core/convert/mod.rs
1//! Traits for conversions between types.
2//!
3//! The traits in this module provide a way to convert from one type to another type.
4//! Each trait serves a different purpose:
5//!
6//! - Implement the [`AsRef`] trait for cheap reference-to-reference conversions
7//! - Implement the [`AsMut`] trait for cheap mutable-to-mutable conversions
8//! - Implement the [`From`] trait for consuming value-to-value conversions that cannot fail. This
9//! automatically provides an implementation of [`Into`]
10//! - Implement the [`TryFrom`] trait for consuming value-to-value conversions that can fail. This
11//! automatically provides an implementation of [`TryInto`]
12//!
13//! The traits in this module are often used as trait bounds for generic functions such that
14//! arguments of multiple types are supported. See the documentation of each trait for examples.
15//!
16//! As a library author, you should always prefer implementing [`From<T>`][`From`] or
17//! [`TryFrom<T>`][`TryFrom`] rather than [`Into<U>`][`Into`] or [`TryInto<U>`][`TryInto`],
18//! as [`From`] and [`TryFrom`] provide greater flexibility and offer
19//! equivalent [`Into`] or [`TryInto`] implementations for free, thanks to a
20//! blanket implementation in the standard library. In versions of Rust prior to Rust 1.41,
21//! it was sometimes necessary to implement [`Into`] or [`TryInto`] directly when converting to a
22//! type outside the current crate.
23//!
24//! # Generic Implementations
25//!
26//! - [`AsRef`] and [`AsMut`] auto-dereference if the inner type is a reference
27//! (but not generally for all [dereferenceable types][core::ops::Deref])
28//! - [`From`]`<U> for T` implies [`Into`]`<T> for U`
29//! - [`TryFrom`]`<U> for T` implies [`TryInto`]`<T> for U`
30//! - [`From`] and [`Into`] are reflexive, which means that all types can
31//! `into` themselves and `from` themselves
32//!
33//! See each trait for usage examples.
34
35#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
36
37use crate::error::Error;
38use crate::fmt;
39use crate::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
40use crate::marker::PointeeSized;
41
42mod num;
43
44#[unstable(feature = "convert_float_to_int", issue = "67057")]
45pub use num::FloatToInt;
46
47/// The identity function.
48///
49/// Two things are important to note about this function:
50///
51/// - It is not always equivalent to a closure like `|x| x`, since the
52/// closure may coerce `x` into a different type.
53///
54/// - It moves the input `x` passed to the function.
55///
56/// While it might seem strange to have a function that just returns back the
57/// input, there are some interesting uses.
58///
59/// # Examples
60///
61/// Using `identity` to do nothing in a sequence of other, interesting,
62/// functions:
63///
64/// ```rust
65/// use std::convert::identity;
66///
67/// fn manipulation(x: u32) -> u32 {
68/// // Let's pretend that adding one is an interesting function.
69/// x + 1
70/// }
71///
72/// let _arr = &[identity, manipulation];
73/// ```
74///
75/// Using `identity` as a "do nothing" base case in a conditional:
76///
77/// ```rust
78/// use std::convert::identity;
79///
80/// # let condition = true;
81/// #
82/// # fn manipulation(x: u32) -> u32 { x + 1 }
83/// #
84/// let do_stuff = if condition { manipulation } else { identity };
85///
86/// // Do more interesting stuff...
87///
88/// let _results = do_stuff(42);
89/// ```
90///
91/// Using `identity` to keep the `Some` variants of an iterator of `Option<T>`:
92///
93/// ```rust
94/// use std::convert::identity;
95///
96/// let iter = [Some(1), None, Some(3)].into_iter();
97/// let filtered = iter.filter_map(identity).collect::<Vec<_>>();
98/// assert_eq!(vec![1, 3], filtered);
99/// ```
100#[stable(feature = "convert_id", since = "1.33.0")]
101#[rustc_const_stable(feature = "const_identity", since = "1.33.0")]
102#[inline(always)]
103#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "convert_identity"]
104pub const fn identity<T>(x: T) -> T {
105 x
106}
107
108/// Used to do a cheap reference-to-reference conversion.
109///
110/// This trait is similar to [`AsMut`] which is used for converting between mutable references.
111/// If you need to do a costly conversion it is better to implement [`From`] with type
112/// `&T` or write a custom function.
