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Recursive static with impl Trait errors out early #59631

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oli-obk opened this issue Apr 2, 2019 · 2 comments
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Recursive static with impl Trait errors out early #59631

oli-obk opened this issue Apr 2, 2019 · 2 comments
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A-impl-trait Area: impl Trait. Universally / existentially quantified anonymous types with static dispatch. C-bug Category: This is a bug. F-impl_trait_in_bindings `#![feature(impl_trait_in_bindings)]` requires-nightly This issue requires a nightly compiler in some way.

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@oli-obk
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oli-obk commented Apr 2, 2019

The following code should probably work. (cc @Aaron1011)

#![feature(impl_trait_in_bindings)]
static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;

fn main() {
}

(Playground)

Errors:

   Compiling playground v0.0.1 (/playground)
error: non-defining existential type use in defining scope
 --> src/main.rs:2:25
  |
2 | static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;
  |                         ^^^^ lifetime `'<empty>` is part of concrete type but not used in parameter list of existential type

error: aborting due to previous error

error: Could not compile `playground`.

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose.

@oli-obk oli-obk changed the title Recursive struct with impl Trait errors out early Recursive static with impl Trait errors out early Apr 2, 2019
@jonas-schievink jonas-schievink added A-impl-trait Area: impl Trait. Universally / existentially quantified anonymous types with static dispatch. C-bug Category: This is a bug. labels Apr 2, 2019
@Centril Centril added F-impl_trait_in_bindings `#![feature(impl_trait_in_bindings)]` requires-nightly This issue requires a nightly compiler in some way. labels Jul 28, 2019
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jyn514 commented Jul 7, 2021

Triage: the current error for this is

error[E0391]: cycle detected when computing type of `FOO::{opaque#0}`
 --> src/main.rs:2:13
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2 | static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;
  |             ^^^^^^^^^
  |
note: ...which requires borrow-checking `FOO`...
 --> src/main.rs:2:1
  |
2 | static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
note: ...which requires processing `FOO`...
 --> src/main.rs:2:1
  |
2 | static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
note: ...which requires const checking `FOO`...
 --> src/main.rs:2:1
  |
2 | static FOO: impl Copy = &FOO;
  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  = note: ...which requires computing whether `impl std::marker::Copy` is freeze...
  = note: ...which requires evaluating trait selection obligation `impl std::marker::Copy: std::marker::Freeze`...
  = note: ...which again requires computing type of `FOO::{opaque#0}`, completing the cycle
  = note: cycle used when normalizing `impl std::marker::Copy`

@oli-obk why do you say this should compile? It seems strange that you could have a completely unconstrainted type, FOO has no defining use.

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oli-obk commented Jul 8, 2021

I just assumed that considering that

static FOO: &dyn Sync = &FOO;

compiles, that the impl trait version should compile, too. But we can just make a decision and declare this kind of cyclic static to be irrelevant and thus we can just ignore it. It's in the defining use scope, so it gets revealed, which would cause an infinitely deep reference (&&&&&&&&&&...), so it's not really useful or even well defined.

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A-impl-trait Area: impl Trait. Universally / existentially quantified anonymous types with static dispatch. C-bug Category: This is a bug. F-impl_trait_in_bindings `#![feature(impl_trait_in_bindings)]` requires-nightly This issue requires a nightly compiler in some way.
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