Trait BoxExt

pub trait BoxExt: Sized {
    type T: ?Sized;

    // Required methods
    fn drop_box(bx: Self) -> UninitBox;
    fn take_box(bx: Self) -> (UninitBox, Self::T)
       where Self::T: Sized;
}

Extension methods for Box<T>

Required Associated Types

type T: ?Sized

The type that the Box<T> stores

Required Methods

fn drop_box(bx: Self) -> UninitBox

drops the value inside the box and returns the allocation in the form of an UninitBox

fn take_box(bx: Self) -> (UninitBox, Self::T)

where Self::T: Sized,

takes the value inside the box and returns it as well as the allocation in the form of an UninitBox

Dyn Compatibility

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety", so this trait is not object safe.

Implementations on Foreign Types

impl<T: ?Sized> BoxExt for Box<T>

type T = T

fn drop_box(bx: Self) -> UninitBox

fn take_box(bx: Self) -> (UninitBox, Self::T)

where Self::T: Sized,

Implementors