Permit trait object types where all (non-generic) associated constants are specified (via assoc item bindings) #130300
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Area: trait objects, vtable layout
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F-associated_const_equality
`#![feature(associated_const_equality)]`
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We permit trait object types where all 'active'1 non-generic associated types are specified (via assoc item bindings). We should extend this to cover 'active' non-generic2 associated constants, too.
Note that I haven't spent much time thinking about soundness yet. I still need to iron out the exact rules. Implementation-wise, I'm almost certain that any advances are blocked by #120905 (more precisely, its underlying issue) which I presume we would need to fix first for correctness.
Minimal & contrived example of something that would start compiling:
Presently, this gets rejected and we emit E0038 (cannot be made into an object).
Lastly, lest I forget, we should emit the lint
unused_associated_type_bounds
3 (#112319) for assoc const bindings where the corresp. assoc const is 'disabled' viawhere Self: Sized
which is only possible to write undergeneric_const_items
(#113521).Footnotes
I.e., not 'made inactive' / 'disabled' via
where Self: Sized
(Don't require associated types with Self: Sized bounds indyn Trait
objects #112319). ↩This might or might not be a temporary restriction. For context, we don't (yet) permit GAT bindings in trait object types either on stable, due to soundness concerns. See
generic_associated_types_extended
(Tracking Issue for extended generic associated types #95451). Also note that generic assoc consts (GACs) are only available undergeneric_const_items
(Tracking issue for generic const items #113521). ↩Indeed, the name would no longer be accurate. Ideally, we would rename the lint when generalizing it. ↩
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