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docs: Improve AsRef / AsMut docs on blanket impls There are several issues with the current state of `AsRef` and `AsMut` as [discussed here on IRLO](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/semantics-of-asref/17016). See also #39397, #45742, #73390, #98905, and the FIXMEs [here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.62.0/library/core/src/convert/mod.rs#L509-L515) and [here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/1.62.0/library/core/src/convert/mod.rs#L530-L536). These issues are difficult to fix. This PR aims to update the documentation to better reflect the status-quo and to give advice on how `AsRef` and `AsMut` should be used. In particular: - Explicitly mention that `AsRef` and `AsMut` do not auto-dereference generally for all dereferencable types (but only if inner type is a shared and/or mutable reference) - Give advice to not use `AsRef` or `AsMut` for the sole purpose of dereferencing - Suggest providing a transitive `AsRef` or `AsMut` implementation for types which implement `Deref` - Add new section "Reflexivity" in documentation comments for `AsRef` and `AsMut` - Provide better example for `AsMut` - Added heading "Relation to `Borrow`" in `AsRef`'s docs to improve structure |
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