The message of the first commit explains (edited for changed trait name):
The trait `ExactSize` is introduced to solve a few small niggles:
* We can't reverse (`.invert()`) an enumeration iterator
* for a vector, we have `v.iter().position(f)` but `v.rposition(f)`.
* We can't reverse `Zip` even if both iterators are from vectors
`ExactSize` is an empty trait that is intended to indicate that an
iterator, for example `VecIterator`, knows its exact finite size and
reports it correctly using `.size_hint()`. Only adaptors that preserve
this at all times, can expose this trait further. (Where here we say
finite for fitting in uint).
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It may seem complicated just to solve these small "niggles",
(It's really the reversible enumerate case that's the most interesting)
but only a few core iterators need to implement this trait.
While we gain more capabilities generically for some iterators,
it becomes a tad more complicated to figure out if a type has
the right trait impls for it.
Fix#8468. (Though the right answer in the end, as noted on the dialogue on the ticket, might be to just require trait methods to name their parameters, regardless of whether they have a default method implementation or not.)
We already do this for libstd tests automatically, and compiletest runs into the
same problems where when forking lots of processes lots of file descriptors are
created. On OSX we can use specific syscalls to raise the limits, in this
situation, though.
Closes#8904
I think this fixes 8898. I'm a bit unsure about how slices and owned pointers to vectors-of-unit already worked, but since they were already working, I didn't mess with them.
An iterator that simply calls `.read_bytes()` each iteration.
I think choosing to own the Reader value and implementing Decorator to
allow extracting it is the most generically useful. The Reader type
variable can of course be some kind of reference type that implements
Reader.
Address discussion with acrichto; inherit DoubleEndedIterator so that
`.rposition()` can be a default method, and that the nische of the trait
is clear. Use assertions when using `.size_hint()` in reverse enumerate
and `.rposition()`
