From 39f249067a2b0773d887bb311573dc258118d34d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barosl Lee <vcs@barosl.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:44:21 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Implement Deref for Box

Fixes #18624.
---
 src/liballoc/boxed.rs | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/liballoc/boxed.rs b/src/liballoc/boxed.rs
index 879a8cc6951..ea7b32ace49 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/boxed.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/boxed.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use core::option::Option;
 use core::raw::TraitObject;
 use core::result::Result;
 use core::result::Result::{Ok, Err};
+use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 /// A value that represents the global exchange heap. This is the default
 /// place that the `box` keyword allocates into when no place is supplied.
@@ -147,6 +148,14 @@ impl fmt::Show for Box<Any+'static> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<Sized? T> Deref<T> for Box<T> {
+    fn deref(&self) -> &T { &**self }
+}
+
+impl<Sized? T> DerefMut<T> for Box<T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T { &mut **self }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     #[test]
@@ -193,4 +202,10 @@ mod test {
         let s = format!("{}", b);
         assert_eq!(s, "&Any");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deref() {
+        fn homura<T: Deref<i32>>(_: T) { }
+        homura(box 765i32);
+    }
 }