113///
114/// # Relation to `Borrow`
115///
116/// `AsRef` has the same signature as [`Borrow`], but [`Borrow`] is different in a few aspects:
117///
118/// - Unlike `AsRef`, [`Borrow`] has a blanket impl for any `T`, and can be used to accept either
119/// a reference or a value. (See also note on `AsRef`'s reflexibility below.)
120/// - [`Borrow`] also requires that [`Hash`], [`Eq`] and [`Ord`] for a borrowed value are
121/// equivalent to those of the owned value. For this reason, if you want to
122/// borrow only a single field of a struct you can implement `AsRef`, but not [`Borrow`].
123///
124/// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use a
125/// dedicated method which returns an [`Option<T>`] or a [`Result<T, E>`].
126///
127/// # Generic Implementations
128///
129/// `AsRef` auto-dereferences if the inner type is a reference or a mutable reference
130/// (e.g.: `foo.as_ref()` will work the same if `foo` has type `&mut Foo` or `&&mut Foo`).
131///
132/// Note that due to historic reasons, the above currently does not hold generally for all
133/// [dereferenceable types], e.g. `foo.as_ref()` will *not* work the same as
134/// `Box::new(foo).as_ref()`. Instead, many smart pointers provide an `as_ref` implementation which
135/// simply returns a reference to the [pointed-to value] (but do not perform a cheap
136/// reference-to-reference conversion for that value). However, [`AsRef::as_ref`] should not be
137/// used for the sole purpose of dereferencing; instead ['`Deref` coercion'] can be used:
138///
139/// [dereferenceable types]: core::ops::Deref
140/// [pointed-to value]: core::ops::Deref::Target
141/// ['`Deref` coercion']: core::ops::Deref#deref-coercion
142///
143/// ```
144/// let x = Box::new(5i32);
145/// // Avoid this:
146/// // let y: &i32 = x.as_ref();
147/// // Better just write:
148/// let y: &i32 = &x;
149/// ```
150///
151/// Types which implement [`Deref`] should consider implementing `AsRef<T>` as follows:
152///
153/// [`Deref`]: core::ops::Deref
154///
155/// ```
156/// # use core::ops::Deref;
157/// # struct SomeType;
158/// # impl Deref for SomeType {
159/// # type Target = [u8];
160/// # fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
161/// # &[]
162/// # }
163/// # }
164/// impl<T> AsRef<T> for SomeType
165/// where
166/// T: ?Sized,
167/// <SomeType as Deref>::Target: AsRef<T>,
168/// {
169/// fn as_ref(&self) -> &T {
170/// self.deref().as_ref()
171/// }
172/// }
173/// ```
174///
175/// # Reflexivity
176///
177/// Ideally, `AsRef` would be reflexive, i.e. there would be an `impl<T: ?Sized> AsRef<T> for T`
178/// with [`as_ref`] simply returning its argument unchanged.
179/// Such a blanket implementation is currently *not* provided due to technical restrictions of
180/// Rust's type system (it would be overlapping with another existing blanket implementation for
181/// `&T where T: AsRef<U>` which allows `AsRef` to auto-dereference, see "Generic Implementations"
182/// above).
183///
184/// [`as_ref`]: AsRef::as_ref
185///
186/// A trivial implementation of `AsRef<T> for T` must be added explicitly for a particular type `T`
187/// where needed or desired. Note, however, that not all types from `std` contain such an
188/// implementation, and those cannot be added by external code due to orphan rules.
189///
190/// # Examples
191///
192/// By using trait bounds we can accept arguments of different types as long as they can be
193/// converted to the specified type `T`.
194///
195/// For example: By creating a generic function that takes an `AsRef<str>` we express that we
196/// want to accept all references that can be converted to [`&str`] as an argument.
197/// Since both [`String`] and [`&str`] implement `AsRef<str>` we can accept both as input argument.
198///
199/// [`&str`]: primitive@str
200/// [`Borrow`]: crate::borrow::Borrow
201/// [`Eq`]: crate::cmp::Eq
202/// [`Ord`]: crate::cmp::Ord
203/// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html
204///
205/// ```
206/// fn is_hello<T: AsRef<str>>(s: T) {
207/// assert_eq!("hello", s.as_ref());
208/// }
209///
210/// let s = "hello";
211/// is_hello(s);
212///
213/// let s = "hello".to_string();
214/// is_hello(s);
215/// ```
216#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
217#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "AsRef"]
218#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
219pub const trait AsRef<T: PointeeSized>: PointeeSized {
220 /// Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.
