MyBox

A zero-dependency, educational Rust library that reimplements Box<T> from first principles.

Quick Start

use my_box::MyBox;

let num = MyBox::new(42);
assert_eq!(*num, 42);

let s = MyBox::new(String::from("hello"));
println!("{}", *s);

Single-ownership heap allocation — one owner, automatic cleanup via Drop
Zero-sized type (ZST) safe — MyBox::new(()) works correctly
Recursive data structures — Box<List<T>> breaks infinite size cycles
Trait object support — Box<dyn Trait> for runtime polymorphism
Full trait forwarding — Clone, Deref, PartialEq, Hash, Display, and more
Fallible allocation — try_new returns Result instead of panicking on OOM
Consume to inner value — into_inner extracts T from MyBox<T>

cargo add my-box

Full API documentation is available at docs.rs/my-box.