Allow instantiating trait object binder in ptr-to-ptr casts #130944
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For unsizing coercions between trait objects with the same principal, we already allow instantiating the for binder. For example, coercing
Box<dyn for<'a> Trait<'a>toBox<dyn Trait<'static>>is allowed.Since ptr-to-ptr casts will insert an unsizing coercion before the cast if possible, this has the consequence that the following compiles already:
However, if no unsizing coercion is inserted then this currently fails to compile as one type is more general than the other. This PR will allow this code to compile, too, by changing ptr-to-ptr casts of pointers with vtable metadata to use sutyping instead of type equality.
Note that it is already possible to work around the current restrictions and make the code compile before this PR by splitting the cast in two, so this shouldn't allow a new class of programs to compile:
r? @compiler-errors
cc @WaffleLapkin