221 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
222 fn as_ref(&self) -> &T;
223}
224
225/// Used to do a cheap mutable-to-mutable reference conversion.
226///
227/// This trait is similar to [`AsRef`] but used for converting between mutable
228/// references. If you need to do a costly conversion it is better to
229/// implement [`From`] with type `&mut T` or write a custom function.
230///
231/// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use a
232/// dedicated method which returns an [`Option<T>`] or a [`Result<T, E>`].
233///
234/// # Generic Implementations
235///
236/// `AsMut` auto-dereferences if the inner type is a mutable reference
237/// (e.g.: `foo.as_mut()` will work the same if `foo` has type `&mut Foo` or `&mut &mut Foo`).
238///
239/// Note that due to historic reasons, the above currently does not hold generally for all
240/// [mutably dereferenceable types], e.g. `foo.as_mut()` will *not* work the same as
241/// `Box::new(foo).as_mut()`. Instead, many smart pointers provide an `as_mut` implementation which
242/// simply returns a reference to the [pointed-to value] (but do not perform a cheap
243/// reference-to-reference conversion for that value). However, [`AsMut::as_mut`] should not be
244/// used for the sole purpose of mutable dereferencing; instead ['`Deref` coercion'] can be used:
245///
246/// [mutably dereferenceable types]: core::ops::DerefMut
247/// [pointed-to value]: core::ops::Deref::Target
248/// ['`Deref` coercion']: core::ops::DerefMut#mutable-deref-coercion
249///
250/// ```
251/// let mut x = Box::new(5i32);
252/// // Avoid this:
253/// // let y: &mut i32 = x.as_mut();
254/// // Better just write:
255/// let y: &mut i32 = &mut x;
256/// ```
257///
258/// Types which implement [`DerefMut`] should consider to add an implementation of `AsMut<T>` as
259/// follows:
260///
261/// [`DerefMut`]: core::ops::DerefMut
262///
263/// ```
264/// # use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
265/// # struct SomeType;
266/// # impl Deref for SomeType {
267/// # type Target = [u8];
268/// # fn deref(&self) -> &[u8] {
269/// # &[]
270/// # }
271/// # }
272/// # impl DerefMut for SomeType {
273/// # fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
274/// # &mut []
275/// # }
276/// # }
277/// impl<T> AsMut<T> for SomeType
278/// where
279/// <SomeType as Deref>::Target: AsMut<T>,
280/// {
281/// fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
282/// self.deref_mut().as_mut()
283/// }
284/// }
285/// ```
286///
287/// # Reflexivity
288///
289/// Ideally, `AsMut` would be reflexive, i.e. there would be an `impl<T: ?Sized> AsMut<T> for T`
290/// with [`as_mut`] simply returning its argument unchanged.
291/// Such a blanket implementation is currently *not* provided due to technical restrictions of
292/// Rust's type system (it would be overlapping with another existing blanket implementation for
293/// `&mut T where T: AsMut<U>` which allows `AsMut` to auto-dereference, see "Generic
294/// Implementations" above).
295///
296/// [`as_mut`]: AsMut::as_mut
297///
298/// A trivial implementation of `AsMut<T> for T` must be added explicitly for a particular type `T`
299/// where needed or desired. Note, however, that not all types from `std` contain such an
300/// implementation, and those cannot be added by external code due to orphan rules.
301///
302/// # Examples
303///
304/// Using `AsMut` as trait bound for a generic function, we can accept all mutable references that
305/// can be converted to type `&mut T`. Unlike [dereference], which has a single [target type],
306/// there can be multiple implementations of `AsMut` for a type. In particular, `Vec<T>` implements
307/// both `AsMut<Vec<T>>` and `AsMut<[T]>`.
308///
309/// In the following, the example functions `caesar` and `null_terminate` provide a generic
310/// interface which works with any type that can be converted by cheap mutable-to-mutable conversion
311/// into a byte slice (`[u8]`) or a byte vector (`Vec<u8>`), respectively.
312///
313/// [dereference]: core::ops::DerefMut
314/// [target type]: core::ops::Deref::Target
315///
316/// ```
317/// struct Document {
318/// info: String,
319/// content: Vec<u8>,
320/// }
321///
322/// impl<T: ?Sized> AsMut<T> for Document
323/// where
324/// Vec<u8>: AsMut<T>,
325/// {
326/// fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
327/// self.content.as_mut()
328/// }
329/// }
330///
331/// fn caesar<T: AsMut<[u8]>>(data: &mut T, key: u8) {
332/// for byte in data.as_mut() {
333/// *byte = byte.wrapping_add(key);
334/// }
335/// }
336///
337/// fn null_terminate<T: AsMut<Vec<u8>>>(data: &mut T) {
338/// // Using a non-generic inner function, which contains most of the
339/// // functionality, helps to minimize monomorphization overhead.
