Fixed lifetime unsoundness in arr macro.

src/arr.rs

@@ -25,20 +25,30 @@ pub type Inc<T, U> = <U as AddLength<T, U1>>::Output;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! arr_impl {
+    (@replace_expr $e:expr)=>{
+        1
+    };
     ($T:ty; $N:ty, [$($x:expr),*], []) => ({
-        unsafe { $crate::transmute::<_, $crate::GenericArray<$T, $N>>([$($x),*]) }
+        const __ARR_LENGTH:usize=0 $(+ $crate::arr_impl!(@replace_expr $x) )*;
+        fn __do_transmute<'a, T, N: $crate::ArrayLength<T>>(arr: [T; __ARR_LENGTH]) -> $crate::GenericArray<T, N> {
+            unsafe { $crate::transmute(arr) }
+        }
+
+        let _:[();<$N as $crate::typenum::Unsigned>::USIZE]=[();__ARR_LENGTH];
+
+        __do_transmute::<$T,$N>([$($x),*])
     });
     ($T:ty; $N:ty, [], [$x1:expr]) => (
-        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$x1 as $T], [])
+        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$x1], [])
     );
     ($T:ty; $N:ty, [], [$x1:expr, $($x:expr),+]) => (
-        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$x1 as $T], [$($x),+])
+        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$x1], [$($x),+])
     );
     ($T:ty; $N:ty, [$($y:expr),+], [$x1:expr]) => (
-        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$($y),+, $x1 as $T], [])
+        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$($y),+, $x1], [])
     );
     ($T:ty; $N:ty, [$($y:expr),+], [$x1:expr, $($x:expr),+]) => (
-        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$($y),+, $x1 as $T], [$($x),+])
+        $crate::arr_impl!($T; $crate::arr::Inc<$T, $N>, [$($y),+, $x1], [$($x),+])
     );
 }
 
@@ -55,3 +65,62 @@ macro_rules! arr {
     ($($x:expr,)+) => (arr![$($x),+]);
     () => ("""Macro requires a type, e.g. `let array = arr![u32; 1, 2, 3];`")
 }
+
+
+mod doctests_only{
+    ///
+    /// # With ellision
+    ///
+    /// Testing that lifetimes aren't transmuted when they're ellided.
+    ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// #[macro_use] extern crate generic_array;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///    fn unsound_lifetime_extension<'a, A>(a: &'a A) -> &'static A {
+    ///        arr![&A; a][0]
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// #[macro_use] extern crate generic_array;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///    fn unsound_lifetime_extension<'a, A>(a: &'a A) -> &'a A {
+    ///        arr![&A; a][0]
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Without ellision
+    /// 
+    /// Testing that lifetimes aren't transmuted when they're specified explicitly.
+    ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// #[macro_use] extern crate generic_array;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///    fn unsound_lifetime_extension<'a, A>(a: &'a A) -> &'static A {
+    ///        arr![&'a A; a][0]
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// ```compile_fail
+    /// #[macro_use] extern crate generic_array;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///    fn unsound_lifetime_extension<'a, A>(a: &'a A) -> &'static A {
+    ///        arr![&'static A; a][0]
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// #[macro_use] extern crate generic_array;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///    fn unsound_lifetime_extension<'a, A>(a: &'a A) -> &'a A {
+    ///        arr![&'a A; a][0]
+    ///    }
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub enum DocTests{}
+}

tests/mod.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use core::cell::Cell;
 use core::ops::{Add, Drop};
 use generic_array::functional::*;
 use generic_array::sequence::*;
-use generic_array::typenum::{U1, U3, U4, U97};
+use generic_array::typenum::{U3, U4, U97};
 use generic_array::GenericArray;
 
 #[test]