized, this will no longer be the case, and we'll be able to use `dyn Trait` as the unsized `Self` type. I've updated the comments in object_safety.rs accordingly.
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📌 Commit fb4095d has been approved by nikomatsakis

@bors bors added S-waiting-on-bors Status: Waiting on bors to run and complete tests. Bors will change the label on completion. and removed S-waiting-on-review Status: Awaiting review from the assignee but also interested parties. labels Oct 29, 2019
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Update comments re type parameter hack in object safety

To check if a method's receiver type is object safe, we create a new receiver type by substituting in a bogus type parameter (let's call it `U`) for `Self`, and checking that the unmodified receiver type implements `DispatchFromDyn<receiver type with Self = U>`. It would be better to use `dyn Trait` directly, and the only reason we don't is because it triggers another check that `Trait` is object safe, resulting in a query cycle. Once the feature `object_safe_for_dispatch` (tracking issue rust-lang#43561) is stabilized, this will no longer be the case, and we'll be able to use `dyn Trait` as the unsized `Self` type. I've updated the comments in object_safety.rs accordingly.

cc @Centril @nikomatsakis @bovinebuddha
Centril added a commit to Centril/rust that referenced this pull request Oct 30, 2019
Update comments re type parameter hack in object safety

To check if a method's receiver type is object safe, we create a new receiver type by substituting in a bogus type parameter (let's call it `U`) for `Self`, and checking that the unmodified receiver type implements `DispatchFromDyn<receiver type with Self = U>`. It would be better to use `dyn Trait` directly, and the only reason we don't is because it triggers another check that `Trait` is object safe, resulting in a query cycle. Once the feature `object_safe_for_dispatch` (tracking issue rust-lang#43561) is stabilized, this will no longer be the case, and we'll be able to use `dyn Trait` as the unsized `Self` type. I've updated the comments in object_safety.rs accordingly.

cc @Centril @nikomatsakis @bovinebuddha
Centril added a commit to Centril/rust that referenced this pull request Oct 31, 2019
Update comments re type parameter hack in object safety

To check if a method's receiver type is object safe, we create a new receiver type by substituting in a bogus type parameter (let's call it `U`) for `Self`, and checking that the unmodified receiver type implements `DispatchFromDyn<receiver type with Self = U>`. It would be better to use `dyn Trait` directly, and the only reason we don't is because it triggers another check that `Trait` is object safe, resulting in a query cycle. Once the feature `object_safe_for_dispatch` (tracking issue rust-lang#43561) is stabilized, this will no longer be the case, and we'll be able to use `dyn Trait` as the unsized `Self` type. I've updated the comments in object_safety.rs accordingly.

cc @Centril @nikomatsakis @bovinebuddha
bors added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 31, 2019
Rollup of 7 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #65274 (Upload toolstates.json to rust-lang-ci2)
 - #65434 (Add long error explanation for E0577)
 - #65850 (Update comments re type parameter hack in object safety)
 - #65955 (ci: revert msys2 ca-certificates hack)
 - #65959 (Fix an incorrect docstring for Immediate in librustc_mir/interpret.)
 - #65979 (Switch CrateMetadata's source_map_import_info from RwLock to Once)
 - #65981 (work around aggressive syntax feature gating)

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@bors bors merged commit fb4095d into rust-lang:master Oct 31, 2019
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