340/// fn doit(data: &mut Vec<u8>) {
341/// let len = data.len();
342/// if len == 0 || data[len-1] != 0 {
343/// data.push(0);
344/// }
345/// }
346/// doit(data.as_mut());
347/// }
348///
349/// fn main() {
350/// let mut v: Vec<u8> = vec![1, 2, 3];
351/// caesar(&mut v, 5);
352/// assert_eq!(v, [6, 7, 8]);
353/// null_terminate(&mut v);
354/// assert_eq!(v, [6, 7, 8, 0]);
355/// let mut doc = Document {
356/// info: String::from("Example"),
357/// content: vec![17, 19, 8],
358/// };
359/// caesar(&mut doc, 1);
360/// assert_eq!(doc.content, [18, 20, 9]);
361/// null_terminate(&mut doc);
362/// assert_eq!(doc.content, [18, 20, 9, 0]);
363/// }
364/// ```
365///
366/// Note, however, that APIs don't need to be generic. In many cases taking a `&mut [u8]` or
367/// `&mut Vec<u8>`, for example, is the better choice (callers need to pass the correct type then).
368#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
369#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "AsMut"]
370#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
371pub const trait AsMut<T: PointeeSized>: PointeeSized {
372 /// Converts this type into a mutable reference of the (usually inferred) input type.
373 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
374 fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T;
375}
376
377/// A value-to-value conversion that consumes the input value. The
378/// opposite of [`From`].
379///
380/// One should avoid implementing [`Into`] and implement [`From`] instead.
381/// Implementing [`From`] automatically provides one with an implementation of [`Into`]
382/// thanks to the blanket implementation in the standard library.
383///
384/// Prefer using [`Into`] over [`From`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function
385/// to ensure that types that only implement [`Into`] can be used as well.
386///
387/// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use [`TryInto`].
388///
389/// # Generic Implementations
390///
391/// - [`From`]`<T> for U` implies `Into<U> for T`
392/// - [`Into`] is reflexive, which means that `Into<T> for T` is implemented
393///
394/// # Implementing [`Into`] for conversions to external types in old versions of Rust
395///
396/// Prior to Rust 1.41, if the destination type was not part of the current crate
397/// then you couldn't implement [`From`] directly.
398/// For example, take this code:
399///
400/// ```
401/// # #![allow(non_local_definitions)]
402/// struct Wrapper<T>(Vec<T>);
403/// impl<T> From<Wrapper<T>> for Vec<T> {
404/// fn from(w: Wrapper<T>) -> Vec<T> {
405/// w.0
406/// }
407/// }
408/// ```
409/// This will fail to compile in older versions of the language because Rust's orphaning rules
410/// used to be a little bit more strict. To bypass this, you could implement [`Into`] directly:
411///
412/// ```
413/// struct Wrapper<T>(Vec<T>);
414/// impl<T> Into<Vec<T>> for Wrapper<T> {
415/// fn into(self) -> Vec<T> {
416/// self.0
417/// }
418/// }
419/// ```
420///
421/// It is important to understand that [`Into`] does not provide a [`From`] implementation
422/// (as [`From`] does with [`Into`]). Therefore, you should always try to implement [`From`]
423/// and then fall back to [`Into`] if [`From`] can't be implemented.
424///
425/// # Examples
426///
427/// [`String`] implements [`Into`]`<`[`Vec`]`<`[`u8`]`>>`:
428///
429/// In order to express that we want a generic function to take all arguments that can be
430/// converted to a specified type `T`, we can use a trait bound of [`Into`]`<T>`.
431/// For example: The function `is_hello` takes all arguments that can be converted into a
432/// [`Vec`]`<`[`u8`]`>`.
433///
434/// ```
435/// fn is_hello<T: Into<Vec<u8>>>(s: T) {
436/// let bytes = b"hello".to_vec();
437/// assert_eq!(bytes, s.into());
438/// }
439///
440/// let s = "hello".to_string();
441/// is_hello(s);
442/// ```
443///
444/// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html
445/// [`Vec`]: ../../std/vec/struct.Vec.html
446#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "Into"]
447#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
448#[doc(search_unbox)]
449#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
450pub const trait Into<T>: Sized {
451 /// Converts this type into the (usually inferred) input type.
