//! Traits for conversions between types. //! //! The traits in this module provide a way to convert from one type to another type. //! Each trait serves a different purpose: //! //! - Implement the [`AsRef`] trait for cheap reference-to-reference conversions //! - Implement the [`AsMut`] trait for cheap mutable-to-mutable conversions //! - Implement the [`From`] trait for consuming value-to-value conversions //! - Implement the [`Into`] trait for consuming value-to-value conversions to types //! outside the current crate //! - The [`TryFrom`] and [`TryInto`] traits behave like [`From`] and [`Into`], //! but should be implemented when the conversion can fail. //! //! The traits in this module are often used as trait bounds for generic functions such that to //! arguments of multiple types are supported. See the documentation of each trait for examples. //! //! As a library author, you should always prefer implementing [`From`][`From`] or //! [`TryFrom`][`TryFrom`] rather than [`Into`][`Into`] or [`TryInto`][`TryInto`], //! as [`From`] and [`TryFrom`] provide greater flexibility and offer //! equivalent [`Into`] or [`TryInto`] implementations for free, thanks to a //! blanket implementation in the standard library. Only implement [`Into`] or [`TryInto`] //! when a conversion to a type outside the current crate is required. //! //! # Generic Implementations //! //! - [`AsRef`] and [`AsMut`] auto-dereference if the inner type is a reference //! - [`From`]` for T` implies [`Into`]` for U` //! - [`TryFrom`]` for T` implies [`TryInto`]` for U` //! - [`From`] and [`Into`] are reflexive, which means that all types can //! `into` themselves and `from` themselves //! //! See each trait for usage examples. //! //! [`Into`]: trait.Into.html //! [`From`]: trait.From.html //! [`TryFrom`]: trait.TryFrom.html //! [`TryInto`]: trait.TryInto.html //! [`AsRef`]: trait.AsRef.html //! [`AsMut`]: trait.AsMut.html #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] use crate::fmt; /// An identity function. /// /// Two things are important to note about this function: /// /// - It is not always equivalent to a closure like `|x| x` since the /// closure may coerce `x` into a different type. /// /// - It moves the input `x` passed to the function. /// /// While it might seem strange to have a function that just returns back the /// input, there are some interesting uses. /// /// # Examples /// /// Using `identity` to do nothing among other interesting functions: /// /// ```rust /// use std::convert::identity; /// /// fn manipulation(x: u32) -> u32 { /// // Let's assume that this function does something interesting. /// x + 1 /// } /// /// let _arr = &[identity, manipulation]; /// ``` /// /// Using `identity` to get a function that changes nothing in a conditional: /// /// ```rust /// use std::convert::identity; /// /// # let condition = true; /// /// # fn manipulation(x: u32) -> u32 { x + 1 } /// /// let do_stuff = if condition { manipulation } else { identity }; /// /// // do more interesting stuff.. /// /// let _results = do_stuff(42); /// ``` /// /// Using `identity` to keep the `Some` variants of an iterator of `Option`: /// /// ```rust /// use std::convert::identity; /// /// let iter = vec![Some(1), None, Some(3)].into_iter(); /// let filtered = iter.filter_map(identity).collect::>(); /// assert_eq!(vec![1, 3], filtered); /// ``` #[stable(feature = "convert_id", since = "1.33.0")] #[inline] pub const fn identity(x: T) -> T { x } /// Used to do a cheap reference-to-reference conversion. /// /// This trait is similar to [`AsMut`] which is used for converting between mutable references. /// If you need to do a costly conversion it is better to implement [`From`] with type /// `&T` or write a custom function. /// /// /// `AsRef` has the same signature as [`Borrow`], but `Borrow` is different in few aspects: /// /// - Unlike `AsRef`, `Borrow` has a blanket impl for any `T`, and can be used to accept either /// a reference or a value. /// - `Borrow` also requires that `Hash`, `Eq` and `Ord` for borrowed value are /// equivalent to those of the owned value. For this reason, if you want to /// borrow only a single field of a struct you can implement `AsRef`, but not `Borrow`. /// /// [`Borrow`]: ../../std/borrow/trait.Borrow.html /// /// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use a /// dedicated method which returns an [`Option`] or a [`Result`]. /// /// [`Option`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html /// [`Result`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html /// /// # Generic Implementations /// /// - `AsRef` auto-dereferences if the inner type is a reference or a mutable /// reference (e.g.: `foo.as_ref()` will work the same if `foo` has type /// `&mut Foo` or `&&mut Foo`) /// /// # Examples /// /// By using trait bounds we can accept arguments of different types as long as they can be /// converted a the specified type `T`. /// /// For example: By creating a generic function that takes an `AsRef` we express that we /// want to accept all references that can be converted to &str as an argument. /// Since both [`String`] and `&str` implement `AsRef` we can accept both as input argument. /// /// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html /// /// ``` /// fn is_hello>(s: T) { /// assert_eq!