//@ edition: 2018 #![feature(arbitrary_self_types)] // tests that the referent type of a reference must be known to call methods on it struct SmartPtr(T); impl core::ops::Receiver for SmartPtr { type Target = T; } impl SmartPtr { fn foo(&self) {} } fn main() { let val = 1_u32; let ptr = &val; let _a: i32 = (ptr as &_).read(); //~^ ERROR type annotations needed // Same again, but with a smart pointer type let val2 = 1_u32; let rc = std::rc::Rc::new(val2); let _b = (rc as std::rc::Rc<_>).read(); //~^ ERROR type annotations needed // Same again, but with a smart pointer type let ptr = SmartPtr(val); // We can call unambiguous outer-type methods on this (ptr as SmartPtr<_>).foo(); // ... but we can't follow the Receiver chain to the inner type // because we end up with _. // Because SmartPtr implements Receiver, it's arguable which of the // following two diagnostics we'd want in this case: // (a) "type annotations needed" (because the inner type is _) // (b) "no method named `read` found for struct `SmartPtr`" // (ignoring the fact that there might have been methods on the // inner type, had it not been _) // At present we produce error type (b), which is necessary because // our resolution logic needs to be able to call methods such as foo() // on the outer type even if the inner type is ambiguous. let _c = (ptr as SmartPtr<_>).read(); //~^ ERROR no method named `read` found for struct `SmartPtr` }