452 #[must_use]
453 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
454 fn into(self) -> T;
455}
456
457/// Used to do value-to-value conversions while consuming the input value. It is the reciprocal of
458/// [`Into`].
459///
460/// One should always prefer implementing `From` over [`Into`]
461/// because implementing `From` automatically provides one with an implementation of [`Into`]
462/// thanks to the blanket implementation in the standard library.
463///
464/// Only implement [`Into`] when targeting a version prior to Rust 1.41 and converting to a type
465/// outside the current crate.
466/// `From` was not able to do these types of conversions in earlier versions because of Rust's
467/// orphaning rules.
468/// See [`Into`] for more details.
469///
470/// Prefer using [`Into`] over [`From`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function
471/// to ensure that types that only implement [`Into`] can be used as well.
472///
473/// The `From` trait is also very useful when performing error handling. When constructing a function
474/// that is capable of failing, the return type will generally be of the form `Result<T, E>`.
475/// `From` simplifies error handling by allowing a function to return a single error type
476/// that encapsulates multiple error types. See the "Examples" section and [the book][book] for more
477/// details.
478///
479/// **Note: This trait must not fail**. The `From` trait is intended for perfect conversions.
480/// If the conversion can fail or is not perfect, use [`TryFrom`].
481///
482/// # Generic Implementations
483///
484/// - `From<T> for U` implies [`Into`]`<U> for T`
485/// - `From` is reflexive, which means that `From<T> for T` is implemented
486///
487/// # When to implement `From`
488///
489/// While there's no technical restrictions on which conversions can be done using
490/// a `From` implementation, the general expectation is that the conversions
491/// should typically be restricted as follows:
492///
493/// * The conversion is *infallible*: if the conversion can fail, use [`TryFrom`]
494/// instead; don't provide a `From` impl that panics.
495///
496/// * The conversion is *lossless*: semantically, it should not lose or discard
497/// information. For example, `i32: From<u16>` exists, where the original
498/// value can be recovered using `u16: TryFrom<i32>`. And `String: From<&str>`
499/// exists, where you can get something equivalent to the original value via
500/// `Deref`. But `From` cannot be used to convert from `u32` to `u16`, since
501/// that cannot succeed in a lossless way. (There's some wiggle room here for
502/// information not considered semantically relevant. For example,
503/// `Box<[T]>: From<Vec<T>>` exists even though it might not preserve capacity,
504/// like how two vectors can be equal despite differing capacities.)
505///
506/// * The conversion is *value-preserving*: the conceptual kind and meaning of
507/// the resulting value is the same, even though the Rust type and technical
508/// representation might be different. For example `-1_i8 as u8` is *lossless*,
509/// since `as` casting back can recover the original value, but that conversion
510/// is *not* available via `From` because `-1` and `255` are different conceptual
511/// values (despite being identical bit patterns technically). But
512/// `f32: From<i16>` *is* available because `1_i16` and `1.0_f32` are conceptually
513/// the same real number (despite having very different bit patterns technically).
514/// `String: From<char>` is available because they're both *text*, but
515/// `String: From<u32>` is *not* available, since `1` (a number) and `"1"`
516/// (text) are too different. (Converting values to text is instead covered
517/// by the [`Display`](crate::fmt::Display) trait.)
518///
519/// * The conversion is *obvious*: it's the only reasonable conversion between
520/// the two types. Otherwise it's better to have it be a named method or
521/// constructor, like how [`str::as_bytes`] is a method and how integers have
522/// methods like [`u32::from_ne_bytes`], [`u32::from_le_bytes`], and
523/// [`u32::from_be_bytes`], none of which are `From` implementations. Whereas
524/// there's only one reasonable way to wrap an [`Ipv6Addr`](crate::net::Ipv6Addr)
525/// into an [`IpAddr`](crate::net::IpAddr), thus `IpAddr: From<Ipv6Addr>` exists.
526///
527/// # Examples
528///
529/// [`String`] implements `From<&str>`:
530///
531/// An explicit conversion from a `&str` to a String is done as follows:
532///
533/// ```
534/// let string = "hello".to_string();
535/// let other_string = String::from("hello");
536///
537/// assert_eq!(string, other_string);
538/// ```
539///
540/// While performing error handling it is often useful to implement `From` for your own error type.
