Stabilize move_ref_pattern
# Implementation
- Initially the rule was added in the run-up to 1.0. The AST-based borrow checker was having difficulty correctly enforcing match expressions that combined ref and move bindings, and so it was decided to simplify forbid the combination out right.
- The move to MIR-based borrow checking made it possible to enforce the rules in a finer-grained level, but we kept the rule in place in an effort to be conservative in our changes.
- In #68376, @Centril lifted the restriction but required a feature-gate.
- This PR removes the feature-gate.
Tracking issue: #68354.
# Description
This PR is to stabilize the feature `move_ref_pattern`, which allows patterns
containing both `by-ref` and `by-move` bindings at the same time.
For example: `Foo(ref x, y)`, where `x` is `by-ref`,
and `y` is `by-move`.
The rules of moving a variable also apply here when moving *part* of a variable,
such as it can't be referenced or moved before.
If this pattern is used, it would result in *partial move*, which means that
part of the variable is moved. The variable that was partially moved from
cannot be used as a whole in this case, only the parts that are still
not moved can be used.
## Documentation
- The reference (rust-lang/reference#881)
- Rust by example (rust-lang/rust-by-example#1377)
## Tests
There are many tests, but I think one of the comperhensive ones:
- [borrowck-move-ref-pattern-pass.rs](85fbf49ce0/src/test/ui/pattern/move-ref-patterns/borrowck-move-ref-pattern-pass.rs)
- [borrowck-move-ref-pattern.rs](85fbf49ce0/src/test/ui/pattern/move-ref-patterns/borrowck-move-ref-pattern.rs)
# Examples
```rust
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
struct Finished {}
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
struct Processing {
status: ProcessStatus,
}
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
enum ProcessStatus {
One,
Two,
Three,
}
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
enum Status {
Finished(Finished),
Processing(Processing),
}
fn check_result(_url: &str) -> Status {
// fetch status from some server
Status::Processing(Processing {
status: ProcessStatus::One,
})
}
fn wait_for_result(url: &str) -> Finished {
let mut previous_status = None;
loop {
match check_result(url) {
Status::Finished(f) => return f,
Status::Processing(p) => {
match (&mut previous_status, p.status) {
(None, status) => previous_status = Some(status), // first status
(Some(previous), status) if *previous == status => {} // no change, ignore
(Some(previous), status) => { // Now it can be used
// new status
*previous = status;
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
Before, we would have used:
```rust
match (&previous_status, p.status) {
(Some(previous), status) if *previous == status => {} // no change, ignore
(_, status) => {
// new status
previous_status = Some(status);
}
}
```
Demonstrating *partial move*
```rust
fn main() {
#[derive(Debug)]
struct Person {
name: String,
age: u8,
}
let person = Person {
name: String::from("Alice"),
age: 20,
};
// `name` is moved out of person, but `age` is referenced
let Person { name, ref age } = person;
println!("The person's age is {}", age);
println!("The person's name is {}", name);
// Error! borrow of partially moved value: `person` partial move occurs
//println!("The person struct is {:?}", person);
// `person` cannot be used but `person.age` can be used as it is not moved
println!("The person's age from person struct is {}", person.age);
}
```
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