Redefine core::convert::Infallible as !.

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Mazdak Farrokhzad 2019-10-13 04:58:45 +02:00
parent 6eb0627b49
commit 089229a193
3 changed files with 8 additions and 106 deletions

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@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
use crate::fmt;
/// The identity function.
///
/// Two things are important to note about this function:
@ -426,9 +424,7 @@ pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
/// - `TryFrom<T> for U` implies [`TryInto`]`<U> for T`
/// - [`try_from`] is reflexive, which means that `TryFrom<T> for T`
/// is implemented and cannot fail -- the associated `Error` type for
/// calling `T::try_from()` on a value of type `T` is [`Infallible`].
/// When the [`!`] type is stabilized [`Infallible`] and [`!`] will be
/// equivalent.
/// calling `T::try_from()` on a value of type `T` is [`!`].
///
/// `TryFrom<T>` can be implemented as follows:
///
@ -477,7 +473,6 @@ pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
/// [`TryInto`]: trait.TryInto.html
/// [`i32::MAX`]: ../../std/i32/constant.MAX.html
/// [`!`]: ../../std/primitive.never.html
/// [`Infallible`]: enum.Infallible.html
#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
pub trait TryFrom<T>: Sized {
/// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
@ -615,9 +610,9 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
// THE NO-ERROR ERROR TYPE
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// The error type for errors that can never happen.
/// A type alias for [the `!` “never” type][never].
///
/// Since this enum has no variant, a value of this type can never actually exist.
/// `Infallible` represents types of errors that can never happen since `!` has no valid values.
/// This can be useful for generic APIs that use [`Result`] and parameterize the error type,
/// to indicate that the result is always [`Ok`].
///
@ -634,33 +629,10 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
/// }
/// ```
///
/// # Future compatibility
/// # Eventual deprecation
///
/// This enum has the same role as [the `!` “never” type][never],
/// which is unstable in this version of Rust.
/// When `!` is stabilized, we plan to make `Infallible` a type alias to it:
///
/// ```ignore (illustrates future std change)
/// pub type Infallible = !;
/// ```
///
/// … and eventually deprecate `Infallible`.
///
///
/// However there is one case where `!` syntax can be used
/// before `!` is stabilized as a full-fleged type: in the position of a functions return type.
/// Specifically, it is possible implementations for two different function pointer types:
///
/// ```
/// trait MyTrait {}
/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> ! {}
/// impl MyTrait for fn() -> std::convert::Infallible {}
/// ```
///
/// With `Infallible` being an enum, this code is valid.
/// However when `Infallible` becomes an alias for the never type,
/// the two `impl`s will start to overlap
/// and therefore will be disallowed by the languages trait coherence rules.
/// Previously, `Infallible` was defined as `enum Infallible {}`.
/// Now that it is merely a type alias to `!`, we will eventually deprecate `Infallible`.
///
/// [`Ok`]: ../result/enum.Result.html#variant.Ok
/// [`Result`]: ../result/enum.Result.html
@ -668,57 +640,4 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
/// [`Into`]: trait.Into.html
/// [never]: ../../std/primitive.never.html
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
#[derive(Copy)]
pub enum Infallible {}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl Clone for Infallible {
fn clone(&self) -> Infallible {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl fmt::Debug for Infallible {
fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl fmt::Display for Infallible {
fn fmt(&self, _: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl PartialEq for Infallible {
fn eq(&self, _: &Infallible) -> bool {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl Eq for Infallible {}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl PartialOrd for Infallible {
fn partial_cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> Option<crate::cmp::Ordering> {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl Ord for Infallible {
fn cmp(&self, _other: &Self) -> crate::cmp::Ordering {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "convert_infallible", since = "1.34.0")]
impl From<!> for Infallible {
fn from(x: !) -> Self {
x
}
}
pub type Infallible = !;

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
#![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
use crate::convert::{TryFrom, Infallible};
use crate::convert::TryFrom;
use crate::fmt;
use crate::intrinsics;
use crate::mem;
@ -4722,18 +4722,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for TryFromIntError {
}
#[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")]
impl From<Infallible> for TryFromIntError {
fn from(x: Infallible) -> TryFromIntError {
match x {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "never_type", since = "1.41.0")]
impl From<!> for TryFromIntError {
fn from(never: !) -> TryFromIntError {
// Match rather than coerce to make sure that code like
// `From<Infallible> for TryFromIntError` above will keep working
// when `Infallible` becomes an alias to `!`.
match never {}
}
}

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@ -551,13 +551,6 @@ impl Error for string::FromUtf16Error {
}
}
#[stable(feature = "str_parse_error2", since = "1.8.0")]
impl Error for string::ParseError {
fn description(&self) -> &str {
match *self {}
}
}
#[stable(feature = "decode_utf16", since = "1.9.0")]
impl Error for char::DecodeUtf16Error {
fn description(&self) -> &str {