Crate fat_type[−][src]
Expand description
fat_type provides the type Fat<T, U>, which combines a value of type
U with the metadata needed to construct references to it as a T.
Because the metadata is stored with the value instead of in references,
Fat<T> is Thin. This property is mainly useful in niche
foreign-function-interface use-cases or in memory-constrained environments.
As such, this library is no_std.
Other Members
The Mut<T> type is a safe wrapper around &mut Fat<T>.
The Erased<T> type represents a value with a partially erased type.
The FatRef and FatMut traits allow multiple dispach on
&Fat, &mut Fat, and Mut. You should not need to import or implement
these traits.
See Also
Signifiant additional documentation is provided on the Fat type.
License
fat_type is licensed under the terms of the
Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT License.
Development
fat_type is developed at GitLab.
Structs
| Erased | A value with a partially erased type. |
| Fat | A type which combines a value with the metadata used to construct fat references to it. |
| Mut | A thin mutable reference to a |
Traits
| FatMut | A marker trait indicating a type which can be transmuted into a mutable
reference to a |
| FatRef | A marker trait indicating a type which can be transmuted into an immutable
reference to a |
Functions
| container_of_inner_mut⚠ | Obtains a mutable reference to the |
| container_of_inner_ref⚠ | Obtains an immutable reference to the |
| container_of_mut⚠ | Obtains a safe mutable reference to the |
| container_of_ref⚠ | Obtains an immutable reference to the |
| convert_mut⚠ | Obtains a mutable reference by respecifying the type of the sized referent, which may be erased. |
| convert_ref⚠ | Obtains an immutable reference by respecifying the type of the sized referent, which may be erased. |
| erase_mut | Obtains a safe thin mutable reference by erasing the type of the sized referent. |
| erase_ref | Obtains a thin immutable reference by erasing the type of the sized referent. |
| get_inner_mut | Obtains a mutable reference to the sized referent. |
| get_inner_ref | Obtains an immutable reference to the sized referent. |
| get_layout | Returns the un-erased allocation |
| get_metadata | Obtains the metadata used to construct references to the unsized referent. |
| get_mut | Obtains a mutable reference to the unsized referent. |
| get_ref | Obtains an immutable reference to the unsized referent. |