541/// By converting underlying error types to our own custom error type that encapsulates the
542/// underlying error type, we can return a single error type without losing information on the
543/// underlying cause. The '?' operator automatically converts the underlying error type to our
544/// custom error type with `From::from`.
545///
546/// ```
547/// use std::fs;
548/// use std::io;
549/// use std::num;
550///
551/// enum CliError {
552/// IoError(io::Error),
553/// ParseError(num::ParseIntError),
554/// }
555///
556/// impl From<io::Error> for CliError {
557/// fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self {
558/// CliError::IoError(error)
559/// }
560/// }
561///
562/// impl From<num::ParseIntError> for CliError {
563/// fn from(error: num::ParseIntError) -> Self {
564/// CliError::ParseError(error)
565/// }
566/// }
567///
568/// fn open_and_parse_file(file_name: &str) -> Result<i32, CliError> {
569/// let mut contents = fs::read_to_string(&file_name)?;
570/// let num: i32 = contents.trim().parse()?;
571/// Ok(num)
572/// }
573/// ```
574///
575/// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html
576/// [`from`]: From::from
577/// [book]: ../../book/ch09-00-error-handling.html
578#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "From"]
579#[lang = "From"]
580#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
581#[rustc_on_unimplemented(on(
582 all(Self = "&str", T = "alloc::string::String"),
583 note = "to coerce a `{T}` into a `{Self}`, use `&*` as a prefix",
584))]
585#[doc(search_unbox)]
586#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
587pub const trait From<T>: Sized {
588 /// Converts to this type from the input type.
589 #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "from_fn"]
590 #[must_use]
591 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
592 fn from(value: T) -> Self;
593}
594
595/// An attempted conversion that consumes `self`, which may or may not be
596/// expensive.
597///
598/// Library authors should usually not directly implement this trait,
599/// but should prefer implementing the [`TryFrom`] trait, which offers
600/// greater flexibility and provides an equivalent `TryInto`
601/// implementation for free, thanks to a blanket implementation in the
602/// standard library. For more information on this, see the
603/// documentation for [`Into`].
604///
605/// Prefer using [`TryInto`] over [`TryFrom`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function
606/// to ensure that types that only implement [`TryInto`] can be used as well.
607///
608/// # Implementing `TryInto`
609///
610/// This suffers the same restrictions and reasoning as implementing
611/// [`Into`], see there for details.
612#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "TryInto"]
613#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
614#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
615pub const trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
616 /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
617 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
618 type Error;
619
620 /// Performs the conversion.
621 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
622 fn try_into(self) -> Result<T, Self::Error>;
623}
624
625/// Simple and safe type conversions that may fail in a controlled
626/// way under some circumstances. It is the reciprocal of [`TryInto`].
627///
628/// This is useful when you are doing a type conversion that may
629/// trivially succeed but may also need special handling.
630/// For example, there is no way to convert an [`i64`] into an [`i32`]
631/// using the [`From`] trait, because an [`i64`] may contain a value
632/// that an [`i32`] cannot represent and so the conversion would lose data.
633/// This might be handled by truncating the [`i64`] to an [`i32`] or by
634/// simply returning [`i32::MAX`], or by some other method. The [`From`]
635/// trait is intended for perfect conversions, so the `TryFrom` trait
636/// informs the programmer when a type conversion could go bad and lets
637/// them decide how to handle it.
638///
639/// # Generic Implementations
640///
641/// - `TryFrom<T> for U` implies [`TryInto`]`<U> for T`
642/// - [`try_from`] is reflexive, which means that `TryFrom<T> for T`
643/// is implemented and cannot fail -- the associated `Error` type for
644/// calling `T::try_from()` on a value of type `T` is [`Infallible`].
645/// When the [`!`] type is stabilized [`Infallible`] and [`!`] will be
646/// equivalent.
647///
648/// Prefer using [`TryInto`] over [`TryFrom`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function
649/// to ensure that types that only implement [`TryInto`] can be used as well.
650///
651/// `TryFrom<T>` can be implemented as follows:
652///
653/// ```
654/// struct GreaterThanZero(i32);
655///
656/// impl TryFrom<i32> for GreaterThanZero {
657/// type Error = &'static str;
658///
659/// fn try_from(value: i32) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
660/// if value <= 0 {
661/// Err("GreaterThanZero only accepts values greater than zero!")