("hello", s.as_ref()); /// } /// /// let s = "hello"; /// is_hello(s); /// /// let s = "hello".to_string(); /// is_hello(s); /// ``` /// #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub trait AsRef { /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn as_ref(&self) -> &T; } /// Used to do a cheap mutable-to-mutable reference conversion. /// /// This trait is similar to [`AsRef`] but used for converting between mutable /// references. If you need to do a costly conversion it is better to /// implement [`From`] with type `&mut T` or write a custom function. /// /// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use a /// dedicated method which returns an [`Option`] or a [`Result`]. /// /// [`Option`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html /// [`Result`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html /// /// # Generic Implementations /// /// - `AsMut` auto-dereferences if the inner type is a mutable reference /// (e.g.: `foo.as_mut()` will work the same if `foo` has type `&mut Foo` /// or `&mut &mut Foo`) /// /// # Examples /// /// Using `AsMut` as trait bound for a generic function we can accept all mutable references /// that can be converted to type `&mut T`. Because [`Box`] implements `AsMut` we can /// write a function `add_one`that takes all arguments that can be converted to `&mut u64`. /// Because [`Box`] implements `AsMut` `add_one` accepts arguments of type /// `&mut Box` as well: /// ``` /// fn add_one>(num: &mut T) { /// *num.as_mut() += 1; /// } /// /// let mut boxed_num = Box::new(0); /// add_one(&mut boxed_num); /// assert_eq!(*boxed_num, 1); /// ``` /// [`Box`]: ../../std/boxed/struct.Box.html /// #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub trait AsMut { /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T; } /// A value-to-value conversion that consumes the input value. The /// opposite of [`From`]. /// /// One should only implement [`Into`] if a conversion to a type outside the current crate is /// required. Otherwise one should always prefer implementing [`From`] over [`Into`] because /// implementing [`From`] automatically provides one with a implementation of [`Into`] thanks to /// the blanket implementation in the standard library. [`From`] cannot do these type of /// conversions because of Rust's orphaning rules. /// /// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use [`TryInto`]. /// /// # Generic Implementations /// /// - [`From`]` for U` implies `Into for T` /// - [`Into`]` is reflexive, which means that `Into for T` is implemented /// /// # Implementing `Into` for conversions to external types /// /// If the destination type is not part of the current crate /// then you can't implement [`From`] directly. /// For example, take this code: /// /// ```compile_fail /// struct Wrapper(Vec); /// impl From> for Vec { /// fn from(w: Wrapper) -> Vec { /// w.0 /// } /// } /// ``` /// This will fail to compile because we cannot implement a trait for a type /// if both the trait and the type are not defined by the current crate. /// This is due to Rust's orphaning rules. To bypass this, you can implement `Into` directly: /// /// ``` /// struct Wrapper(Vec); /// impl Into> for Wrapper { /// fn into(self) -> Vec { /// self.0 /// } /// } /// ``` /// /// It is important to understand that `Into` does not provide a [`From`] implementation /// (as [`From`] does with `Into`). Therefore, you should always try to implement [`From`] /// and then fall back to `Into` if [`From`] can't be implemented. /// /// Prefer using `Into` over [`From`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function /// to ensure that types that only implement `Into` can be used as well. /// /// # Examples /// /// [`String`] implements `Into>`: /// /// In order to express that we want a generic function to take all arguments that can be /// converted to a specified type `T`, we can use a trait bound of `Into`. /// For example: The function `is_hello` takes all arguments that can be converted into a /// `Vec`. /// /// ``` /// fn is_hello>>(s: T) { /// let bytes = b"hello".to_vec(); /// assert_eq!(bytes, s.into()); /// } /// /// let s = "hello".to_string(); /// is_hello(s); /// ``` /// /// [`TryInto`]: trait.TryInto.html /// [`Option`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html /// [`Result`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html /// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html /// [From]: trait.From.html /// [`into`]: trait.Into.html#tymethod.into #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] pub trait Into: Sized { /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn into(self) -> T; } /// Used to do value-to-value conversions while consuming the input value. It is the reciprocal of /// [`Into`]. /// /// One should always prefer implementing [`From`] over [`Into`] /// because implementing [`From`] automatically provides one with a implementation of [`Into`] /// thanks to the blanket implementation in the standard library. /// /// Only