Support ?Sized/unsizing coercions

[SoniEx2]

For feature-parity with selfref.

// cannot work, ?Sized must come last
#[self_referencing]
struct Foo<T: ?Sized> {
    x: T,
    #[borrows(x)]
    y: &'this dyn std::fmt::Debug,
}

// doesn't work, borrowees must come first
#[self_referencing]
struct Foo<T: ?Sized> {
    #[borrows(x)]
    y: &'this dyn std::fmt::Debug,
    x: T,
}

[steffahn]

I cannot quite follow what’s the requested feature here. If you’re thinking of &Foo<[u8; N]> to &Foo<[u8]> coercions or the like, you’re probably missing the fact that all borrowed fields in an ouroboros self-referencing struct are implicitly put into a Box. So either way, x would need to become Box<T> which kills the unsizing due to the level of indirection, no matter the field order.

[SoniEx2]

well, selfref can do it.

[SoniEx2]

will it ever be possible to do an unsizing/trait object coercion on an ouroboros object or can we say selfref is the best crate for this stuff?

[someguynamedjosh]

AFAIK, for this specific feature, selfref is currently the only crate that allows it (without just using custom unsafe code.) I don't see a way to add support for this without making significant sacrifices in terms of ergonomics.