662/// } else {
663/// Ok(GreaterThanZero(value))
664/// }
665/// }
666/// }
667/// ```
668///
669/// # Examples
670///
671/// As described, [`i32`] implements `TryFrom<`[`i64`]`>`:
672///
673/// ```
674/// let big_number = 1_000_000_000_000i64;
675/// // Silently truncates `big_number`, requires detecting
676/// // and handling the truncation after the fact.
677/// let smaller_number = big_number as i32;
678/// assert_eq!(smaller_number, -727379968);
679///
680/// // Returns an error because `big_number` is too big to
681/// // fit in an `i32`.
682/// let try_smaller_number = i32::try_from(big_number);
683/// assert!(try_smaller_number.is_err());
684///
685/// // Returns `Ok(3)`.
686/// let try_successful_smaller_number = i32::try_from(3);
687/// assert!(try_successful_smaller_number.is_ok());
688/// ```
689///
690/// [`try_from`]: TryFrom::try_from
691#[rustc_diagnostic_item = "TryFrom"]
692#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
693#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
694pub const trait TryFrom<T>: Sized {
695 /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
696 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
697 type Error;
698
699 /// Performs the conversion.
700 #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
701 #[rustc_diagnostic_item = "try_from_fn"]
702 fn try_from(value: T) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
703}
704
705////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
706// GENERIC IMPLS
707////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
708
709// As lifts over &
710#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
711#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
712impl<T: PointeeSized, U: PointeeSized> const AsRef<U> for &T
713where
714 T: [const] AsRef<U>,
715{
716 #[inline]
717 fn as_ref(&self) -> &U {
718 <T as AsRef<U>>::as_ref(*self)
719 }
720}
721
722// As lifts over &mut
723#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
724#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
725impl<T: PointeeSized, U: PointeeSized> const AsRef<U> for &mut T
726where
727 T: [const] AsRef<U>,
728{
729 #[inline]
730 fn as_ref(&self) -> &U {
731 <T as AsRef<U>>::as_ref(*self)
732 }
733}
734
735// FIXME (#45742): replace the above impls for &/&mut with the following more general one:
736// // As lifts over Deref
737// impl<D: ?Sized + Deref<Target: AsRef<U>>, U: ?Sized> AsRef<U> for D {
738// fn as_ref(&self) -> &U {
739// self.deref().as_ref()
740// }
741// }
742
743// AsMut lifts over &mut
744#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
745#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
746impl<T: PointeeSized, U: PointeeSized> const AsMut<U> for &mut T
747where
748 T: [const] AsMut<U>,
749{
750 #[inline]
751 fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut U {
752 (*self).as_mut()
753 }
754}
755
756// FIXME (#45742): replace the above impl for &mut with the following more general one:
757// // AsMut lifts over DerefMut
758// impl<D: ?Sized + Deref<Target: AsMut<U>>, U: ?Sized> AsMut<U> for D {
759// fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut U {
760// self.deref_mut().as_mut()
761// }
762// }
763
764// From implies Into
765#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
766#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
767impl<T, U> const Into<U> for T
768where
769 U: [const] From<T>,
770{
771 /// Calls `U::from(self)`.
772 ///
773 /// That is, this conversion is whatever the implementation of
774 /// <code>[From]<T> for U</code> chooses to do.
775 #[inline]
776 #[track_caller]
777 fn into(self) -> U {
778 U::from(self)
779 }
780}
781
782// From (and thus Into) is reflexive
783#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
784#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
785impl<T> const From<T> for T {
786 /// Returns the argument unchanged.
787 #[inline(always)]
788 fn from(t: T) -> T {
789 t
790 }
791}
792
793/// **Stability note:** This impl does not yet exist, but we are
794/// "reserving space" to add it in the future. See
795/// [rust-lang/rust#64715][#64715] for details.
796///
797/// [#64715]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/64715
798#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
799#[rustc_reservation_impl = "permitting this impl would forbid us from adding \
800 `impl<T> From<!> for T` later; see rust-lang/rust#64715 for details"]
801#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
802impl<T> const From<!> for T {
803 fn from(t: !) -> T {
804 t
805 }
806}
807
808// TryFrom implies TryInto
809#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
810#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
811impl<T, U> const TryInto<U> for T
812where
813 U: [const] TryFrom<T>,
814{
815 type Error = U::Error;
816
817 #[inline]
818 fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, U::Error> {
819 U::try_from(self)
820 }
821}
822
823// Infallible conversions are semantically equivalent to fallible conversions
824// with an uninhabited error type.