implement [`Into`] if a conversion to a type outside the current crate is required. /// [`From`] cannot do these type of conversions because of Rust's orphaning rules. /// See [`Into`] for more details. /// /// Prefer using [`Into`] over using [`From`] when specifying trait bounds on a generic function. /// This way, types that directly implement [`Into`] can be used as arguments as well. /// /// The [`From`] is also very useful when performing error handling. When constructing a function /// that is capable of failing, the return type will generally be of the form `Result`. /// The `From` trait simplifies error handling by allowing a function to return a single error type /// that encapsulate multiple error types. See the "Examples" section and [the book][book] for more /// details. /// /// **Note: This trait must not fail**. If the conversion can fail, use [`TryFrom`]. /// /// # Generic Implementations /// /// - [`From`]` for U` implies [`Into`]` for T` /// - [`From`] is reflexive, which means that `From for T` is implemented /// /// # Examples /// /// [`String`] implements `From<&str>`: /// /// An explicit conversion from a &str to a String is done as follows: /// ``` /// let string = "hello".to_string(); /// let other_string = String::from("hello"); /// /// assert_eq!(string, other_string); /// ``` /// /// While performing error handling it is often useful to implement `From` for your own error type. /// By converting underlying error types to our own custom error type that encapsulates the /// underlying error type, we can return a single error type without losing information on the /// underlying cause. The '?' operator automatically converts the underlying error type to our /// custom error type by calling `Into::into` which is automatically provided when /// implementing `From`. The compiler then infers which implementation of `Into` should be used. /// /// ``` /// use std::fs; /// use std::io; /// use std::num; /// /// enum CliError { /// IoError(io::Error), /// ParseError(num::ParseIntError), /// } /// /// impl From for CliError { /// fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self { /// CliError::IoError(error) /// } /// } /// /// impl From for CliError { /// fn from(error: num::ParseIntError) -> Self { /// CliError::ParseError(error) /// } /// } /// /// fn open_and_parse_file(file_name: &str) -> Result { /// let mut contents = fs::read_to_string(&file_name)?; /// let num: i32 = contents.trim().parse()?; /// Ok(num) /// } /// ``` /// /// [`TryFrom`]: trait.TryFrom.html /// [`Option`]: ../../std/option/enum.Option.html /// [`Result`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html /// [`String`]: ../../std/string/struct.String.html /// [`Into`]: trait.Into.html /// [`from`]: trait.From.html#tymethod.from /// [book]: ../../book/ch09-00-error-handling.html #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] #[rustc_on_unimplemented( on( all(_Self="&str", T="std::string::String"), note="to coerce a `{T}` into a `{Self}`, use `&*` as a prefix", ) )] pub trait From: Sized { /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] fn from(_: T) -> Self; } /// An attempted conversion that consumes `self`, which may or may not be /// expensive. /// /// Library authors should usually not directly implement this trait, /// but should prefer implementing the [`TryFrom`] trait, which offers /// greater flexibility and provides an equivalent `TryInto` /// implementation for free, thanks to a blanket implementation in the /// standard library. For more information on this, see the /// documentation for [`Into`]. /// /// # Implementing `TryInto` /// /// This suffers the same restrictions and reasoning as implementing /// [`Into`], see there for details. /// /// [`TryFrom`]: trait.TryFrom.html /// [`Into`]: trait.Into.html #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] pub trait TryInto: Sized { /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error. #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] type Error; /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] fn try_into(self) -> Result; } /// Simple and safe type conversions that may fail in a controlled /// way under some circumstances. It is the reciprocal of [`TryInto`]. /// /// This is useful when you are doing a type conversion that may /// trivially succeed but may also need special handling. /// For example, there is no way to convert an `i64` into an `i32` /// using the [`From`] trait, because an `i64` may contain a value /// that an `i32` cannot represent and so the conversion would lose data. /// This might be handled by truncating the `i64` to an `i32` (essentially /// giving the `i64`'s value modulo `i32::MAX`) or by simply returning /// `i32::MAX`, or by some other method. The `From` trait is intended /// for perfect conversions, so the `TryFrom` trait informs the /// programmer when a type conversion could go bad and lets them /// decide how to handle it. /// /// # Generic Implementations /// /// - `TryFrom for U` implies [`TryInto`]` for T` /// - [`try_from`] is reflexive, which means that `TryFrom 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 stablized `Infallible` and `!