Crate ref_ops 

An escape hatch for implementing ops traits for references to newtypes.

As of Rust 1.73.0, the following code does not compile:

use core::ops::Neg;

struct A<T>(T);

impl<'a, T> Neg for &'a A<T>
where
    &'a T: Neg,
{
    type Output = A<<&'a T as Neg>::Output>;

    fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
        A(-&self.0)
    }
}

fn f<T>(a: T)
where
    for<'a> &'a T: Neg,
{
    let minus_a = -&a;

    // to do something with `a` and `minus_a`
}

fn g<T>(a: T)
where
    for<'a> &'a T: Neg,
{
    f(a);
}

but the following code does:

use core::ops::Neg;
use ref_ops::RefNeg;

struct A<T>(T);

impl<T> Neg for &A<T>
where
    T: RefNeg,
{
    type Output = A<T::Output>;

    fn neg(self) -> Self::Output {
        A(self.0.ref_neg())
    }
}

fn f<T>(a: T)
where
    for<'a> &'a T: Neg,
{
    let minus_a = -&a;

    // to do something with `a` and `minus_a`
}

fn g<T>(a: T)
where
    for<'a> &'a T: Neg,
{
    f(a);
}

Traits

RefAdd

add operation through references.

RefBitAnd

bitand operation through references.

RefBitOr

bitor operation through references.

RefBitXor

bitxor operation through references.

RefDiv

div operation through references.

RefMul

mul operation through references.

RefMutAdd

add operation through mutable references.

RefMutBitAnd

bitand operation through mutable references.

RefMutBitOr

bitor operation through mutable references.

RefMutBitXor

bitxor operation through mutable references.

RefMutDiv

div operation through mutable references.

RefMutMul

mul operation through mutable references.

RefMutNeg

neg operation through mutable references.

RefMutNot

not operation through mutable references.

RefMutRem

rem operation through mutable references.

RefMutShl

shl operation through mutable references.

RefMutShr

shr operation through mutable references.

RefMutSub

sub operation through mutable references.

RefNeg

neg operation through references.

RefNot

not operation through references.

RefRem

rem operation through references.

RefShl

shl operation through references.

RefShr

shr operation through references.

RefSub

sub operation through references.