825#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
826#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
827impl<T, U> const TryFrom<U> for T
828where
829 U: [const] Into<T>,
830{
831 type Error = Infallible;
832
833 #[inline]
834 fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
835 Ok(U::into(value))
836 }
837}
838
839////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
840// CONCRETE IMPLS
841////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
842
843#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
844#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
845impl<T> const AsRef<[T]> for [T] {
846 #[inline(always)]
847 fn as_ref(&self) -> &[T] {
848 self
849 }
850}
851
852#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
853#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
854impl<T> const AsMut<[T]> for [T] {
855 #[inline(always)]
856 fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
857 self
858 }
859}
860
861#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
862#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
863impl const AsRef<str> for str {
864 #[inline(always)]
865 fn as_ref(&self) -> &str {
866 self
867 }
868}
869
870#[stable(feature = "as_mut_str_for_str", since = "1.51.0")]
871#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
872impl const AsMut<str> for str {
873 #[inline(always)]
874 fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut str {
875 self
876 }
877}
878
879////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
880// THE NO-ERROR ERROR TYPE
881////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
882
883/// The error type for errors that can never happen.
884///
885/// Since this enum has no variant, a value of this type can never actually exist.
886/// This can be useful for generic APIs that use [`Result`] and parameterize the error type,
887/// to indicate that the result is always [`Ok`].
888///
889/// For example, the [`TryFrom`] trait (conversion that returns a [`Result`])
890/// has a blanket implementation for all types where a reverse [`Into`] implementation exists.
891///
892/// ```ignore (illustrates std code, duplicating the impl in a doctest would be an error)
893/// impl<T, U> TryFrom<U> for T where U: Into<T> {
894/// type Error = Infallible;
895///
896/// fn try_from(value: U) -> Result<Self, Infallible> {
897/// Ok(U::into(value)) // Never returns `Err`
898/// }
899/// }
900/// ```
901///
902/// # Future compatibility
903///
904/// This enum has the same role as [the `!` “never” type][never],
905/// which is unstable in this version of Rust.
906/// When `!` is stabilized, we plan to make `Infallible` a type alias to it:
907///
908/// ```ignore (illustrates future std change)
909/// pub type Infallible = !;
910/// ```
911///
912/// … and eventually deprecate `Infallible`.
913///
914/// However there is one case where `!` syntax can be used
915/// before `!` is stabilized as a full-fledged type: in the position of a function’s return type.
916/// Specifically, it is possible to have implementations for two different function pointer types:
917///
918/// ```
919/// trait MyTrait {}
920/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> ! {}
921/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> std::convert::Infallible {}
922/// ```
923///
924/// With `Infallible` being an enum, this code is valid.
925/// However when `Infallible` becomes an alias for the never type,
926/// the two `impl`s will start to overlap
927/// and therefore will be disallowed by the language’s trait coherence rules.
928#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
929#[derive(Copy)]
930pub enum Infallible {}
931
932#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
933#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_clone", issue = "142757")]
934impl const Clone for Infallible {
935 fn clone(&self) -> Infallible {
936 match *self {}
937 }
938}
939
940#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
941impl fmt::Debug for Infallible {
942 fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
943 match *self {}
944 }
945}
946
947#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
948impl fmt::Display for Infallible {
949 fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
950 match *self {}
951 }
952}
953
954#[stable(feature = "str_parse_error2", since = "1.8.0")]
955impl Error for Infallible {}
956
957#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
958#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_cmp", issue = "143800")]
959impl const PartialEq for Infallible {
960 fn eq(&self, _: &Infallible) -> bool {
961 match *self {}
962 }
963}
964
965#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
966#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_cmp", issue = "143800")]
967impl const Eq for Infallible {}
968
969#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
970#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_cmp", issue = "143800")]
971impl const PartialOrd for Infallible {
972 fn partial_cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> Option<crate::cmp::Ordering> {
973 match *self {}
974 }
975}
976
977#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
978#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_cmp", issue = "143800")]
979impl const Ord for Infallible {
980 fn cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> crate::cmp::Ordering {
981 match *self {}
982 }
983}
984
985#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
986#[rustc_const_unstable(feature = "const_convert", issue = "143773")]
987impl const From<!> for Infallible {
988 #[inline]
989 fn from(x: !) -> Self {
990 x
991 }
992}
993
994#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible_hash", since = "1.44.0")]
995impl Hash for Infallible {
996 fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, _: &mut H) {
997 match *self {}
998 }
999}