` will be /// equivalent. /// /// `TryFrom` can be implemented as follows: /// /// ``` /// use std::convert::TryFrom; /// /// struct SuperiorThanZero(i32); /// /// impl TryFrom for SuperiorThanZero { /// type Error = &'static str; /// /// fn try_from(value: i32) -> Result { /// if value < 0 { /// Err("SuperiorThanZero only accepts value superior than zero!") /// } else { /// Ok(SuperiorThanZero(value)) /// } /// } /// } /// ``` /// /// # Examples /// /// As described, [`i32`] implements `TryFrom`: /// /// ``` /// use std::convert::TryFrom; /// /// let big_number = 1_000_000_000_000i64; /// // Silently truncates `big_number`, requires detecting /// // and handling the truncation after the fact. /// let smaller_number = big_number as i32; /// assert_eq!(smaller_number, -727379968); /// /// // Returns an error because `big_number` is too big to /// // fit in an `i32`. /// let try_smaller_number = i32::try_from(big_number); /// assert!(try_smaller_number.is_err()); /// /// // Returns `Ok(3)`. /// let try_successful_smaller_number = i32::try_from(3); /// assert!(try_successful_smaller_number.is_ok()); /// ``` /// /// [`try_from`]: trait.TryFrom.html#tymethod.try_from /// [`TryInto`]: trait.TryInto.html #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] pub trait TryFrom: Sized { /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error. #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] type Error; /// Performs the conversion. #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] fn try_from(value: T) -> Result; } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // GENERIC IMPLS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // As lifts over & #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsRef for &T where T: AsRef { fn as_ref(&self) -> &U { >::as_ref(*self) } } // As lifts over &mut #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsRef for &mut T where T: AsRef { fn as_ref(&self) -> &U { >::as_ref(*self) } } // FIXME (#45742): replace the above impls for &/&mut with the following more general one: // // As lifts over Deref // impl AsRef for D where D::Target: AsRef { // fn as_ref(&self) -> &U { // self.deref().as_ref() // } // } // AsMut lifts over &mut #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsMut for &mut T where T: AsMut { fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut U { (*self).as_mut() } } // FIXME (#45742): replace the above impl for &mut with the following more general one: // // AsMut lifts over DerefMut // impl AsMut for D where D::Target: AsMut { // fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut U { // self.deref_mut().as_mut() // } // } // From implies Into #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl Into for T where U: From { fn into(self) -> U { U::from(self) } } // From (and thus Into) is reflexive #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl From for T { fn from(t: T) -> T { t } } // TryFrom implies TryInto #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] impl TryInto for T where U: TryFrom { type Error = U::Error; fn try_into(self) -> Result { U::try_from(self) } } // Infallible conversions are semantically equivalent to fallible conversions // with an uninhabited error type. #[stable(feature = "try_from", since = "1.34.0")] impl TryFrom for T where U: Into { type Error = Infallible; fn try_from(value: U) -> Result { Ok(U::into(value)) } } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // CONCRETE IMPLS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsRef<[T]> for [T] { fn as_ref(&self) -> &[T] { self } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsMut<[T]> for [T] { fn as_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] { self } } #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")] impl AsRef for str { #[inline] fn as_ref(&self) -> &str { self } } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // THE NO-ERROR ERROR TYPE //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// The error type for errors that can never happen. /// /// Since this enum has no variant, a value of this type can never actually exist. /// This can be useful for generic APIs that use [`Result`] and parameterize the error type, /// to indicate that the result is always [`Ok`]. /// /// For example, the [`TryFrom`] trait (conversion that returns a [`Result`]) /// has a blanket implementation for all types where a reverse [`Into`] implementation exists. /// /// ```ignore (illustrates std code, duplicating the impl in a doctest would be an error) /// impl TryFrom for T where U: Into { /// type Error = Infallible; /// /// fn try_from(value: U) -> Result { /// Ok(U::into(value)) // Never returns `Err` /// } /// } /// ``` /// /// # Future compatibility /// /// 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 function’s 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 language’s trait coherence rules. /// /// [`Ok`]: ../result/enum.Result.html#variant.Ok /// [`Result`]: ../result/enum.Result.html /// [`TryFrom`]: trait.TryFrom.html /// [`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 { 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 } }