Enum rustc_ast_lowering::AnonymousLifetimeMode

pub(crate) enum AnonymousLifetimeMode {
    CreateParameter,
    ReportError,
    PassThrough,
}

What to do when we encounter an anonymous lifetime reference. Anonymous lifetime references come in two flavors. You have implicit, or fully elided, references to lifetimes, like the one in &T or Ref<T>, and you have '_ lifetimes, like &'_ T or Ref<'_, T>. These often behave the same, but not always:

• certain usages of implicit references are deprecated, like Ref<T>, and we sometimes just give hard errors in those cases as well.
• for object bounds there is a difference: Box<dyn Foo> is not the same as Box<dyn Foo + '_>.

We describe the effects of the various modes in terms of three cases:

• Modern – includes all uses of '_, but also the lifetime arg of a & (e.g., the missing lifetime in something like &T)
• Dyn Bound – if you have something like Box<dyn Foo>, there is an elided lifetime bound (Box<dyn Foo + 'X>). These elided bounds follow special rules. Note that this only covers cases where nothing is written; the '_ in Box<dyn Foo + '_> is a case of “modern” elision.
• Deprecated – this covers cases like Ref<T>, where the lifetime parameter to ref is completely elided. Ref<'_, T> would be the modern, non-deprecated equivalent.

Currently, the handling of lifetime elision is somewhat spread out between HIR lowering and – as described below – the resolve_lifetime module. Often we “fallthrough” to that code by generating an “elided” or “underscore” lifetime name. In the future, we probably want to move everything into HIR lowering.

Variants

CreateParameter

For Modern cases, create a new anonymous region parameter and reference that.

For Dyn Bound cases, pass responsibility to resolve_lifetime code.

For Deprecated cases, report an error.

ReportError

Give a hard error when either & or '_ is written. Used to rule out things like where T: Foo<'_>. Does not imply an error on default object bounds (e.g., Box<dyn Foo>).

PassThrough

Pass responsibility to resolve_lifetime code for all cases.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for AnonymousLifetimeMode

fn clone(&self) -> AnonymousLifetimeMode

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for AnonymousLifetimeMode

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Copy for AnonymousLifetimeMode